Fivem

The Intel Core Ultra X7 368H paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile delivers a playable Fivem experience, but the data indicates a clear performance ceiling at higher resolutions. The most balanced experience is found at 1440p with Medium settings, where the average FPS of 87 provides a smooth gameplay baseline while maintaining visual fidelity. At 1080p, the combo is capable of exceeding 100 FPS on High settings, but pushing to Ultra yields diminishing returns; the 82 FPS average is still playable, yet the 24% drop from High to Ultra suggests the GPU is becoming the limiting factor. For 4K, the data shows the combo is only viable on Low settings, achieving 61 FPS, as High and Ultra settings drop to 39 FPS and 30 FPS respectively, which are below the threshold for comfortable multiplayer gameplay.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data across three resolutions and four quality presets reveals a clear hierarchy for optimizing the experience. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset provides the best balance, with an average of 133 FPS and a minimum of 113 FPS, ensuring consistent frame times for competitive play. While Low settings push the average to 168 FPS, the jump from Medium to High is only a 27 FPS reduction (133 to 106), making High a viable choice for users prioritizing visuals over raw frame rate. Ultra at 1080p, however, is the least efficient setting, producing 82 FPS average—a 24% drop from High—for what is likely a marginal visual improvement; this preset is only recommended for users with high refresh rate displays who cannot tolerate any graphical compromise.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset again emerges as the sweet spot, delivering 87 FPS with a minimum of 74 FPS. This is the highest resolution where the combo can maintain an average above 60 FPS on anything other than Low. The Low preset at 1440p yields 111 FPS, which is excellent for fast-paced scenarios, but the visual quality trade-off may be too steep for users with larger monitors. High at 1440p drops to 70 FPS, which is playable but leaves little headroom for demanding multiplayer moments; Ultra at this resolution falls to 54 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay.

For 3840x2160, the data is unambiguous: only the Low preset is recommended, as it produces 61 FPS. Medium at 4K averages 48 FPS with a minimum of 41 FPS, which will result in noticeable stutter during intense scenes. High and Ultra at 4K are essentially unplayable for competitive play, with averages of 39 FPS and 30 FPS respectively. The recommendation is to avoid 4K entirely unless the user is willing to accept Low settings; otherwise, 1440p Medium offers the best overall experience, combining a 87 FPS average with the visual fidelity of the Medium preset.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gaming on this combo?

A: The Medium preset provides the best balance, with an average of 133 FPS and a minimum of 113 FPS. High is also viable at 106 FPS, but Ultra drops to 82 FPS, making Medium the optimal choice for consistent performance.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in Fivem?

A: Only at Low settings, where the average FPS is 61. Medium drops to 48 FPS, High to 39 FPS, and Ultra to 30 FPS, all of which are below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth multiplayer gameplay.

Q: How does the RTX 4060 Mobile compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RTX 4060 Mobile has an average benchmark score of 22729, placing it 0.7% behind the RTX 2080 and 1.3% behind the Intel Arc B580, while being 0.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and 1.3% ahead of the RTX 5060 Mobile.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1440p High settings?

A: The 70 FPS average at 1440p High, compared to 106 FPS at 1080p High, indicates a 34% performance drop due to resolution increase. This suggests the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the CPU has a high multi-threaded benchmark score.

Q: What is the FPS drop from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings?

A: The average FPS drops from 133 at 1080p to 87 at 1440p, then to 48 at 4K. This represents a 36% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 45% drop from 1440p to 4K, highlighting the GPU's scaling limitations.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combos in Fivem?

A: The combo ranks 2264 out of 3707 tested combinations, placing it in the 39th percentile overall. This indicates it performs better than the majority of tested systems, but it is not in the top tier for high-refresh-rate 4K gaming.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a consistent and expected scaling pattern as resolution increases, but the magnitude of the drops reveals the GPU's performance envelope. At Medium settings, the average FPS falls from 133 at 1080p to 87 at 1440p, a 36% reduction, and then to 48 at 4K, another 45% reduction. This steep decline is characteristic of a GPU that is heavily utilized even at 1080p, with the RTX 4060 Mobile's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 128-bit bus width becoming a constraint as pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K.

The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at High settings shows a similar pattern: 106 FPS drops to 70 FPS, a 34% reduction. This consistency across presets indicates the bottleneck is resolution-dependent rather than settings-dependent. The GPU's compute resources, with 3072 shading units and an FP32 throughput of 11.61 TFLOPS, are sufficient for 1080p high-refresh gaming, but they are overwhelmed at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS drops to 30.

