Outriders

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 delivers a robust, high-refresh-rate experience in Outriders, placing this combination at rank 437 out of 1693 tested combos. This placement, within the top 26% of all configurations, indicates a well-balanced pairing that excels at 1440p and remains highly capable at 4K, though the data reveals a clear shift in bottleneck behavior as resolution increases.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's overall rank of 437 out of 1693 tested configurations places it in the upper quartile of systems, suggesting that users can expect a strong performance profile across the board. This ranking is a composite result of the CPU and GPU working in concert; the data shows that neither component is severely mismatched for the other in the context of this game. The percentile scores for the individual components support this: the CPU sits at the 82nd percentile compared to all CPUs, while the GPU is at the 80th percentile for all GPUs. This near-parity in relative standing is a hallmark of a balanced system, where the performance ceiling is not artificially capped by a single weak link. Benchmark results indicate that this system is positioned to handle Outriders' demanding environments without significant compromise, landing it ahead of a majority of the tested hardware combinations. The rank suggests that while there are faster systems, this config offers a level of performance that puts it in a competitive position for high-fidelity gaming.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor from the Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. This configuration, with its hybrid design of performance and efficiency cores, provides a strong foundation for Outriders, a looter shooter that benefits from both high single-thread performance for game logic and multi-threading for background tasks and physics. The CPU's benchmark scores reinforce its capability; a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21279 and a single-core score of 3004 indicate substantial processing power. In the measured FPS data, the CPU's influence is most apparent at lower resolutions where the GPU is less burdened. At 1080p Low settings, the combo achieves an average of 226.8 FPS, a figure that suggests the CPU is capable of feeding frames at a very high rate. The CPU's nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-13620H, has an average benchmark score that is only 0.1% higher, indicating that the i5-13400F's performance is on par with a higher-tier mobile part. Furthermore, it slightly edges out the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D by a 0.5% margin in average score, underscoring its competitive standing in this segment. The 20 MB of shared L3 cache is a significant asset, helping to reduce memory latency and improve performance in scenarios with large data sets, which is common in a game with dense enemy encounters and loot systems. The CPU's 65 W TDP and support for DDR4 and DDR5 memory provide flexibility, but the benchmark data shows its raw throughput is more than sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 3080 in most scenarios.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is the primary driver of visual fidelity in this combo, featuring 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus with a bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s. With a base clock of 1440 MHz and a boost clock of 1710 MHz, this Ampere-architecture GPU delivers substantial compute power, evidenced by its 29.77 TFLOPS FP32 performance. The 10 GB VRAM is a crucial factor in Outriders, as the game's high-resolution textures and particle effects can be memory-intensive. The GPU's percentile rank of 80 versus all GPUs shows it is a high-end part, and its nearest rivals in average score are the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, which is only 0.9% faster, and the AMD Radeon 880M, which is 0.4% slower. This places the RTX 3080 in a tight competitive cluster, where the performance differences are minimal. The GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution and settings increase. At 1080p, the CPU can keep up, but at 4K Ultra, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor, as the average FPS drops to 41. The 8704 shading units and 272 texture mapping units are fully utilized at higher settings, where the game's rendering load is at its maximum. The GPU's 68 RT cores are present, but Outriders' implementation of ray tracing is not a primary bottleneck; the raw rasterization performance is what propels the frame rates in the measured data.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the combo shows its strength with high average frame rates. On Low settings, it hits an average of 226.8 FPS, which reflects the CPU's ability to push frames. Moving to Medium, the average drops to 197 FPS, and at High, it settles at 178.4 FPS. The most demanding 1080p preset, Ultra, still yields a very playable 128.7 FPS average. This scaling indicates that at 1080p, the system has enough headroom to handle even the most demanding settings comfortably. At 2560x1440, the increase in pixel count begins to shift the load onto the GPU. The average FPS on Low is 195.2, on Medium it is 147.1, and on High it is 110.8. The Ultra preset at 1440p produces an average of 80.6 FPS, which is still well within the range for a smooth experience. At 3840x2160, the GPU is pushed to its limits. The average FPS on Low is 107.4, which is still high, but Medium drops to 78, High to 59.1, and Ultra to 41. These numbers show a clear progression; the system is capable of high-refresh 4K gaming on lower settings, but for Ultra settings, a 60 FPS target is out of reach, with the average falling to 41 FPS. The data shows a consistent performance hierarchy, with each step up in resolution and settings exacting a predictable toll on frame rates.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the dynamic between the CPU and GPU. At 1080p Low, the average FPS is 226.8. When moving to 1440p Low, the frame rate drops to 195.2, a 14% decrease. However, when moving from 1440p Low to 4K Low, the FPS drops to 107.4, a 45% decrease. This pattern is consistent across all settings, but the magnitude of the drop increases with resolution. For instance, on High settings, the 1080p average is 178.4 FPS, dropping to 110.8 at 1440p (a 38% decrease), and then to 59.1 at 4K (a 47% decrease from 1440p). This indicates that the system is CPU-bound at lower resolutions, where the GPU can render frames faster than the CPU can process game logic. As resolution increases, the GPU's workload grows, and the system becomes more GPU-bound. The most telling data point is at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS is 41, a 68% drop from the 1080p Ultra average of 128.7 FPS. This steep decline at 4K Ultra confirms that the RTX 3080's 10 GB VRAM and compute resources are the ultimate limit for this combo. The scaling behavior suggests that for competitive play at high refresh rates, 1080p is the sweet spot, while 1440p offers an excellent balance of visual quality and frame rate. For 4K, the data shows that users will need to compromise on settings to achieve a playable frame rate, with Low settings being the only preset to consistently stay above 100 FPS. The limiting component is clearly the GPU at higher resolutions, while the CPU's strong single-thread performance ensures it never becomes a significant hindrance, even at the lowest resolution tested.