Inside

The Intel Core i5-14600K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a performance profile in Inside that is firmly mid-pack, ranking 1183rd out of 1671 tested combinations. This places the combo in the 29th percentile of all systems, indicating that while it is far from the top of the leaderboard, it is also not lagging behind the majority of configurations. The data shows a system that is heavily capable of running this title smoothly at most settings, with the primary bottlenecks emerging only at the most demanding quality presets and resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

With a rank of 1183 out of 1671 combos, this pairing sits in the lower-middle segment of the performance distribution for Inside. The position suggests that a substantial number of newer or higher-end components outperform it, but it also means that roughly 29% of tested systems are slower. In practical terms, this rank is consistent with a mid-generation GPU paired with a high-end current-generation CPU; the RTX 2060 SUPER is the limiting factor in most scenarios. The CPU, however, is a different story. The i5-14600K alone sits in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 49166. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, which scores 49062 (a 0.2% difference), and the Intel Core i5-14600KF, which scores 49367 (a -0.4% difference). This shows that the processor is a top-tier part, but its potential is constrained by the graphics card in this specific configuration.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14600K is a 14-core, 20-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. This is a powerful CPU for a puzzle platformer, where physics calculations and game logic are rarely the primary stress points. In Inside, the CPU’s role is largely to feed frames to the GPU without becoming a bottleneck. The data supports that it does this effectively. For instance, at 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 282.8 FPS, a figure that is far beyond the refresh rate of most displays and indicates that the CPU is capable of handling the game’s single-threaded tasks with ease. The high boost clock of 5.30 GHz is particularly relevant here, as it provides the raw single-core speed that puzzle platformers typically rely on for collision detection and entity updates. Furthermore, the processor’s 24 MB of shared L3 cache helps reduce memory latency, ensuring that the game’s assets are quickly accessible. At 1080p Ultra, the frame rate drops to 130.3 FPS, which is still a massive number, but the decline of over 50% from Low to Ultra suggests that the GPU is starting to take on more of the workload, even at this resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and predictable scaling pattern as resolution increases, which reveals the nature of the limiting component. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 282.8 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low, that number drops to 203 FPS, a 28.2% reduction. At 4K Low, it falls further to 125.9 FPS, a 55.5% reduction from the 1080p baseline. This scaling is typical of a GPU-bound scenario at lower settings, where the CPU can easily keep up, and the graphics card is working harder to fill more pixels. However, when we look at the Ultra settings, the pattern is slightly different. At 1080p Ultra, the system hits 130.3 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, it drops to 97.6 FPS (a 25.1% reduction), and at 4K Ultra, it falls to 58.2 FPS (a 55.3% reduction from 1080p Ultra). The relative consistency of the percentage drops across settings indicates that the GPU is the dominant constraint. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect the frame rate to remain relatively flat when increasing resolution, but the steady decline confirms that the RTX 2060 SUPER is being pushed harder as pixel count rises. The data suggests that the i5-14600K has ample headroom remaining, even at 4K Ultra, as the frame rate is still well above playable thresholds, but the GPU is clearly the limiting factor in this pairing.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The benchmark results provide a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four quality presets. Starting at 1920x1080, the combo delivers 282.8 FPS on Low, 223.3 FPS on Medium, 138.7 FPS on High, and 130.3 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Medium and High is significant, with a 37.9% drop, indicating that the High preset introduces a substantial graphical load. At 2560x1440, the scores are 203 FPS on Low, 160.7 FPS on Medium, 103.4 FPS on High, and 97.6 FPS on Ultra. The drop from Low to Ultra here is 51.9%, which is slightly less steep than at 1080p, suggesting that the GPU is becoming the primary limiter. At 3840x2160, the lowest score is 58.2 FPS on Ultra, while Low yields 125.9 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K produces 102.9 FPS, and High produces 62.8 FPS. The jump from Medium to High at 4K is a 39% performance hit, which is the largest single-step penalty in the entire dataset. This indicates that the High and Ultra presets at 4K are particularly demanding on the GPU’s resources, pushing it near its limits. Across all resolutions, the Low preset always offers the highest frame rates, typically more than double that of the Ultra preset, which underscores the GPU’s sensitivity to the game’s visual fidelity settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture, with a base clock of 1470 MHz and a boost clock of 1650 MHz. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. For a game like Inside, which has a minimalist art style but still requires texture streaming and post-processing effects, this memory configuration is sufficient to avoid stuttering at most settings. However, the data shows that the card’s compute capabilities are the limiting factor at higher presets. The GPU has 2176 shading units, 136 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, which translate to a pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 224.4 GTexel/s. These figures are modest by modern standards, and the benchmark results reflect that. At 4K Ultra, the combo can only muster 58.2 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target that many gamers prefer. The card’s average benchmark score is 19774, placing it in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN (scoring 19706, a 0.3% difference) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (scoring 19680, a 0.5% difference). This shows that the RTX 2060 SUPER is competitive with its immediate peers, but it lacks the headroom to deliver consistently high frame rates at 4K with maximum settings. The 8 GB VRAM is likely not a bottleneck in this title, as the game’s simple textures are unlikely to exceed that capacity, but the raw shader throughput becomes the deciding factor in the higher resolution tests. The GPU’s DirectX 12 score of 61 in Passmark further indicates that its performance in modern APIs is limited, which aligns with the observed frame rate drops in the Ultra presets, where additional lighting and shadow effects are likely enabled.