Overpower

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 delivers a compelling 1080p and 1440p experience in Overpower, but the data reveals a clear ceiling at 4K Ultra. The benchmark results show that the "High" preset provides the most balanced experience across all tested resolutions, offering a 118.4 FPS average at 1080p, 106.7 FPS at 1440p, and 86.4 FPS at 4K. While "Low" pushes frame rates to 203.2 FPS at 1080p and 154.9 FPS at 4K, the jump from "Medium" to "High" costs only 10.4 FPS at 1440p and 11.9 FPS at 4K, making "High" the sweet spot for visual fidelity without sacrificing playability. "Ultra" remains viable at 1080p with 95 FPS, but drops to 75.2 FPS at 4K, which approaches the threshold where action-game responsiveness can suffer.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows indicate that the "High" preset is the optimal choice for this combination. At 1080p, "High" delivers 118.4 FPS, which is 23.4 FPS below "Low" but 23.4 FPS above "Medium" and 23.4 FPS above "Ultra." The pattern at 1440p is similar: "High" produces 106.7 FPS, a 73.9 FPS reduction from "Low" but only a 3.7 FPS drop from "Medium." At 4K, "High" achieves 86.4 FPS, which remains comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth action gameplay, while "Ultra" falls to 75.2 FPS. The data suggests that "High" captures most of the visual improvements over "Medium" while maintaining frame rates that are 11.2 FPS higher than "Ultra" at 4K. For players prioritizing competitive responsiveness, "Low" at 1440p offers 180.6 FPS, but the visual trade-off is substantial. The recommendation is to start with "High" at any resolution, then adjust downward only if the 4K Ultra experience proves too demanding for the display's refresh rate.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is the dominant component in this pairing, and its 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus with 760.3 GB/s bandwidth directly influences the 4K results. The memory clock runs at 1188 MHz, effective 19 Gbps, which feeds the GA102 chip's 8704 shading units. The GPU's boost clock of 1710 MHz (base 1440 MHz) sustains the frame rates seen in the measured data. The RTX 3080's 80th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35787, places it 0.9% behind the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE and 1% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile. The 4K "Ultra" result of 75.2 FPS indicates the GPU is the primary bottleneck at that setting, as the frame rate drops 21.6% from "High" to "Ultra" at 4K, compared to only a 19.6% drop at 1440p and 19.8% at 1080p. The 10 GB VRAM capacity appears sufficient for the tested presets, but the data implies that higher-resolution textures in "Ultra" might be approaching the memory ceiling, as the performance gap between "High" and "Ultra" widens with resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo to maintain 100+ FPS?

A: At 1440p, "High" produces 106.7 FPS, while 1080p "High" reaches 118.4 FPS. The 4K resolution only exceeds 100 FPS when settings are lowered to "Low" (154.9 FPS) or "Medium" (96.3 FPS falls just short).

Q: How much performance is lost when switching from "High" to "Ultra"?

A: The drop is 23.4 FPS at 1080p (118.4 to 95), 21 FPS at 1440p (106.7 to 85.7), and 11.2 FPS at 4K (86.4 to 75.2). The percentage loss is consistent across resolutions, ranging from 13% to 19.8%.

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

A: The data shows the RTX 3080's frame rate at 1080p "Low" (203.2 FPS) versus 1440p "Low" (180.6 FPS) — a 12.5% reduction — while the i5-13400F's 3DMark max-thread score of 7307 suggests ample headroom. The CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads with a 4.60 GHz boost clock are likely sufficient for these frame rates.

Q: Is the 4K "Ultra" experience playable?

A: With an average of 75.2 FPS, it is playable for most action games, but the margin over 60 FPS is only 15.2 FPS. Lowering to "High" at 4K provides 86.4 FPS, which offers a safer buffer.

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

A: The combo ranks 524th out of 1744 tested combos, placing it in the 70th percentile of all configurations, which aligns with the CPU's 82nd percentile and GPU's 80th percentile standings.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between "Medium" and "Low" at 1440p?

