Outriders

The benchmark data for Outriders on the Intel Core i3-12100F and AMD Radeon RX 9070 combination shows a clear hierarchy across the four tested presets. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers an average of 211.2 FPS, which is the highest recorded frame rate for this configuration. However, the Ultra preset at 1080p still achieves 123.2 FPS, indicating that the hardware can handle maximum settings without falling below the 60 FPS threshold. At 1440p, the High preset produces 108.4 FPS, while Ultra drops to 77.1 FPS, both of which remain comfortably playable. The most demanding scenario, 4K Ultra, yields only 40.7 FPS, which falls below the typical smoothness target. The data suggests that High settings provide the best balance, as they maintain 168.4 FPS at 1080p, 108.4 FPS at 1440p, and 58.1 FPS at 4K, with the 4K result being the only one that dips near the 60 FPS line. Medium settings at 4K offer 77.7 FPS, which is a viable alternative for higher resolutions, but the step from Medium to High at 4K costs 19.6 FPS, a substantial penalty for visual fidelity. For a consistent experience across all resolutions, High is the recommended preset, as it never drops below the playable threshold in the measured rows.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how the system scales across resolutions, highlighting the GPU as the primary bottleneck at higher pixel counts. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at High settings, the average frame rate drops from 168.4 FPS to 108.4 FPS, a reduction of 60.0 FPS (approximately 35.6%). This is a significant decrease, but the frame rate remains high. The transition from 1440p to 4K at the same preset shows another drop from 108.4 FPS to 58.1 FPS, a loss of 50.3 FPS (around 46.4%). This steeper decline indicates that the GPU is becoming increasingly saturated as the pixel count grows. The pattern is consistent across other settings. At Ultra, the 1080p result of 123.2 FPS falls to 77.1 FPS at 1440p, and then to 40.7 FPS at 4K. The gap between 1440p and 4K is proportionally larger than the gap between 1080p and 1440p for every preset, which points to the memory bandwidth and raw throughput of the GPU being the limiting factor. The RX 9070’s 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and 644.6 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for 4K, but the 256-bit bus width and 128 ROPs struggle to keep up with the pixel fill rate required at 3840x2160. The CPU’s role is less evident here; the i3-12100F’s 4 cores and 8 threads are enough to feed the GPU at lower resolutions, as evidenced by the 211.2 FPS at 1080p Low, but the frame rate scaling shows that the GPU is the component that determines performance as resolution rises.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achieved by this system in the measured data?

A: The highest recorded average is 211.2 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with the Low preset.

Q: Does the system maintain a playable frame rate at 4K with the Ultra preset?

A: No. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 40.7, which is below the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the 1440p High preset compare to the 1080p Ultra preset?

A: The 1440p High preset yields 108.4 FPS, while the 1080p Ultra preset yields 123.2 FPS. The higher resolution at High settings is 14.8 FPS slower than the lower resolution at Ultra.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, the Low preset averages 211.2 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 123.2 FPS. This represents a difference of 88.0 FPS, with Ultra being significantly slower.

Q: Is the RX 9070’s 16 GB VRAM sufficient for the highest settings in this game?

A: The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the system averages 40.7 FPS, which indicates the GPU is not limited by VRAM capacity but rather by compute and memory bandwidth, as the frame rate is still above the point where VRAM overflow would cause stuttering.

Q: Which resolution offers the most balanced experience with High settings?

A: 2560x1440 with High settings provides 108.4 FPS, which is above the 100 FPS mark and offers a good balance between visual clarity and frame rate, as the 4K High result falls to 58.1 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data is organized by resolution and settings, providing a comprehensive view of performance. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 211.2 FPS, Medium reaches 187.9 FPS, High hits 168.4 FPS, and Ultra settles at 123.2 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra at this resolution is a loss of 88.0 FPS, which shows that the GPU has headroom at 1080p, as even the most demanding preset stays well above the 60 FPS threshold. Moving to 2560x1440, the figures are 179.8 FPS for Low, 144.5 FPS for Medium, 108.4 FPS for High, and 77.1 FPS for Ultra. Here, the drop from Low to Ultra is 102.7 FPS, indicating that the GPU is working harder as pixel count increases. At 3840x2160, the results are 107.4 FPS for Low, 77.7 FPS for Medium, 58.1 FPS for High, and 40.7 FPS for Ultra. The delta between Low and Ultra at 4K is 66.7 FPS, but the absolute values show that the GPU is the limiting factor, as even the Low preset cannot maintain the frame rates seen at lower resolutions. Notably, the 4K Low result of 107.4 FPS is lower than the 1440p Ultra result of 77.1 FPS, which demonstrates that resolution scaling has a more significant impact than settings changes. The data also shows that the gap between Medium and High at 4K is 19.6 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is 17.4 FPS, suggesting that the GPU’s performance curve becomes steeper at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is the dominant component in this configuration, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling across resolutions. The GPU’s specifications include a base clock of 1330 MHz and a boost clock of 2520 MHz, with a game clock of 2070 MHz. The memory operates at 2518 MHz with 20.1 Gbps effective speed. The 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth. In the measured results, the GPU’s role is clear: at 1080p, the system achieves 211.2 FPS on Low, which is 88.0 FPS higher than the Ultra preset. This gap indicates that the GPU has spare compute capacity at lower resolutions. However, at 4K Ultra, the frame rate falls to 40.7 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS standard. The GPU’s pixel rate is 322.6 GPixel/s, and its texture rate is 564.5 GTexel/s, but these figures do not translate to 4K Ultra performance. The passmark G3D score of 25381 and the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6290 place the GPU in the 79th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 34780. The nearest rival, the NVIDIA A2, has an average score of 34866, which is 0.2% higher. The GPU’s 56 ray tracing cores and 3584 shading units are sufficient for the game’s demands, but the data shows that the 128 ROPs struggle with the 4K resolution, as the performance drops from 77.7 FPS at Medium to 40.7 FPS at Ultra. The VRAM capacity of 16 GB is not a limiting factor, as the frame rate drops are consistent with compute and memory bandwidth constraints rather than memory capacity exhaustion.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i3-12100F plays a supporting role in this configuration, with its 4 cores and 8 threads providing the foundation for the GPU’s performance. The CPU’s base clock is 3.30 GHz, with a boost clock of 4.30 GHz. It has 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core. In the benchmark results, the CPU’s influence is most apparent at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 211.2 FPS, which is a high frame rate that requires the CPU to feed the GPU efficiently. The CPU’s Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 11912, and its single-core score is 1681, indicating strong per-thread performance for a 4-core processor. The 3DMark scores show 4051 for 16 threads and 4026 for 8 threads, with a single-thread score of 893. These numbers suggest that the CPU can handle the game’s threading requirements, but the percentile of 72 against all CPUs and an average benchmark score of 13516 place it in the mid-range. The nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX, has an average score of 13534, which is 0.1% higher. As resolution increases, the CPU’s role diminishes, as the frame rate drops are primarily due to GPU limitations. At 4K Low, the system hits 107.4 FPS, which is 103.8 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result. This gap is not caused by the CPU, as the core clocks and thread count remain constant. The CPU’s 58 W TDP and support for DDR4 and DDR5 memory indicate it is a power-efficient part, but its 4 physical cores may limit performance in scenarios with heavy background tasks. The data shows that for this game, the CPU is not the bottleneck, as the frame rate scaling follows the GPU’s capabilities, but the i3-12100F’s single-thread performance of 893 in 3DMark is adequate for the game’s engine, which appears to be more GPU-bound at higher settings.