Minimum

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT lands at rank 1287 out of 1733 tested combos for Minimum, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the database. This is a 2014 third-person shooter, and the hardware is from 2019-2020, so the ranking reflects a combination that is far from the top of the charts but remains entirely usable for the game. The data shows a combo that is more than capable of delivering playable frame rates at mainstream resolutions, though it struggles to maintain high refresh rates at 4K on maximum settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 1287 out of 1733 means that roughly 74% of tested configurations perform better in this specific title. This is not a surprising result given the age of the GPU architecture and the mid-range positioning of the CPU. The RX 5700 XT sits at the 68th percentile among all GPUs, while the i5-10400F is at the 73rd percentile among all CPUs, yet the combination still falls to this rank, indicating that the game's engine and the specific interplay of these components do not produce top-tier results. The benchmark data suggests that this pairing is best suited for 1080p high-refresh gaming or 1440p at high settings, rather than pushing for maximum frame rates at 4K. For context, the CPU's average benchmark score is 14168, which puts it within 1.2% of the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 and 1.1% behind the Intel Core i5-8500, showing that it is a solid but not exceptional processor in general compute tasks. The GPU's average score of 24731 places it nearly identical to the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile, which is a mobile workstation part, highlighting that the RX 5700 XT's desktop performance is roughly on par with that laptop-class solution.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is built on the RDNA 1.0 architecture with the Navi 10 chip, fabricated on a 7 nm process at TSMC. It packs 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operation pipelines. The card's memory configuration is 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Clock speeds are substantial: the base clock is 1605 MHz, the game clock is 1755 MHz, and the boost clock reaches 1905 MHz. These specifications result in a pixel rate of 121.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 304.8 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance of 9.754 TFLOPS. In Minimum, the GPU's role is dominant, as evidenced by the scaling of frame rates with settings. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra drops the average FPS from 170.3 to 82.1, a reduction of 88.2 FPS. This steep decline indicates that the GPU is being pushed harder at higher settings, and the 8 GB VRAM buffer is sufficient for this title, even at 4K Ultra, where the card still manages 29.3 FPS. The GPU's performance relative to its nearest rivals shows it is 0.1% slower than the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile, 0.3% faster than the Intel Arc A350M, and 0.6% faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile, which are all mobile parts, underscoring that this desktop card is competitive with those laptop solutions.

Settings Recommendations

For the best experience in Minimum, the data strongly supports using the Medium preset as the sweet spot. At 1080p, Medium delivers 129.8 FPS, which is 40.5 FPS higher than High and 47.7 FPS higher than Ultra, while still being only 40.5 FPS lower than Low. At 1440p, Medium yields 84.3 FPS, which is a 14.2 FPS improvement over High and a 28.7 FPS improvement over Ultra. The Medium preset offers a balanced visual quality that does not sacrifice too much frame rate, making it ideal for smooth gameplay. For users with 60 Hz monitors at 4K, the Low preset is the only viable option, as it produces 58 FPS, whereas Medium drops to 45.9 FPS and High falls to 38 FPS. Ultra at 4K is effectively unplayable at 29.3 FPS. If a user prioritizes visual fidelity over raw speed, High at 1440p with 70.1 FPS is acceptable, but the measured data indicates that Medium provides the most consistent and fluid experience across the board.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a clear picture of performance across three resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the frame rates are as follows: Low settings produce an average of 170.3 FPS, Medium produces 129.8 FPS, High produces 105.6 FPS, and Ultra produces 82.1 FPS. This shows a linear progression where each step up in settings costs roughly 20-40 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440, the averages drop to 106.4 FPS for Low, 84.3 FPS for Medium, 70.1 FPS for High, and 55.6 FPS for Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 50.8 FPS, which is similar in proportion to the 1080p gap of 88.2 FPS. At 3840x2160, the performance degrades significantly: Low averages 58 FPS, Medium averages 45.9 FPS, High averages 38 FPS, and Ultra averages 29.3 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at 4K is 28.7 FPS. These numbers indicate that the combo is capable of high refresh rates at 1080p on lower settings, but 4K gaming is only feasible on the Low preset for a smooth 60 FPS experience.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the limiting component in this system. At Low settings, the average FPS goes from 170.3 at 1080p to 58 at 4K, a 65.9% reduction. At High settings, the drop is from 105.6 to 38, a 64% reduction. This consistent scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the CPU's workload does not increase proportionally with resolution. The i5-10400F has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz, and its single-thread performance in Cinebench R23 is 1453, which is sufficient for this game. The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is able to feed the GPU adequately, but as resolution increases, the GPU's pixel and texture throughput becomes the limiting factor. The RX 5700 XT's 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 9.754 TFLOPS of FP32 performance are simply not enough to maintain high frame rates at 4K, especially on higher settings. The 4K results, with Ultra at 29.3 FPS, clearly show that this combo is not designed for 4K gaming, and users should stick to 1080p or 1440p for the best experience.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F, based on the Comet Lake architecture, provides 6 cores and 12 threads with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz. Its L3 cache is 12 MB shared, and it supports DDR4 memory with a dual-channel bus and 42.7 GB/s bandwidth. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 10297 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 1453 in single-core, with a Geekbench multicore score of 5783 and single-core of 1454. These scores place it at the 73rd percentile among all CPUs, and its nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 7552, which is 0.4% slower, and the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C, which is 0.8% faster. In Minimum, the CPU's role is to maintain a stable frame pacing, and the data shows it does so effectively at 1080p, where the combo achieves 170.3 FPS on Low settings. However, the CPU is not the limiting factor in this game, as evidenced by the fact that frame rates scale consistently with resolution and settings, which is indicative of a GPU bottleneck. The CPU's 12 threads are more than enough for this 2014 title, and its boost clock of 4.30 GHz provides the single-thread performance needed for the game's logic. The data indicates that even at 4K Low, where the GPU is heavily loaded, the CPU does not cause frame drops, as the average of 58 FPS is still achievable. Overall, the i5-10400F is a capable partner for the RX 5700 XT, but its performance headroom is not fully utilized in this title, as the GPU is the clear bottleneck at higher resolutions and settings.