Overpower

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a playable experience across all tested settings in Overpower, with the data showing a clear trend: 1080p and 1440p resolutions offer the most comfortable frame rates, while 4K Ultra demands compromises. The combination’s measured performance places it in the 71st percentile of all tested combos, indicating a balanced pairing where neither component consistently dominates as the primary bottleneck.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution to play Overpower with this hardware?*

A: The data shows 2560x1440 as the sweet spot. At High settings, the combo averages 67 FPS, while 3840x2160 High drops to 57 FPS. For a smoother experience, 1920x1080 High averages 75 FPS, but 1440p provides a better balance of visual fidelity and frame rate headroom.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its closest GPU rivals?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score is 18093, placing it at the 62nd percentile. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, scores 18159, which is 0.4% higher. The AMD Radeon RX 460 scores 18373, which is 1.5% higher, showing the RTX 2060 SUPER is competitive but slightly behind these alternatives in raw compute benchmarks.

Q: Is the Core i5-12400F a limiting factor in this game?

A: With 6 cores and 12 threads boosting to 4.40 GHz, the CPU’s Cinebench R23 multicore score is 12380. The measured FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K suggests the GPU becomes the primary limiter at higher resolutions, as the CPU has sufficient headroom to feed the graphics card at lower settings.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 115 FPS, while Ultra drops to 56 FPS. This represents a 51% reduction in frame rate when moving from Low to Ultra, indicating that the Ultra preset imposes a significant graphical load that this GPU cannot fully sustain at that resolution.

Q: Does the 8 GB VRAM affect 4K performance?

A: The 8 GB GDDR6 memory with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for the tested presets. At 3840x2160, the Ultra setting averages 47 FPS, while High averages 57 FPS. The data shows a 10 FPS difference between these presets, suggesting VRAM capacity is not the sole limiting factor but rather the GPU’s overall compute throughput.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested systems?

A: The combination ranks 2623 out of 3713 tested combos, placing it in the 71st percentile. This indicates that while it is not a top-tier configuration, it outperforms roughly 71% of the systems tested in this database for Overpower.

Settings Recommendations

The optimal experience depends on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, the High preset delivers 75 FPS, which is a strong balance of visual quality and smoothness. Pushing to Ultra reduces the average to 62 FPS, still playable but with a noticeable dip. The Medium preset at 1080p offers 81 FPS with a minimum of 69 FPS, providing excellent frame pacing for fast action scenes.

For 2560x1440, the High preset at 67 FPS is the recommended starting point. The Medium preset averages 72 FPS with a minimum of 61 FPS, which provides a similar experience with slightly lower visual fidelity. Ultra at this resolution drops to 56 FPS, which may feel less fluid during intense combat. The data suggests that High at 1440p is the best compromise, as it maintains a frame rate above 60 FPS without sacrificing the resolution advantage.

At 3840x2160, the choices are more constrained. The Low preset averages 98 FPS, but this sacrifices most visual enhancements. High drops to 57 FPS, which is borderline playable, while Medium averages 61 FPS with a minimum of 52 FPS. For 4K, Medium appears to be the highest setting that maintains an average above 60 FPS, though the minimum of 52 FPS indicates occasional dips below the ideal threshold. Users prioritizing consistency over peak visual quality should consider 1440p High over 4K Medium.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER features 2176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output processors. Its boost clock of 1650 MHz and base clock of 1470 MHz drive a FP32 performance of 7.181 TFLOPS. The 8 GB GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for feeding the GPU’s compute units at high resolutions.

The benchmark data shows the GPU’s Passmark G3D score is 16462, placing it at the 62nd percentile of all GPUs. Its closest rival, the RTX 3060 Mobile, scores 18159, a 0.4% advantage. This proximity in scores suggests the RTX 2060 SUPER is well-positioned against mobile variants but slightly behind them in raw compute. The GPU’s DirectX 12 benchmark score of 61 in Passmark indicates moderate performance in modern graphics APIs, which aligns with the measured FPS results in Overpower.

