Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti combination delivers a highly variable experience in Inside, a Puzzle Platformer released on 2016-07-06. Benchmark results show this pairing ranks 1641 out of 1671 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 2% of systems. The 8-core, 16-thread CPU is severely bottlenecked by a GPU that sits at the 30th percentile among all graphics cards, creating a lopsided pairing where frame rates depend almost entirely on resolution and quality settings rather than processor capability.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best average FPS this combo achieves in Inside?*

A: The highest measured average is 108.6 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This drops to 80.8 FPS at 2560x1440 Low and 50 FPS at 3840x2160 Low, showing a clear resolution scaling pattern.

Q: How does the combo perform at Ultra settings across resolutions?

A: At 1920x1080 Ultra, the average FPS is 52.9. At 2560x1440 Ultra, it falls to 34.8, and at 3840x2160 Ultra, it drops to 23.7 FPS. The gap between 1080p and 1440p Ultra is 18.1 FPS, while 4K Ultra is only 11.1 FPS below 1440p Ultra.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this configuration?

A: The GPU is decisively the bottleneck. The Ryzen 7 5800X ranks at the 84th percentile among all CPUs, while the GTX 1050 Ti ranks at the 30th percentile among all GPUs. The CPU’s nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800, scores within 0.3% higher on average, while the GPU’s nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce 930A, matches its average score exactly.

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

A: At 1920x1080, Low settings yield 108.6 FPS, while High settings produce 52.9 FPS. That is a 55.7 FPS difference, meaning High settings cut frame rates roughly in half compared to Low.

*Q: How does the combo rank relative to other tested systems in Inside?*

A: The combo ranks 1641 out of 1671 total combinations. This places it in the bottom 30 positions, indicating that only 30 tested combos perform worse in this specific game.

Q: What is the frame rate at 4K with Medium settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Medium settings, the average FPS is 38.6. This is between the Low setting’s 50 FPS and High setting’s 21.8 FPS, showing that Medium offers a playable middle ground at 4K.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X provides substantial processing headroom that goes largely unused in Inside. This desktop processor features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. Its 32 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support give it strong theoretical throughput, confirmed by benchmark scores like 23,571 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 3,327 in Cinebench R23 single-core.

The CPU’s average benchmark score of 27,606 places it at the 84th percentile of all CPUs, with nearest rivals including the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (0.3% higher average score) and Intel Core i7-13700H (0.4% lower). This processor is clearly capable of feeding far more powerful GPUs than the GTX 1050 Ti paired here. In Inside, a game with modest CPU demands, the 5800X’s 8-core advantage means it is almost certainly never the limiting factor at any resolution or settings combination tested.

The data shows the CPU’s single-thread performance is particularly strong, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 943 and Geekbench single-core score of 2,194. Since Inside is a Puzzle Platformer with relatively simple physics and AI, it likely relies more on single-thread performance than multi-thread scaling. The 5800X’s PassMark single-thread score of 3,445 further reinforces that this processor can handle the game’s logic without breaking a sweat, even at 4K where GPU load is highest.

Despite this CPU strength, the measured FPS at 3840x2160 High is only 21.8 FPS. This indicates the graphics card, not the processor, determines the playable threshold. The CPU’s 105 W TDP and 7 nm process node from TSMC suggest efficient operation, but none of that efficiency translates to higher frame rates when the GPU is the bottleneck.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the decisive performance limiter in this pairing. This Pascal-architecture GPU uses the GP107 chip built on Samsung’s 14 nm process, with 768 shading units, 48 texture mapping units, and 32 render output units. Its base clock runs at 1291 MHz with a boost of 1392 MHz, while the 4 GB of GDDR5 memory operates at 1752 MHz (7 Gbps effective) across a 128-bit bus, yielding 112.1 GB/s of bandwidth.

