Inside

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers a strong performance profile for Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer that is far more forgiving on hardware than most modern titles. The measured data shows this combo is capable of very high frame rates across all settings and resolutions, making it a versatile option for players who prioritize smoothness or visual fidelity.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark rows for this combination reveal a clear hierarchy in performance scaling across the four tested presets. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset delivers an average of 159.9 FPS, which is already above the refresh rate of most standard monitors and provides a completely fluid experience for a game that relies on precise timing and atmospheric tension. The High preset at the same resolution yields 164 FPS, a marginal increase of only 4.1 FPS over Ultra, suggesting that the additional visual effects in Ultra come at a negligible performance cost.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Ultra preset maintains an average of 115.7 FPS, while High reaches 117.7 FPS. The delta between these two settings remains small, with a difference of just 2 FPS. This pattern indicates that the Ultra preset is highly optimized for this title, and there is little reason to drop to High unless a player is targeting a very high refresh rate display. The Medium preset at 1440p produces 190.6 FPS, which is a substantial jump of 74.9 FPS over Ultra, but this comes with a noticeable reduction in shadow quality and ambient occlusion, which are important for the game's moody, monochromatic art style.

At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset still manages an average of 72.4 FPS, which is comfortably playable for a puzzle platformer where reaction times are not as critical as in competitive shooters. The High preset at 4K delivers 77.7 FPS, a 5.3 FPS improvement. The data suggests that the optimal experience for most users is the Ultra preset at 1440p, which balances the high fidelity of the game's visuals with a frame rate above 115 FPS. For 4K displays, High is the recommended choice, as it offers a better frame rate headroom than Ultra while retaining most of the visual quality. The Low preset is only advisable for extreme frame rate targets, such as 271.8 FPS at 1080p, which is unnecessary for this genre.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process, is the dominant component in this pairing for Inside. The GPU's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s, is more than sufficient for a game released in 2016 with relatively simple textures and geometry. The data shows that the GPU's memory capacity is not a limiting factor at any resolution, as even the 4K Ultra preset, which typically demands the most video memory, achieves a playable 72.4 FPS.

The RTX 4060's clock behavior is also relevant. With a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz, the GPU can scale its performance dynamically. The benchmark results show a wide spread of frame rates between the Low and Ultra presets at the same resolution, which indicates that the GPU is actively adjusting its workload. For instance, at 1080p, the frame rate ranges from 271.8 FPS on Low to 159.9 FPS on Ultra. This 111.9 FPS gap is a direct consequence of the increased shading and texture work required by the Ultra preset, which forces the GPU to run at higher clocks and utilize more of its 3072 shading units.

The GPU's 15.11 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power is ample for this title. The game's rendering engine, which relies on 2D sprite-based characters against 3D backgrounds, does not stress the GPU's ray tracing or tensor cores, but the raw rasterization performance is clearly sufficient. The RTX 4060's performance percentile of 66 indicates it is a mid-range part, yet for Inside, it behaves like a high-end solution, as evidenced by the 4K High preset achieving 77.7 FPS. The data strongly suggests that the GPU is the primary driver of the frame rate differences between presets, while the CPU remains largely in the background.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates show a predictable decline as resolution increases, but the magnitude of the decline reveals important insights about the system's bottleneck. At the High preset, the average frame rate drops from 164 FPS at 1080p to 117.7 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of 46.3 FPS (approximately 28%). Moving from 1440p to 4K, the frame rate falls further to 77.7 FPS, a reduction of 40 FPS (approximately 34%). This consistent scaling indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor, as the workload per pixel increases linearly with resolution.

The Low preset shows a similar but more exaggerated pattern. At 1080p, the frame rate is 271.8 FPS, which drops to 237.3 FPS at 1440p (a 34.5 FPS decrease) and then to 153 FPS at 4K (an 84.3 FPS decrease). The larger absolute drop from 1440p to 4K on Low settings suggests that even with minimal visual effects, the GPU's fillrate and memory bandwidth are being taxed by the increase in pixel count. The RTX 4060's pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s is a key metric here; at 4K, the GPU must process over 8.3 million pixels per frame, and the data shows it can handle this at 153 FPS on Low.

