Pc Building Simulator

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Pc Building Simulator with the Intel Core i5-12400 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 shows a clear and predictable pattern as resolution increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces 284.6 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low drops that to 177.2 FPS, and at 4K Low the average falls to 94.9 FPS. That represents a substantial 66.7% performance loss from 1080p to 4K on Low settings, which indicates the rendering load is scaling heavily with pixel count.

The scaling behavior changes when you look at higher settings presets. At High settings, the combo delivers 142.7 FPS at 1080p, 89.3 FPS at 1440p, and 43.5 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 37.4%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 51.3%. This steeper decline at higher resolutions suggests the GPU becomes the limiting factor as pixel count rises, which is typical for a simulation title that does not heavily tax the CPU.

At Ultra settings, the pattern continues with 132.2 FPS at 1080p, 86.5 FPS at 1440p, and 43.8 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p reduction is 34.6%, and the 1440p-to-4K reduction is 49.4%. The 4K Ultra result of 43.8 FPS is nearly identical to the 4K High result of 43.5 FPS, which is an important observation. This near-identical performance between High and Ultra at 4K indicates that the game is hitting a hard GPU limit at that resolution, and additional settings changes have almost no impact on frame rate.

Looking at the Medium preset, the data shows 198.1 FPS at 1080p, 126.8 FPS at 1440p, and 64.4 FPS at 4K. The resolution scaling here is more gradual than Low but steeper than High or Ultra. The 4K Medium result of 64.4 FPS is substantially higher than the 4K High and Ultra results, which suggests that the Medium preset avoids some of the GPU-heavy effects that cripple performance at higher presets. The data indicates that the limiting component at 4K is clearly the RTX 5060, while at 1080p the CPU may be starting to constrain performance, given the relatively modest gains from 1440p to 1080p on several presets.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Pc Building Simulator?

A: The data shows that 1440p provides an excellent balance. At High settings, the combo produces 89.3 FPS at 1440p, which is comfortably above 60 FPS, while 4K High drops to 43.5 FPS. The 1080p results are higher, but the 1440p numbers are strong enough that dropping to 1080p is unnecessary for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the RTX 5060 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 5060 has an average benchmark score of 30109, placing it nearly identical to the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, which scores 30097 with a deltaPct of 0. The AMD Radeon RX 570 scores 30158, a deltaPct of -0.2, meaning the RTX 5060 is just 0.2% behind. The NVIDIA Tesla M60 scores 29969, putting the RTX 5060 0.5% ahead.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-12400 a strong match for this game?

A: The CPU has a percentile ranking of 77 against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19850. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-9700, scores 19831, a deltaPct of 0.1, meaning the i5-12400 is essentially tied. The i5-12400 has 6 cores and 12 threads with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, which is sufficient for a simulation title like this.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 4K with Ultra settings?

A: The measured average is 43.8 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. This is essentially identical to the 4K High result of 43.5 FPS, indicating that the GPU is fully saturated and cannot push higher frame rates regardless of the settings increase.

Q: Does the RTX 5060 have enough VRAM for this game?

A: The RTX 5060 features 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. The measured results show that even at 4K Ultra, the game runs at 43.8 FPS, so the VRAM capacity is not causing a complete failure, though the low frame rate suggests the GPU is working at its limit.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations in this game?

A: The combo ranks 872 out of 1769 tested combinations, placing it in the middle of the pack. This ranking reflects the balanced nature of the i5-12400 and RTX 5060 pairing, which delivers solid but not exceptional performance in Pc Building Simulator.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-12400 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 combination ranks 872 out of 1769 tested combos in Pc Building Simulator. This places it slightly above the median of all tested configurations. The rank of 872 out of 1769 means that roughly half of the tested combos perform better, and half perform worse, which is a reasonable result for a mid-range CPU paired with a mid-range GPU.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 19850 puts it in the 77th percentile of all CPUs, but the ranking in this game is lower, indicating that the GPU is the more significant factor in determining overall performance. The RTX 5060 has an average benchmark score of 30109 and sits in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs, which aligns with the combo's middle-of-the-pack ranking.

Comparing the CPU to its nearest rivals, the i5-12400 scores 0.1% above the Intel Core i7-9700, 0.2% below the Intel Core i7-8700, 0.4% below the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX, and 0.4% above the Intel Core i5-11600K. These tiny deltas mean the CPU choice has minimal impact on the overall ranking, as all of these processors perform within a 0.8% band of each other. The GPU side shows a similar story, with the RTX 5060 matching the RX 7700 XT exactly and sitting within 0.8% of the Tesla M60 and RTX 5070 Mobile.

