Inside

The Intel Core i9-14900K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers exceptional performance in Inside, a Puzzle Platformer from 2016. The benchmark data shows this combination is heavily overqualified for the game's demands, producing frame rates that range from high-refresh-rate territory at 4K to extreme triple-digit values at 1080p.

FAQ

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

A: The measured average frame rate at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 117.4 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU score compare to its nearest rival?

A: The Intel Core i9-14900K has an average benchmark score of 79824. Its closest rival, the AMD EPYC 7413, scores 80041, which places the i9-14900K 0.3% behind.

Q: What is the GPU's performance percentile among all tested GPUs?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ranks in the 85th percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 44900.

Q: What is the highest FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 429, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: What is the combo's ranking among all tested combinations in this game?

A: This specific CPU-GPU pairing ranks 64th out of 1671 tested combos for Inside.

Q: How much faster is 1080p compared to 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, the 1080p average of 266.3 FPS is more than double the 4K average of 119.7 FPS.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i9-14900K is a 24-core, 32-thread processor from the Core 14th Gen series, built on Raptor Lake architecture with a 10 nm process node. It has a base clock of 3.20 GHz and a boost clock of 6.00 GHz. The CPU's multi-threaded capabilities are substantial, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 49872 and a single-core score of 7040. In Geekbench, it achieves 20370 multi-core and 3064 single-core points.

For Inside, a puzzle platformer, the CPU's role is not particularly demanding. The game's physics and logic are relatively simple, and this processor's immense 36 MB of shared L3 cache and 32 threads are far beyond what the title requires. The data confirms this: at 1080p Low settings, the combo produces 429 FPS, which is a clear indicator that the CPU is not a bottleneck. The i9-14900K's 97th percentile ranking among all CPUs means it provides massive headroom for any game, but for Inside, its primary contribution is ensuring frametimes remain stable even at very high frame rates.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process node. It features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU has a base clock of 2310 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz. Its compute capabilities are strong, with 7680 shading units and a FP32 performance of 40.09 TFLOPS.

In Inside, the GPU handles the game's distinctive monochromatic art style and lighting effects. At 4K Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 117.4, which is still highly playable but shows the GPU is doing more work than at lower resolutions. The 85th percentile ranking for the RTX 4070 Ti indicates it is a high-end card, and its 12 GB VRAM is ample for this title. The GPU's performance scales predictably with resolution, with the 4K High result of 119.7 FPS being roughly half of the 1080p High result of 266.3 FPS, suggesting the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

This combo ranks 64th out of 1671 tested combinations for Inside. This places it in the top 3.8% of all tested configurations, which is consistent with the high-end nature of both components. The ranking indicates that while there are 63 combinations that perform better, this pairing delivers frame rates that exceed the refresh rates of most monitors.

The i9-14900K's nearest rival, the AMD EPYC 7413, has an average score that is 0.3% higher, while the Intel Core i9-14900KF is 0.7% lower. On the GPU side, the RTX 4070 Ti sits very close to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile, which is only 0.6% higher, and the Intel Arc A730M, which is 1.5% lower. These narrow deltas show that the combo's performance is tightly clustered with other top-tier hardware.

The rank of 64 suggests that the bottleneck in this pairing is not the CPU, which is near the top of its class, but rather the GPU, which is good but not the absolute fastest available. For a game like Inside, the 64th rank still means the experience is exceptionally smooth, with no practical difference from higher-ranked combos in real-world gameplay.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals clear patterns about the limiting component. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 429 at 1080p to 241.7 at 4K, a reduction of 43.7%. At Medium settings, the drop is from 399.9 to 198, a 50.5% reduction. High settings show a drop from 266.3 to 119.7, a 55.1% reduction, and Ultra settings drop from 256.6 to 117.4, a 54.2% reduction.

These percentages indicate that at lower settings, the CPU is more involved, allowing the GPU to push higher frame rates. As settings increase and resolution scales up, the GPU becomes the limiting factor. The fact that the 1080p Low result of 429 FPS is more than double the 4K Low result of 241.7 FPS shows that the GPU is heavily taxed at 4K, even with minimal graphical settings. The scaling pattern is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario at 4K, while the CPU's power ensures that frame rates remain high even when the GPU is not fully utilized.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces its highest frame rates. Low settings yield 429 FPS, Medium settings drop to 399.9 FPS, High settings result in 266.3 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 256.6 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium is minimal at 29.1 FPS, but the jump from Medium to High is substantial at 133.6 FPS, indicating a significant increase in GPU load.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance scales down proportionally. Low settings average 386.1 FPS, which is 42.9 FPS lower than 1080p. Medium settings produce 312.2 FPS, a 87.7 FPS reduction. High settings average 196.1 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 183.1 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra at 1440p is 13 FPS, smaller than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is most stressed. Low settings still achieve a high 241.7 FPS, while Medium settings produce 198 FPS. High settings drop to 119.7 FPS, and Ultra settings result in 117.4 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra at 4K is only 2.3 FPS, suggesting that the GPU is reaching its limits with these settings.

Across all resolutions, the data shows that this combo is capable of running Inside at well over 100 FPS in every configuration tested. Even the most demanding scenario, 4K Ultra, maintains an average above 117 FPS, which exceeds the refresh rate of most standard monitors. The consistency of performance at 4K Ultra compared to 4K High indicates that the GPU is the primary constraint, while the CPU provides ample headroom for the game's logic and physics demands.