Overpower

FAQ

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking in Overpower?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F with Intel Arc B570 ranks 2373 out of 2980 tested combos in Overpower, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the database.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 8400F scores an average of 25005 across all benchmark tests, sitting 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F (24964) and 0.3% above the Intel Core i7-11850H (24935).

Q: What is the GPU's performance percentile among all graphics cards?

A: The Intel Arc B570 falls in the 65th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20556, placing it just 0.1% below the Intel Arc A750 (20582) in raw compute performance.

Q: Which resolution delivers the highest average frame rate at Low settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 110 FPS average, which is the highest measured frame rate across all tested configurations in the data set.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU appear to be the limiting factor at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 Ultra, the combo produces only 40 FPS average, while the GPU's 10 GB of VRAM and 380.0 GB/s bandwidth suggest memory constraints, but the data alone points to the GPU being the primary bottleneck at this resolution.

Q: What is the frame time consistency at Medium settings?

A: At Medium settings, the combo shows a narrow band between minimum and maximum FPS: 44-60 at 4K, 52-71 at 1440p, and 59-79 at 1080p, indicating relatively stable frame pacing.

Settings Recommendations

The data shows a clear trade-off between visual fidelity and frame rate across the four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 110 FPS average, which is the only configuration exceeding the 100 FPS threshold in this data set. Medium settings at 1080p drop to 69 FPS average, while High produces 64 FPS and Ultra falls to 53 FPS.

For 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. Low settings yield 98 FPS average, just shy of the 100 FPS mark. Medium drops to 62 FPS, High to 57 FPS, and Ultra to 47 FPS. The 1440p Medium configuration provides a balanced experience with a 52-71 FPS range that keeps gameplay fluid enough for most action sequences.

At 3840x2160, even Low settings only reach 84 FPS average. Medium produces 52 FPS, High drops to 49 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 40 FPS. The 4K Medium setting, with its 44-60 FPS range, represents the playable ceiling for this combo at that resolution.

The optimal experience appears to be 1440p Medium. It delivers 62 FPS average with a minimum of 52 FPS, which keeps frame times within a comfortable range for an action game. The step from Medium to High at 1440p costs only 5 FPS (62 to 57), suggesting diminishing returns beyond Medium. At 1080p, Medium offers the best compromise: 69 FPS average with a 59 FPS minimum, preserving most visual details while staying well above the 60 FPS line. For users prioritizing raw smoothness over visuals, 1080p Low at 110 FPS is the clear choice.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 2373 out of 2980 tested configurations places it in the 20th percentile overall in Overpower. This position reflects a pairing where neither component excels relative to the broader database. The CPU's 77th percentile standing among all processors (average score 25005) contrasts sharply with the GPU's 65th percentile (average score 20556), suggesting the graphics card drags the overall combination down.

Examining the nearest rivals reinforces this interpretation. The GPU sits within 0.5% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534), Intel Arc A750 (20582), NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480), and AMD Radeon R9 M390X (20662). This tight clustering around the 20500-20650 range indicates the Arc B570 is operating at a well-established performance tier. Meanwhile, the CPU's nearest rivals — the Ryzen 5 7500F (24964), Core i7-11850H (24935), Core i7-13620H (24911), and EPYC 9474F (25103) — all fall within 0.4% of each other, showing the 8400F is precisely in line with its expected compute class.

The rank disparity suggests that in Overpower, the GPU's 10 GB memory buffer and 160-bit bus width become limiting factors more frequently than the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads. This is especially evident when comparing the 4K results: the combo loses 64% of its 1080p Low performance (110 to 40 FPS) at 4K Ultra, a scaling pattern typical of GPU-bound scenarios.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings sweep reveals the combo's range. Low settings produce 110 FPS average. Medium settings drop to 69 FPS with a 59-79 FPS range. High settings yield 64 FPS average. Ultra settings fall to 53 FPS average. The gap between Low and Medium (41 FPS) is the largest single-step drop, while the step from High to Ultra (11 FPS) is the smallest.

At 2560x1440, the same settings hierarchy shows compressed performance. Low reaches 98 FPS average. Medium produces 62 FPS with a 52-71 FPS range. High drops to 57 FPS average. Ultra bottoms out at 47 FPS average. The transition from Low to Medium costs 36 FPS, while High to Ultra costs just 10 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles to maintain playable rates at higher presets. Low delivers 84 FPS average. Medium yields 52 FPS with a 44-60 FPS range. High produces 49 FPS average. Ultra falls to 40 FPS average. Notably, the difference between High and Ultra at 4K is only 9 FPS, suggesting the Ultra preset adds effects that heavily tax the GPU without proportional visual benefit.