The practical implication is that the combo's rank of 872 is driven more by the GPU's performance ceiling than the CPU. The measured FPS data supports this, as the 4K results across High and Ultra settings are nearly identical, showing that the GPU is the bottleneck. For a simulation game that does not heavily utilize multi-core processing, the i5-12400's 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient, and the ranking reflects the GPU's limitations at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers a wide range of frame rates depending on the settings preset. With Low settings, the average FPS is 284.6, which is exceptionally high and indicates the game is not demanding at this resolution and preset. Medium settings produce 198.1 FPS, High settings produce 142.7 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 132.2 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra at 1080p is only 10.5 FPS, which is a 7.4% reduction, suggesting diminishing returns from the Ultra preset.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance drops are significant but the frame rates remain playable. Low settings deliver 177.2 FPS, Medium delivers 126.8 FPS, High delivers 89.3 FPS, and Ultra delivers 86.5 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra narrows to just 2.8 FPS, a 3.1% difference, which is negligible in practice. The 1440p results show that the GPU is starting to become the limiting factor, as the scaling from 1080p to 1440p is steeper than the scaling from 1440p to 4K for most presets.

At 3840x2160, the performance drops dramatically. Low settings produce 94.9 FPS, which is still playable, but Medium drops to 64.4 FPS, High drops to 43.5 FPS, and Ultra drops to 43.8 FPS. The 4K High and Ultra results are nearly identical, with a difference of just 0.3 FPS. This indicates that the GPU has reached its absolute limit at 4K with these settings, and the game is not able to utilize the additional rendering features of the Ultra preset without sacrificing frame rate. The 4K Medium result of 64.4 FPS is significantly higher than High and Ultra, showing that the Medium preset avoids some GPU-intensive effects that cause the performance cliff at 4K.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 plays the dominant role in determining frame rates in Pc Building Simulator, particularly at higher resolutions. The GPU features 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed. The GPU has a base clock of 2280 MHz and a boost clock of 2497 MHz, with a TDP of 145 W.

The measured FPS data reveals that the GPU's performance ceiling is reached at 4K resolution. The 4K High result of 43.5 FPS and the 4K Ultra result of 43.8 FPS are nearly identical, which strongly suggests that the GPU's shading units, texture units, and raster operation pipelines are fully saturated. The GPU has 3840 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 119.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 299.6 GTexel/s. These specifications determine the raw rendering throughput, and the data shows that at 4K, the GPU cannot handle the workload of the High or Ultra presets.

The FP32 performance of 19.18 TFLOPS and the FP16 performance of 19.18 TFLOPS (1:1) indicate the GPU's compute capabilities, but in this simulation game, the rasterization performance is the limiting factor. The RTX 5060 has 30 RT cores and 120 tensor cores, but these are not heavily utilized in a game like Pc Building Simulator, which focuses on system building and management rather than ray-traced graphics.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 30109 places it in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, scores 30097, a deltaPct of 0. This means the RTX 5060 is exactly on par with the RX 7700 XT in synthetic benchmarks. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for this game at all tested resolutions, as the game does not appear to exceed this limit, but the raw compute and memory bandwidth are the constraints at 4K.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance on which settings preset offers the best experience for this combo in Pc Building Simulator. At 1080p, the High preset delivers 142.7 FPS, which is well above any practical refresh rate requirement. The Ultra preset at 1080p delivers 132.2 FPS, only 7.4% lower than High. Given that the visual difference between High and Ultra is typically minimal in simulation games, the High preset at 1080p offers the best balance of performance and visual quality, as the extra 10.5 FPS from dropping to High is more valuable than the marginal visual improvement from Ultra.

At 1440p, the High preset delivers 89.3 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The Ultra preset at 1440p delivers 86.5 FPS, a difference of just 2.8 FPS or 3.1%. In this case, the Ultra preset is recommended because the performance penalty is negligible, and the visual quality improvement is worth the small frame rate drop. The Medium preset at 1440p delivers 126.8 FPS, but this is unnecessary for smooth gameplay and sacrifices visual fidelity for no practical benefit.

At 4K, the situation is more complex. The High preset delivers 43.5 FPS, and the Ultra preset delivers 43.8 FPS, which are nearly identical and both below the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset at 4K delivers 64.4 FPS, which is above 60 FPS and represents the only playable option at this resolution. For a game like Pc Building Simulator, which is not a fast-paced action title, the 43.5 FPS from High settings at 4K might be acceptable, but the Medium preset provides a more comfortable frame rate. The Low preset at 4K delivers 94.9 FPS, but the visual quality degradation is likely too severe for a game that involves reading text and managing interfaces.

The best overall experience is the High preset at 1440p, which delivers 89.3 FPS with good visual quality. For users with a 4K monitor, the Medium preset at 64.4 FPS is the recommended choice. The data shows that the Ultra preset provides no meaningful benefit over High at any resolution, as the frame rate differences are minimal, so users should prioritize High settings for the best performance-to-quality ratio.