Overpower

The benchmark data for Overpower, captured with an Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, reveals a configuration that scales predictably across resolutions and presets. The measured frames per second show a clear hierarchy: the GPU becomes the dominant bottleneck as resolution climbs, while the CPU’s six Performance cores (12 threads) provide a stable foundation at lower settings. This analysis walks through the optimal settings, answers common questions, and breaks down the exact performance envelope.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data indicates that the High preset offers the most balanced experience across all three resolutions. At 1920x1080, High delivers 124.6 FPS, which is 26 FPS above the Ultra preset’s 98.6 FPS and only 8.7 FPS below Medium’s 133.3 FPS. The jump from High to Ultra costs 26 FPS at 1080p, while the jump from Medium to High costs only 8.7 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns beyond High. At 2560x1440, High produces 108.1 FPS, a 16.4 FPS improvement over Ultra’s 91.7 FPS, while Medium sits at 115.2 FPS — a mere 7.1 FPS advantage over High. The pattern repeats at 3840x2160: High hits 93 FPS, Ultra drops to 74.8 FPS, and Medium only reaches 100 FPS (a 7 FPS gain over High).

For players prioritizing smoothness over maximum fidelity, Medium is the safest choice at 4K, as it stays above 100 FPS (100 FPS) while High trails at 93 FPS. However, the data shows that High is the sweet spot for 1440p and 1080p, offering frame rates that are 88% and 95% of Medium’s performance respectively, while presumably delivering better visual quality. The Low preset is not recommended for this combo, as it pushes frame rates to 207.8 FPS at 1080p and 187.5 FPS at 1440p — far beyond what most displays can refresh — and the visual compromise is unnecessary given the GPU’s headroom. The Ultra preset should be avoided at 4K, as the 74.8 FPS average dips below the 80 FPS threshold that many users consider minimum for action games.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Overpower at 4K Ultra settings?

A: Yes, but with a caveat. The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra is 74.8 FPS, which is playable but not high-refresh territory. The High preset at 4K yields 93 FPS, which is a significant 24% improvement over Ultra, suggesting that dropping from Ultra to High is the better trade-off for smoother motion.

Q: How does the CPU perform relative to its direct rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Intel Core i5-12400F has an average benchmark score of 19221, placing it in the 77th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-8700K, scores 19210 (a 0.1% delta), while the AMD Ryzen 5 7533HS trails by 0.7% with a score of 19364. The AMD EPYC 7773X is 1.3% behind, scoring 18979. The i5-12400F sits effectively at parity with the i7-8700K, differing by less than one percent.

Q: What is the GPU’s performance ranking compared to other graphics cards?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT achieves an average benchmark score of 39647, placing it in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs. Its closest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro 575, scores 39703 (a -0.1% delta), while the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile is 0.2% behind at 39568. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 is 0.6% behind with a score of 39879. All four cards are within 0.6% of each other, indicating a tight cluster.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested system configurations for Overpower?

A: This specific combination of Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT ranks 478th out of 1744 tested combos for Overpower. This places it in the top 27% of all tested configurations, which is a strong result given the mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at 1080p?

A: The data suggests the opposite. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo reaches 207.8 FPS, which is 30% higher than the 4K Low result of 160 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 4K shows the GPU becoming the limiting factor at higher resolutions, but at 1080p, the CPU’s 6 cores and 12 threads (with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz) are sufficient to feed the GPU, as evidenced by the 207.8 FPS ceiling.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the CPU?

A: The Intel Core i5-12400F had a launch MSRP of $174. This is the only pricing information available in the data.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is the primary driver of frame rates in Overpower, particularly at higher resolutions. The GPU’s 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for the textures and geometry in this action game. The boost clock of 2970 MHz (with a base clock of 1660 MHz and a game clock of 2400 MHz) allows the GPU to maintain high throughput under load. The benchmark results show a clear correlation: at 4K, the GPU’s compute resources (4096 shading units, 128 ROPs) are fully utilized, as seen in the drop from 160 FPS at Low to 74.8 FPS at Ultra — a 53% reduction.