Across all resolutions, Medium settings provide the most consistent frame pacing, with the narrowest min-max spreads relative to their averages. The 4K Medium configuration shows a 16 FPS spread (44-60), 1440p Medium shows a 19 FPS spread (52-71), and 1080p Medium shows a 20 FPS spread (59-79). These consistent ranges indicate the combo maintains stable performance when not pushed to the extremes of either Low or Ultra.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 brings 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus, delivering 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU operates at a fixed 2500 MHz for both base and boost clocks, with memory clocked at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective). This configuration produces 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 23.04 TFLOPS of FP16 performance.

In Overpower, the GPU's memory subsystem appears to be a decisive factor. The 10 GB capacity is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p at all settings, but the 160-bit bus width limits bandwidth scaling. The data shows a 32% performance drop from 1080p Low (110 FPS) to 1440p Low (98 FPS), and a further 14% drop to 4K Low (84 FPS). These scaling ratios suggest the GPU's bandwidth becomes increasingly strained as pixel count rises.

The GPU's benchmark performance places it 0.1% below the Intel Arc A750 (20582) and 0.1% above the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534). This close grouping indicates the Arc B570 delivers expected performance for its class. However, the 65th percentile ranking among all GPUs means it sits below the median of contemporary graphics cards, which explains the combo's modest FPS numbers at higher resolutions.

The 18 ray tracing cores and Xe2-HPG architecture provide modern feature support, but the measured data shows no ray tracing-specific benchmarks. The GPU's 80 ROPs and 200.0 GPixel/s pixel rate contribute to the observed fill-rate-dependent performance at 4K, where Ultra settings drop to 40 FPS — a 64% reduction from 1080p Low.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on Zen 4 architecture (Phoenix codename), manufactured on a 4 nm TSMC process. It runs at a base clock of 4.20 GHz with a boost up to 4.70 GHz, drawing 65 W TDP. The CPU features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 16 MB of shared L3 cache, with dual-channel DDR5 memory support providing 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth.

In Overpower, the CPU's compute capacity appears sufficient for the tested configurations. The 3DMark multi-threaded score of 6165 (max threads) and single-thread score of 951 indicate balanced performance that doesn't bottleneck the GPU at lower resolutions. At 1080p, the combo achieves 110 FPS on Low settings, and the scaling from Low to Ultra (110 to 53 FPS) is consistent with GPU-bound behavior rather than CPU limitation.

The CPU's 77th percentile ranking (average 25005) places it slightly above the midpoint of all processors. Its nearest rival, the Ryzen 5 7500F, scores nearly identically (24964, 0.2% lower), confirming the 8400F delivers expected Zen 4 performance. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 20851 and single-core 2943 show strong integer and floating-point capabilities that translate well to game logic and physics.

However, the CPU's role becomes more apparent at higher resolutions. The 4K Ultra result of 40 FPS is not CPU-limited; the data shows the GPU is the constraint. But the 1440p Medium result (62 FPS) and 1080p Medium (69 FPS) both show the CPU providing sufficient headroom for the GPU to operate at its measured performance levels. The 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth, while modest, doesn't appear to create a system-level bottleneck in these tests.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the combo's limiting component. At Low settings, the progression is 110 FPS (1080p) → 98 FPS (1440p) → 84 FPS (4K). This represents an 11% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a further 14% drop to 4K. The relatively shallow decline indicates the GPU maintains efficiency at lower quality presets, but the pixel count increase still costs 24% of the original performance.

At Medium settings, the scaling becomes steeper: 69 FPS (1080p) → 62 FPS (1440p) → 52 FPS (4K). This shows a 10% drop to 1440p and a 16% drop to 4K, with a total 25% reduction from the baseline. The High settings follow a similar pattern: 64 → 57 → 49 FPS, representing an 11% and 14% drop respectively, for a 23% total reduction.

Ultra settings show the most dramatic scaling: 53 FPS (1080p) → 47 FPS (1440p) → 40 FPS (4K). This is an 11% drop to 1440p and a 15% drop to 4K, totaling 25% loss. The consistent 10-16% per-resolution-step reductions across all settings indicate the GPU is the primary scaling factor. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the FPS would remain relatively flat as resolution increases, since the CPU workload doesn't scale with pixel count.

The data shows that at 4K, even Low settings (84 FPS) cannot match 1080p Medium (69 FPS) in raw frame rate, but the 4K Low configuration provides higher visual fidelity through resolution alone. The combo's performance ceiling appears to be around 110 FPS (1080p Low), and the GPU's 65th percentile ranking suggests this is near the hardware's practical limit for an action game like Overpower.