Outriders

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Outriders with the Intel Core i5-13400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 reveals a predictable but steep performance curve as resolution climbs. At 1080p with Low settings, the combination delivers 225.6 FPS average. Stepping up to 1440p Low drops that to 156.9 FPS, a 30% reduction, while 4K Low lands at 79.2 FPS, which is roughly half of the 1440p figure. This scaling pattern indicates that at lower resolutions and settings, the system has ample headroom, but the GPU becomes the dominant constraint as pixel count rises.

The gap between settings tiers widens dramatically at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the spread from Low to Ultra is 128 FPS (225.6 down to 97.6), while at 4K the same spread is 46.4 FPS (79.2 down to 32.8). This compression at 4K signals that the RTX 4060's rendering pipeline is saturated; the difference between Low and Ultra settings shrinks because the GPU is already working near its limit. The data shows a 4K Ultra result of 32.8 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target most players consider playable for a looter shooter.

Interestingly, the 1440p results sit in a sweet spot. High settings at 1440p produce 85.4 FPS, and Medium delivers 109.9 FPS. Both are comfortably above 60 FPS, making 1440p the practical ceiling for smooth gameplay with this combo. The 1080p numbers, particularly Medium at 180 FPS and High at 132.6 FPS, suggest the CPU is not the primary limiter at those settings; the frame rates are high enough that even a stronger GPU might not yield dramatic gains without a CPU upgrade.

The scaling from 1080p to 4K at High settings tells a clear story: 132.6 FPS at 1080p falls to 85.4 at 1440p (a 36% drop), then to 43.8 at 4K (a 49% drop from 1440p). This non-linear decline is typical of a GPU-bound scenario where memory bandwidth and shading throughput become the bottlenecks. The RTX 4060's 272.0 GB/s bandwidth and 8 GB GDDR6 memory are adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but 4K pushes the architecture harder.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. Its 3072 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 48 ROPs operate at a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz. The GPU's FP32 performance of 15.11 TFLOPS and texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s place it as a mid-range part, and the benchmark data confirms this positioning. The GPU's average benchmark score of 23181 puts it in the 66th percentile among all GPUs, with nearest rivals including the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (0.6% slower) and the Intel Arc B580 (0.7% faster).

In Outriders specifically, the GPU's role shifts dramatically with settings. At 1080p Low, the game achieves 225.6 FPS, which is high enough that the GPU is not fully taxed. However, at 4K Ultra, the 32.8 FPS result shows the GPU is the clear bottleneck. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is worth noting: at 4K with Ultra settings, texture data can approach capacity limits, though the measured FPS drop from High (43.8) to Ultra (32.8) suggests more than just VRAM pressure—the additional shading and post-processing load is significant.

The memory clock of 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective) across a 128-bit bus yields 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This is modest for 4K gaming, and the data reflects that. The RTX 4060's pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K results indicate the fill rate is stretched thin. The GPU's passmark DirectX 12 score of 76 and DirectX 11 score of 175 provide context: the card is capable in modern APIs, but its raw throughput is limited.

The GPU's nearest rival comparison is instructive. The RTX 4060 sits just 0.6% behind the RX 6600M and 0.7% ahead of the Arc B580 in average benchmark scores. In game-specific terms, this means Outriders performance should be within a few frames per second of those competing parts. The 66th percentile ranking means roughly one-third of all GPUs are faster, which aligns with the 4K results showing sub-60 FPS at most settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for smooth gameplay with this combo?

A: The 1440p results show High settings at 85.4 FPS and Medium at 109.9 FPS, both above 60 FPS. 1080p is also viable with Ultra at 97.6 FPS. 4K only exceeds 60 FPS at Low settings (79.2 FPS).

Q: How does the RTX 4060 compare to its closest rivals?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 23181 places it 0.6% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6600M and 0.7% ahead of the Intel Arc B580. It also trails the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti by 0.7% in average score.

Q: Does Outriders favor CPU or GPU performance at 1080p?

A: At 1080p Low, the system hits 225.6 FPS, which is extremely high. This suggests the CPU (with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz and 10 cores) is not the limiting factor; the GPU handles the load well at this resolution.

Q: What is the frame rate drop from 1440p to 4K at High settings?