The measured FPS scaling strongly implicates the GPU as the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo averages 129 FPS, which drops to 115 FPS at 1440p Low and 98 FPS at 4K Low. This 24% reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings shows the GPU struggling to maintain frame rates as pixel count increases, even when the CPU is not heavily loaded.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of Intel Core i5-12400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ranks 2623 out of 3713 tested combos in Overpower. This places it in the 71st percentile, meaning it outperforms roughly 71% of all tested configurations. The ranking indicates a balanced system that handles the game well at mainstream resolutions.

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 19039, placing it at the 73rd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, scores 19047, a difference of 0%. The Intel Core 3 201E scores 19056, which is 0.1% lower, showing the i5-12400F is statistically tied with these alternatives. The GPU’s 62nd percentile rank is lower than the CPU’s 73rd percentile, suggesting the graphics card is the weaker link in this pairing.

This disparity in percentile ranks explains why the combo rank (71st percentile) is closer to the CPU’s rank than the GPU’s. The CPU has more headroom relative to its peers, while the GPU is closer to the middle of the pack. In Overpower, this means the system’s overall performance is constrained more by the RTX 2060 SUPER than by the i5-12400F.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture. It operates at a base clock of 2.50 GHz and boosts up to 4.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The processor has 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core, and 18 MB of shared L3 cache. This configuration supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel mode.

In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 12380 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 1680 in single-core. Its Geekbench multicore score is 9472, with a single-core score of 1964. The Passmark multithread score is 19433, and the single-thread score is 3481. These results place the CPU at the 73rd percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19039.

The CPU’s nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, has an average score of 19047, a 0% difference. The Intel Core 3 201E scores 19056, which is 0.1% lower. This tight grouping indicates the i5-12400F is competitive with these alternatives in general compute tasks.

In Overpower, the CPU’s role is less critical than the GPU’s, as evidenced by the FPS scaling. At 1080p Low, the combo averages 129 FPS, which suggests the CPU can drive high frame rates. However, as resolution increases, the GPU becomes the limiting factor. The CPU’s 12 threads provide sufficient parallelism for modern game engines, and its high boost clock of 4.40 GHz ensures responsive single-threaded performance for game logic.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS ranges from 129 at Low settings to 62 at Ultra. The Medium preset averages 81 FPS with a minimum of 69 FPS and a maximum of 93 FPS. High settings average 75 FPS. This resolution provides the most headroom, with even Ultra maintaining a playable frame rate.

At 2560x1440, the averages drop across all presets. Low averages 115 FPS, while High averages 67 FPS. Medium averages 72 FPS with a minimum of 61 FPS and a maximum of 83 FPS. Ultra drops to 56 FPS. The transition from 1080p to 1440p reduces frame rates by 11-17% depending on the preset, showing the GPU’s increasing load.

At 3840x2160, the performance gap widens. Low averages 98 FPS, Medium averages 61 FPS with a minimum of 52 FPS and a maximum of 70 FPS. High drops to 57 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 47 FPS. The 4K results show a significant step down from 1440p, with the Ultra preset falling below 50 FPS, which is generally considered the threshold for smooth gameplay.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the system’s bottleneck characteristics. At Low settings, the average FPS decreases from 129 at 1080p to 98 at 4K, a 24% reduction. At High settings, the drop is from 75 FPS to 57 FPS, a 24% reduction as well. This consistent percentage decline across presets suggests the GPU is the primary limiting factor, as the pixel count quadruples while frame rates only drop by roughly a quarter.

The Medium preset shows a similar pattern: 81 FPS at 1080p, 72 FPS at 1440p, and 61 FPS at 4K. This represents an 11% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 15% drop from 1440p to 4K. The Ultra preset drops from 62 FPS at 1080p to 47 FPS at 4K, a 24% reduction.

The scaling pattern indicates that the CPU is not the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. If the CPU were limiting, the frame rates would remain relatively constant regardless of resolution. Instead, the consistent percentage drops across all presets point to the GPU’s rendering capabilities being the constraining factor. The RTX 2060 SUPER’s 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 448.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth are insufficient to maintain high frame rates at 4K with demanding settings, while the i5-12400F’s 12 threads and 4.40 GHz boost clock provide adequate processing power for the game’s logic at all tested resolutions.