The Ultra preset follows the same trend, with frame rates of 159.9 FPS at 1080p, 115.7 FPS at 1440p, and 72.4 FPS at 4K. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is a 44.2 FPS drop, and from 1440p to 4K is a 43.3 FPS drop. This near-linear scaling is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at all resolutions. The data does not show any signs of a CPU bottleneck, as the frame rate at 1080p Low (271.8 FPS) is not anomalously low compared to the expected GPU capability.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of 1671 tested combinations for Inside, this pairing of the Intel Core i5-11400F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 holds the 924th position. This ranking places it in the middle of the pack, which is a notable result given the game's age and the hardware's specifications. The combo's rank indicates that while it delivers high absolute frame rates, there are many other combinations that perform even better. The percentile ranking suggests that the i5-11400F and RTX 4060 are not top-tier components for this specific title, but they are far from the bottom.

To contextualize this rank, the CPU's average benchmark score of 17181 places it in the 75th percentile of all CPUs, with its nearest rivals being the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (score of 17189, delta 0%), the Intel Core i7-1260P (score of 17212, delta -0.2%), and the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (score of 17215, delta -0.2%). This shows that the CPU's processing power is competitive with newer mobile and low-power parts, but it is not a standout performer. Similarly, the GPU's average benchmark score of 23181 places it in the 66th percentile, with nearest rivals including the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (score of 23321, delta -0.6%) and the Intel Arc B580 (score of 23021, delta 0.7%).

The combo's rank of 924 out of 1671 suggests that other combinations, likely those with higher-tier CPUs or GPUs, achieve higher frame rates in Inside. However, the data shows that this combo is well above the median in terms of absolute performance, as it can maintain over 72 FPS at 4K Ultra. The rank is more a reflection of the competitive landscape than a deficiency of this specific hardware. For a game that is not graphically demanding, the CPU and GPU are both sufficient, and the ranking is likely influenced by combinations that feature overclocked parts or newer generation hardware with higher clocks.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F, a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Rocket Lake architecture, plays a supporting role in Inside. The game's engine is not heavily multi-threaded, as it primarily relies on a single main thread for game logic and physics, with secondary threads for rendering and audio. The CPU's base clock of 2.60 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz are adequate for this workload. The benchmark data shows that the CPU is not a bottleneck, as the frame rates scale consistently with GPU load across resolutions and presets.

The CPU's performance in synthetic benchmarks provides context. In Cinebench R23, it scores 14372 points in multi-core and 2029 points in single-core. The single-core score is particularly relevant for Inside, as the game's main thread benefits from high single-threaded performance. The 3DMark single-thread score of 868 and the PassMark single-thread score of 2981 further confirm that this CPU has sufficient single-thread grunt to keep up with the RTX 4060.

The CPU's 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 512 KB per-core L2 cache are sufficient for the game's data sets, which are relatively small. The memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s from the dual-channel DDR4 support is not a limiting factor, as the game does not stream large assets. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 271.8 FPS, which is likely near the ceiling of what the CPU can feed to the GPU in terms of draw calls and game state updates. If the CPU were weaker, we would expect to see a plateau in frame rates at lower resolutions, but the consistent scaling from 1080p to 4K indicates that the i5-11400F is handling the game logic without issue.

In terms of its rivals, the i5-11400F's average benchmark score of 17181 is virtually identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (17189), showing that the desktop CPU offers no advantage over a mobile part in general compute tasks. However, the higher boost clock of 4.40 GHz likely provides a slight edge in single-threaded game logic, which is more critical for Inside than multi-core throughput. The CPU's role here is to provide a stable platform for the RTX 4060, and the measured data confirms that it does so effectively, allowing the GPU to reach its full potential at all settings and resolutions.