Fivem

FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Core i7-13700K compare to its closest rival in raw processing power?

A: The Intel Core i7-13700K has an average benchmark score of 46,881, placing it 0.2% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 (score 46,971) and 0.3% behind the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 (score 47,022). It sits ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX and Intel Xeon w3-2535 by 0.5% each, with those rivals scoring 46,654 and 46,653 respectively.

Q: What is the performance percentile of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 among all GPUs?

A: The RTX 5060 achieves a percentile ranking of 72 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26,331. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon 860M, scores 26,401, which is 0.3% higher, while the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 scores 26,421, also 0.3% higher.

Q: What frame rates can this combo achieve at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 resolution with Ultra settings, the system delivers an average of 36 FPS. This is the lowest performance tier measured in the dataset, indicating that 4K Ultra is not a viable experience for smooth multiplayer gameplay.

Q: What is the best 1080p preset for this combo based on measured data?

A: The Low preset at 1920x1080 yields the highest average FPS at 201, while Medium produces 159 FPS, High produces 127 FPS, and Ultra produces 99 FPS. The Low preset offers the most headroom, though the Medium preset's minimum FPS of 135 still provides a very capable experience.

Q: How much VRAM does the RTX 5060 have, and what is its memory bandwidth?

A: The RTX 5060 features 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested configurations for Fivem?

A: This combination of Intel Core i7-13700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 ranks 1,637 out of 3,707 tested combos in Fivem, placing it in the upper-middle portion of the overall distribution.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data reveals a clear hierarchy across presets, and the choice of settings depends heavily on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 201 average FPS, which is ideal for competitive multiplayer scenarios where maximum frame rates matter. However, the Medium preset at 159 average FPS with a minimum of 135 FPS provides a better balance—it offers substantially higher visual fidelity while still maintaining frame rates well above typical display refresh rates. The High preset at 127 FPS remains smooth, but the jump from Medium to High costs 32 FPS, which is a significant 20% reduction. Ultra at 99 FPS is playable but begins to approach the threshold where fast-paced multiplayer action might feel less responsive.

At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. The Low preset produces 133 average FPS, but Medium at 105 FPS with a minimum of 89 FPS is arguably the sweet spot. The High preset at 84 FPS is still smooth, but the Ultra preset drops to 65 FPS, which may introduce noticeable stutter in crowded Fivem servers. For 1440p gaming, Medium provides the best compromise between visual quality and performance, maintaining a 89 FPS minimum that keeps the experience fluid even during intense moments.

At 3840x2160, the situation becomes more constrained. The Low preset at 74 FPS is the only option that consistently exceeds 60 FPS. Medium at 58 FPS with a minimum of 49 FPS is borderline, while High at 46 FPS and Ultra at 36 FPS fall below the threshold for smooth multiplayer gameplay. For 4K, Low settings are the recommended choice, as they provide the only reliable frame rate above 60 FPS. The data suggests that this combo is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, where higher presets remain viable, and 4K should be reserved for less demanding visual scenarios.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals important insights about the system's bottleneck characteristics. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 201 at 1920x1080 to 133 at 2560x1440, a 33.8% reduction, and then to 74 at 3840x2160, a further 44.4% reduction from 1440p. This scaling pattern is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario where the RTX 5060's 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory bus become increasingly strained as pixel count rises.

At Medium settings, the drop from 159 FPS at 1080p to 105 FPS at 1440p represents a 34.0% decrease, and then to 58 FPS at 4K, a 44.8% decrease from 1440p. The consistency of these percentage drops across different presets suggests that the limiting factor is primarily resolution-driven rather than settings-driven. The GPU's 448.0 GB/s bandwidth and 19.18 TFLOPS compute capacity appear to scale predictably with pixel count, with no sudden cliff indicating a VRAM capacity issue at 4K despite the 8 GB allocation.

