Outriders

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the Intel Arc B570 delivers a playable experience in Outriders, but the settings preset you choose dramatically determines whether you are locked to a smooth framerate or struggling through firefights. Benchmark data for this combination shows a clear hierarchy across the four available presets at each resolution, with the Medium preset emerging as the optimal balance between visual fidelity and performance. At 1080p, the Medium preset delivers an average of 128 FPS with a minimum of 109 FPS, which is well above the threshold for high-refresh-rate monitors. The High preset at 1080p still provides a strong 96 FPS average, but the drop to Medium yields a 33% performance increase while generally retaining most of the visual quality that matters in a fast-paced looter shooter. At 1440p, the Medium preset again proves superior, hitting an 81 FPS average with a minimum of 69 FPS, ensuring the frame pacing remains consistent during intense combat sequences. The High preset at 1440p falls to 61 FPS, which is still playable, but the tighter minimum framerate of the Medium preset makes it the safer choice. At 4K, the situation becomes more constrained; the Medium preset averages 42 FPS with a minimum of 36 FPS, which is marginal for a smooth experience, while the Low preset jumps to 58 FPS. For players prioritizing a consistent 60 FPS at 4K, the Low preset is the only viable option, though it sacrifices significant visual detail. The Ultra preset is untenable across all resolutions, averaging only 70 FPS at 1080p, 44 FPS at 1440p, and 23 FPS at 4K, making it a poor choice for any serious play session.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-10400F and Intel Arc B570 ranks 2390th out of 2913 tested combos in Outriders, placing it in the lower 18% of all systems tested for this specific title. This ranking is surprisingly low given the individual component specs, suggesting that the game's optimization or driver overhead is limiting the hardware's potential. The CPU itself performs admirably in synthetic benchmarks, with an average benchmark score of 14185, placing it in the 68th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Xeon 6756E (0.2% faster), Intel Core 7 160UL (0.3% slower), AMD EPYC 7552 (0.5% faster), and AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (0.6% slower), showing that the i5-10400F is a solid mid-range performer. The GPU, the Intel Arc B570, also holds its own in synthetic tests, with an average benchmark score of 20556, placing it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (0.1% faster), Intel Arc A750 (0.1% slower), NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (0.4% faster), and AMD Radeon R9 M390X (0.5% slower). Despite both components performing near or above average in synthetic workloads, the Outriders combination falls short of expectations. The data indicates that the system is likely bottlenecked by the CPU in this title, as the GPU's raw compute power is not being fully utilized. The 2390th rank out of 2913 combos means that a significant majority of other tested systems achieve higher framerates in this game, even those with theoretically weaker components on paper. This suggests that Outriders may be particularly sensitive to single-threaded performance or specific instruction sets where the Comet Lake architecture lags behind newer designs.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture using a 5 nm process from TSMC, featuring 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. It comes equipped with 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 380.0 GB/s. The GPU clocks at a fixed 2500 MHz for both base and boost, with memory running at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective). This configuration delivers 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 compute performance and a pixel rate of 200.0 GPixel/s. In Outriders, the GPU's role becomes increasingly critical as resolution rises. At 1080p, the framerate scales well across presets, with the Low preset hitting 157 FPS and the Medium preset at 128 FPS, indicating the GPU has ample headroom. However, at 4K, the framerate collapses, with the High preset dropping to 32 FPS and Ultra to just 23 FPS. This drop is disproportionate to the resolution increase, suggesting that the GPU's 10 GB VRAM and 160-bit memory bus become a limiting factor at higher resolutions. The 380.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the texture and geometry demands overwhelm the memory subsystem. The GPU's 18 ray tracing cores and support for DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) are present, but the data shows that even without ray tracing enabled, the card struggles to maintain playable framerates at 4K on higher presets. The synthetic benchmark scores for the GPU, such as the Passmark G3D score of 14195 and Geekbench Vulkan score of 96844, indicate strong compute capabilities, but these do not translate to 4K gaming performance in Outriders. The GPU's nearest rival, the Intel Arc A750, performs nearly identically in synthetic tests (0.1% slower), yet the combination ranking suggests that neither card is well-optimized for this title at higher resolutions.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for a 1440p monitor with this combo?

A: The Medium preset at 2560x1440 provides an average of 81 FPS with a minimum of 69 FPS and a maximum of 93 FPS. This is the only preset at this resolution that maintains a framerate consistently above 60 FPS, making it the recommended choice for smooth gameplay.

