Overpower

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT delivers a remarkably consistent 1080p experience in Overpower, but the data reveals a clear ceiling that shifts as resolution climbs. This combination sits at rank 629 out of 1744 tested combos, placing it in the upper third of all systems measured. The CPU, a 6-core/12-thread Comet Lake part, and the GPU, a 16 GB RDNA 2.0 flagship, create an interesting dynamic where the processor’s older architecture becomes the primary constraint at lower resolutions, while the graphics card’s raw throughput dominates at 4K. The measured FPS rows show a predictable pattern, but the margins between settings and resolutions tell a more nuanced story about where this system’s bottleneck truly lies.

FAQ

Q: What is the best average FPS this combo achieves at 1080p?

A: The highest recorded average at 1920x1080 is 168 FPS on Low settings. This drops to 111.4 FPS on High and 93 FPS on Ultra, showing a 75 FPS gap between the lowest and highest presets.

Q: How does the CPU’s multi-threaded performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The i5-10400F scores 14,168 on the average benchmark, which is 0.4% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7552 (14,115) and 1.1% behind the Intel Core i5-8500 (14,332). Its single-thread score of 688 in 3DMark is notably lower than its multi-thread results.

Q: What is the GPU’s memory bandwidth and how does it affect 4K performance?

A: The RX 6800 XT has 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth from its 256-bit GDDR6 memory. At 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 73.9 on Ultra to 150.7 on Low, indicating that memory bandwidth is sufficient to feed the GPU’s 4608 shading units at high resolutions.

Q: Does this combo maintain playable frame rates at 4K with Ultra settings?

A: Yes, but barely. The 3840x2160 Ultra preset averages 73.9 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold but significantly lower than the 93 FPS achieved at 1080p Ultra. The 4K High preset improves to 84.4 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU’s boost clock influence performance in this game?

A: The i5-10400F has a base clock of 2.90 GHz and boosts to 4.30 GHz. In 3DMark, its 2-thread score is 1350 versus a max-thread score of 4735, suggesting that Overpower benefits from higher single-core clocks but also scales with additional threads.

Q: What is the combo’s overall rank and what does that imply?

A: The combination ranks 629th out of 1744 tested combos, placing it in the 64th percentile of all systems. This suggests it outperforms the majority of tested hardware but is not at the extreme high end, which aligns with the CPU’s 73rd percentile ranking versus all CPUs.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a clear hierarchy for optimal settings. At 1080p, the Medium preset delivers 124.3 FPS, which is a substantial improvement over High’s 111.4 FPS while retaining more visual fidelity than Low’s 168 FPS. The jump from Medium to High costs 12.9 FPS, while the jump from High to Ultra costs 18.4 FPS, making Medium the sweet spot for balanced performance. At 1440p, the same pattern holds: Medium averages 108 FPS versus High’s 99.1 FPS, a 9 FPS difference that favors Medium. For 4K, the situation changes—Medium drops to 93.3 FPS, which is still above 90, but High’s 84.4 FPS and Ultra’s 73.9 FPS are increasingly demanding. The data suggests that Medium is the recommended preset across all resolutions, as it consistently stays above 90 FPS at 4K and exceeds 120 FPS at 1080p, offering the best trade-off between visual quality and frame rate stability.

