Fortnite

The Intel Core i5-13400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination delivers a wide performance envelope in Fortnite, scaling from exceptionally high frame rates at 1080p to playable, though demanding, 4K Ultra results. The measured data shows a system that is clearly GPU-limited at higher resolutions and settings, while the CPU’s strong multi-threaded capabilities ensure it never becomes a bottleneck at lower settings. This combo ranks in the 84th percentile among all tested GPU combinations and places 255th out of 1564 total combos for this specific title, indicating a top-tier pairing for competitive and high-refresh-rate play.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with Low settings?

A: The combo achieves an average of 377.7 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings, which is the highest frame rate recorded across all tested configurations.

Q: How does the frame rate drop from 1440p to 4K on High settings?

A: At 2560x1440 High, the average is 130 FPS, but this drops to 69.7 FPS at 3840x2160 High. This represents a significant 46.4% reduction in performance when moving to 4K.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1080p Low?

A: At 1080p Low, the system produces 377.7 FPS, which is over 2.5 times the frame rate of the 4K Low result (126.3 FPS). This massive scaling suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at high rates, but the GPU becomes the primary constraint as resolution increases.

Q: What is the combo's overall rank among tested systems in Fortnite?

A: The combo ranks 255th out of 1,564 total tested combinations, placing it in the top 16.3% of all systems benchmarked for this game.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 SUPER compare to its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 42,576, while the RX 7650 GRE scores 42,723. The data shows the RTX 4070 SUPER is 0.3% behind this rival in aggregate GPU benchmarks.

Q: What is the maximum average FPS recorded at 4K resolution?

A: The highest average at 3840x2160 is 126.3 FPS, achieved with Low settings. With Ultra settings, the average drops to 44.3 FPS.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER serves as the primary engine for Fortnite’s rendering workload, and its specifications directly explain the performance tiers observed in the data. The GPU is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process and features 7,168 shading units. Its boost clock of 2475 MHz, combined with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, yields a memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. These figures support the card’s high throughput in a game like Fortnite, which relies heavily on raw pixel and texture processing.

The GPU’s role becomes clearer when examining the scaling from Low to Ultra settings at a fixed resolution. At 1920x1080, the average FPS drops from 377.7 at Low to 137.6 at Ultra, a 63.6% reduction. This pattern is consistent at 4K, where Low yields 126.3 FPS and Ultra drops to 44.3 FPS. The data indicates that the RTX 4070 SUPER has ample headroom for competitive play at lower settings, but the demand from Ultra settings, particularly at higher resolutions, saturates the GPU’s capabilities. The 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores are present in the hardware, though their specific impact on Fortnite’s measured frame rates is not isolated in this dataset.

The GPU’s aggregate benchmark scores reinforce its position. With a PassMark G3D score of 29,995 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4,627, it sits in the 84th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA RTX A6000, scores 42,653, placing the 4070 SUPER within 0.2% of that workstation card. This proximity in synthetic benchmarks, despite differing target markets, highlights the 4070 SUPER’s raw compute strength.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data across 1080p, 1440p, and 4K resolutions reveals a clear and predictable scaling pattern that identifies the GPU as the primary limiting component. At 1080p High, the combo produces 204.1 FPS. Moving to 1440p High reduces this to 130 FPS, a 36.3% drop. The subsequent move to 4K High yields 69.7 FPS, another 46.4% reduction from the 1440p figure. This steep decline with each resolution increase is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where the rendering load on the RTX 4070 SUPER outpaces the CPU’s ability to feed it.

The Low settings data provides further insight into the bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the system hits 377.7 FPS, but at 1440p Low, it drops to 237.9 FPS and then to 126.3 FPS at 4K Low. The relative reductions are 37.0% and 46.9% respectively. The fact that frame rates remain high at 1080p Low suggests the CPU can sustain a very high workload, but the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth become the decisive factors as pixel count increases. The 12 GB VRAM and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for the data, but the sheer pixel throughput required at 4K Ultra (44.3 FPS) shows a hard limit.

Comparing Medium and High settings at each resolution shows a similar trend, with 1440p Medium at 167.5 FPS versus 4K Medium at 86.4 FPS. The scaling factors are consistent, indicating that the GPU’s compute resources scale linearly with resolution under these settings. The data strongly suggests that users targeting 4K will need to compromise on quality settings, while 1440p offers a balanced sweet spot for high refresh rates.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-13400F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER achieves a combo rank of 255 out of 1,564 tested combinations in Fortnite. This places the system in the top 16.3% of all tested pairings, which is a strong result for a mainstream CPU paired with a high-end GPU. The rank reflects the measured FPS data, which shows this system outperforming the vast majority of other CPU-GPU pairings in the database for this title.

The CPU’s individual standing supports this high combo rank. The i5-13400F has an average benchmark score of 25,236 and sits in the 82nd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D, scores 25,365, a marginal 0.5% difference. The GPU’s 84th percentile ranking and its aggregate score of 42,576, which is within 0.2% of the NVIDIA RTX A6000, further reinforce the pairing’s strength. When both components perform near the top of their respective distributions, the combined result naturally lands in the upper echelon of the combo rankings.

The deltaPct values for the CPU’s rivals show very tight clustering, with all deltas between -0.5% and 0.5%. This indicates that the i5-13400F is positioned in a highly competitive performance band, where small differences in synthetic benchmarks translate to negligible real-world FPS differences. The combo’s rank of 255, therefore, is not just a product of individual component strength but also of the balanced nature of this pairing, which avoids severe bottlenecks in either direction.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F provides the processing foundation for this combo, and its specifications indicate it is well-suited to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 4070 SUPER in Fortnite. The CPU features 10 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. It is built on the Raptor Lake architecture using a 10 nm process. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache. These resources are ample for a game like Fortnite, which benefits from high single-thread performance but also scales with additional cores.

The CPU’s benchmark results demonstrate its capability. In Cinebench R23, it scores 3,004 in single-core and 21,279 in multi-core tests. The 3DMark 16-thread score is 7,314, while the 2-thread score is 1,880, showing strong scaling up to 8 threads (5,591) and then leveling off with max threads at 7,307. This scaling pattern suggests the CPU can handle the multi-threaded workloads of a modern game engine without saturating, leaving headroom for background tasks.

In Fortnite specifically, the CPU’s role is less about raw FPS generation at high resolutions and more about maintaining high frame rates at lower settings. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 377.7 FPS, a figure that is only achievable if the CPU can process game logic and draw calls quickly enough. The i5-13400F’s PassMark single-thread score of 3,634 and multithread score of 25,032 support this capability. Conversely, at 4K Ultra, the CPU’s workload is relatively lighter compared to the GPU, and the frame rate drops to 44.3 FPS, confirming the GPU is the limiting factor there.

With a 65 W TDP and a launch MSRP of $196, the i5-13400F offers a strong balance of performance and efficiency. Its 82nd percentile ranking among all CPUs places it ahead of many older and lower-tier processors, ensuring it can keep pace with the RTX 4070 SUPER across the majority of Fortnite’s settings and resolution combinations. The data indicates that for this game, the CPU is not a weak link, allowing the GPU’s performance to shine through.