Overpower

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset to use at 1080p with this hardware?

A: The data shows the High preset delivers 76 FPS, while Ultra drops to 62.1 FPS. Medium sits at 80.4 FPS, and Low reaches 126.7 FPS. High offers a balanced experience above 60 FPS without the steep cost of Ultra.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its closest rival in raw GPU benchmarks?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score is 19,774, which places it 0.5% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (19,680) and 0.3% ahead of the GTX TITAN (19,706). It also leads the Quadro K5200 by 0.8% and the Tesla K40m by 1.3%.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at 4K Ultra?

A: At 4K Ultra, the system averages 46.6 FPS. Dropping to Low at 4K raises the average to 98.3 FPS, a 111% improvement. This large swing suggests the GPU is the primary limiter at high settings, while the CPU has headroom at lower settings.

Q: What is the CPU’s multi-threaded performance relative to its nearest rivals?

A: The Intel Core i5-10400F has an average benchmark score of 14,168. It sits 0.4% above the AMD EPYC 7552 (14,115) and 0.8% below the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (14,277). It trails the Intel Core i5-8500 by 1.1% and the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 by 1.2%.

Q: How much VRAM does the GPU have, and is it sufficient for 4K in this game?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. At 4K High, the system hits 57.7 FPS, indicating the memory configuration is adequate for this title’s demands.

Q: What is the GPU’s percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER ranks in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs in the database. This places it above the median, with its nearest rival (GTX TITAN) trailing by 0.3% in average score.

Settings Recommendations

For 1080p gaming, the Medium preset provides the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, delivering 80.4 FPS. This is 5.8% faster than High (76 FPS) and 29.5% faster than Ultra (62.1 FPS). While Low reaches 126.7 FPS, the jump from Low to Medium costs only 36.5% of the frame rate but yields substantial visual improvements typical of action titles.

At 1440p, Medium remains the sweet spot at 74.6 FPS. High trails at 68.8 FPS, while Ultra drops to 52.9 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold. Low produces 117.1 FPS, but the visual compromise is significant. For players prioritizing smoothness, Medium at 1440p is the recommended preset.

At 4K, the situation changes. Medium averages 60.4 FPS, just above the playable threshold, while High dips to 57.7 FPS. Ultra falls to 46.6 FPS, which is noticeably less fluid. Low is the only preset that provides comfortable headroom at 98.3 FPS. Given the GPU’s 63rd percentile ranking, Medium at 4K is the highest preset that maintains playable frame rates.

The data indicates that the scaling from Low to Medium is modest in cost: at 1080p, the drop is 36.6% (from 126.7 to 80.4 FPS), while at 4K, the drop is 38.5% (from 98.3 to 60.4 FPS). This suggests the Medium preset is well-optimized for this hardware. Ultra, however, imposes a severe penalty: at 1080p, it costs 23.1% relative to High, and at 4K, it costs 19.3% relative to High. For sustained performance, Medium is the recommended preset across all resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern in how performance scales from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 76 FPS at 1080p to 68.8 FPS at 1440p (a 9.5% decrease) and then to 57.7 FPS at 4K (a 24.1% decrease from 1080p). This progression shows that the GPU is increasingly stressed as pixel count rises.

At Low settings, the scaling is more dramatic: 126.7 FPS at 1080p falls to 117.1 FPS at 1440p (a 7.6% decrease) and then to 98.3 FPS at 4K (a 22.4% decrease from 1080p). The smaller relative drop at 1440p compared to 4K indicates that the GPU’s memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s) becomes a limiting factor at higher resolutions.

The Medium preset shows a similar pattern: 80.4 FPS at 1080p, 74.6 FPS at 1440p (a 7.2% decrease), and 60.4 FPS at 4K (a 24.9% decrease from 1080p). Ultra settings exhibit the steepest scaling: 62.1 FPS at 1080p, 52.9 FPS at 1440p (a 14.8% decrease), and 46.6 FPS at 4K (a 25.0% decrease from 1080p).

The data suggests that the CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is not the primary bottleneck at 4K. The frame rate drops of roughly 24-25% from 1080p to 4K across all presets indicate a GPU-bound scenario. The RTX 2060 SUPER’s 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 105.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are the limiting factors at high resolutions. The GPU’s 8 GB VRAM is sufficient, as the game does not appear to exceed this capacity even at 4K Ultra, but the raw compute power dictates the scaling behavior.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers the following average frame rates: Low at 126.7 FPS, Medium at 80.4 FPS, High at 76 FPS, and Ultra at 62.1 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 46.3 FPS, which is the largest single-step drop in the 1080p set. The step from Medium to High costs only 4.4 FPS (5.5%), while the step from High to Ultra costs 13.9 FPS (18.3%).

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 117.1 FPS, Medium at 74.6 FPS, High at 68.8 FPS, and Ultra at 52.9 FPS. The drop from Medium to High is 5.8 FPS (7.8%), and the drop from High to Ultra is 15.9 FPS (23.1%). The Low preset at 1440p outperforms the Medium preset at 1080p (117.1 vs 80.4 FPS), highlighting how resolution scaling benefits from lower settings.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low at 98.3 FPS, Medium at 60.4 FPS, High at 57.7 FPS, and Ultra at 46.6 FPS. The step from Low to Medium is a 37.9 FPS reduction (38.5%), which is the most severe single-step penalty in the entire dataset. The step from Medium to High is only 2.7 FPS (4.5%), while the step from High to Ultra is 11.1 FPS (19.2%).

Across all resolutions, the Ultra preset consistently imposes a 15-25% penalty over High, depending on resolution. The 4K Ultra result of 46.6 FPS is the only measured average below 50 FPS, indicating that this preset is not viable for smooth gameplay. The 1080p Low result of 126.7 FPS is the highest measured average, showing the CPU’s headroom when the GPU is not heavily loaded.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a TU106 chip fabricated on a 12 nm process at TSMC. The die contains 10,800 million transistors across 445 mm², with a transistor density of 24.3M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 1470 MHz and a boost clock of 1650 MHz, with memory clocked at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective).

The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This configuration is directly relevant to the 4K results: at 4K Medium, the system achieves 60.4 FPS, which suggests the memory bandwidth is sufficient for moderate settings but becomes strained at Ultra, where the average drops to 46.6 FPS. The GPU’s 64 ROPs and 136 TMUs contribute to its pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 224.4 GTexel/s.

The GPU’s compute capabilities include 2176 shading units, 34 RT cores, and 272 tensor cores, delivering 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 performance. In benchmark tests, the GPU scores 16,462 in Passmark G3D and 6,721 in GPU compute. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 2,011. These numbers place it in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs.

Comparing to its nearest rivals, the RTX 2060 SUPER leads the GTX TITAN by 0.3%, the RTX 2070 by 0.5%, the Quadro K5200 by 0.8%, and the Tesla K40m by 1.3% in average benchmark score. The GPU’s launch MSRP was 399 USD. The measured FPS data indicates that the GPU is the dominant factor in this system’s gaming performance, particularly at 4K where the CPU’s 12 threads provide sufficient headroom. The 175 W TDP and 450 W suggested PSU indicate the power delivery is adequate for sustained gaming loads.