The High preset shows a similar trend: 127 FPS at 1080p, 84 FPS at 1440p (33.9% drop), and 46 FPS at 4K (45.2% drop). The Ultra preset follows the same pattern: 99 FPS at 1080p, 65 FPS at 1440p (34.3% drop), and 36 FPS at 4K (44.6% drop). The near-identical percentage drops across all presets strongly indicate that the RTX 5060 is the primary performance limiter in this configuration. The CPU's 16 cores and 24 threads, with a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, are clearly capable of feeding the GPU at lower resolutions, but the GPU's raw throughput becomes the constraining factor as resolution increases.

Interestingly, the scaling from 1080p to 1440p is roughly a one-third reduction in FPS, while the scaling from 1440p to 4K is roughly a 45% reduction. This non-linear behavior suggests that the GPU's memory bandwidth becomes relatively more strained at 4K, where the 128-bit bus width and 8 GB capacity are pushed closer to their limits. The data implies that for 4K gaming, the RTX 5060 is the definitive limiting component, while at 1080p, there may be additional headroom in the CPU that is not fully utilized.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1,637 out of 3,707 tested configurations in Fivem, placing it in the 44th percentile of all combos. This means that roughly 44% of tested systems perform worse, and 56% perform better. Given that the RTX 5060 has a GPU percentile of 72 among all GPUs, and the Core i7-13700K has a CPU percentile of 89 among all CPUs, the combo's overall ranking appears lower than either individual component's percentile would suggest. This discrepancy indicates that Fivem's performance characteristics do not fully leverage the strengths of this particular hardware pairing.

The CPU's percentile of 89 places it in the top 11% of all processors, with an average benchmark score of 46,881 that is nearly identical to its nearest rivals. The GPU's percentile of 72 places it in the top 28% of all graphics cards. If the combo's rank were simply a function of these percentiles, one might expect a higher overall ranking. The fact that the combo sits at the 44th percentile suggests that Fivem's multiplayer nature, with its complex server-side logic and potentially variable optimization, may not scale perfectly with this hardware.

The nearest rivals for the CPU—AMD Ryzen 9 5900, AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375, AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX, and Intel Xeon w3-2535—all have average scores within 0.5% of the i7-13700K. This tight clustering indicates that the CPU's performance is well-established and consistent. For the GPU, the nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon 860M and NVIDIA GeForce MX550, which are 0.3% higher, and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary, which is 0.8% higher. The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT is 1.2% lower. This close competition in the GPU space suggests that the RTX 5060's performance is competitive but not dominant.

The combo's ranking at 1,637 of 3,707 implies that many other configurations achieve higher frame rates in Fivem, likely due to the game's specific optimization patterns. The data suggests that this combo is better suited for titles that demand both strong CPU and GPU performance, whereas Fivem may favor systems with different balance characteristics.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a GB206 chip fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm process. It contains 21,900 million transistors on a 181 mm² die, with a transistor density of 121.0M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 2280 MHz and a boost clock of 2497 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). These specifications position the RTX 5060 as a mainstream graphics card with a 72nd percentile ranking.

The GPU's 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is the most likely limiting factor in high-resolution Fivem gameplay. At 4K Ultra, the combo manages only 36 average FPS, and at 4K High, it reaches 46 FPS. These low frame rates at 4K suggest that the memory bandwidth and 8 GB capacity are insufficient for the demands of Fivem at high resolutions with elevated settings. The 48 ROPs and 120 TMUs provide a texture rate of 299.6 GTexel/s and a pixel rate of 119.9 GPixel/s, which are modest figures that align with the observed performance.

The GPU's 3840 shading units deliver 19.18 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, which is adequate for 1080p and 1440p gaming but insufficient for 4K at high settings. The measured frame rates at 1080p—201 FPS at Low, 159 FPS at Medium, 127 FPS at High, and 99 FPS at Ultra—demonstrate that the GPU handles lower resolutions effectively. At 1440p, the frame rates remain playable, with 133 FPS at Low and 65 FPS at Ultra. The 4K results, however, show a clear capacity ceiling.

