Inside

The combination of an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and an AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT produces exceptional framerates in Inside, a puzzle platformer released in 2016 that does not stress modern hardware the way contemporary titles do. Measured data shows the system clearing 60 frames per second at every tested resolution and preset, with even the heaviest Ultra preset at 3840x2160 averaging 63 FPS. At lower resolutions and presets, the framerate climbs dramatically, hitting 295 FPS at 1920x1080 Low. After evaluating all 12 measured configurations, this analysis explains the best settings, outlines the GPU's and CPU's contribution, and places this bundle within the larger landscape of tested system combinations.

Settings Recommendations

The screen has four quality settings: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra, each tested at three resolutions. The most balanced preset for most uses is Medium, as it is the only setting that comes with minimum and maximum frame values in the dataset. Medium delivers an average of 236 FPS at 1080p, with a measured minimum of 201 FPS and a maximum of 271 FPS. At 1440p, Medium averages 170 FPS with a 144 FPS floor, and at 4K it still holds 107 FPS on average with a 91 FPS worst-case—all comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold needed for smooth play.

If you prioritize image quality over raw frame rate, Ultra remains playable at every resolution. The Ultra preset's averages are 140 FPS at 1080p, 147 FPS at 1440p, and 63 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra reading is just above the 60 FPS rule of thumb, but no minimum is given, so a slight dip below 60 is possible in a busy scene. For a stable 4K experience without concours, High offers a 67 FPS average, only 4 FPS less than Ultra, and likely holds more consistent in the absence of a min measurement.

• For highest FPS: Low preset. It averag 133 FPS at 4K, 212 FPS at 1440p, and 295 FPS at 1080p.
• For a blend of wellbeing and pace: Medium, with measurable floors of 91 FPS at 4K, 232 FPS at 1440p, and 201 FPS at 1080p.
• For the full image quality: Ultra is playable at all resolutions, with a 63 FPS 4K average that just marks real-time.

Since Inside is a puzzle game with mouse-driven cursor highlight, 60 FPS is enough for smooth animation, so Medium's guarantees make it the balanced choice. With no min data for Ultra, Medium's history provides trustworthy assurance.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is a RDNA 3.0 part built on the 6 nm process. Its boost clock is 2755 MHz, with a power game clock of 2470 MHz, and the memory runs at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The card ships with 16 GB of GDDR6 across a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These specifications put the GPU at the 60th percentile versus all tested bananas—it sits just below an RTX 3070, being 0.7% slower in a cross-tested average benchmark score.

In Inside, the GPU is rarely maxed out. The highest-frame results come from Low settings at every resolution, where 1920x1080 Low averaged 295 FPS, 2560x1440 low averaged 212 FPS, and 3840x2160 low averages 133 FPS. Even at Ultra, the card smoothly points to 63 FPS at 4K. The 16 GB framebuffer is far more than this game—which a 2016 puzzle title—ever uses; the game likely rents under 4 GB even in a 4K scene, but the big pool catches any subsequent driver overhead or streaming of postures.

The GPU's minimal metric (game refers from 1980 MHz base to 2755 MHz boost) is not showing any thermal or power mountains; the data implies the card works at its minimal point without near full utilisation. The 16 GB VRAM and 288 GB/s bandwidth are excessive, but they make the card robust for the game's actual draw calls. It is not the limiter—even the most intensive Ultra 4K run at 63 FPS indicates a mostly CPU-limited or game-loop bound scenario. The GPU's own average benchmark score is 17083, putting it 0.3% faster than a GTX 690 and 0.7% slower than an RTX 3070, and this trend goes out of the Inside results.

FAQ

*Q: Can this system run Inside at 4K Ultra with playable FPS?*

A: Yes. The benchmark records an average of 63 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra, which is above the 60 FPS we usually aim for.

Q: Which setting gives the highest measured minimum framerate?

A: That would be the Medium preset at 1920x1080, where the monitor minimum is 201 FPS. The Medium preset is the only one with a recorded minimum in all resolutions.

Q: What’s the difference between this RX 7600 XT and an RTX 3070 in average score?

A: The Radeon RX 7600 XT's average benchmark score is 17083, and the nearest rival RTX 3070 shows 17208, a delta of -0.7% (this GPU trails it by less than 1%).

Q: How many compute cores does the CPU have, and what’s its boost clock?

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 cores and 24 threads, with a boost clock of 5.60 GHz and a base clock of 4.40 GHz.

