Overpower

The Intel Core i5-9400 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 580 produces a playable but constrained experience in Overpower, with results that consistently place this combo near the bottom of the tested pool. The data shows a system that can handle 1080p at medium settings comfortably, but struggles to maintain smooth frame rates as resolution and graphical fidelity increase. This analysis breaks down the measured performance across settings and resolutions, examines the balance between CPU and GPU workload, and contextualizes the combo’s rank among all tested configurations.

Settings Recommendations

For this specific hardware pairing in Overpower, the Medium preset at 1920x1080 delivers the most balanced experience, with an average of 43 FPS and a measured range spanning 37 to 50 FPS. This is the only configuration where the frame time variance is documented, suggesting a more stable experience than the other presets, which lack min/max data. While 43 FPS is below the 60 FPS ideal, the consistency implied by the 37-50 range indicates fewer severe drops compared to higher settings.

The Low preset at 1080p achieves 69 FPS, which is the highest average across all tested rows. However, this comes at the cost of visual fidelity, and the jump from Low to Medium is only 14 FPS (from 69 to 43), which is a significant percentage drop for a single preset tier. This suggests that Medium is the sweet spot, as the visual improvement over Low is substantial while the frame rate penalty is manageable for a game of this genre.

At 1440p, the Medium preset drops to 38 FPS, which is borderline for action gameplay. The High preset at 1440p yields 36 FPS, nearly identical to Medium, indicating that the GPU is becoming the limiting factor and additional settings changes have diminishing returns. The Ultra preset at any resolution is not recommended, as it produces 33 FPS at 1080p, 30 FPS at 1440p, and 25 FPS at 4K, all of which fall below acceptable playability thresholds for an action title.

The data implies that users should prioritize Medium at 1080p for the best compromise between visual quality and frame rate. If 60 FPS is a hard requirement, dropping to Low at 1080p is the only viable option, but the 26 FPS gain over Medium may not justify the visual downgrade for most players.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 580, with its 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, provides a memory bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s. This is a critical figure for Overpower, as the game’s texture-heavy action scenes appear to be memory-sensitive. The GPU’s base clock of 1257 MHz and boost clock of 1340 MHz, combined with 2304 shading units, yield a pixel rate of 42.88 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 193.0 GTexel/s.

The data shows that the RX 580’s performance in Overpower is heavily influenced by memory bandwidth and pixel throughput. At 1080p, the GPU delivers 40 FPS on High settings, but this drops to 36 FPS at 1440p and 30 FPS at 4K on the same preset. This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, as the CPU has more headroom to feed frames.

The RX 580’s 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for Overpower at all tested settings, as evidenced by the fact that even at 4K Ultra, the game runs (albeit at 25 FPS) rather than failing to load textures. However, the card’s raw compute power, measured at 6.175 TFLOPS FP32, appears to be the limiting factor. The percentile ranking of 53 for the GPU versus 47 for the CPU suggests that the GPU is slightly more capable than the processor relative to their respective pools, but neither component is a standout performer.

Comparing the RX 580 to its nearest rivals, it sits within 0.5% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile and the AMD Radeon 740M in average benchmark scores. This indicates that the RX 580 is competitive with modern mid-range options, but its age is showing in Overpower’s demanding scenes, particularly at higher resolutions where the 256.0 GB/s bandwidth becomes a constraint.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of diminishing returns as resolution increases. From 1080p to 1440p, the average FPS drops by approximately 10-12% across all settings: High goes from 40 to 36 (a 10% drop), Medium from 43 to 38 (a 12% drop), and Low from 69 to 62 (a 10% drop). This modest scaling suggests that the system is not purely GPU-bound at 1080p, as a GPU-limited scenario would typically show a more pronounced decline.

However, the transition from 1440p to 4K is much steeper. High settings drop from 36 to 30 FPS (a 17% decline), Medium from 38 to 33 (a 13% decline), and Low from 62 to 52 (a 16% decline). This accelerated degradation at 4K indicates that the RX 580’s pixel fill rate and memory bandwidth are being saturated, making the GPU the definitive bottleneck at this resolution. The 4K Ultra result of 25 FPS is particularly telling, as it represents a 24% drop from the 1440p Ultra score of 30 FPS.

The data implies that 1080p is the native resolution for this combo, where the CPU and GPU are reasonably balanced. At 1440p, the GPU begins to struggle, and at 4K, it is overwhelmed. The fact that Low settings at 4K (52 FPS) outperform High settings at 1080p (40 FPS) by a significant margin suggests that resolution has a greater impact on this system than graphical settings, which is unusual and points to the GPU’s memory bandwidth as the critical resource.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of the Intel Core i5-9400 and AMD Radeon RX 580 ranks 3388 out of 3713 tested combos in Overpower, placing it in the bottom 9% of all configurations. This low ranking is consistent with the measured FPS data, which shows the system struggling to maintain 60 FPS at any resolution and settings combination.

