Inside

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers a robust performance profile for Inside, a Puzzle Platformer from 2016. The measured frame rates indicate this combination is heavily overqualified for the title’s graphical demands, with the data showing a clear progression of performance from 4K down to 1080p, but with distinct behavior at each setting tier. This analysis breaks down the FPS measurements, provides settings recommendations, and contextualizes the CPU and GPU roles based strictly on the provided fact pack data.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling behavior of this combo is best described as a tale of two performance regimes. At 4K (3840x2160), the RTX 4060 is clearly the limiting component, but the CPU is also engaged, resulting in a shape that is not purely GPU-bound. At 1080p, the GPU is still the primary bottleneck, but the CPU is also likely entering the picture, as the game is not well-known for utilizing many cores.

Looking at the average FPS at High settings, the jump from 4K to 1440p is a significant 45 FPS (from 75 to 120), which is a 60% increase. This shows that halving the pixel count does not double the frame rate, indicating that the CPU is beginning to become a factor, or that the GPU's utilization is not fully scaling with resolution. Moving from 1440p High to 1080p High shows another large gain, from 120 to 167 FPS, a 39% increase. The trend is consistent: the GPU is the primary bottleneck at all resolutions, but the CPU is not idle.

At 4K Low, the card produces 150 FPS, while at 2K Low, it reaches 239 FPS, and at 1080p Low, it hits 333 FPS. The scaling from 4K to 1080p is a 122% improvement, which is a massive jump. This pattern shows that at Low settings, the GPU is heavily underutilized, and the CPU is starting to become the limiting factor.

At Medium settings, the same pattern persists. The 4K Medium average is 120 FPS, the 1440p Medium average is 192 FPS, and the 1080p Medium average is 266 FPS. The scaling is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario at 4K and a mix at lower resolutions.

The Ultra preset shows a similar trend, with 4K at 72 FPS, 1440p at 114 FPS, and 1080p at 159 FPS. This is a 120% increase from 4K to 1080p, showing the same behavior as Low.

The data clearly shows that the RTX 4060 is the limiting component at 4K, and at 1080p, the frame rates are high, but the CPU is still very capable. The game is not heavily CPU-bound, but the scaling indicates that the CPU is not the primary bottleneck. The limiting factor is the GPU, with the CPU able to keep up with all resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The data provides a clear picture of how the Core i7-14700F and RTX 4060 handle the game's presets. The measured FPS values are very high, and the game is not demanding, but the settings have a significant impact on performance.

At 1080p with Low settings, the average is 333 FPS. This is an extremely high frame rate, and it is clear that the GPU is not a constraint. The Medium preset delivers 266 FPS, while High provides 167 FPS. Ultra is only slightly lower than High, at 159 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra is 8 FPS (5%), which is negligible, but the difference between Medium and High is 99 FPS (37%). This shows that the game is not very sensitive to the difference between High and Ultra, but it is sensitive to the lower presets.

The best experience for a high refresh rate monitor is to use the Medium preset, as it delivers 266 FPS, but for a 144Hz monitor, the High preset is the best, as it provides 167 FPS. For a 240Hz monitor, the Low preset is the only one that can hit 333 FPS, but the CPU is still capable.

At 1440p, the picture is similar. Low gives 239 FPS, Medium gives 192 FPS, High gives 120 FPS, and Ultra gives 114 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra is 6 FPS (5%), which is not worth the settings change. The Medium preset seems to be the sweet spot for 1440p, delivering 192 FPS.

At 4K, the performance drops to 150 FPS at Low, 120 FPS at Medium, 75 FPS at High, and 72 FPS at Ultra. The game is still very playable at 4K, but the High settings are not enough for a 144Hz monitor.

The data shows that the game is not demanding, and the CPU is not a bottleneck, but the GPU is. The best experience is the Medium preset, because it provides a good balance between visual quality and performance. The High preset is also a good choice, but the Ultra preset is not worth the FPS hit. The game is not well optimized for the High and Ultra settings, as the differences are small.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture and uses the AD107 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process by TSMC. It has 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die, giving it a transistor density of 118.9M / mm². The GPU has 3072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. It also features 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores, which are not used in this game. The pixel rate is 118.1 GPixel/s and the texture rate is 236.2 GTexel/s, with FP32 and FP16 performance of 15.11 TFLOPS. The GPU is a dual-slot card with a 240mm length, 111mm width, and 40mm height. It uses a single 12-pin power connector and has a suggested PSU of 300W, with a TDP of 115W.

The GPU's memory subsystem is 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s. The memory clock is 2125 MHz, which translates to 17 Gbps effective. The GPU has a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz.

The GPU is an end-of-life product, and its benchmark results show a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2302, Geekbench OpenCL score of 95057, Geekbench Vulkan score of 48643, Passmark DirectX 10 score of 103, DirectX 11 score of 175, DirectX 12 score of 76, DirectX 9 score of 236, G2D score of 1037, G3D score of 19545, and GPU Compute score of 9213. It has a percentile rank of 61 compared to all GPUs, and its average benchmark score is 17639. The nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon HD 7790 (with a delta of -0.2%), AMD Radeon 780M (0.3%), AMD Radeon Pro 560 (0.5%), and AMD Radeon Pro 460 (0.7%), showing that the RTX 4060 is in a tight performance bracket.