A: The average FPS falls from 85.4 at 1440p to 43.8 at 4K, a reduction of 41.6 FPS or roughly 49%. This indicates a significant GPU bottleneck at 4K.

Q: Is the RTX 4060's 8 GB VRAM sufficient for Outriders at 4K?

A: The data does not show VRAM capacity as a separate metric, but the 4K Ultra result of 32.8 FPS and 4K High of 43.8 FPS suggest the GPU's overall throughput, not just memory, is stretched. The 272.0 GB/s bandwidth is the more likely constraint.

Q: How does the CPU's performance rank among all processors?

A: The Intel Core i5-13400F has an average benchmark score of 25236, placing it in the 82nd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-13620H, is 0.1% slower in average score.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data provides 12 distinct configurations across three resolutions and four settings tiers. At 1920x1080, the results are: Low at 225.6 FPS, Medium at 180 FPS, High at 132.6 FPS, and Ultra at 97.6 FPS. This creates a clear downward slope where each settings tier costs roughly 30-50 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium is 45.6 FPS, from Medium to High is 47.4 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 35 FPS. The diminishing returns in the Ultra tier suggest that the GPU's shading units are approaching saturation.

At 2560x1440, the results are: Low at 156.9 FPS, Medium at 109.9 FPS, High at 85.4 FPS, and Ultra at 59.8 FPS. The 1440p Ultra result is just below the 60 FPS threshold, making it borderline for competitive play. The drop from Low to Medium is 47 FPS, from Medium to High is 24.5 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 25.6 FPS. The more gradual decline at higher settings indicates the GPU is handling the increased load more evenly than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the results are: Low at 79.2 FPS, Medium at 57.8 FPS, High at 43.8 FPS, and Ultra at 32.8 FPS. Only the Low setting clears 60 FPS. The gap from Low to Medium is 21.4 FPS, from Medium to High is 14 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 11 FPS. This narrowing gap shows that at 4K, the GPU is so heavily loaded that settings changes have less relative impact—the architecture's raw limits dominate.

The overall combo rank in Outriders is 884 out of 1693 tested combinations, placing this system in the upper half of all tested hardware configurations. This rank reflects the balanced nature of the CPU-GPU pairing. The CPU's 82nd percentile ranking among all CPUs means it has more headroom than the GPU's 66th percentile ranking, so the GPU is the more limiting component in this pairing.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, built on Intel's 10 nm process. Its base clock is 2.50 GHz with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, and it carries a 20 MB shared L3 cache. The CPU's benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 21279, while single-core scores 3004. The 3DMark 16-thread test yields 7314, and the max-thread test produces 7307, indicating consistent scaling across thread counts.

In Outriders, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p Low settings, where the system hits 225.6 FPS. At such high frame rates, the CPU must process game logic and draw calls quickly enough to feed the GPU. The i5-13400F's single-thread score of 960 in 3DMark and 3634 in Passmark single-thread tests suggests it has the per-core strength to handle this. The CPU's 82nd percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25236, places it just 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13620H and 0.5% ahead of the AMD EPYC 9474F.

The CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads provide ample parallelism for a looter shooter like Outriders, which typically uses multiple threads for physics, AI, and rendering tasks. The L3 cache of 20 MB shared across the cores helps reduce memory latency, which is beneficial for maintaining high frame rates. The CPU supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory, though the data does not specify which was used in testing.

The CPU's boost clock of 4.60 GHz is critical for sustained high FPS in Outriders. The measured 1440p Low result of 156.9 FPS and 1080p Low of 225.6 FPS indicate the CPU can drive the GPU to high utilization at lower resolutions. However, at 4K, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, and the CPU's contribution is less visible in the frame rate numbers. The CPU's passmark multithread score of 25032 and integer math score of 79942 show strong general-purpose compute, which supports the game's background simulation tasks.

The CPU's nearest rivals all score within 0.5% of its average, which means in CPU-bound scenarios, the i5-13400F performs essentially identically to those parts. In Outriders, the data shows no CPU-bound scenarios in the measured results—even at 1080p Low, the frame rates are high enough that the GPU is still the primary limiter. This suggests that upgrading the GPU would yield larger gains than upgrading the CPU for this game.