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. Its 2.90 GHz base clock and 4.30 GHz boost clock are modest by modern standards, but its 3DMark scores reveal a capable multi-threaded performer: 4,748 for 16 threads and 4,735 for max threads. However, its single-thread score of 688 is relatively low, and this becomes apparent in Overpower’s frame rates at lower resolutions. At 1080p, the FPS delta between Low and Ultra is 75 FPS, which is a CPU-driven bottleneck where the processor’s 2-thread score of 1350 struggles to feed the GPU at high preset levels. The CPU’s 12 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s are adequate, but the data indicates that Overpower is sensitive to the i5-10400F’s single-thread performance, especially when the GPU is not the limiting factor. The percentile ranking of 73 versus all CPUs suggests this is a mid-range processor, and in this combo, it holds back the RX 6800 XT at 1080p, where the GPU’s 16 GB VRAM and 512 GB/s bandwidth are underutilized.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific configuration ranks 629th out of 1,744 tested combos, which places it in the 64th percentile of all systems. The CPU’s nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 7552 (0.4% ahead), the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (0.8% behind), and the Intel Core i5-8500 (1.1% behind), indicating that the i5-10400F sits in a tight cluster of similar-performing processors. The GPU, however, ranks higher: the RX 6800 XT is in the 87th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 49,982. Its nearest rivals are the Intel Arc A550M (0.5% ahead), NVIDIA RTX A1000 (1.7% behind), and NVIDIA CMP 50HX (1.9% ahead). The disconnect between the CPU’s 73rd percentile and GPU’s 87th percentile explains the combo’s overall rank—the system is stronger than the average CPU pairing but not as high as the GPU alone would suggest. The data shows that this combo outperforms the majority of tested systems but sits below the top 36%, likely due to the CPU’s age and the GPU’s end-of-life status.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is a 7 nm RDNA 2.0 part with 4,608 shading units, 288 TMUs, and 128 ROPs. Its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for high-resolution rendering. The GPU’s boost clock of 2250 MHz and game clock of 2015 MHz are high, and its 20.74 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is substantial. In Overpower, the GPU’s role becomes dominant at 4K, where the FPS difference between Low and Ultra is 76.8 FPS (150.7 vs. 73.9). This is a GPU-bound scenario, as the CPU’s single-thread limitations are less relevant when the render resolution increases. At 1440p, the GPU still leads, with a 76.6 FPS gap between Low and Ultra (163.5 vs. 86.9), but the CPU begins to assert itself. The GPU’s 72 ray accelerators and DirectX 12 Ultimate support suggest it can handle modern features, but the measured FPS shows that Overpower benefits more from raw rasterization power. The GPU’s percentile ranking of 87 and its 2.6% lead over the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in average score confirm its high-end status, but in this combo, it is often waiting on the CPU at lower resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 168 FPS on Low, 124.3 FPS on Medium, 111.4 FPS on High, and 93 FPS on Ultra. The scaling from Low to Ultra is a 75 FPS drop, with the largest single-step reduction occurring between Medium and High (12.9 FPS) and between High and Ultra (18.4 FPS). At 2560x1440, the results are 163.5 FPS on Low, 108 FPS on Medium, 99.1 FPS on High, and 86.9 FPS on Ultra. The gap from Low to Ultra is 76.6 FPS, with the Medium-to-High drop of 8.9 FPS being smaller than at 1080p. At 3840x2160, the FPS figures are 150.7 on Low, 93.3 on Medium, 84.4 on High, and 73.9 on Ultra. The Low-to-Ultra gap is 76.8 FPS, but the Medium-to-High drop is 8.9 FPS, and the High-to-Ultra drop is 10.5 FPS. Across all resolutions, the Low preset remains above 150 FPS, while Ultra stays above 73 FPS, indicating that this combo can handle every setting but with diminishing returns as resolution increases.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is most pronounced at lower settings. On Low, the average FPS falls from 168 at 1080p to 150.7 at 4K, a 10.3% reduction. On Medium, it drops from 124.3 to 93.3, a 24.9% reduction. On High, it falls from 111.4 to 84.4, a 24.2% reduction. On Ultra, it drops from 93 to 73.9, a 20.5% reduction. These percentages reveal that the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p Low, where the 10.3% drop is minimal, but the GPU becomes the bottleneck at higher presets, where the 4K reduction exceeds 20%. The data suggests that Overpower is highly scalable: the GPU’s 512 GB/s bandwidth and 16 GB VRAM are sufficient to handle 4K, but the CPU’s single-thread performance caps the low-resolution frame rates. The scaling pattern indicates that at 1080p, the i5-10400F’s 2-thread score of 1350 prevents the system from exceeding 168 FPS, while at 4K, the GPU’s 20.74 TFLOPS of compute power drives the 73.9 FPS Ultra result. This is a classic case of a high-end GPU being paired with a mid-range CPU, where the bottleneck shifts from one component to the other depending on the resolution and preset.