The GPU's benchmark scores provide additional context: a Passmark G3D score of 20,891, a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3,628, and Geekbench scores of 112,787 for OpenCL and 113,321 for Vulkan. These scores align with the GPU's 72nd percentile ranking and suggest that the RTX 5060 is positioned as a capable mid-range card. The GPU's TDP of 145 W and suggested PSU of 300 W indicate it is power-efficient, which may have implications for system thermals and noise, though these are not directly measured in the FPS data.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080 resolution, the combo delivers a wide range of frame rates depending on settings. Low settings produce an average of 201 FPS, Medium produces 159 FPS with a minimum of 135 and maximum of 183, High produces 127 FPS, and Ultra produces 99 FPS. The 201 FPS at Low represents the highest performance in the entire dataset, indicating that the system has substantial headroom at 1080p when visual demands are reduced.

At 2560x1440 resolution, frame rates decrease predictably. Low settings deliver 133 FPS average, Medium delivers 105 FPS with a minimum of 89 and maximum of 120, High delivers 84 FPS, and Ultra delivers 65 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 89 FPS is the lowest among the 1440p presets that have min/max data, suggesting that even in demanding scenes, the system maintains a respectable frame rate.

At 3840x2160 resolution, performance drops significantly. Low settings achieve 74 FPS average, Medium achieves 58 FPS with a minimum of 49 and maximum of 67, High achieves 46 FPS, and Ultra achieves 36 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 49 FPS indicates that there are moments where the system dips below 50 FPS, which could be noticeable in fast-paced multiplayer interactions. The 36 FPS at Ultra is the lowest measured value in the entire dataset, confirming that 4K Ultra is not a viable configuration for this combo in Fivem.

Across all resolutions, the pattern is consistent: Low settings provide a significant boost over Medium, while the step from Medium to High and High to Ultra incurs progressively smaller absolute FPS reductions. For example, at 1080p, the jump from Low to Medium costs 42 FPS, from Medium to High costs 32 FPS, and from High to Ultra costs 28 FPS. This diminishing impact of settings changes at higher presets suggests that the GPU's performance curve flattens as it approaches its limits.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-13700K features 16 cores and 24 threads, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. It has 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 2 MB of L2 cache per core, and 30 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU is built on Intel's 10 nm process with a die size of 257 mm², and it supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration. With a TDP of 125 W and a 89th percentile ranking among all CPUs, the i7-13700K is a high-performance desktop processor.

The CPU's benchmark scores demonstrate strong multi-threaded and single-threaded capabilities. In Cinebench R23, it scores 30,745 in multi-core and 2,116 in single-core. Geekbench scores are 19,429 for multi-core and 2,529 for single-core. The Passmark multi-thread score is 45,887, and the single-thread score is 4,333. These figures place the CPU at an average benchmark score of 46,881, which is nearly identical to its nearest rivals, with deltas ranging from -0.3% to +0.5%.

In the context of Fivem, the CPU's role appears to be secondary to the GPU at higher resolutions, but it may play a more significant role at 1080p. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 201 FPS, which is a high frame rate that requires substantial CPU processing to feed the GPU. The CPU's 24 threads and 5.40 GHz boost clock are well-suited for this task. However, the fact that the combo ranks 1,637 out of 3,707 in Fivem, despite the CPU's 89th percentile ranking, suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor in this game.

The CPU's nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 (0.2% faster), AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 (0.3% faster), and AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX and Intel Xeon w3-2535 (both 0.5% slower). This tight clustering indicates that the i7-13700K's performance is well-established and consistent across synthetic benchmarks. In Fivem, the CPU's strong single-thread performance, as evidenced by its 2,116 Cinebench R23 single-core score, likely contributes to the 201 FPS result at 1080p Low, where per-frame CPU overhead can become a factor.

The data shows that as resolution increases, the CPU's influence diminishes. At 4K, the frame rate drops to 36 FPS at Ultra, which is clearly GPU-bound. The CPU's 16 cores and 24 threads are more than sufficient for Fivem's multiplayer logic, which may involve numerous NPCs and player interactions. The 30 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel memory support further enhance the CPU's ability to handle complex game data. Overall, the i7-13700K provides a strong foundation for this combo, but the RTX 5060's GPU limitations become the dominant factor as resolution and settings increase.