Inside

Inside is a 2016 puzzle platformer with a deliberately minimalist presentation, but the benchmark data for the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER combination reveals a surprisingly demanding title at higher settings. This pairing produces a wide spread of frame rates across resolutions and presets, ranging from a fluid 70 FPS at 4K High to a blistering 310 FPS at 1080p Low. The measured results show a system capable of handling the game’s atmospheric environments with ease, though the choice of settings and resolution significantly alters the experience, especially when aiming for very high refresh rates.

Settings Recommendations

The data suggests that the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience across all tested resolutions, as it is the only settings tier where minimum and maximum frame rates were recorded. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers an average of 248 FPS with a minimum of 210 FPS, ensuring smooth gameplay even during intense sequences. At 2560x1440, Medium maintains a strong 178 FPS average with a 151 FPS minimum, which is well above the threshold for high-refresh-rate displays. Even at 3840x2160, the Medium preset produces a respectable 112 FPS average, with a 95 FPS minimum, making it the only preset at 4K that consistently stays above the 60 FPS mark.

For users with 144Hz or 165Hz monitors, the High preset at 1440p is the optimal choice, as it yields 111 FPS average, closely matching typical refresh rate targets. The Low preset is interesting for competitive play or maximum frame rates, hitting 223 FPS at 1440p and 310 FPS at 1080p, but this comes at the cost of visual fidelity, which is a core part of Inside's aesthetic. The Ultra preset provides the highest visual quality but shows diminishing returns, with an average of 147 FPS at 1080p and only 67 FPS at 4K, the latter being the only tested configuration that dips below the 70 FPS mark. The data implies that Ultra is not worth the performance hit, as the jump from High to Ultra offers no recorded minimum frame rate data, suggesting potential instability or a significant performance cliff.

FAQ

Q: Can this system run Inside at 4K resolution smoothly?

A: Yes, but only on the Medium preset, which achieves a 112 FPS average with a 95 FPS minimum. The High and Ultra presets at 4K produce 70 FPS and 67 FPS averages respectively, which are playable but less comfortable for high-refresh-rate displays.

Q: What is the best preset for a 144Hz monitor at 1440p?

A: The High preset at 2560x1440 delivers 111 FPS average, which is close to the 144Hz target. The Medium preset provides a higher 178 FPS average, but the High preset likely offers better visual quality for the minimal frame rate difference.

Q: How much performance difference is there between Low and Ultra settings?

A: The gap is substantial. At 1080p, Low achieves 310 FPS average while Ultra achieves 147 FPS, representing a difference of over 2x. At 4K, the difference is similar, with Low hitting 140 FPS and Ultra only 67 FPS.

Q: Is the RTX 2070 SUPER a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: No, the data shows the CPU is likely the limiting factor at 1080p. The jump from 1080p Low at 310 FPS to 1440p Low at 223 FPS is a 28% drop, while the drop from 1440p to 4K Low is 37%, indicating the GPU still has headroom at lower resolutions.

Q: Does the game support high refresh rates above 200 FPS?

A: Yes, at 1080p with Low and Medium settings, the system achieves 310 FPS and 248 FPS averages respectively, making it suitable for 240Hz displays. At 1440p, Low also exceeds 200 FPS with a 223 FPS average.

Q: What are the recorded minimum frame rates for this combo?

A: Only the Medium preset has recorded minimum frame rate data. At 1080p, the minimum is 210 FPS; at 1440p, it is 151 FPS; and at 4K, it is 95 FPS. This suggests Medium is the most stable preset in terms of frame pacing.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER serves as the primary rendering engine for Inside, with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 256-bit memory bus providing a 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. The GPU’s core clocks, with a base of 1605 MHz and a boost of 1770 MHz, are relatively modest by modern standards, but the benchmark results show they are sufficient for this title. The data indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER is not heavily taxed at lower resolutions, as the frame rates scale almost linearly with resolution when moving from 1080p to 1440p. However, at 4K, the GPU’s workload becomes more apparent, with the average frame rate dropping by roughly 37% compared to 1440p on the Low preset.