For Inside, the GPU is the clear bottleneck at 4K. The 8 GB VRAM is not a limiting factor for the game, as it is a 2016 title. The clock behavior shows that the GPU is not running at its boost clock, but the frame rates are still high. The GPU is not fully utilized at 1080p, but it is still the primary component determining performance.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The data provides a complete matrix of average FPS, and for some presets, min and max FPS. At 4K, the High preset averages 75 FPS, the Low preset averages 150 FPS, the Medium preset averages 120 FPS with a min of 102 and max of 138, and the Ultra preset averages 72 FPS. At 2560x1440, the High preset averages 120 FPS, the Low preset averages 239 FPS, the Medium preset averages 192 FPS with a min of 163 and max of 220, and the Ultra preset averages 114 FPS. At 1920x1080, the High preset averages 167 FPS, the Low preset averages 333 FPS, the Medium preset averages 266 FPS with a min of 226 and max of 306, and the Ultra preset averages 159 FPS.

The Medium preset is the only one with min and max values reported for all resolutions. At 4K, the min is 102 and the max is 138, giving a 36 FPS range. At 1440p, the min is 163 and the max is 220, a 57 FPS range. At 1080p, the min is 226 and the max is 306, an 80 FPS range. This indicates that the frame time variance increases as resolution decreases, likely due to CPU limitations or driver overhead.

The gap between the High and Ultra presets is small. At 4K, the difference is 3 FPS (75 vs 72), at 1440p, it is 6 FPS (120 vs 114), and at 1080p, it is 8 FPS (167 vs 159). This suggests that the Ultra preset is not well optimized or that the GPU is not stressed enough to show a difference.

The Low preset is the only one that is not bottlenecked by the GPU. At 4K, it is 150 FPS, at 1440p, it is 239 FPS, and at 1080p, it is 333 FPS. This shows that the GPU can handle the low settings, but the CPU is likely the limiting factor at 1080p.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of the Intel Core i7-14700F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 ranks 1863 out of 3716 tested combos for Inside. This places it in the 50th percentile of all tested combos, which is a solid middle-of-the-pack result. The game is not a demanding title, so the rank is not representative of the combo's overall power, but rather reflects the fact that many combinations can run it.

The rank is 1863 out of 3716, meaning there are 1852 combos below it and 1853 above. This is a relatively low rank for a high-end CPU and mid-range GPU, which suggests that the game is not well-optimized or that the CPU is not a significant factor. The combo's rank is not indicative of the hardware's overall performance, but it shows that for this game, the combo is not in the top 50%.

The rank is based on the average FPS across all settings and resolutions. The combo's average FPS is likely high, but the rank is impacted by the fact that the game is a not demanding title, and many combos can run it at high frame rates. The CPU is a high-end 14th Gen part, and the GPU is an end-of-life product, but the game is not using them to their full potential.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. It has a 65W TDP and is built on a 10nm process. The CPU supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory, with a dual-channel memory bus, and has a 33MB shared L3 cache. It has a PCIe Gen 5 interface with 16 lanes, and its integrated graphics are N/A. The CPU is a desktop part, and it has a launch MSRP of $359.

The benchmarks for the CPU show strong single and multi-core performance. It scores 3540 in Cinebench R15 multicore, 499 in Cinebench R15 single-core, 14751 in Cinebench R20 multicore, 2082 in Cinebench R20 single-core, 35122 in Cinebench R23 multicore, 4958 in Cinebench R23 single-core, 19620 in Geekbench multicore, and 2429 in Geekbench single-core. The Passmark scores are 505885 for data compression, 30144 for data encryption, 28564 for extended instructions, 176 for find prime numbers, 107005 for floating point math, 155808 for integer math, 41317 for multithread, 2455 for physics, 55918 for random string sorting, and 4257 for single thread.

The CPU has a percentile of 91 among all CPUs, and its average benchmark score is 53620. Its nearest rivals are the Intel Xeon 6505P (with a delta of -0.2%), the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (0.3%), the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X (0.6%), and the AMD EPYC 7313P (0.8%). This shows that the CPU is a strong performer, but it is not in the top tier.

For Inside, the CPU is likely not the bottleneck, as the game is a Puzzle Platformer and does not require many cores. The high single-thread performance is enough to drive frame rates, but the GPU is the limiting factor. The CPU is not a bottleneck at 4K, but at 1080p, the frame rates of 333 FPS at Low indicate that the CPU is likely the limiting factor, as the GPU is capable of more.

The 20 cores and 28 threads are overkill for this game, but the high boost clock of 5.40 GHz is beneficial for frame generation. The CPU's performance is not a concern for this title, and the data shows that the game is not CPU-intensive.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K with High settings?

A: The average FPS is 75 at 3840x2160 with High settings.

Q: How does the RTX 4060 compare to the near rival AMD Radeon 780M?

A: The RTX 4060 has an average benchmark score of 17639. The AMD Radeon 780M is a nearest rival with an average score of 17588, a delta of 0.3% for the 4060.

Q: What is the combo rank for this CPU and GPU in Inside?

A: The combo ranks 1863 out of 3716 total combos, putting it in the middle of the distribution.

Q: What is the single-core Cinebench R23 score for the Core i7-14700F?

A: The single-core score is 4958, while the multi-core score is 35122.

Q: At 1440p, what is the average FPS difference between High and Ultra settings?

A: The difference is 6 FPS, with High averaging 120 FPS and Ultra averaging 114 FPS.

Q: What is the boost clock of the RTX 4060?

A: The boost clock is 2460 MHz, with a base clock of 1830 MHz.