Overpower

# Overpower with Intel Core i5-14400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

This combination of the Intel Core i5-14400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 delivers a top-tier gaming experience in Overpower, ranking 30th out of 1,744 tested combos. The pairing places it in the 98.3rd percentile of all tested configurations, indicating that only a small fraction of systems outperform this setup. The CPU itself sits at the 88th percentile among all processors, while the GPU reaches the 94th percentile among all graphics cards, making this a well-balanced high-end pairing that excels in the action genre.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 30 out of 1,744 tested combinations in Overpower places it firmly in the upper echelon of gaming systems. This position reflects the synergy between the Core i5-14400F and the RTX 5090, where the processor's 10 cores and 16 threads provide sufficient throughput to keep the GPU well-fed. The CPU's average benchmark score of 32,508 places it within a narrow band of competitors: the Intel Core i7-12800H scores 32,513 (a 0% delta), the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 scores 32,446 (0.2% slower), the AMD Ryzen 7 250 scores 32,584 (0.2% faster), and the Intel Core i7-13705H scores 32,586 (0.2% faster). These negligible differences mean the processor is essentially performance-equivalent to its closest rivals in synthetic workloads.

On the GPU side, the RTX 5090's average benchmark score of 84,306 places it alongside the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D (84,241, 0.1% slower), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile (84,171, 0.2% slower), the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 (83,209, 1.3% slower), and the NVIDIA CMP 40HX (85,637, 1.6% faster). The RTX 5090's percentile rank of 94 among all GPUs underscores its position as a top-tier graphics solution. When combined, these components produce frame rates that place this system among the top 2% of all tested configurations in Overpower, demonstrating that the hardware pairing is highly effective for this title.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 serves as the dominant performance driver in this configuration. Built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture using a 5 nm process at TSMC, this GPU packs 92,200 million transistors into a 750 mm² die. The memory subsystem is particularly notable: 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus delivers 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, operating at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). This massive memory allocation ensures that even the most demanding texture loads in Overpower pose no capacity constraints.

Clock speeds are equally impressive, with a base clock of 2017 MHz and a boost clock of 2407 MHz. The GPU's compute capabilities include 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 raster operations pipelines, alongside 170 ray tracing cores and 680 tensor cores. The pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s indicate exceptional fill-rate performance that directly benefits Overpower's fast-paced action sequences. The FP32 throughput of 104.8 TFLOPS provides substantial headroom for both rasterization and compute-heavy effects. The card's power delivery is equally robust, with a 575 W TDP and a suggested 950 W power supply, connected via a single 16-pin connector. With PCIe 5.0 x16 interface and support for DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, the GPU is fully equipped for modern game APIs.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates reveal how this combo scales across resolutions. At 1080p with Low settings, the system achieves 243 FPS, which represents the peak performance ceiling for this configuration. Moving to 1440p Low drops performance to 238.4 FPS, a reduction of 4.6 FPS (1.9%), while 4K Low yields 224.7 FPS, a further 13.7 FPS decrease (5.7% from 1440p). This relatively modest scaling at Low settings suggests the CPU begins to become a limiting factor at lower resolutions, as the GPU's headroom allows it to maintain high frame rates even at 4K.

At High settings, the scaling pattern shifts. The 1080p result of 180.3 FPS drops to 159.3 FPS at 1440p (an 11.6% reduction), and further to 134.4 FPS at 4K (a 15.6% reduction from 1440p). This steeper decline indicates that at higher quality presets, the GPU becomes more heavily utilized, and its performance scaling with resolution is more pronounced. The Ultra preset shows a similar trend: 147.9 FPS at 1080p, 132.2 FPS at 1440p (10.6% lower), and 115.6 FPS at 4K (12.6% lower than 1440p). The diminishing percentage drops at higher resolutions suggest that the RTX 5090's memory bandwidth and compute resources are being progressively saturated, yet it still maintains playable frame rates even at 4K Ultra.

The 4K to 1080p ratio at Low settings is 224.7/243, or 92.5%, indicating excellent resolution scaling efficiency. At Ultra settings, the 4K to 1080p ratio drops to 115.6/147.9, or 78.2%, showing that the more demanding preset amplifies the resolution penalty. This behavior is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario at higher settings, where the RTX 5090's raw rasterization power is the primary determinant of frame rate.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance for optimal settings. At 4K, the Medium preset delivers 145.1 FPS, which represents the best balance between visual fidelity and performance. High settings at 4K yield 134.4 FPS, only 7.4% slower than Medium, while Ultra drops to 115.6 FPS. The jump from Low (224.7 FPS) to Medium (145.1 FPS) represents a 35.4% performance penalty, but the visual improvement in Overpower's action-heavy scenes justifies this trade-off for most users. For competitive play where maximum frame rates are paramount, Low settings at 4K still deliver 224.7 FPS, which exceeds the refresh rate of most high-end displays.

At 1440p, the Medium preset at 173.9 FPS offers an excellent experience, with High at 159.3 FPS providing only a 8.4% reduction for presumably better visuals. The Ultra preset at 132.2 FPS remains highly playable and is recommended for users prioritizing image quality over raw frame rates. At 1080p, all presets exceed 147.9 FPS, with Medium at 195.9 FPS and High at 180.3 FPS. The Low preset at 243 FPS approaches the limits of what most monitors can display, making it suitable only for esports-style competitive scenarios. Overall, the data suggests that Medium at 4K, High at 1440p, and Ultra at 1080p represent the sweet spots for this combination.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete frame rate data for this combo in Overpower is as follows:

1080p (1920x1080):

• Low: 243 FPS average
• Medium: 195.9 FPS average
• High: 180.3 FPS average
• Ultra: 147.9 FPS average

1440p (2560x1440):

• Low: 238.4 FPS average
• Medium: 173.9 FPS average
• High: 159.3 FPS average
• Ultra: 132.2 FPS average

4K (3840x2160):

• Low: 224.7 FPS average
• Medium: 145.1 FPS average
• High: 134.4 FPS average
• Ultra: 115.6 FPS average

The progression from Low to Ultra at each resolution shows consistent performance degradation, with the largest single-step drop occurring between Low and Medium at 4K (224.7 to 145.1, a 35.4% reduction). The transition from Medium to High at 4K is more modest (145.1 to 134.4, a 7.4% reduction), suggesting that the High preset offers diminishing returns relative to its performance cost. At 1080p, the gap between Medium and High is 15.6 FPS (8.0%), while at 1440p it is 14.6 FPS (8.4%), indicating consistent scaling behavior across resolutions for these two presets. The Ultra preset consistently imposes a 18-20% penalty over High across all three resolutions, making it the most demanding option in the measured set.