Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 delivers an exceptionally smooth experience in Inside, a puzzle platformer with modest graphical demands. The benchmark data shows that even at the highest settings and resolution, the system never drops below 145 FPS, ensuring flawless frame pacing for the game's physics-based puzzles and atmospheric lighting. This combination of an 8-core Zen 3 processor and a flagship Blackwell GPU places the setup in the 246th position out of 1671 tested combos, putting it in the top 15% of all configurations for this title.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance for optimizing the visual experience without sacrificing performance. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset delivers 228.7 FPS, which is within 1.7% of the High preset's 232.6 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra is negligible in practice, but Ultra adds additional post-processing and shadow quality that enhances the game's moody, monochromatic art style. Given that the system maintains over 200 FPS at 1440p Ultra, the recommendation is to run the Ultra preset at any resolution below 4K.

For 3840x2160, the Ultra setting produces 145.2 FPS, which remains well above the 144 Hz refresh rate threshold common on high-end displays. The High preset at 4K yields 154 FPS, a 6.1% improvement over Ultra, while sacrificing some of the finer shadow and texture filtering details. Since both presets clear 144 FPS at 4K, the choice comes down to preference: High for maximum headroom, Ultra for maximum visual fidelity. The Low preset at 4K reaches 233.4 FPS, but this setting removes ambient occlusion and volumetric effects that are central to Inside's visual storytelling. The Medium preset at 4K, at 214.2 FPS, offers a balanced middle ground but still omits some of the game's signature lighting effects.

The optimal recommendation is the High preset at 3840x2160 for a 4K display, and the Ultra preset for 1440p or 1080p displays. The data indicates that the Ultra preset at 2560x1440 produces 204.3 FPS, which is 31.5% faster than the 4K Ultra result, demonstrating that the GPU has ample headroom at lower resolutions. For competitive or high-refresh-rate play, the 1080p High preset at 232.6 FPS is the sweet spot, offering a 1.7% performance gain over Ultra while maintaining full visual effects.

FAQ

*Q: How does this CPU+GPU combo rank for Inside?*

A: The combination ranks 246th out of 1671 tested configurations, placing it in the top 14.7% of all systems tested for this game.

*Q: Can this system run Inside at 4K Ultra settings?*

A: Yes, the measured data shows 145.2 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, which is comfortably above 144 FPS for high-refresh-rate displays.

Q: What is the performance difference between High and Ultra at 1080p?

A: The High preset achieves 232.6 FPS while Ultra reaches 228.7 FPS, a difference of only 1.7%. The Ultra preset is recommended for the additional visual effects at no practical cost.

Q: How much faster is 1080p compared to 4K for this setup?

A: At High settings, the 1080p result of 232.6 FPS is 51% faster than the 4K result of 154 FPS. The scaling is not linear due to the game's relatively simple rendering load.

Q: Is the RTX 5090 bottlenecked by the Ryzen 7 5700G in this game?

A: The data suggests some CPU limitation at low resolutions. The 1080p Low preset hits 303.3 FPS, while the 4K Low preset reaches 233.4 FPS, indicating the GPU is not the sole limiting factor at 1080p.

Q: What is the best settings preset for a 144 Hz monitor?

A: At 4K, the High preset at 154 FPS is recommended. At 1440p, the Ultra preset at 204.3 FPS provides ample margin. At 1080p, any preset exceeds 228 FPS, allowing Ultra without concern.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 combination achieves a rank of 246 out of 1671 tested combos for Inside. This places the system in the 85th percentile of all configurations, meaning it outperforms roughly 85% of tested setups in this specific title. The ranking reflects the game's low system requirements relative to the hardware's capabilities; Inside is a 2.5D puzzle platformer that does not heavily stress modern GPUs, so even mid-range graphics cards can achieve high frame rates.

The RTX 5090's individual benchmark performance shows it sits in the 94th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 84306. Its nearest rival is the RTX 5090 D, which scores 84241, a delta of just 0.1%. The RTX 5050 Mobile scores 84171 (0.2% lower), and the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 trails by 1.3%. This GPU is clearly a top-tier part, but in Inside, the game's simple rendering means the CPU becomes more relevant at lower resolutions.

The Ryzen 7 5700G holds the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25626. Its nearest rival is the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U at 25706, a negligible 0.3% difference. The Intel Xeon D-2752TER scores 25532 (0.4% higher), and the Intel Core 5 210H scores 25490 (0.5% higher). The 5700G's 8 cores and 16 threads of Zen 3 architecture are more than sufficient for Inside, which is primarily single-threaded. The combo's rank of 246 suggests that while the GPU is overkill for this title, the CPU's single-thread performance (3dmark_single_thread score of 899) is adequate to feed the RTX 5090 at high frame rates.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 303.3 FPS, the highest recorded in the entire dataset. The Medium preset follows at 276 FPS, High at 232.6 FPS, and Ultra at 228.7 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 24.6% performance drop, with the most significant single-step reduction occurring between Medium and High (43.4 FPS, a 15.7% decrease). The gap between High and Ultra is only 3.9 FPS (1.7%), meaning the Ultra preset's additional effects cost almost nothing in performance.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 268.7 FPS, Medium at 250 FPS, High at 207.7 FPS, and Ultra at 204.3 FPS. Compared to 1080p, the resolution increase from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 (a 77.8% increase in pixel count) causes a performance drop of 11.4% at Low, 9.4% at Medium, 10.7% at High, and 10.7% at Ultra. The consistent ~10% drop across settings indicates that the GPU is handling the extra pixel workload efficiently, with the CPU still providing sufficient frame throughput.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset reaches 233.4 FPS, Medium at 214.2 FPS, High at 154 FPS, and Ultra at 145.2 FPS. The jump from Medium to High at 4K is substantial: a 28.1% drop from 214.2 to 154 FPS. This suggests that the High preset enables more demanding shaders that scale disproportionately with resolution. The gap between High and Ultra at 4K is 8.8 FPS (5.7%), which is larger than at 1080p (1.7%) or 1440p (1.7%), indicating that the Ultra preset's additional effects become more expensive at higher pixel counts.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the bottleneck characteristics of this system. At Low settings, the transition from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 results in a performance decrease from 303.3 to 233.4 FPS, a 23.1% reduction. This is far less than the 300% increase in pixel count would suggest, indicating that at Low settings, the CPU is the primary limiter. The Ryzen 7 5700G's single-thread performance, measured at 899 in 3dmark_single_thread, cannot push frame rates beyond the low 300s in this game, regardless of resolution.

At High settings, the drop from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 is from 232.6 to 154 FPS, a 33.8% reduction. This larger percentage drop shows that the GPU begins to take over as the limiting factor at higher settings, particularly at 4K where the pixel fill rate becomes significant. The RTX 5090's 1.79 TB/s memory bandwidth and 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are sufficient for this game, but the rendering load at Ultra 4K still produces 145.2 FPS.

The scaling pattern is consistent: from 1080p to 1440p, the performance drop averages 10.4% across all settings, while from 1440p to 4K, the drop averages 25.9%. This non-linear scaling confirms that the system transitions from a CPU-bound state at 1080p to a more balanced state at 4K. At 1080p Low, the 303.3 FPS ceiling appears to be a CPU limit, as the same settings at 1440p only drop to 268.7 FPS (11.4% lower) despite a 77.8% pixel increase. The data suggests that for this specific title, the RTX 5090 has significant untapped headroom at 1080p, and users with 240 Hz displays could potentially see higher frame rates with a stronger CPU. However, the measured results show that the system already delivers 228.7 FPS at 1080p Ultra, which exceeds the refresh rate of most monitors.