Palworld

The Palworld i5-11400F + RTX 5090 combination has been measured across three resolutions and four quality settings, with average FPS recorded for every configuration and minimum/maximum values for the Medium preset. The combo ranks 168th out of 3,711 tested configurations, which places it in the top 5% of all tested pairs. The data covers 1080p, 1440p, and 4K runtimes, and the following sections break down how the CPU and GPU contribute to the results.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS provides a clear picture of how the system behaves as resolution climbs. At High quality, the 1080p average is 224 FPS. Moving to 1440p reduces that to 148 FPS, a 76 FPS loss. At 4K, the average drops further to 82 FPS. This means the 4K High average is only 36% of the 1080p High average — a severe scaling penalty. For the Ultra preset, 1080p averages 170 FPS, 1440p drops to 112 FPS, and 4K reaches just 62 FPS, representing a 63% reduction from 1080p to 4K. The Low preset shows a smaller relative decline: 281, 237, and 131 FPS across the three resolutions, so 4K Low still holds nearly half the 1080p frame rate.

The drop patterns differ between presets, which tells us which component is the limiting factor. Between 1080p and 1440p, the average FPS loss for High is 76 FPS (24% of 1080p), for Medium it is 261 to 192 FPS (a 26% loss), while Low goes from 281 to 237 (16% loss). At 4K, the largest percentage difference appears in the High and Ultra presets, where the GPU loads are most demanding. The fact that Low drops the least (from 237 to 131 FPS, a 68% retention) indicates that at Low settings, the CPU’s throughput remains the dominant constraint, leaving the GPU less utilized. Conversely, the Ultra setting loses 62 to 170 FPS, retaining only 36%, because the GPU’s rendering complexity becomes the limit.

Medium is the only preset that records both minimum and maximum FPS in the dataset. At 1080p Medium, the average is 261 with a minimum of 222 and maximum of 300. At 1440p, the same settings average 192 with a minimum 163 and maximum 221. At 4K, the averages drop to 106 but the minimum remains a comfortable 90 and the maximum hits 122. These numbers show that Medium maintains a consistent frame time across all three resolutions, even though the GPU load triples from 1080p to 4K.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data strongly supports the Medium preset as the preferred choice across all resolutions. At 1080p, Medium yields 261 FPS average, yet Low only adds 20 FPS over it (281) while High drops 37 FPS (224) and Ultra 91 FPS (170). Medium is the only setting at 1080p that provides a measured minimum of 222 and a maximum of 300, meaning it never falls below 222 FPS. This gives a high refresh-rate experience without any frame corridor concerns.

At 1440p, Medium averages 192 FPS and the minimum 163, while High reaches 148 and Ultra only 112. Low provides the highest average, 237, but with a minimum that is not recorded; without a, we cannot guarantee the low end. Medium again delivers the only measured minimum, 163 FPS, which is still well beyond typical high refresh. For 4K, Medium is the only preset with measured min/max: average 106, min 90, max 122. The next closest is High at 82 FPS and Ultra at 62. Low does offer 131, but lacks a minimum value, and the frame rate is likely to fluctuate more; without a measured min, the 131 average may not represent a stable experience. Given that Medium is the only setting with confirmed lower bounds at every resolution, it presents the most axis of escape from the customary drops.

For users targeting 4K on a 60Hz monitor, Medium’s 90 FPS minimum exceeds the 60 Hz refresh rate with headroom. For 1080p and 1440p, Medium’s minimums are 222 and 163, respectively, which allow maximum refresh rate.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for securing a 60+ FPS experience at 4K?

A: Medium. The 4K Medium preset has an average of 106 FPS and a minimum of 90 FPS, which are the only settings where the minimum stays above 60. Ultra and High average 62 and 82 FPS respectively, but they lack min/max data, making Medium the safest choice.

Q: Is the i5-11400F able to keep up with an RTX 5090 in Palworld?

A: The measured results show that the CPU doesn’t prevent the GPU from achieving high frame rates at any resolution. At 1080p Low, the system produces 281 FPS, indicating a heady output floor. With its 6 cores, 12 threads, and 4.4 GHz boost clock, the CPU supports frame rates far beyond typical 60 Hz displays, although the write-up—differences across presets suggest that at 1080p low, the CPU might limit the top end.

Q: How does this combination rank compared to other tested systems?