The GPU’s 48.66 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 760.3 GTexel/s texture rate are the specs that matter for a game like Overpower, which relies on rasterization rather than ray tracing (the GPU has 64 RT cores, but the data does not include ray-traced results). At 1080p, the GPU is not the bottleneck; the 207.8 FPS at Low settings is likely hitting a CPU-imposed ceiling, as the i5-12400F’s 3dmark single-thread score of 909 and multithread score of 5912 are moderate. The GPU’s 16 GB VRAM is more than sufficient for Ultra settings at any resolution, as there is no indication of memory pressure in the measured FPS values.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT ranks 478th out of 1744 tested combos for Overpower. This 27.4% percentile placement is noteworthy because the CPU is a mid-range part (77th percentile of all CPUs) while the GPU is a high-end part (82nd percentile of all GPUs). The combo ranking suggests that the system is well-balanced for this game, with neither component dragging the other down significantly.

To contextualize: the CPU’s average benchmark score of 19221 places it within 0.1% of the Intel Core i7-8700K, which is a much older part. This means the i5-12400F provides comparable synthetic performance to a previous-generation flagship, which is reflected in its ability to push 207.8 FPS at 1080p Low. The GPU’s average score of 39647 is within 0.6% of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64, a card from 2017, but the RX 9070 XT achieves this with modern features like PCIe 5.0 x16 and 16 GB of VRAM. The combo’s 478th rank out of 1744 indicates that there are 477 configurations that perform better, likely those with higher-end CPUs (e.g., Core i7/i9 or Ryzen 7/9) that can sustain higher frame rates at 1080p, where the CPU becomes more relevant.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a predictable scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K, with the GPU becoming the limiting factor as resolution increases. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 207.8 FPS; at 1440p Low, it drops to 187.5 FPS (a 9.8% decrease); and at 4K Low, it falls to 160 FPS (a 23% decrease from 1080p). This scaling is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario, where the workload per pixel increases quadratically with resolution.

For the High preset, the drop is more pronounced: 124.6 FPS at 1080p, 108.1 FPS at 1440p (a 13.2% decrease), and 93 FPS at 4K (a 25.4% decrease from 1080p). The Ultra preset shows the steepest decline: 98.6 FPS at 1080p, 91.7 FPS at 1440p (a 7% drop), and 74.8 FPS at 4K (a 24.1% drop from 1080p). The relatively smaller drop from 1080p to 1440p in Ultra (7%) compared to High (13.2%) suggests that at Ultra settings, the GPU is already near its limits at 1080p, and the additional resolution has less relative impact.

The data indicates that the CPU is not a bottleneck at any resolution, as the frame rates scale smoothly with resolution. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the FPS would remain constant across resolutions, which is not the case. The GPU’s 16 GB VRAM and 644.6 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to handle 4K textures, as evidenced by the 93 FPS at 4K High — a playable result.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following table summarizes the exact average FPS values for each resolution and settings preset:

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

|------------|----------|---------|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 207.8 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 133.3 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 124.6 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 98.6 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 187.5 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 115.2 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 108.1 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 91.7 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 160.0 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 100.0 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 93.0 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 74.8 |

At 1080p, the spread from Low to Ultra is 109.2 FPS (207.8 to 98.6), which is a 52.5% reduction. The largest single-step drop is from Medium to High (8.7 FPS), while the drop from High to Ultra is 26 FPS. This indicates that the High preset is the most efficient use of GPU resources at 1080p, as it retains 59.9% of the Low preset’s performance. At 1440p, the spread narrows to 95.8 FPS (187.5 to 91.7), with a similar pattern: Medium to High is a 7.1 FPS drop, while High to Ultra is 16.4 FPS. At 4K, the spread is 85.2 FPS (160 to 74.8), and the Medium-to-High drop is only 7 FPS, while High-to-Ultra is 18.2 FPS.

The minimum FPS values were not recorded, so the average FPS should be interpreted as the sustained performance level. The data shows that for a smooth 60 FPS experience, the Ultra preset at 4K (74.8 FPS) is the only configuration that dips below 80 FPS, while all other presets at all resolutions remain above 90 FPS. For a 144 Hz monitor, the 1080p Low (207.8 FPS) and 1440p Low (187.5 FPS) presets are the only ones that exceed the refresh rate, while 1080p Medium (133.3 FPS) and High (124.6 FPS) are suitable for 120 Hz displays.