Overpower

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT delivers a well-balanced 1080p and 1440p experience in Overpower, with the GPU clearly becoming the primary constraint only at 4K Ultra settings. Benchmark data shows this combo ranks in the 55th percentile of all tested configurations (957th of 1744), which is a solid mid-pack result for a CPU that lands in the 73rd percentile of all processors and a GPU in the 77th percentile of all graphics cards. The measured frames per second indicate that users should prioritize Medium or High presets for the best balance of visual quality and playability, while Low settings unlock exceptional refresh rates for competitive play.

Settings Recommendations

The optimal settings for this combo depend heavily on the target resolution, but the data consistently shows that Medium and High presets offer the most sensible trade-offs. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 97.2 FPS, High reaches 89.9 FPS, and Ultra drops to 75.5 FPS — all of which are playable, but Medium provides a 7.3 FPS advantage over High while looking nearly as good in most scenes. For users with 1440p displays, Medium at 84.3 FPS and High at 81.2 FPS are nearly identical in performance, making the choice purely visual; the 3.1 FPS difference between them is negligible. At 4K, the situation changes dramatically — Medium averages 72.2 FPS, High drops to 66.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 58.5 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold many players consider the minimum for smooth action gameplay.

Low settings are the outlier in every resolution, delivering 154 FPS at 1080p, 140.8 FPS at 1440p, and 119.5 FPS at 4K. These numbers suggest that Low removes most of the GPU workload, allowing the CPU to push frame rates far beyond what higher presets achieve. For competitive players with high-refresh monitors, Low at 1080p is the clear choice, as the 154 FPS result is 56.8 FPS ahead of Medium and 78.5 FPS ahead of Ultra. However, the visual compromise is substantial, and the data shows that the gap between Low and Medium is much larger than the gap between Medium and High, indicating that Medium captures most of the visual fidelity gains without the steep performance penalty of Ultra.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is the dominant component in this pairing for Overpower, as evidenced by the FPS scaling across settings. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth, and its base clock of 2321 MHz boosts to 2581 MHz with a game clock of 2424 MHz. These specifications translate into a 77th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 33721. The GPU's nearest rival is the AMD Radeon RX 6800, which scores 33493 — a delta of 0.7 percent — meaning the RX 6700 XT sits just below its bigger sibling in raw compute.

In Overpower specifically, the GPU's 64 ROPs and 2560 shading units handle the rendering workload efficiently up to 1440p Ultra. At 4K Ultra, the card produces 58.5 FPS, which is the only configuration in the measured data that falls below 60 FPS. This indicates that the RX 6700 XT's 13.21 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is sufficient for most scenarios, but 4K Ultra demands more than the card can consistently deliver. Interestingly, the GPU's performance at 4K Low (119.5 FPS) is actually higher than its 1080p Ultra result (75.5 FPS), suggesting that the card is never fully bottlenecked by memory bandwidth in this title — the setting changes have a more profound impact than resolution changes.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the Intel Core i5-10400F and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT ranks 957th out of 1744 tested combos in Overpower, placing it in the 54.9th percentile of all configurations. This is a mid-pack result that reflects the balanced nature of the pairing — neither component is overwhelmingly powerful, but together they deliver consistent performance across the measured settings. The CPU alone ranks in the 73rd percentile of all processors with an average benchmark score of 14168, while the GPU sits in the 77th percentile with an average score of 33721.

The CPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores include the AMD EPYC 7552 (14115, delta 0.4 percent), the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (14277, delta -0.8 percent), and the Intel Core i5-8500 (14332, delta -1.1 percent). These small deltas indicate that the i5-10400F is positioned in a tightly contested performance band. For the GPU, the nearest rivals are the RX 6800 (33493, delta 0.7 percent), the AMD Radeon HD 7950 (34050, delta -1 percent), and the RX 480 (34059, delta -1 percent), showing that the RX 6700 XT is also in a competitive bracket. The combo ranking suggests that in Overpower, this pairing performs as expected given the individual component rankings — there is no unusual synergy or bottleneck that would push it higher or lower than its parts would suggest.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured results show a clear progression across settings. Low settings produce 154 FPS average, Medium drops to 97.2 FPS, High achieves 89.9 FPS, and Ultra settles at 75.5 FPS. The step from Low to Medium is a 56.8 FPS loss, while the step from Medium to High is only 7.3 FPS, and High to Ultra is 14.4 FPS. This pattern indicates that Low settings remove a significant portion of the GPU workload, likely by disabling shadows, post-processing, and texture filtering, while Medium through Ultra represent progressively heavier but similar workloads.

Moving to 2560x1440, the same settings pattern emerges with lower absolute numbers. Low averages 140.8 FPS, Medium 84.3 FPS, High 81.2 FPS, and Ultra 67.2 FPS. The gap between Medium and High narrows to just 3.1 FPS, making High the more attractive option at this resolution since the visual upgrade costs almost nothing in performance. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 8.6 percent for Low, 13.3 percent for Medium, 9.7 percent for High, and 11 percent for Ultra, showing that resolution scaling is relatively consistent across settings.