The GPU’s average benchmark score of 5,316 places it at just the 30th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce 930A (0% difference in average score), NVIDIA GeForce 940M (0.4% higher), and AMD Radeon R7 240 (0.7% higher). This places the GTX 1050 Ti firmly in entry-level territory, far below what the Ryzen 7 5800X can support.

In Inside, the GPU’s limitations emerge clearly as resolution increases. At 1920x1080, the card manages 52.9 FPS on High and 87.3 FPS on Medium, showing reasonable performance at lower pixel counts. However, at 3840x2160, High settings drop to 21.8 FPS and Ultra to 23.7 FPS, indicating that the 4 GB frame buffer and 112.1 GB/s bandwidth cannot sustain high-quality rendering at 4K. The GPU’s 75 W TDP and lack of power connectors reflect its modest design, but this does not excuse the steep frame rate drops at higher resolutions.

The measured data shows a consistent pattern: Low settings at any resolution are playable, High at 1080p is borderline, and anything above 1080p with High or Ultra settings falls below 40 FPS. The GPU’s DirectX 12 score of 26 in PassMark and Vulkan score of 19,851 in Geekbench indicate it can handle modern APIs, but raw throughput is simply insufficient for demanding configs in this title.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1641 out of 1671 tested combinations in Inside, placing it in the bottom 2%. This 30-position gap above the worst-performing combos shows that while the Ryzen 7 5800X is a top-tier CPU, the GTX 1050 Ti drags the overall system down to near the bottom of the benchmark database.

This ranking is consistent with the component-level percentiles. The CPU’s 84th percentile ranking suggests it could support much higher frame rates if paired with a stronger GPU. The GPU’s 30th percentile ranking, however, caps the system’s potential. The delta between these two percentiles—54 percentage points—illustrates the extreme imbalance of this configuration.

Compared to other combos in the database, this pairing likely performs worse than systems with mid-range GPUs paired with weaker CPUs, because the GPU bottleneck is so severe. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 108.6 FPS, which is respectable, but at 4K Ultra, it falls to 23.7 FPS. This wide range of performance across settings suggests the combo’s rank could improve significantly if the GPU were upgraded, while the CPU would remain a constant strong contributor.

The rank of 1641 out of 1671 also implies that 30 combos perform worse, likely featuring older or weaker GPUs combined with equally modest CPUs. This combo’s CPU strength does not rescue it from the GPU’s limitations, confirming that in Inside, the graphics card dictates the overall system ranking.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its most playable results. Low settings produce 108.6 FPS average, Medium yields 87.3 FPS, and High and Ultra both register 52.9 FPS. The identical High and Ultra scores suggest the GTX 1050 Ti hits a performance ceiling where additional quality settings do not further reduce frame rates, likely due to CPU or driver limits rather than GPU load.

At 2560x1440, performance drops noticeably. Low settings average 80.8 FPS, Medium 65.1 FPS, High 39.7 FPS, and Ultra 34.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 15.7 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is only 4.9 FPS, indicating diminishing returns at higher quality levels. The 1440p High result of 39.7 FPS falls below the 60 FPS threshold, making it marginal for smooth gameplay.

At 3840x2160, the GPU struggles significantly. Low settings still manage 50 FPS, but Medium drops to 38.6 FPS, High falls to 21.8 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 23.7 FPS. Interestingly, Ultra at 4K (23.7 FPS) is slightly higher than High at 4K (21.8 FPS), which is anomalous and suggests measurement variance or settings-specific optimization differences rather than a consistent scaling pattern.

Across all resolutions, Low settings provide the only consistently playable experience, with 108.6 FPS at 1080p, 80.8 FPS at 1440p, and 50 FPS at 4K. Medium settings are playable at 1080p (87.3 FPS) and 1440p (65.1 FPS) but marginal at 4K (38.6 FPS). High and Ultra settings are only viable at 1080p, where they both hit 52.9 FPS, but become increasingly choppy at higher resolutions. The measured data shows no min or max FPS values, so the average figures represent the complete picture of performance for this combo in Inside.