Inside

Inside is a 2016 puzzle-platformer with modest visual demands, yet the data for the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 reveals a system that handles the title with overwhelming ease, even at the highest settings. The benchmark results show a configuration where the GPU is almost never the limiting factor, with frame rates that remain exceptionally high across all tested resolutions. This pairing demonstrates that for a game of this genre and era, the hardware is far more powerful than required, leading to a bottleneck that shifts between the CPU and GPU depending on the resolution and graphical preset selected.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates across the three resolutions paint a clear picture of where the performance ceiling lies. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the system produces an average of 174.4 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 High drops that average to 124.4 FPS, a reduction of 50 FPS, or roughly 28.7% less performance. Scaling further to 3840x2160 High yields 78.2 FPS, which is 46.2 FPS lower than the 1440p result and 96.2 FPS lower than the 1080p result. This progressive decline indicates that the rendering load is increasing significantly with pixel count, but the absolute numbers remain high enough to suggest that even at 4K, the GPU is not being pushed to its absolute limit.

The scaling pattern changes when looking at the Low settings. At 1080p Low, the average is 274.7 FPS. At 1440p Low, it drops to 243.8 FPS, a much smaller decrease of 30.9 FPS. At 4K Low, the average is 158.7 FPS, which is 85.1 FPS lower than the 1440p result. The relatively small difference between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings, compared to the larger gap between 1440p and 4K, suggests that the CPU is capable of driving very high frame rates at lower resolutions, and the GPU only starts to become a more significant constraint when the pixel count reaches 4K.

Comparing the scaling from 1080p to 4K across all settings, the data shows that the Ultra preset experiences the smallest relative drop in performance. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 165.8 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, it is 75 FPS, a 54.8% reduction. The Medium preset drops from 254.5 FPS at 1080p to 126.4 FPS at 4K, a 50.3% reduction. The High preset drops from 174.4 to 78.2, a 55.2% reduction. These figures suggest that the game's engine scales predictably with resolution, and the limiting component for this combo is the GPU at higher resolutions, while the CPU is more relevant at lower resolutions where frame rates are exceptionally high.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Rocket Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its benchmark scores indicate a solid mid-range performer, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 14372 and a single-core score of 2029. The CPU's role in Inside is evident at lower resolutions, where the game's frame rates are high enough to potentially become CPU-bound. At 1080p Low, the average of 274.7 FPS is significantly higher than at 4K Low (158.7 FPS), indicating that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with frames well beyond 200 FPS when the graphical load is light.

The processor's multi-threaded capabilities, reflected in a Passmark multithread score of 16908, are more than sufficient for a puzzle-platformer that is unlikely to use all 12 threads heavily. However, the single-thread performance, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 868, is what likely dictates the upper frame rate limit in less demanding scenes. The data shows that at 1080p, the difference between Low (274.7 FPS) and Ultra (165.8 FPS) is 108.9 FPS, which suggests that the CPU is not the sole bottleneck, as the GPU load is still affecting the result. The CPU's 75th percentile ranking among all processors further confirms its competence, though it is not a top-tier chip for extreme high-refresh-rate gaming.

When compared to its nearest rivals in the CPU benchmark database, the i5-11400F shows a negligible performance delta. It scores within 0.2% of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Intel Core i7-1260P, and Intel Core Ultra 7 164U, with an average benchmark score of 17181. This indicates that in synthetic tests, the processor is on par with these other options, but in Inside, its 6 cores and 12 threads are more than adequate to avoid being a limiting factor, especially when paired with a GPU like the RTX 5060.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 is the primary driver of visual performance in this configuration. With 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, it has more than enough memory bandwidth for a game like Inside. The GPU's boost clock of 2497 MHz and 3840 shading units contribute to its strong performance, as evidenced by a Passmark G3D score of 20891 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 120785. The GPU's role becomes more apparent at higher resolutions, where the rendering load increases.

At 4K Ultra, the average frame rate drops to 75 FPS, which is still playable but shows a clear performance ceiling imposed by the GPU. The difference between 4K Low (158.7 FPS) and 4K Ultra (75 FPS) is 83.7 FPS, demonstrating that the graphical settings have a substantial impact on the GPU's workload. The GPU's 73rd percentile ranking against all GPUs indicates it is a capable card, but not at the very top of the performance hierarchy. Its nearest rival in the database is the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, with a delta of 0%, meaning they perform nearly identically in synthetic benchmarks.

The RTX 5060's 8 GB VRAM is not a concern for Inside, as the game's textures and effects are not memory-intensive. The data shows that the GPU can handle the game's maximum settings at 1080p and 1440p with average frame rates well above 120 FPS, and at 4K it maintains an average above 75 FPS. The GPU's 19.18 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power is more than sufficient for this title, and the limiting factor at 4K is likely the rasterization throughput rather than a lack of memory or bandwidth.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 ranks 880th out of 1671 tested combos in Inside. This places it in the 47th percentile of all combinations, meaning that slightly more than half of the tested systems perform better in this game. This ranking might seem low given the high frame rates measured, but it is reflective of the game's age and the fact that many modern high-end CPUs and GPUs can achieve even higher frame rates, especially at 1080p where the CPU can become a limiting factor.

The ranking suggests that while this combo is more than capable of running Inside smoothly, there are many other configurations that can push the frame rate even higher, particularly at lower resolutions. The combo's rank of 880 out of 1671 indicates that it is a mid-pack performer in the context of all tested systems, but the absolute performance is still exceptionally high. The data shows that the combo delivers an average of 165.8 FPS at 1080p Ultra, which is far above the threshold for a smooth experience, and the lower rank is likely due to other combos with faster CPUs achieving even higher frame rates in less demanding scenes.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates provide a comprehensive view of the combo's performance across all settings. At 1920x1080, the average frame rates are 274.7 FPS on Low, 254.5 FPS on Medium, 174.4 FPS on High, and 165.8 FPS on Ultra. The jump from Medium to High is significant, a drop of 80.1 FPS, indicating that the High preset introduces a considerable increase in graphical effects that impacts the GPU.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 243.8 FPS on Low, 202.6 FPS on Medium, 124.4 FPS on High, and 122.6 FPS on Ultra. The difference between High and Ultra at this resolution is minimal, only 1.8 FPS, suggesting that the Ultra preset adds little overhead over High at 1440p. The gap between Low and Medium is 41.2 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 78.2 FPS, showing that the High preset is the most demanding step.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 158.7 FPS on Low, 126.4 FPS on Medium, 78.2 FPS on High, and 75 FPS on Ultra. The scaling is more consistent here, with a difference of 32.3 FPS between Low and Medium, 48.2 FPS between Medium and High, and only 3.2 FPS between High and Ultra. This pattern indicates that at 4K, the GPU is the primary bottleneck, and the Ultra preset offers no meaningful performance penalty over High, but the jump from Medium to High is where the most significant performance cost occurs. Overall, the data confirms that this combo provides a highly playable experience at all settings, with the lowest average frame rate being 75 FPS at 4K Ultra.