Fivem

Fivem is a demanding multiplayer title that stresses both CPU and GPU depending on the preset and resolution. The measured data for the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti combination shows a wide performance envelope, from 40 FPS at 4K Ultra to 225 FPS at 1080p Low. This analysis breaks down the measured results, contextualizes them against the component's synthetic benchmarks, and provides clear guidance on how to configure the game for the best experience.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data indicates that the Medium preset at 1440p offers the most balanced experience for this hardware combination, delivering an average of 117 FPS. This is the only preset tier at any resolution that provides both a high refresh rate and a recorded minimum FPS of 99, which suggests a more stable frame pacing compared to other settings. At 1080p, the Medium preset also provides a strong result with an average of 177 FPS and a minimum of 151 FPS, but the 1440p Medium result provides a significantly sharper image without sacrificing a playable frame rate.

For users prioritizing maximum visual fidelity, the High preset at 1440p is the best choice, yielding an average of 93 FPS. This is a substantial improvement over the Ultra preset, which drops to 73 FPS at the same resolution. The gap between High and Ultra is 20 FPS, a significant margin that suggests the Ultra preset introduces rendering costs that are not justified by the performance hit on this GPU. At 1080p, the High preset achieves 142 FPS, which is still excellent for competitive play, but the 1440p High option offers a better balance of resolution and speed.

The Low preset should be reserved for maximum frame rate scenarios, particularly at 1080p where it hits 225 FPS. This is 48 FPS higher than the High preset at the same resolution, a clear indication that the game becomes less GPU-bound at lower settings. However, the jump from Low to Medium at 1080p is only 48 FPS (from 225 to 177), while the jump from Medium to High is 35 FPS (from 177 to 142). This indicates diminishing returns are not severe until Ultra, which falls to 110 FPS. At 4K, the Low preset is the only viable option for smooth gameplay, hitting 82 FPS, while High and Medium fall to 52 and 65 FPS respectively, and Ultra drops to an unplayable 40 FPS.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 225 is a 10-core, 10-thread processor based on the Arrow Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.30 GHz and a boost clock of 4.90 GHz. Its synthetic benchmark scores show strong single-thread performance, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3655 and a Passmark single-thread score of 4412. This single-thread capability is crucial for Fivem, which is known to be sensitive to CPU performance in multiplayer scenarios with many entities and scripts.

The processor's multi-threaded performance, indicated by a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 25891, provides ample headroom for background tasks and game server communication. The CPU's percentile rank of 85th among all tested processors places it in the upper tier, and its average benchmark score of 36938 is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F, which has a deltaPct of 0. This suggests that in CPU-bound scenarios, the Ultra 5 225 will perform on par with that rival.

In the context of Fivem, the CPU's role becomes more apparent at lower resolutions and settings. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 225 FPS, a score that is likely limited by the CPU's ability to feed the GPU with draw calls. The fact that the FPS drops to 142 at 1080p High, while the GPU is still capable of more, suggests that the CPU is still a contributing factor even at higher settings. The L3 cache of 20 MB shared, while not massive, is sufficient for the game's data streams. The memory bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s over a dual-channel DDR5 interface provides adequate data throughput for the CPU's cores.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is an Ampere architecture GPU with 8 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 608.3 GB/s. The GPU's boost clock is 1770 MHz, and its FP32 performance is rated at 21.75 TFLOPS. In synthetic benchmarks, the GPU scores 23356 in Passmark G3D and 119718 in Geekbench OpenCL, placing it in the 75th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6800, has a deltaPct of -0.5, indicating they are statistically tied in average score.

The GPU's 8 GB VRAM is a critical factor at higher resolutions. The measured data shows that at 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 40, which is a 51% reduction from the 82 FPS at 4K Low. This steep drop-off suggests that the GPU is both compute-bound and potentially memory-limited at 4K, as the Ultra preset likely exceeds the comfortable VRAM capacity. The 608.3 GB/s bandwidth is high, but the 8 GB capacity can become a bottleneck in texture-heavy scenes.

The GPU's role is dominant at higher resolutions and settings. The transition from 1440p High (93 FPS) to 4K High (52 FPS) shows a 44% reduction in performance, which is a typical scaling pattern for a GPU-bound scenario. The RTX 3070 Ti's pixel rate of 169.9 GPixel/s and texture rate of 339.8 GTexel/s are the key metrics that drive fill-rate limited scenes. The data indicates that the GPU is the primary limiter at 4K and at Ultra presets across all resolutions, while the CPU becomes more significant at 1080p and Low presets.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti combination is ranked 1034 out of 3005 tested combos in Fivem. This places the combo in the 65th percentile of all tested systems, meaning it outperforms roughly two-thirds of all configurations tested in this game. This ranking is a composite result of the CPU's 85th percentile and the GPU's 75th percentile, suggesting that the combo is well-matched.

