Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 combination delivers exceptional performance in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer. The measured frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings are remarkably high, indicating that this hardware pairing is vastly overqualified for the game's demands. The data shows that even at 4K Ultra settings, the combo maintains an average of 82.8 FPS, which is well above the threshold for smooth, responsive gameplay in this title. The primary consideration for users is not whether the hardware can run the game, but rather how to leverage its substantial headroom for the best possible visual experience.

Settings Recommendations

Given the extraordinary performance headroom, the choice of settings hinges on display refresh rate and personal preference for visual fidelity. At 1080p, the data shows the combo achieves 339 FPS on Low, 303.9 FPS on Medium, 191.1 FPS on High, and 181 FPS on Ultra. The difference between High and Ultra is a 10.1 FPS drop, which is negligible for such a visually simple game, while the jump from Medium to High costs 112.8 FPS. For users with 144Hz or 240Hz monitors, even the Ultra preset at 181 FPS exceeds the refresh rate, making it the best choice for maximum image quality without sacrificing smoothness. The High preset at 191.1 FPS offers a small performance buffer over Ultra and is a more conservative option, but the data supports Ultra as the premier experience at this resolution.

Moving to 1440p, the performance remains exceptionally high. The Ultra preset delivers 130.9 FPS, which is ideal for high-refresh-rate 1440p displays. The High preset at 135.6 FPS is nearly identical, offering only a 4.7 FPS advantage. The Medium preset at 216.4 FPS and Low at 270.5 FPS are excessive for most displays and sacrifice significant visual quality for frame rates that few monitors can even display. At 1440p, the Ultra preset is the clear recommendation, as it provides a flawless experience that fully utilizes the GPU's capabilities.

At 4K, the data reveals a more balanced trade-off. The Ultra preset yields 82.8 FPS, which is still excellent for 4K gaming. The High preset at 83.5 FPS is virtually indistinguishable in performance, with a negligible 0.7 FPS difference. The Medium preset jumps to 134.5 FPS, but this comes at the cost of reduced visual detail. For 60Hz 4K displays, the Ultra preset is the definitive choice, offering the highest fidelity while comfortably exceeding the 60 FPS target. For 120Hz 4K displays, the Medium preset at 134.5 FPS is the only option that can fully utilize the refresh rate, but it does so with lower visual settings. The data strongly suggests that High or Ultra is the sweet spot for 4K, as the performance difference between them is minimal and the frame rate is already well above playable thresholds.

How This Combo Ranks

The data places this combination at rank 650 out of 1671 tested combos in Inside. This rank places it in the upper half of all tested systems, but it is not near the top, which is expected given the game's age and the relative power of the components. The rank reflects the combined performance of the CPU and GPU, and for a game this lightweight, the bottleneck is likely the GPU's ability to push frames at higher resolutions, though the CPU is also a factor at lower settings where frame rates exceed 300 FPS. The position in the 61st percentile of tested combinations indicates that many more powerful or newer systems achieve higher frame rates, but the absolute performance here is already so high that the ranking is more of a formality than a measure of playability.

The CPU itself, the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, holds an 82nd percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25064. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, has a nearly identical average score of 25057, a delta of 0%. This indicates that the 8400F's processing power is on par with that older, higher-core-count part in general benchmarks, which confirms the efficiency of its Zen 4 architecture. The GPU, the RTX 3070, sits in the 72nd percentile among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 28238. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, is 0.9% behind, while the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 1% ahead. These small deltas show that the RTX 3070 is positioned at a performance tier where minor differences separate it from competitors.

In the context of Inside, this rank of 650 is logical. The game is not demanding, so the limiting factor is the sheer speed of the GPU at high resolutions. The combination's rank suggests that while it is not the absolute fastest, it provides a surplus of performance that makes any settings combination viable. The data indicates that this combo is in the top 40% of all systems tested, which is a strong result for a mid-range CPU paired with a previous-generation high-end GPU.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is the primary driver of performance in this configuration. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for a game like Inside that does not feature large, high-resolution textures. The GPU's 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs are all more than sufficient to handle the game's rendering demands. The core clock operates at a base of 1500 MHz and boosts to 1725 MHz, allowing for consistent high frame rates. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz, or 14 Gbps effective, which is another indicator of the card's high bandwidth capabilities.

The GPU's role becomes more apparent when examining the frame rate scaling. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 158 FPS (from 339 to 181), which shows that the GPU is not the bottleneck even at the highest settings. At 1440p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 139.6 FPS (from 270.5 to 130.9), and at 4K, it is 86.6 FPS (from 169.4 to 82.8). This scaling shows that as resolution increases, the GPU's workload increases, and the frame rate drops accordingly. However, even at 4K Ultra, the GPU still delivers 82.8 FPS, proving it has substantial headroom. The GPU's 72nd percentile ranking and its average benchmark score of 28238 further confirm its strong standing, and its 20.31 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is more than enough for this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum average frame rate achievable with this combo?

A: The highest recorded average frame rate is 339 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F has an average benchmark score of 25064, which is exactly 0% different from the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X's score of 25057, making them effectively equal in performance.

Q: Is the RTX 3070's memory bandwidth sufficient for 4K gaming in this title?

A: Yes, the 448.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth is more than adequate, as the combo still achieves 82.8 FPS at 4K Ultra settings.

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

A: At 2560x1440, the High preset averages 135.6 FPS, while Ultra averages 130.9 FPS, a difference of only 4.7 FPS.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested GPUs?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 28238.

Q: Does the combo rank in the top half of all tested systems for this game?

A: Yes, it ranks 650th out of 1671 tested combos, placing it in the upper 40% of all configurations.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a significant dependence on resolution, confirming that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions. At Low settings, the average frame rate drops from 339 FPS at 1080p to 270.5 FPS at 1440p, a decrease of 68.5 FPS (20.2%), and then to 169.4 FPS at 4K, a further decrease of 101.1 FPS (37.4%). This pattern is consistent across all settings. At Medium settings, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 87.5 FPS (from 303.9 to 216.4), and from 1440p to 4K is 81.9 FPS (from 216.4 to 134.5). At High settings, the drops are 55.5 FPS (from 191.1 to 135.6) and 52.1 FPS (from 135.6 to 83.5). At Ultra settings, the drops are 50.1 FPS (from 181 to 130.9) and 48.1 FPS (from 130.9 to 82.8).

The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial: at Low settings, the frame rate falls by 50% (from 339 to 169.4); at Medium, by 55.7% (from 303.9 to 134.5); at High, by 56.3% (from 191.1 to 83.5); and at Ultra, by 54.3% (from 181 to 82.8). This near-uniform ~50-56% reduction in frame rate when quadrupling the pixel count indicates that the GPU is the dominant bottleneck. The CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is capable of feeding the GPU at lower resolutions, as evidenced by the 339 FPS result at 1080p Low. However, as the resolution increases, the GPU's pixel processing and memory bandwidth become the limiting factors. The data shows that the GPU's performance scales predictably with resolution, and the frame rate at 4K is roughly half of that at 1080p, which is a classic sign of a GPU-limited scenario. The CPU's high single-thread and multi-thread scores (2943 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 20851 in multi-core) are sufficient to avoid becoming a bottleneck at any resolution tested, but the GPU's workload increases linearly with pixel count, leading to the observed frame rate drops.