*Q: Where does this system rank among all tested combinations for Inside?*

A: It ranks 2301 of 3716 combinations, meaning it surpasses only about 38% of all tested systems in this game's results.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The official measured framerate set provides complete average FPS for each combination, and raw min/max only for the Medium preset. Here are exact numbers:

1920x1080

• Low: avg 295 FPS
• Medium: avg 236 FPS, min 201, max 271
• High: avg 147 FPS
• Ultra: avg 140 FPS

2560x1440

• Low: avg 212 FPS
• Medium: avg 170 FPS, min 144, max 195
• High: avg 106 FPS
• Ultra: avg 101 FPS

3840x2160

• Low: avg 133 FPS
• Medium: avg 107 FPS, min 91, max 123
• High: avg 67 FPS
• Ultra: avg 63 FPS

The scaling from 1080p to 4K is roughly linear: for a given preset, the FPS halves or grows at each resolution. For example, High goes from 147 (1080p) to 106 (1440p) to 67 (4K). Medium is more forgiving, moving 236 → 170 → 107. The gap between High and Ultra is small at every resolution—only 7 FPS at 1080p, 5 FPS at 1440p, and 4 FPS at 4K—so the cost of the highest preset is minimal in this title.

How This Combo Ranks

In the global quarry of tested hardware pairs, this CPU-GPU combination diaplaces 2301st out of 3716 combinations in Inside. That places it in the 38th percentile of performance for this title—i.e., it is out of the best performances. However, this ranking reflects the entire system's benchmark data rather than the raw FPS alone; the score may be influenced by settings or configurations of other systems that push higher, likely due to more powerful GPUs or better tuning.

Looking at the GPU and CPU separately neither is a top-tier part. The GPU sits at the 60th percentile; the CPU sits at the 92nd percentile. The combined result is lower than the CPU's percentile because of the GPU's relatively lower tier in this specific game's load, where the graphics card is the primary limiter at 4K Ultra. The game's heavy-light spatial and CPU dependencies mean that the GPU begins to struggle only at extreme resolution, but with this pairing the Ultra 4K still exceeds 60 FPS. Compared to the nearest GPU rivals, the RX 7600 XT is essentially equal in benchmark score to a GTX 690 (0.3% faster) and the same magnitude of an RTX 3070 (0.7% slower). The low rank is caused by systems with far more powerful GPUs in the same game, not by this pair lagging in framerate at the tested settings.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor built on Zen 5 architecture with a 5.60 GHz boost clock. It is amongst the top 8% of all CPUs (92nd percentile). Its benchmark scores are striking: multi-core Cinebench R23 is 32,172, single-core 2,253, and the Geekbench multicore is 22,174. The CPU has a large 64 MB L3 cache and DDR5 memory support.

In Inside, which a puzzle platformer is not going to be parallel-threaded, the CPU need to perform on is 1-2 threads. The 3DMark single-thread score is 1,286, and Passmark single-thread is 4,672—far more than enough for a game from 2016. The data shows that the CPU is never the bottleneck. The framerate at 1080p with maximum of 236 FPS is likely close to a render thread limit, but all resolutions stay above 63 FPS even with Ultra. The CPU's ranking relative to rivals is tight: it is 0.2% faster than an AMD EPYC 7313, 0.1% slower than the rid of an EPYC 9015, and 1.4% slower than an Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M. Such differences are indistinguishable within the same generation and for a game that runs dozens of FPS above its needs.

The high core count and boost clocks do not harm but also do not add a measurable advantage here; this game rarely touches beyond a few threads. If a system were limited by a weaker CPU, you may see lower minimum framerates, but with this processor the minimum FPS at 1080p Medium is 87.2% of the average, and the CPU's presence is not the limiting factor. The result is that the 12 cores remain largely idle, cooling and power usage in the background.

For Inside, the Ryzen 9 9900X is an oversized component. The takeaway is that for a puzzle platformer that is not computationally intensive, the CPU delivers more than double-headroom: its VRAM has never been saturated, and the limit remains the GPU at 4K Ultra. For any high-refresh monitor, the GPU's potential at 1080p is sufficient to hit framerate demands. The measured FPS list nothing below 60, and the only concern is that the RX 7600 XT ranks near the tier of an RTX 3070, which is a fine baseline for this game. The rank of the combo (2301 of 3716) is in the lower half, but that's a product of the GPU tier; the CPU is almost certainly rounding up the number from the upper CPU percentile only. Everything else is marginal.

This analysis concludes that, for Inside, you can confidently select Ultra at 1080p or 1440p for the best display, and suffice for 4K if you don't mind 63 FPS. For a rock-solid experience with guaranteed floors, the Medium preset is the data-backed choice—it’s verified stable at every resolution, and only the Medium currently has a minimum value in the dataset. With the high-end CPU and mid-range GPU, the absolute performance is far above the game's requirements, and the bottle-necking only appears in the 63 FPS 4k Ultra. Enjoy the creeping silence of Inside without much trouble.