Inside

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is an extreme mismatch in Inside, a 2016 Puzzle Platformer. The data shows a processor that ranks in the 93rd percentile among all CPUs, paired with a GPU that sits in the 30th percentile. This combination lands at rank 1657 out of 1671 tested combos for this game, indicating that the graphics card is the overwhelming bottleneck in nearly every scenario.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gameplay with this combo?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 109.6 FPS, which is the highest frame rate recorded. The Medium preset drops to 83.7 FPS, while High and Ultra yield 52 FPS and 53.3 FPS respectively.

Q: Can this system handle 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset achieves 50.6 FPS average, but the Medium preset falls to 41.9 FPS. High and Ultra settings are not playable, producing 24.8 FPS and 20.7 FPS averages respectively.

Q: How does the GTX 1050 Ti compare to its closest rivals?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score is 5316. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce 930A, scores 5317, a delta of 0%. The AMD Radeon R7 240 is 0.7% behind, while the AMD Radeon R7 M445 is 0.8% ahead.

Q: What is the CPU's multi-threaded performance like?

A: The Ryzen 9 7900X scores 43695 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 51406 in Passmark multithread. This places it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 50556.

Q: Why does the Ultra preset perform worse than High at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the High preset averages 37.1 FPS while Ultra averages 36.5 FPS. The difference is minimal, suggesting that the GPU is already saturated and the extra settings in Ultra do not meaningfully change the frame rate.

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

A: The data indicates the GPU is the primary bottleneck. The CPU's nearest rival, the Intel Core Ultra 5 235, is only 0.1% behind in average score, yet the combo rank is extremely low, pointing to the GTX 1050 Ti's 30th percentile standing as the constraint.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is built on the 14 nm Pascal architecture with the GP107 chip. It has 768 shading units, 48 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. The card operates at a base clock of 1291 MHz and a boost clock of 1392 MHz. Memory is 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus, providing 112.1 GB/s of bandwidth.

These specifications are modest by modern standards, and the benchmark results reflect that. The GPU's Passmark G3D score is 6340, with a DirectX 12 score of only 26. The FP32 performance is 2.138 TFLOPS. In Inside, the GPU's role is to render the 2D side-scrolling environments and lighting effects. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the card can push 109.6 FPS, but this drops sharply as resolution and settings increase. The 4 GB VRAM is sufficient for this game's art style, but the raw compute power limits performance. The GPU's nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce 930A, has an identical average score of 5317, confirming that this card sits at the bottom of the performance spectrum.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 109.6 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops this to 78 FPS, a reduction of approximately 29%. At 3840x2160 Low, the frame rate falls to 50.6 FPS, which is roughly 54% lower than the 1080p result.

The pattern holds across all settings. At High settings, 1080p yields 52 FPS, 1440p yields 37.1 FPS, and 4K yields 24.8 FPS. This consistent scaling indicates that the GPU's memory bandwidth and pixel fill rate are the limiting factors. The GTX 1050 Ti has a pixel rate of 44.54 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 66.82 GTexel/s. As resolution climbs, the demand on these units increases proportionally, and the card cannot keep up. The fact that the CPU is not the bottleneck is evident because the frame rate drops are consistent with GPU-bound scenarios, not CPU-bound ones.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete dataset provides a clear picture of performance across resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 109.6 FPS, making it the only configuration to exceed 100 FPS. The Medium preset averages 83.7 FPS, while High and Ultra are nearly identical at 52 FPS and 53.3 FPS respectively. This suggests that the High and Ultra presets impose similar GPU loads in this game.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 78 FPS. Medium drops to 60.1 FPS, and High falls to 37.1 FPS. Ultra is slightly lower at 36.5 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 17.9 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 23 FPS, showing that the higher presets have a significant impact on the GPU.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 50.6 FPS, which is still playable. Medium drops to 41.9 FPS, but High falls to 24.8 FPS and Ultra to 20.7 FPS. None of the 4K configurations exceed 51 FPS, and the High and Ultra presets are below the threshold for smooth gameplay. The data shows that this combo is only suitable for 4K at Low settings, and even then, the frame rate is marginal.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ranks 1657 out of 1671 tested combos in Inside. This places it in the bottom 1% of all tested configurations, which is a remarkably poor result given the CPU's capabilities. The Ryzen 9 7900X alone has an average benchmark score of 50556, placing it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core Ultra 5 235, scores 50598, a delta of -0.1%, meaning the AMD chip is essentially tied with that processor.

However, the GPU's performance drags the entire combo down. The GTX 1050 Ti has an average benchmark score of 5316, placing it in the 30th percentile. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce 930A, scores 5317 with a 0% delta. This means the GPU is performing exactly as expected for its class. The mismatch is stark: a top-tier CPU paired with an entry-level GPU results in a combo rank that is near the bottom of the database. This rank indicates that for Inside, the CPU's power is entirely wasted, as the GPU cannot translate that processing capability into higher frame rates.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael. It has a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz. The CPU has 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 64 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR5 memory with a dual-channel bus and a bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s.

In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU excels. It scores 43695 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 6168 in single-core. The Passmark multithread score is 51406, and the single-thread score is 4238. These numbers place it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs. The CPU's nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-13980HX, has an average score of 50944, which is 0.8% higher than the Ryzen 9 7900X. This shows that the CPU is competitive with the best laptop processors on the market.

In Inside, however, the CPU's role is minimal. The game is a 2D puzzle platformer that does not require significant multi-threaded processing. The data confirms this: the combo's rank is almost entirely determined by the GPU. The CPU's 12 cores and 24 threads are irrelevant when the GTX 1050 Ti is the limiting factor. The CPU's high single-thread performance, evidenced by its 6168 Cinebench R23 single-core score, does not help because the GPU cannot deliver frames fast enough to benefit from a faster processor. The CPU is effectively idle, waiting for the GPU to render each frame.