Overpower

Overpower pairs the Intel Core i5-11400F with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, and the measured data reveals a combination that is consistently playable across all tested settings and resolutions. The benchmark results show a clear hierarchy where the GPU becomes the dominant factor as resolution increases, while the six-core processor maintains sufficient headroom to avoid severe bottlenecks at lower settings. This analysis walks through the measured frame rates, component roles, and ranking data to provide a precise picture of what this hardware configuration delivers in this Action title.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows for this combo show that the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience across all three resolutions. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers an average of 100 FPS with a minimum of 85 FPS and a maximum of 114 FPS, which provides a smooth baseline that avoids the steep performance cost of Ultra while staying well above the 60 FPS threshold. At 2560x1440, Medium maintains an average of 89 FPS with a minimum of 75 FPS, demonstrating that this preset scales effectively without requiring a drop in resolution. At 3840x2160, Medium still holds an average of 75 FPS with a minimum of 64 FPS, which is the only 4K preset with a recorded minimum above 60 FPS, indicating that it is the most reliable option for high-resolution play.

High settings present a viable alternative for users prioritizing visual fidelity over headroom. The High preset at 1920x1080 averages 92 FPS, which is only 8 FPS lower than Medium, but at 2560x1440 the gap widens to 7 FPS (82 FPS vs 89 FPS), and at 3840x2160 it drops to 70 FPS, which is 5 FPS below the Medium result. Ultra settings are not recommended for this combo, as they produce the lowest averages at every resolution: 77 FPS at 1080p, 68 FPS at 1440p, and 58 FPS at 4K, with the latter falling below the 60 FPS playability standard. Low settings push frame rates to 159 FPS at 1080p, 142 FPS at 1440p, and 121 FPS at 4K, but the visual compromise is substantial, making Medium the clear choice for the best experience per the measured data.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F provides six cores and twelve threads, with a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. This processor belongs to the Core 11th Gen series built on the Rocket Lake architecture, using a 14 nm process node from Intel. The benchmark scores for this CPU show a single-thread rating of 868 in 3dmark_single_thread and a multi-thread score of 5652 in 3dmark_max_threads, which places it in the 71st percentile against all CPUs. The 3dmark_16_threads score of 5619 is nearly identical to the max-thread result, indicating that the processor saturates its thread count efficiently without significant scaling losses beyond its physical and logical cores.

In the context of Overpower, the CPU's role appears to be sufficient for maintaining frame rates at lower resolutions and settings, but the data suggests it becomes less critical as the GPU workload increases. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 159 FPS, which is the highest measured result, and this likely reflects the CPU's ability to feed frames quickly when the GPU is not heavily taxed. However, the gap between Low and Medium at 1080p is 59 FPS (159 vs 100), and the gap between Medium and Ultra is 23 FPS (100 vs 77), indicating that the GPU's rendering workload has a more pronounced effect on performance than CPU capability. The 3dmark_2_threads score of 1691 and 3dmark_4_threads score of 3171 show that the processor has moderate single-core strength, which is adequate for this game's engine but not exceptional.

The CPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the AMD EPYC 7H12 with an average score of 17120 (0.3% higher), the Intel Core i5-12450H at 17239 (0.4% lower), and the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G at 17278 (0.6% lower). This grouping indicates that the i5-11400F sits in a narrow performance band where small differences in synthetic benchmarks do not translate into meaningful FPS variations in Overpower. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 14340 and single-core score of 2024 further confirm that the CPU is capable of handling modern game workloads, but the measured FPS data shows no scenario where the CPU becomes the primary limiter, as even the lowest 4K Ultra result of 58 FPS is attributable to GPU strain rather than processor bottlenecking.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is built on the GA104 chip using the Ampere architecture and an 8 nm process from Samsung. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s, with memory clocks running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). The GPU's base clock is 1410 MHz with a boost clock of 1665 MHz, and it offers 4864 shading units, 152 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units. The 3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12 score of 2626 and the passmark_g3d score of 20349 place this GPU in the 59th percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 16129.

In Overpower, the GPU's role is clearly dominant, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling across resolutions. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset averages 77 FPS, while at 2560x1440 it drops to 68 FPS, and at 3840x2160 it falls to 58 FPS, representing a 24.7% reduction from 1080p to 4K. This consistent decline with resolution indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the CPU's workload does not scale with pixel count. The VRAM capacity of 8 GB is sufficient for the tested settings, as no measurement shows a catastrophic drop that would indicate memory exhaustion, but the Ultra preset at 4K (58 FPS) is the only result below 60 FPS, suggesting that the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth are stretched at the highest settings.

The GPU's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 9060 with an average score of 16014 (0.7% higher), the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M at 16351 (1.4% lower), and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT at 16361 (1.4% lower). These small deltas indicate that the RTX 3060 Ti is positioned near the middle of its performance class, and the measured FPS in Overpower reflects this positioning. The texture rate of 253.1 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 133.2 GPixel/s provide the raw throughput needed for this Action game, but the data shows that at 4K Ultra, the GPU cannot maintain a 60 FPS average, making Medium the recommended ceiling for that resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for this combo at 1920x1080?

A: The Medium preset provides the best experience, with an average of 100 FPS and a minimum of 85 FPS. High settings average 92 FPS, and Ultra drops to 77 FPS, so Medium offers the best balance of visual quality and frame rate stability.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in Overpower?