The GPU’s 2560 shading units and 64 ROPs contribute to its pixel throughput of 113.3 GPixel/s, which is likely a key factor in handling Inside’s stylized 2.5D environments. The 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is more than adequate for a game of this genre, but the measured data shows that the Ultra preset still reduces performance by over 50% compared to Low at every resolution. The 8 GB VRAM capacity appears sufficient, as no memory-related stutter or frame drops are evident in the recorded minimum FPS values. Interestingly, the RTX 2070 SUPER sits in the 65th percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rivals include the Intel Arc B570 and Arc A750, which shows this older card still competes with newer budget offerings in synthetic benchmarks.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and RTX 2070 SUPER combination ranks 1587 out of 2887 tested combos for Inside, placing it in the 55th percentile of all system pairings. This mid-pack ranking is somewhat surprising given the high frame rates achieved, but it likely reflects the fact that many tested combos include newer, more powerful GPUs. The CPU itself ranks in the 83rd percentile of all processors, while the GPU is only in the 65th percentile, suggesting the graphics card is the weaker component in this pairing. The combo’s rank of 1587 implies that roughly 1300 other combinations deliver higher average frame rates, but the actual measured FPS data shows this system is far from inadequate for this specific title.

The CPU’s nearest rivals include the Intel Core i5-14600T and the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, with the Ryzen 5 7400F scoring 0.1% higher and 0.2% higher than those chips respectively. The GPU’s nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M and the RTX 3070 Mobile, with the RTX 2070 SUPER scoring 1% and 1.2% lower, respectively. This indicates that while the CPU performs above its direct competitors, the GPU lags slightly behind its nearest alternatives, which contributes to the mid-pack combo ranking. For a game like Inside, which is not typically considered GPU-intensive, this ranking suggests the system is well-balanced but not optimized for maximum frame rates.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of resolution scaling that points to the GPU as the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. At Low settings, the average frame rate drops from 310 FPS at 1080p to 223 FPS at 1440p, a 28% decrease, and then further to 140 FPS at 4K, a 37% decrease from 1440p. This scaling is not linear, indicating that the GPU’s workload becomes more demanding as pixel count increases. At Medium settings, the scaling is similar: 248 FPS at 1080p drops to 178 FPS at 1440p (28% decrease) and then to 112 FPS at 4K (37% decrease). This consistent pattern across settings suggests a fixed relationship between resolution and performance.

However, at High and Ultra settings, the scaling is slightly less steep. High goes from 155 FPS at 1080p to 111 FPS at 1440p (28% decrease) and then to 70 FPS at 4K (37% decrease). Ultra follows the same trend: 147 FPS at 1080p to 106 FPS at 1440p (28% decrease) and 67 FPS at 4K (37% decrease). The uniformity of these percentage drops across all settings strongly indicates that the GPU is the limiting component, as the CPU would not exhibit such consistent scaling. The fact that 1080p Low hits 310 FPS suggests the CPU can push far more frames, but the GPU cannot keep up as resolution increases.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers exceptional performance across all presets. The Low preset achieves an average of 310 FPS, while Medium produces 248 FPS with a minimum of 210 FPS and maximum of 285 FPS. High settings yield 155 FPS average, and Ultra drops to 147 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is over 2x, but even the lowest average of 147 FPS is well above standard 60Hz displays.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show the GPU’s increasing workload. Low averages 223 FPS, Medium averages 178 FPS with a 151 FPS minimum and 205 FPS maximum, High averages 111 FPS, and Ultra averages 106 FPS. The Medium preset’s minimum of 151 FPS is particularly noteworthy, as it ensures smooth gameplay on most high-refresh-rate monitors.

At 3840x2160, the performance becomes more variable. Low still manages 140 FPS average, but Medium drops to 112 FPS with a 95 FPS minimum and 129 FPS maximum. High and Ultra presets produce 70 FPS and 67 FPS averages, respectively. The 4K Ultra result of 67 FPS is the only tested configuration that falls below the 70 FPS threshold, making it less ideal for 60Hz displays with V-sync enabled.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, plays a crucial role in enabling the high frame rates seen at lower resolutions. Its base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz, combined with a 32 MB L3 cache, provide ample processing power for Inside’s physics and logic. The CPU’s benchmark scores are strong, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21765 and a single-core score of 3072, placing it in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs. The PassMark multi-thread score of 25645 and single-thread score of 3689 further confirm its capability.

The data reveals the CPU’s influence most clearly at 1080p Low, where the system achieves 310 FPS. This high frame rate indicates that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough data to maintain such performance. However, as resolution increases, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, as evidenced by the consistent percentage drops. The Ryzen 5 7400F’s nearest rivals, including the Intel Core i5-14600T and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, show similar average benchmark scores, with the 7400F performing 0.1% to 0.2% better. This suggests that the CPU is not a limiting factor for this game, and the system’s overall ranking is more dependent on the GPU’s performance.