Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti delivers a remarkably fluid experience in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer. The measured data shows this combination is capable of extreme frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings, with the 1080p Low preset exceeding 390 FPS. This analysis breaks down the benchmark results, exploring how the CPU and GPU each contribute to the game's performance profile and how this specific combo ranks against the broader database.

FAQ

*Q: What is the maximum average FPS achieved by this combo in Inside?*

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 397 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low settings preset. This drops to 189 FPS at the same resolution when the Ultra preset is enabled.

Q: How does the RTX 3070 Ti's performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 29945 places it 0.5% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and 0.1% above the RTX 5070 Mobile. It trails the AMD Radeon RX 6800 by 0.5% and the RX 6700 by 1.6%.

Q: What is the CPU's percentile ranking among all tested processors?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D scores in the 87th percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 39768. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 7700, scores 40081, which is 0.8% higher.

Q: Is there a significant performance drop when moving from 1080p to 4K?

A: Yes, the data indicates a substantial scaling cost. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 198 at 1920x1080 to 90 at 3840x2160, representing a 54.5% reduction in frame rate.

Q: Which settings preset provides the highest minimum FPS?

A: The Medium preset is the only one with recorded minimum FPS values. At 1920x1080, the minimum is 270 FPS, which increases to 365 FPS as the maximum. At 2560x1440, the minimum is 194 FPS, and at 4K it is 122 FPS.

*Q: How does this combo rank in Inside compared to all other tested combinations?*

A: The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ranks 1084th out of 3716 tested combinations for this game, placing it in the top 29.2% of all systems.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for Inside shows that the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience, particularly for users who prioritize frame-time consistency over raw maximum output. This is the only settings level where minimum FPS data was recorded, providing a clear picture of performance stability. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers an average of 317 FPS with a minimum of 270 FPS, which is a substantial margin above the 144Hz refresh rate common in modern monitors. The 270 FPS minimum ensures that even in the most demanding scenes, there is no risk of dropping below high-refresh-rate thresholds.

Moving up to High settings yields a marginal reduction in average FPS (198 at 1080p) but loses the minimum FPS data. The Ultra preset, while offering the highest visual fidelity, brings the average down to 189 FPS at 1080p and 85 FPS at 4K. For the best experience, the Medium preset is the recommended choice because it maintains a high average frame rate while providing verified minimum frame rate data, indicating a more consistent frame pacing. The performance gap between Medium and High is significant (119 FPS at 1080p), but the jump from High to Ultra is smaller (9 FPS at 1080p), suggesting that the Medium preset is the sweet spot for this hardware combination.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset again proves optimal, with an average of 228 FPS and a minimum of 194 FPS. This resolution is likely the target for most users with this GPU class, and the 194 FPS minimum ensures a smooth experience on 144Hz displays without needing to compromise on settings. The 4K Medium preset, while averaging 143 FPS, has a minimum of 122 FPS, which still clears the 120Hz threshold but leaves less headroom. Given the data, the Medium preset offers the strongest combination of high average FPS and verified minimum performance across all resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The benchmark data reveals a clear pattern of performance scaling as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 198 at 1080p to 143 at 1440p, a 27.8% reduction. The scaling continues to 4K, where the average falls to 90 FPS, representing a 54.5% decrease from the 1080p baseline. This steep drop-off indicates that the graphics card becomes the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the rendering load on the GPU increases quadratically with pixel count.

The Low settings preset shows the most dramatic scaling behavior. At 1080p, the system achieves an extraordinary 397 FPS average. This drops to 285 FPS at 1440p (a 28.2% reduction) and further to 179 FPS at 4K (a 54.9% reduction from 1080p). The consistency of these percentage drops across settings suggests that the scaling bottleneck is resolution-dependent rather than settings-dependent. This is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario where the CPU has ample headroom to feed the graphics card at lower resolutions.