The CPU's nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F (deltaPct 0), the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (deltaPct -0.2), and the Intel Core i9-12900T (deltaPct -0.5). These are all very close in synthetic average score, indicating that the Ultra 5 225 is at the top of its performance class for CPU-bound tasks. In Fivem, this means that the combo's ranking is likely not held back by the CPU.

The GPU's nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile (deltaPct 0.1), the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (deltaPct -0.5), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (deltaPct 0.5). The closeness of these scores suggests that the RTX 3070 Ti is a mid-to-high tier performer. The combo's rank of 1034 out of 3005 indicates that while the individual components are strong, the overall system is not in the top tier for Fivem, likely due to the 8 GB VRAM limitation at extreme settings and the CPU's 10-thread limit in highly multithreaded scenarios.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of scaling as resolution increases. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 225 at 1080p to 148 at 1440p (a 34% reduction) and then to 82 at 4K (a 45% reduction from 1440p). This steady decline indicates that even at Low settings, the GPU is becoming more of a limiting factor as pixel count increases. The 4K Low result of 82 FPS is still playable, but the step from 1440p to 4K is substantial.

At Medium settings, the drop is from 177 FPS at 1080p to 117 FPS at 1440p (a 34% reduction) and then to 65 FPS at 4K (a 44% reduction from 1440p). This pattern is similar to Low, showing a consistent scaling penalty. At High settings, the drop is from 142 FPS at 1080p to 93 FPS at 1440p (a 35% reduction) and then to 52 FPS at 4K (a 44% reduction from 1440p). The consistency of these percentage drops across settings suggests that the GPU is the primary scaling factor.

At Ultra settings, the drop is more severe: from 110 FPS at 1080p to 73 FPS at 1440p (a 34% reduction) and then to 40 FPS at 4K (a 45% reduction from 1440p). The 4K Ultra result of 40 FPS is the only unplayable result in the entire dataset. The scaling analysis shows that the CPU is not the primary limiter at 1440p and 4K, as the FPS declines at a consistent rate regardless of the preset. However, the fact that 1080p Low (225 FPS) is significantly higher than 1080p Ultra (110 FPS) indicates that the CPU is still a bottleneck at lower resolutions where the GPU has spare capacity.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Fivem?

A: The 1440p Medium preset offers the best balance, with an average of 117 FPS and a minimum of 99 FPS. This provides a smooth experience while maintaining a higher resolution than 1080p.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the main bottleneck at 1080p?

A: At 1080p Low, the system hits 225 FPS, which indicates the CPU is the primary limiter. At 1080p Ultra, the FPS drops to 110, showing that the GPU becomes more significant as settings increase, but the CPU still contributes to the frame rate cap.

Q: How does the Ultra 5 225 compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The Ultra 5 225 has an average benchmark score of 36938, which is statistically identical to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F (deltaPct 0) and slightly ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (deltaPct -0.2) and Intel Core i9-12900T (deltaPct -0.5).

Q: Why is 4K Ultra performance so low?

A: The 4K Ultra preset yields only 40 FPS. This is a 51% drop from 4K Low (82 FPS), indicating that the GPU's 8 GB VRAM and compute resources are overwhelmed by the extreme settings at 4K resolution.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between High and Ultra at 1440p?

A: The High preset achieves 93 FPS, while the Ultra preset achieves 73 FPS. This 20 FPS difference suggests that Ultra settings impose a significant cost that may not be visually justified.

Q: How does this combo rank overall in the database?

A: This combination is ranked 1034 out of 3005 tested combos in Fivem, putting it in the upper third of all tested systems.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS data for the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is as follows:

1920x1080 (1080p)

• Low: Average 225 FPS
• Medium: Average 177 FPS, minimum 151 FPS, maximum 204 FPS
• High: Average 142 FPS
• Ultra: Average 110 FPS

2560x1440 (1440p)

• Low: Average 148 FPS
• Medium: Average 117 FPS, minimum 99 FPS, maximum 134 FPS
• High: Average 93 FPS
• Ultra: Average 73 FPS

3840x2160 (4K)

• Low: Average 82 FPS
• Medium: Average 65 FPS, minimum 55 FPS, maximum 75 FPS
• High: Average 52 FPS
• Ultra: Average 40 FPS

The data shows that the Medium preset consistently provides the most stable frame times, with recorded minimums that are higher than the averages of the next preset tier down. For example, at 1440p, the Medium preset's minimum of 99 FPS is higher than the High preset's average of 93 FPS. This suggests that Medium offers a more consistent experience than High, even if the average FPS is lower. The 1080p Low result of 225 FPS is the highest measured, but it comes at the cost of visual fidelity. The 4K results show that only Low and Medium are playable, with High and Ultra falling below 60 FPS.