At 3840x2160, the results are 119.5 FPS for Low, 72.2 FPS for Medium, 66.9 FPS for High, and 58.5 FPS for Ultra. The 4K Low result is remarkably high, still exceeding the 1080p Ultra result from the same card, which reinforces that Low settings are disproportionately light on the GPU. However, the 4K Ultra result of 58.5 FPS is the only measured configuration below 60 FPS, making it the sole scenario where this combo fails to maintain a smooth frame rate. The scaling from 1440p to 4K shows drops of 15.1 percent for Low, 14.4 percent for Medium, 17.6 percent for High, and 12.9 percent for Ultra.

FAQ

Q: Is this combo capable of 60 FPS at 4K Ultra in Overpower?

A: No. The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra is 58.5 FPS, which falls just short of the 60 FPS threshold. Dropping to High settings raises this to 66.9 FPS, and Medium achieves 72.2 FPS.

Q: What is the best settings preset for competitive play at 1080p?

A: Low settings at 1920x1080 deliver 154 FPS average, which is the highest measured result in the entire dataset. This is 56.8 FPS ahead of Medium at 97.2 FPS and provides the smoothest experience for fast-paced action.

Q: How does the GPU rank compared to its nearest rival?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has an average benchmark score of 33721, which is 0.7 percent ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (33493) and 1.3 percent ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A5000 (33294). It trails the AMD Radeon HD 7950 (34050) and RX 480 (34059) by 1 percent.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU in this game?

A: The data suggests not at higher settings. At 4K Ultra, the GPU produces 58.5 FPS while the CPU has a boost clock of 4.30 GHz across 6 cores and 12 threads. The CPU's 73rd percentile ranking and the GPU's 77th percentile ranking are closely matched, indicating a balanced pairing.

Q: What is the biggest performance drop between consecutive settings?

A: The largest single drop occurs from Low to Medium at 1080p, where the average FPS falls from 154 to 97.2 — a 56.8 FPS decrease. This is more than triple the drop from Medium to High (7.3 FPS) at the same resolution.

Q: How does resolution scaling affect the FPS at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS goes from 89.9 at 1080p to 81.2 at 1440p (a 9.7 percent drop) and then to 66.9 at 4K (a 17.6 percent drop from 1440p). The total reduction from 1080p to 4K is 23 FPS, or 25.6 percent.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Comet Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 14 nm process. Its base clock of 2.90 GHz boosts to 4.30 GHz, and it offers 12 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU's benchmark results show a 73rd percentile ranking among all processors with an average score of 14168, and its nearest rival is the AMD EPYC 7552 with a score of 14115 and a delta of just 0.4 percent. This places the i5-10400F in a performance band where it is effectively tied with several other chips — the Ryzen 3 7320C (14277, -0.8 percent), the Core i5-8500 (14332, -1.1 percent), and the Ryzen Embedded V2546 (14336, -1.2 percent) are all within 1.2 percent of its score.

In Overpower, the CPU's role becomes apparent when examining the Low settings results. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 154 FPS, which is 56.8 FPS higher than Medium. This massive jump indicates that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU far more frames than the higher settings demand, and the bottleneck at Low settings shifts toward the CPU's single-thread performance. The i5-10400F scores 688 in 3dmark single-thread and 1453 in Cinebench R23 single-core, numbers that are respectable for its generation. Its multi-thread scores (10297 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, 12115 in Passmark multithread) suggest it can handle the game's threading model without becoming a limiting factor at 60 FPS targets.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how the limiting component shifts as resolution increases. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 154 FPS at 1080p to 140.8 FPS at 1440p (a 8.6 percent decrease) and then to 119.5 FPS at 4K (a 15.1 percent decrease from 1440p). These relatively small drops suggest that at Low settings, the CPU is the primary constraint — the GPU has enough headroom to render frames quickly, but the CPU cannot issue draw calls fast enough to push higher frame rates. The 119.5 FPS at 4K Low is particularly telling, as it exceeds the 1080p Ultra result of 75.5 FPS, proving that the GPU is far from saturated when settings are minimized.

At Ultra settings, the pattern reverses. The frame rate drops from 75.5 FPS at 1080p to 67.2 FPS at 1440p (a 11 percent decrease) and then to 58.5 FPS at 4K (a 12.9 percent decrease from 1440p). These more pronounced drops indicate that the GPU becomes the limiting factor as the resolution increases, with the 4K Ultra result falling below 60 FPS. The consistent scaling from Medium to High and High to Ultra across all resolutions suggests that the game's renderer scales predictably, and the RX 6700 XT's 12 GB of VRAM is sufficient even at 4K Ultra — the 58.5 FPS result is a compute limitation, not a memory capacity issue. The overall picture is that this combo is CPU-limited at Low settings and GPU-limited at Ultra settings, with Medium and High representing a balanced middle ground where both components contribute roughly equally.