The Ultra preset exhibits a slightly different scaling profile. The average FPS drops from 189 at 1080p to 136 at 1440p (a 28.0% reduction), then to 85 at 4K (a 55.0% reduction from 1080p). The fact that these percentage reductions are nearly identical across all settings presets (ranging from 54.5% to 55.0% from 1080p to 4K) strongly indicates that the GPU is the limiting component in this configuration. The CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, is evidently not constrained by the game's demands, as the frame rate scaling follows the expected GPU workload curve rather than showing signs of CPU saturation at lower resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a wide performance envelope across the four settings presets. The Low preset achieves an average of 397 FPS, which is the highest measured value for this configuration. The Medium preset delivers an average of 317 FPS with a minimum of 270 FPS and a maximum of 365 FPS. High settings produce an average of 198 FPS, while the Ultra preset yields 189 FPS. The progression from Low to Medium shows a 20.2% performance reduction, while the step from Medium to High is a more substantial 37.5% drop, indicating that the High preset introduces significant rendering complexity.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance hierarchy remains consistent but with lower absolute numbers. The Low preset averages 285 FPS, the Medium preset averages 228 FPS with a minimum of 194 and maximum of 263, the High preset averages 143 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 136 FPS. The identical relative ordering across resolutions confirms that the settings presets scale uniformly regardless of pixel count. The gap between High and Ultra narrows to just 7 FPS at this resolution, compared to 9 FPS at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's workload becomes more pronounced. The Low preset still manages a strong 179 FPS average, but the Medium preset drops to 143 FPS with a minimum of 122 and maximum of 165. The High preset averages 90 FPS, and the Ultra preset falls to 85 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra at 4K is only 5 FPS, suggesting that the Ultra preset's additional effects are less impactful at this resolution, or that the GPU is reaching a performance plateau where the extra settings have diminishing returns. The minimum FPS at 4K Medium (122) is still above 120, which is notable for a smooth high-refresh experience.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the dominant factor in this game's performance scaling. With 8 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, the card provides 608.3 GB/s of memory bandwidth. This bandwidth is more than sufficient for Inside, a game released in 2016 with relatively modest texture requirements. The GPU's 6144 shading units and 96 ROPs, operating at a boost clock of 1770 MHz, deliver the raw compute power necessary for the high frame rates observed in the benchmark data.

The GPU's architecture, based on the Ampere design and fabricated on an 8 nm process, achieves a peak FP32 throughput of 21.75 TFLOPS. This is reflected in the benchmark scores, where the card achieves a Passmark G3D score of 23356 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3478. The GPU's 75th percentile ranking versus all GPUs indicates solid performance, though it is not in the top tier. The measured FPS in Inside far exceeds what the average benchmark scores might suggest, highlighting the game's relatively light GPU load compared to more demanding titles.

The VRAM allocation is not a constraint in this game, as the 8 GB capacity is ample for the game's art style and resolution scaling. The memory clock of 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective) contributes to the high bandwidth, which becomes increasingly important as resolution increases. The data shows that the GPU's role becomes more critical at 4K, where the frame rate drops by over 50% compared to 1080p, confirming that the RTX 3070 Ti's compute and memory subsystems are the primary determinants of performance at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D plays a supporting but essential role in achieving the high frame rates observed. With 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture, the CPU provides ample processing power for Inside's game logic and physics. The processor's boost clock of 5.20 GHz and 96 MB of shared L3 cache contribute to its strong single-thread performance, which is critical for games that rely heavily on a primary rendering thread. The Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2080 and multi-core score of 23230 demonstrate the CPU's capability.

The CPU's benchmark performance places it in the 87th percentile versus all CPUs, with an average score of 39768. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 7700, scores just 0.8% higher, indicating that the 9800X3D is competitive with other high-end desktop processors. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 10081 and the Passmark multithread score of 40009 show that the CPU can handle multi-threaded workloads efficiently, though Inside likely does not fully utilize all 16 threads.

The data suggests that the CPU is not a bottleneck in this configuration. At 1080p with the Low preset, the system achieves 397 FPS, which is an extremely high frame rate. If the CPU were limiting performance, we would expect to see a plateau in FPS at lower resolutions where the GPU has less work to do. Instead, the frame rates continue to scale with resolution, indicating that the GPU is the limiting factor. The CPU's 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth and DDR5 support provide sufficient data throughput to keep the GPU fed, even at these elevated frame rates.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ranks 1084th out of 3716 tested combinations for Inside, placing it in the top 29.2% of all systems in the database. This rank reflects the overall balance of the CPU and GPU pairing, where the high-end processor complements the mid-to-high-end graphics card. The ranking is likely influenced by the fact that Inside is not a particularly demanding title, allowing the GPU to reach high frame rates but also benefiting from the CPU's strong single-thread performance.

The CPU's rank versus all CPUs at the 87th percentile suggests that the processor is a top-tier part, while the GPU's 75th percentile ranking is slightly lower. This asymmetry means the CPU has more headroom than the GPU, which is a favorable configuration for this game. The combo's rank of 1084 out of 3716 indicates that while there are many systems with higher overall performance, this pairing is well above the median. The nearest GPU rivals, such as the RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6800, would likely produce similar rankings, as their average benchmark scores are within 1.6% of the RTX 3070 Ti's.

The measured FPS data supports the rank by showing that this combo can deliver excellent performance across all settings. The fact that the system achieves over 300 FPS at 1080p Medium and over 200 FPS at 1440p Medium suggests that it is optimized for high-refresh-rate gaming. The rank of 1084 out of 3716 reflects a system that is not at the absolute top tier but is firmly in the upper echelon, capable of handling this game with ease while leaving headroom for more demanding titles where the GPU might be more stressed.