The rank of 3388 indicates that this combo is significantly outclassed by the majority of tested systems. However, it is important to note that this ranking reflects the overall experience, not just raw FPS. The combo’s performance is limited by both components: the i5-9400’s 6 cores and 6 threads are sufficient for gaming, but its 47th percentile CPU ranking suggests it is below average, while the RX 580’s 53rd percentile GPU ranking is slightly above average. Together, they form a mid-range pairing that cannot compete with modern high-end systems.

The fact that the combo ranks so low despite having a GPU that is near the median of all GPUs suggests that Overpower is particularly demanding on the CPU or that the system’s memory bandwidth (42.7 GB/s for the CPU and 256.0 GB/s for the GPU) is insufficient for the game’s requirements. The data shows no combination of settings and resolution that achieves 60 FPS, which is a key indicator of the combo’s limitations.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-9400 is a 6-core, 6-thread processor based on the Coffee Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.10 GHz. Its 9 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 42.7 GB/s bandwidth are typical for its generation. The CPU’s benchmark scores, including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 6629 and a single-core score of 935, place it in the 47th percentile of all CPUs.

In Overpower, the CPU’s role appears to be secondary to the GPU, but not negligible. The fact that FPS scales more steeply from 1440p to 4K than from 1080p to 1440p suggests that the CPU can keep up with the GPU’s demands at lower resolutions but becomes less relevant as the GPU saturates. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 69 FPS, which is close to the CPU’s practical limit for this game, as higher settings at the same resolution only yield 40-43 FPS due to GPU constraints.

Comparing the i5-9400 to its nearest rivals, it is within 0.4% of the Intel Core i7-1068NG7 and the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 in average benchmark scores. This indicates that the CPU is competitive with other mid-range options of its era, but its lack of hyper-threading (6 threads for 6 cores) may be a limitation in Overpower if the game utilizes more than 6 threads. The 42.7 GB/s memory bandwidth is modest by modern standards, and this could contribute to the system’s inability to maintain higher frame rates in action-heavy scenes.

The data suggests that upgrading the CPU would provide marginal gains at 1080p, as the GPU is likely the primary bottleneck at that resolution. However, at 4K, where the GPU is clearly saturated, the CPU has spare capacity, meaning a GPU upgrade would yield more significant improvements.

FAQ

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

A: Based on the measured FPS data, 1920x1080 is the only resolution where the system can achieve playable frame rates across most settings. At 1440p, all settings fall below 62 FPS, and at 4K, the average FPS drops to 30 or below on High and Ultra presets.

*Q: Can this combo run Overpower at 60 FPS?*

A: The only measured configuration that achieves 60 FPS or higher is the 1080p Low preset, which averages 69 FPS. All other settings and resolutions fall below 60 FPS, with the next highest being 62 FPS at 1440p Low.

Q: How does the RX 580 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in general benchmarks?

A: The RX 580 has an average benchmark score of 12928, which is within 0.5% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile (12940) and the AMD Radeon 740M (12870), and within 0.6% of the AMD FirePro W5100 (12847).

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this combo?

A: The data suggests the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, as FPS drops significantly from 1440p to 4K. At 1080p, the CPU and GPU are more balanced, but the GPU still limits performance on Medium and High settings.

*Q: What is the combo’s overall ranking in Overpower?*

A: This combo ranks 3388 out of 3713 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 9% of all systems tested for this game.

*Q: Does the RX 580’s 8 GB VRAM cause any issues in Overpower?*

A: The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient, as the game runs at all settings and resolutions, including 4K Ultra. However, the GPU’s compute power and memory bandwidth, not capacity, appear to be the limiting factors.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following table summarizes the exact measured average FPS data for this combo across all tested resolutions and settings:

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

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

| 3840x2160 | High | 30 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 52 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 33 | 28 | 38 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 25 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | High | 36 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 62 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 38 | 33 | 44 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 30 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | High | 40 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 69 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 43 | 37 | 50 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 33 | — | — |

The data reveals a consistent pattern: Low settings provide the highest frame rates at every resolution, while Ultra consistently produces the lowest. The Medium preset is the only one with documented min/max values, indicating more stable frame pacing. At 4K, the gap between Low (52 FPS) and High (30 FPS) is 22 FPS, while at 1080p, the gap between Low (69 FPS) and High (40 FPS) is 29 FPS, suggesting that the GPU’s overhead is better utilized at lower resolutions. The Ultra preset at 4K (25 FPS) represents the worst-case scenario, falling below the 30 FPS threshold often considered the minimum for playable action games.