The 4K Low preset, which yields 61 FPS, is the only playable option at that resolution, and it still represents a 64% drop from the 1080p Low average of 168 FPS. This data suggests that the RTX 4060 Mobile is not designed for 4K gaming, and users should target 1440p as the maximum resolution for this combo. The CPU, with a high single-thread score of 4005 in Passmark and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, is unlikely to be the limiting factor at any resolution, as the FPS drops correlate directly with pixel count, not scene complexity.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest performance across all presets. Low settings produce an average of 168 FPS, which is the highest measured value in the entire dataset. Medium settings reduce the average to 133 FPS, with a minimum of 113 FPS and a maximum of 153 FPS, indicating a stable frame delivery. High settings yield 106 FPS, which is still well above the 60 FPS target, while Ultra settings drop to 82 FPS, a 24% reduction from High. The data shows that 1080p is the resolution where this combo can fully utilize the CPU's 16 cores and the GPU's 3072 shading units, as even Ultra remains playable.

At 2560x1440, the performance is more constrained. Low settings average 111 FPS, which is 57 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result, showing a 34% reduction. Medium settings average 87 FPS, with a minimum of 74 FPS, which is still within the playable range. High settings drop to 70 FPS, which is acceptable for casual play but may show stutter in dense multiplayer lobbies. Ultra settings at 1440p average 54 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold and is not recommended for competitive play.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles to maintain playable frame rates. Low settings are the only viable option, averaging 61 FPS, which is exactly at the 60 FPS target but leaves no headroom for dips. Medium settings average 48 FPS, with a minimum of 41 FPS, which will result in visible frame pacing issues. High settings average 39 FPS, and Ultra settings average 30 FPS, both of which are below the playable threshold for a multiplayer game like Fivem. The lack of min/max data for most 4K presets suggests that the frame delivery is inconsistent, further reinforcing the recommendation to avoid 4K on this combo.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of Intel Core Ultra X7 368H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile ranks 2264 out of 3707 tested combinations in Fivem. This places it in the 39th percentile of all tested systems, meaning it outperforms 61% of the database entries. The rank indicates that while this combo is not in the top tier for Fivem, it is far from the bottom, offering a solid mid-range experience. The data shows that the combo is better suited to 1080p and 1440p gaming, where it can achieve high frame rates, rather than 4K, where it falls below the 60 FPS threshold on most presets.

Comparing to the GPU's nearest rivals, the RTX 4060 Mobile's average benchmark score of 22729 is 0.7% lower than the RTX 2080 and 1.3% lower than the Intel Arc B580, while being 0.8% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and 1.3% higher than the RTX 5060 Mobile. This suggests that the GPU is competitive with last-generation desktop cards, but the measured FPS data shows that Fivem's multiplayer nature places additional demands on the system, which the combo handles adequately at lower resolutions.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 87% vs all CPUs indicates that the Core Ultra X7 368H is a strong processor, with an average benchmark score of 40518. Its nearest rivals, including the Intel Core 7 253PE and AMD Ryzen 9 7940H, have nearly identical scores, showing that the CPU is well-matched to its peers. However, the combo's 2264 rank in Fivem suggests that the GPU is the more limiting component, as the CPU's high multi-threaded performance (28221 in Cinebench R23) is not fully utilized by the game's engine, which is likely more dependent on single-thread performance.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra X7 368H features 16 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 2.00 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. This configuration is notable for having no hyper-threading, meaning the 16 threads correspond directly to the physical cores. The CPU's Passmark single-thread score of 4005 and multi-thread score of 32956 indicate strong performance in both single and multi-threaded workloads. In Fivem, which is a multiplayer modification of Grand Theft Auto V, the game engine typically relies heavily on a few cores for physics and game logic, while the GPU handles rendering.

The data shows that the CPU is not the primary bottleneck in most scenarios. At 1080p Low, the FPS of 168 is high enough to suggest the CPU can feed the GPU effectively, but the drop to 82 FPS at 1080p Ultra indicates the GPU becomes the limiting factor as graphical load increases. The CPU's high boost clock of 5.00 GHz is beneficial for the game's single-threaded tasks, and its 18 MB of shared L3 cache helps reduce memory latency. The 3 nm process node and Panther Lake architecture are modern, but the lack of hyper-threading may slightly hamper performance in games that can utilize more than 16 threads, though Fivem is unlikely to do so.

The CPU's benchmark results, including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 28221 and single-core score of 3984, place it in the 87th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H, has a nearly identical average score, indicating that the Core Ultra X7 368H is competitive with top-tier mobile processors. However, the measured FPS data in Fivem shows that the combo's rank of 2264 out of 3707 is more influenced by the GPU, as the RTX 4060 Mobile's 67th percentile ranking among GPUs is lower than the CPU's 87th percentile. This suggests that users should prioritize GPU upgrades for better Fivem performance, as the CPU has sufficient headroom to support a more powerful graphics card.