A: The gap is significant: "Low" achieves 180.6 FPS while "Medium" drops to 110.4 FPS, a difference of 70.2 FPS. This suggests "Low" removes major graphical effects that heavily impact the GPU workload.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame places this configuration at 524 out of 1744 tested combos, which positions it in the upper third of all systems tested for Overpower. This rank is consistent with the component-level percentiles: the CPU sits at 82nd percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU at 80th percentile among all GPUs. The rank implies that roughly 30% of tested combos outperform this setup, likely those with higher-tier GPUs like the RTX 3090 or newer RTX 40-series cards. However, the measured frame rates show the combo exceeds 60 FPS at 4K "High" (86.4 FPS) and 1440p "Ultra" (85.7 FPS), which means the 524th rank still delivers a high-refresh experience at mainstream resolutions. The nearest CPU rivals — the Intel Core i7-13620H (0.1% higher average score) and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (0.5% higher) — are close in synthetic benchmarks, but the GPU's 0.9% deficit to the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE suggests that GPU-bound scenarios at 4K will see minor differences from this rank position.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals where the bottleneck lies. At "Low" settings, the frame rate drops from 203.2 FPS at 1080p to 180.6 FPS at 1440p (an 11.1% decrease) and then to 154.9 FPS at 4K (a further 14.2% decrease). This gradual decline indicates the GPU is handling the resolution increase efficiently. At "High" settings, the drop is more pronounced: 118.4 FPS at 1080p, 106.7 FPS at 1440p (9.9% loss), and 86.4 FPS at 4K (19% loss from 1440p). The 4K-to-1080p ratio at "High" is 73%, meaning the GPU retains nearly three-quarters of its 1080p performance at 4K. At "Ultra," the ratio is 79.2% (95 FPS at 1080p to 75.2 FPS at 4K), which is actually better than "High" — this suggests that "Ultra" settings are not disproportionately taxing the GPU at higher resolutions. The scaling pattern indicates the RTX 3080 is the limiting factor at 4K, as the CPU's 3DMark multi-thread scores (7314 at 16 threads, 7307 at max threads) show minimal scaling between 8 and 16 threads, meaning the 10-core CPU is not a constraint at these frame rates.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings sweep shows: "Low" achieves 203.2 FPS, "Medium" drops to 128.8 FPS, "High" reaches 118.4 FPS, and "Ultra" bottoms out at 95 FPS. The gap between "Medium" and "High" is only 10.4 FPS, while "Low" to "Medium" is a 74.4 FPS difference. At 2560x1440, the numbers are: "Low" 180.6 FPS, "Medium" 110.4 FPS, "High" 106.7 FPS, and "Ultra" 85.7 FPS. The "Medium" to "High" delta shrinks to 3.7 FPS, making "High" essentially free at this resolution. At 3840x2160, the results are: "Low" 154.9 FPS, "Medium" 96.3 FPS, "High" 86.4 FPS, and "Ultra" 75.2 FPS. Across all resolutions, the "Ultra" preset consistently delivers 70-80% of the "High" frame rate, while "Low" provides 1.7-1.8 times the "High" performance. The 4K "Medium" result of 96.3 FPS is notable because it exceeds the 1080p "Ultra" result of 95 FPS, suggesting that resolution scaling is more forgiving than settings scaling for this GPU.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F provides the foundation for these frame rates with its 10 cores (6 performance, 4 efficiency) and 16 threads, boosting up to 4.60 GHz from a 2.50 GHz base. The 20 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB L2 per core help feed the RTX 3080's high throughput. The CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21279 and single-core score of 3004 indicate strong all-around performance, while the 3DMark 16-thread score of 7314 (nearly identical to max-thread 7307) shows the chip saturates its thread count efficiently. In Overpower, the CPU's role becomes apparent at 1080p "Low" where the GPU produces 203.2 FPS — this workload tests the CPU's single-thread performance, reflected in its PassMark single-thread score of 3634. The CPU's 82nd percentile ranking places it 0.5% ahead of the AMD EPYC 9474F and 0.5% behind the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 in average benchmark scores. The data suggests that while the CPU is not the primary bottleneck at 4K, it provides sufficient headroom at 1080p and 1440p to keep the GPU fully utilized, as evidenced by the consistent scaling from 1080p to 1440p at "Low" settings (203.2 to 180.6 FPS, a manageable 11.1% drop).