Inside

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination delivers a remarkably smooth experience in Inside, a 2016 Puzzle Platformer. Across the measured presets, the data shows that this pairing is capable of high frame rates at every resolution, but the optimal settings depend heavily on the user's display and preference for visual fidelity. For a 60 Hz display, the Ultra preset at 4K is the clear choice, while users with high-refresh monitors will find the High preset at 1440p or 1080p to be the best balance of image quality and performance.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear hierarchy for the best experience. At 4K, the Ultra preset delivers an average of 69.6 FPS, while the High preset provides 73.1 FPS; this represents a modest performance gain of roughly 5% while likely sacrificing minimal visual detail. The Medium preset jumps to 119.6 FPS, more than 60% faster than Ultra, but in a puzzle platformer with static scenes, the visual difference between High and Medium may be less impactful than the frame rate increase. For a 4K display, the High preset is the recommended starting point, as it stays comfortably above 60 FPS while retaining higher fidelity than Medium.

At 2560x1440, the High preset achieves 120.9 FPS, which is excellent for high-refresh monitors. The Ultra preset at this resolution drops to 112.7 FPS, still well above the 60 FPS threshold but offering diminishing returns for the performance cost. The Medium preset reaches 188.6 FPS, and the Low preset hits 238.9 FPS, indicating that the GPU is not a bottleneck at this resolution even on lower settings. For 1440p, the High preset is the sweet spot, providing a smooth experience on 120Hz panels without compromising visual quality.

The 1080p results show that this combination is heavily overqualified for the title. The Ultra preset delivers 160.3 FPS, while High reaches 163.4 FPS. The Medium preset climbs to 267.3 FPS, and Low produces 331.2 FPS. Since the frame rates at High and Ultra are already far beyond the refresh rate of most monitors, the Ultra preset at 1080p is the recommended choice, as the performance difference compared to High is negligible (only about 2% lower). The data strongly suggests that at 1080p, the user can enable maximum settings without any practical downside.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 128-bit bus providing 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth, proves more than sufficient for Inside. The GPU's boost clock of 2460 MHz and base clock of 1830 MHz, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with 3072 shading units, are key to its performance. The benchmark results show that even at 4K Ultra, the card maintains a playable 69.6 FPS, indicating that the memory capacity and bandwidth are not limiting factors in this game, which is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer with relatively simple textures.

The GPU's percentile rank of 66 against all GPUs reflects its mid-range positioning, and its average benchmark score of 23181 places it in close competition with the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, which scores 23321 (a 0.6% difference), and the Intel Arc B580 at 23021 (a 0.7% difference). The RTX 4060's performance in Inside demonstrates that its 8 GB frame buffer is ample for this title's demands, as the FPS scales predictably with resolution rather than hitting a memory capacity wall. The transition from 1080p High (163.4 FPS) to 1440p High (120.9 FPS) and then to 4K High (73.1 FPS) shows a consistent decline, but the card never falls below a playable threshold.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a predictable and substantial drop as resolution increases, indicating that the RTX 4060 is the primary scaling factor. At the High preset, the average FPS moves from 163.4 at 1080p to 120.9 at 1440p, a 26% decrease, and then to 73.1 at 4K, a further 40% decrease from 1440p. This translates to a total 55% reduction in frame rate from 1080p to 4K, which is substantial but expected for a GPU of this class. The data indicates that the CPU is not constraining performance at any resolution, as the frame rate scales almost entirely with the GPU's rendering load.

The Low preset shows a similar scaling pattern, with 331.2 FPS at 1080p dropping to 238.9 FPS at 1440p and 149.6 FPS at 4K. The relative drop from 1080p to 4K at Low is about 55%, matching the High preset, which suggests that the scaling is resolution-bound rather than settings-bound. The Medium preset follows suit, with 267.3 FPS at 1080p, 188.6 at 1440p, and 119.6 at 4K. The consistency of these drops—around 26-30% for each step up in resolution—confirms that the GPU is the limiting component, as a CPU bottleneck would show a more erratic scaling pattern, particularly at lower resolutions where frame rates are very high.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 ranks 886 out of 1671 tested combos for Inside. This places it in the 53rd percentile of all tested systems, meaning it outperforms slightly more than half of all combinations tested. While this ranking may seem middling, the absolute frame rates achieved are exceptionally high—even the lowest measured average of 69.6 FPS at 4K Ultra is well above playable thresholds. The ranking reflects the fact that many other combos feature higher-tier GPUs, but for this specific game, the RTX 4060's performance is sufficient to deliver a smooth experience at all tested settings.

The data shows that the combo's ranking is more limited by the GPU than the CPU, as the Ryzen 9 7900X is a high-end processor with an average benchmark score of 50556, placing it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs. The GPU's lower percentile rank of 66 drags the combo's overall standing down, but the game's modest graphical demands mean that this pairing still produces excellent results. Compared to other combos, this system is not at the top, but the measured FPS data indicates that it provides a superior experience in Inside than the rank might suggest, as the game is not particularly demanding on GPU resources.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, with 12 cores and 24 threads on the Zen 4 architecture, is a significant over-provisioning for Inside. The CPU's base clock of 4.70 GHz and boost clock of 5.60 GHz, along with 64 MB of shared L3 cache, provide ample single-threaded performance for a puzzle platformer. The benchmark data shows the CPU's strength: its Cinebench R23 multicore score is 43695, and its single-core score is 6168. The Geekbench scores of 17830 (multicore) and 2952 (single-core) further confirm its capability. Its average benchmark score of 50556 places it just 0.1% behind the Intel Core Ultra 5 235 (50598) and 0.4% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT (50738).

In Inside, the CPU's role is minimal, as the high frame rates at 1080p Low (331.2 FPS) demonstrate that it can easily feed the GPU. The CPU's 93rd percentile ranking against all CPUs indicates that it is far more powerful than required for this title. The data shows no evidence of a CPU bottleneck: the FPS scales consistently with resolution, and the frame rates are limited by the GPU's rendering capabilities rather than the CPU's processing speed. The 24 threads are largely unused by this game, which is typical for the genre, and the CPU's high single-thread performance ensures that the game logic and physics calculations are handled without any frame time spikes. The Ryzen 9 7900X's capability is far beyond what Inside requires, making it a future-proof choice for more demanding titles, but in this specific case, it is the GPU that defines the experience.