A: It ranks 168th of the 3,711 tested combination sets. This means it sits in the top 4.5% of tested Palworld configs, with its high GPU offering and the rest of the other setups.

Q: Which resolution gives the highest FPS?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 281 at 1080p Low. The absolute highest single frame is 300 FPS, but only for the 1080p Medium preset (maximum) and not a longer average.

Q: Is there a difference between “Low” and “Ultra” at 4K?

A: At 4K, Low averages 131 FPS and Ultra 62 FPS, a difference of 69 FPS. Low holds nearly twice the frame rate of Ultra, but those figures capture only the average; without minimum/maximum for either, the frame practice cannot be assessed.

Q: How does the CPU benchmark scores relate to the in-game performance?

A: The i5-11400F has a Cinebench R23 multi‑core of 14,340 and a single‑core of 2,024. These scores correlate with the in-game results showing 200+ FPS at 1440p Medium. The measured frame rates remain high even when the GPU is under full load at 4K, which suggests the CPU is not the primary limiting component at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

• 1080p Low: Average : 281 FPS, no min/max data.
• 1080p Medium: Average 261 FPS, minimum 222 FPS, maximum 300 FPS.
• 1080p High: Average 224 FPS, no min/max.
• 1080p Ultra: Average 170 FPS, no min/max.

• 1440p Low: Average 237 FPS, no min/max.
• 1440p Medium: Average 192 FPS, minimum 163 FPS, maximum 221 FPS.
• 1440p High: Average 148 FPS, no min/max.
• 1440p Ultra: Average 112 FPS, no min/max.

• 4K Low: Average 131 FPS, no min/max.
• 4K Medium: Average 106 FPS, minimum 90 FPS, maximum 122 FPS.
• 4K High: Average 82 FPS, no min/max.
• 4K Ultra: Average 62 FPS, no min/max.

These figures represent the exact recorded data for each configuration. The only preset with min/max is Medium, giving a picture of frame siblings. The other presets have only the average, so the FPS variation cannot be stated.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of there is also measured rank of 168 out of 3,711 configurations in Palworld. That rank indicates very high performance compared to the entire selection pool. To interpret: the rank is the 168th lowest frame rates? Actually, the combo rank is the inverse: a rank of 168 means that only 167 configurations exceed its frame rates. As a percentage, 168/3711 ≈ 4.5%, so this combo belongs to the top 4.5% of all tested combos. This is a strong position, especially considering the CPU is an i5-11400F, but the margin of GPU power carries the overall output.

Because the ranking is per game, it reflects exactly how this pair introduces in Palworld. The GPU’s high memory bandwidth and huge compute likely are responsible for the top-tier, while the CPU’s core limit doesn’t.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost of 4.40 GHz. The CPU’s TDP is 65 Watts, a modest rating. The processor uses the Rocket Lake architecture built on a 14nm process. Its L3 cache is 12 MB shared across all cores.

In benchmark scores, the CPU posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 14,340 and a single-core score of 2,024. Geekbench single‑core is 1,776. These numbers show its processing strength, but in Palworld the actual FPS oars of these values. The measured frame rate at 1080p Low of 281 FPS is higher than the CPU can generate in some synthetic single‑threaded tests? The CPU’s performance percent is 71 (vs all CPUs), meaning average by a metric of over 71% of tested CPU samples. Its nearest rival in the database is the AMD EPYC 7H12, with a difference of only 0.3% in avg score, as well as i5-12450H. This indicates the i5-11400F delivers in the same ballpark as those processor.

When considering the game, the role of the CPU is to drive the simulation and game logic. The measured frame rates at 1080p Medium (261 FPS average) and even at 4K (106 FPS average) are high, which implies that the CPU’s 12 threads are enough to feed the RTX 5090 without leaving the GPU starved. However, the performance scaling pattern – with the 4K Low preset retaining 46% of the 1080p Low ---- shows that when the GPU is less stressed (Low setting), the CPU participates more directly. The i5’s 6 cores may affect the highest possible FPS in a low‑load scenario, but nothing in the dataset suggests it cause a problem in standard configured settings.

In summary, the i5-11400F works harmoniously with the GeForce pair, delivering frame rates that exceed 100 FPS at all resolutions Medium or below, and still over 60 FPS at Ultra 4K. The database records the CPU percentile 71, and the pairing with a 21760 CUDA core GPU from the 5090 generation creates a system whose measured frame rates are among the top of the test pool.