Q: Can this system achieve 60 FPS at 4K in Outriders?

A: Yes, but only on the Low preset, which averages 58 FPS at 3840x2160. The Medium preset drops to 42 FPS, and the High preset falls to 32 FPS, so the Low preset is the only way to approach a 60 FPS target at 4K.

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

A: At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset averages 70 FPS, while the High preset averages 96 FPS. The Ultra preset provides a higher level of visual detail but comes at a 27% performance cost, which may not be worth the graphical improvement for competitive play.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-10400F a bottleneck for the Intel Arc B570 in this game?

A: The data suggests yes. The combination ranks 2390th out of 2913 tested combos, which is poor given the individual component benchmarks. The CPU's single-thread score of 688 in 3DMark and 1451 in Cinebench R23 indicate modest per-core performance, likely limiting the GPU's potential in Outriders.

Q: What is the minimum FPS on the Medium preset at 1080p?

A: The minimum FPS at 1920x1080 on Medium is 109 FPS, with an average of 128 FPS and a maximum of 148 FPS. This indicates stable frame pacing without significant stutters.

Q: How does the GPU's memory configuration affect performance at different resolutions?

A: The 10 GB GDDR6 memory with 380.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, where the Medium preset delivers 128 FPS and 81 FPS averages, respectively. At 4K, the framerate drops sharply, with the High preset only managing 32 FPS, indicating the memory bandwidth becomes a limiting factor.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a steep performance penalty as resolution increases, which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario at higher settings. At the Medium preset, the average framerate scales from 128 FPS at 1080p, down 37% to 81 FPS at 1440p, and then a further 48% drop to 42 FPS at 4K. This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting component at higher resolutions, as the workload on the rendering pipeline increases quadratically with pixel count. The Low preset shows a similar trend, with 157 FPS at 1080p dropping to 111 FPS at 1440p (29% reduction) and then 58 FPS at 4K (48% reduction). Interestingly, the percentage drop from 1440p to 4K is nearly identical between the Low and Medium presets, suggesting that the memory bandwidth of 380.0 GB/s is the hard ceiling at 4K regardless of quality settings. The High preset at 4K averages just 32 FPS, which is a 67% reduction from the 96 FPS at 1080p, illustrating that the preset's additional shading and texture work disproportionately impact the GPU at higher resolutions. The Ultra preset is the worst offender, with a 67% drop from 70 FPS at 1080p to 23 FPS at 4K. The data shows that the i5-10400F is not the limiting factor at 4K, as the framerate differences between presets are massive, indicating the GPU is saturated. However, at 1080p, the scaling from Low (157 FPS) to Ultra (70 FPS) suggests the CPU is still keeping pace, as the framerate differences are driven by GPU load rather than CPU stalls.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Comet Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 14 nm process. It has a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz, with a 65W TDP. The CPU features 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 256 KB of L2 cache per core, with a dual-channel DDR4 memory interface providing 42.7 GB/s of bandwidth. In Outriders, the CPU's role is most evident at lower resolutions where the GPU has headroom. At 1080p on the Low preset, the system achieves 157 FPS, which is a strong result, but the framerate does not scale linearly with resolution decreases, indicating the CPU is reaching its limits. The CPU's synthetic benchmarks show a single-thread score of 688 in 3DMark and 1451 in Cinebench R23, which are modest figures for modern gaming. The multi-threaded scores, such as 10283 in Cinebench R23 and 12115 in Passmark multithread, are respectable for a 6-core part, but Outriders appears to rely heavily on single-thread performance. The nearest CPU rivals, including the Intel Xeon 6756E and AMD EPYC 7552, show that the i5-10400F is competitive in synthetic tests, yet the combination ranking in this game is poor. This suggests that the Comet Lake architecture's older IPC and lack of support for newer instructions may hinder performance in Outriders compared to more modern CPUs. The data shows that at 1440p and 4K, the CPU is less of a bottleneck, as the framerate drops are more attributable to GPU load. However, at 1080p, the difference between the Low preset (157 FPS) and the Medium preset (128 FPS) is only 18%, which is smaller than the GPU scaling, suggesting the CPU is constraining the maximum framerate. The 12 threads of the i5-10400F are sufficient for the game's multithreaded workloads, but the 4.30 GHz boost clock is not high enough to push framerates beyond what the GPU can deliver at lower resolutions. Overall, the CPU provides adequate performance for this combo, but it is not the strong point of the pairing, and players seeking higher framerates at 1080p would benefit from a processor with better single-thread performance.