A: Yes, but only at lower settings. The Low preset at 3840x2160 averages 121 FPS, and Medium averages 75 FPS with a minimum of 64 FPS. Ultra falls to 58 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold, so Medium is the highest playable setting at 4K.

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

A: The Intel Core i5-11400F has a 3dmark_max_threads score of 5652, which is 0.3% higher than the AMD EPYC 7H12 (score 17120) and 0.4% lower than the Intel Core i5-12450H (score 17239). The differences are minimal, indicating similar CPU capabilities in this game.

Q: Is there a significant FPS drop between 1080p and 1440p?

A: For the Medium preset, the drop from 100 FPS at 1920x1080 to 89 FPS at 2560x1440 is 11%. For Ultra, the drop is from 77 FPS to 68 FPS, a 11.7% reduction, showing that the GPU handles the resolution increase with modest performance loss.

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

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is in the 59th percentile, with an average benchmark score of 16129. This places it slightly above the AMD Radeon RX 9060 (score 16014) and slightly below the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (score 16351).

Q: How many cores and threads does the CPU have, and what is its boost clock?

A: The Intel Core i5-11400F has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz and a base clock of 2.60 GHz. This configuration is sufficient to avoid CPU bottlenecks in Overpower, as the FPS scaling follows GPU workload.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a consistent pattern where performance degrades as resolution increases, but the rate of degradation varies by settings preset. For the Low preset, the average FPS drops from 159 at 1920x1080 to 142 at 2560x1440 (a 10.7% reduction) and then to 121 at 3840x2160 (a 14.8% reduction from 1440p). This smaller relative drop at low settings indicates that the GPU has headroom to handle the increased pixel count without becoming fully saturated, allowing the CPU to continue feeding frames efficiently.

For the Medium preset, the FPS drops from 100 at 1080p to 89 at 1440p (an 11% reduction) and then to 75 at 4K (a 15.7% reduction from 1440p). The High preset follows a similar trend: 92 FPS at 1080p, 82 FPS at 1440p (a 10.9% reduction), and 70 FPS at 4K (a 14.6% reduction from 1440p). The Ultra preset shows the steepest absolute declines: 77 FPS at 1080p, 68 FPS at 1440p (an 11.7% reduction), and 58 FPS at 4K (a 14.7% reduction from 1440p). Across all presets, the drop from 1080p to 1440p averages around 11%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K averages around 15%, indicating that the GPU becomes progressively more limiting at higher resolutions.

This scaling pattern points to the GPU as the primary limiting component. The CPU's performance remains constant across resolutions, so the FPS declines are directly attributable to the increased pixel workload on the RTX 3060 Ti. The fact that even the Low preset at 4K (121 FPS) is well above 60 FPS suggests that the GPU can handle 4K when the rendering complexity is reduced, but the Ultra preset at 4K (58 FPS) falls below the playability threshold, confirming that the GPU's compute resources, rather than VRAM or bandwidth, are the limiting factor at the highest settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. The Low preset averages 159 FPS, the Medium preset averages 100 FPS with a minimum of 85 FPS and a maximum of 114 FPS, the High preset averages 92 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 77 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 82 FPS, which is the largest across all resolutions, indicating that the GPU has ample headroom at 1080p to render even the most demanding settings without dropping below 60 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates decline moderately. The Low preset averages 142 FPS, the Medium preset averages 89 FPS with a minimum of 75 FPS and a maximum of 102 FPS, the High preset averages 82 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 68 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 74 FPS, slightly narrower than at 1080p, and every preset except Ultra remains above 60 FPS, with Ultra exactly at 68 FPS, leaving some margin above the threshold.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates show the most strain on the GPU. The Low preset averages 121 FPS, the Medium preset averages 75 FPS with a minimum of 64 FPS and a maximum of 87 FPS, the High preset averages 70 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 58 FPS. This is the only resolution where the Ultra preset falls below 60 FPS, and the Medium preset's minimum of 64 FPS is the lowest recorded minimum across all tested configurations, indicating that 4K Medium is the edge of reliable performance for this combo.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ranks 1842 out of 3713 tested combinations in Overpower, placing it in the 50.4th percentile of all combos in the database. This rank reflects a mid-tier position, which is consistent with the measured FPS data showing playable but not exceptional performance across all settings. The rank is determined by the aggregate performance of the combo, and the fact that it sits near the median suggests that there are many faster and many slower configurations.

The CPU's percentile of 71 against all CPUs and the GPU's percentile of 59 against all GPUs indicate that the processor is relatively stronger than the graphics card in this pairing. This asymmetry means that in Overpower, the GPU is the limiting component, as the CPU has more headroom relative to its peers than the GPU does. The measured FPS data supports this conclusion, as the frame rates scale predictably with resolution and settings, which are GPU-bound workloads, rather than showing the erratic patterns that would indicate a CPU bottleneck.

The combo's rank of 1842 out of 3713 means it outperforms approximately half of the tested configurations, but it does not place in the top tier. For a game like Overpower, which is an Action title with a 2023 release date, this mid-pack ranking indicates that the combo is suitable for mainstream gaming at high refresh rates on lower resolutions or at 60 FPS on higher settings, but it cannot compete with higher-end configurations that would rank in the upper quartile. The data shows that this combo is a balanced, mid-range option that delivers consistent performance, with the GPU dictating the ceiling and the CPU providing sufficient support.