Ready Or Not

# Ready Or Not with Intel Core i5-10400F + AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT ranks 844th out of 1,748 tested combos in Ready Or Not, placing it squarely in the upper-middle portion of the database. The CPU sits at the 73rd percentile among all processors, while the GPU ranks at the 79th percentile among all graphics cards, indicating a balanced pairing where neither component dramatically outperforms the other. This combo demonstrates strong 1080p performance with average frame rates exceeding 150 FPS across all settings, but the 4K Ultra results reveal a clear ceiling that aligns with the GPU's position relative to its nearest rivals.

How This Combo Ranks

At rank 844 of 1,748 tested combinations, this pairing lands just past the midpoint of the database, which is notable given the individual component percentiles. The CPU's 73rd percentile placement suggests the processor is capable of feeding the GPU adequately in most scenarios, while the GPU's 79th percentile indicates slightly stronger relative standing. The combination of a 6-core, 12-thread Comet Lake processor with a RDNA 2.0 GPU produces results that are competitive but not exceptional for the tactical shooter genre.

The measured data shows this combo delivers playable frame rates even at 4K Ultra (54.1 FPS average), which is a meaningful achievement for a game of this type. However, the gap between the CPU's nearest rivals and the GPU's nearest rivals tells an interesting story. The CPU's closest competitor, the AMD EPYC 7552, scores within 0.4% of the i5-10400F's average benchmark score, while the GPU's nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 5600M, sits just 0.2% higher. This tight clustering suggests the combo's overall rank is driven more by the specific game's engine demands than by raw component headroom.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo perform at 1080p with High settings?

A: The average frame rate is 226.4 FPS, which represents a substantial buffer above typical 144Hz display refresh rates. This result indicates the combo is never CPU-limited at this resolution, as the GPU has significant headroom to render frames quickly.

Q: What is the 4K Ultra performance like?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo averages 54.1 FPS. This is just below the 60 FPS threshold that many players consider the minimum for smooth gameplay, though the tactical nature of Ready Or Not may make this acceptable for some users.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The i5-10400F scores 14,168 on average, which is 0.4% above the AMD EPYC 7552, 0.8% below the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C, 1.1% below the Intel Core i5-8500, and 1.2% below the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546. These deltas are all within a narrow band, showing the processor performs consistently with its peer group.

Q: What frame rate can users expect at 1440p with Medium settings?

A: The measured average is 155.5 FPS, which comfortably exceeds 144Hz displays. This represents a 38.2% drop from the 1080p Medium result of 248.3 FPS, showing the GPU is beginning to feel the resolution increase.

Q: Is there a significant difference between Low and Ultra settings at any resolution?

A: At 1080p, the spread from Low (283.4 FPS) to Ultra (154.9 FPS) is 128.5 FPS, or approximately 45.3% lower performance at Ultra. At 4K, the same comparison shows Low at 94.5 FPS versus Ultra at 54.1 FPS, a 42.8% reduction, demonstrating that settings scaling remains consistent across resolutions.

Q: How does the GPU's average benchmark score compare to the RTX 3080?

A: The RX 6750 XT scores 35,327 on average, which is 1.3% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080's score of 35,787. The GPU also ranks 0.2% above the RX 5600M and 0.3% below the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F provides 6 cores and 12 threads, running at a base clock of 2.90 GHz and boosting to 4.30 GHz. This Comet Lake architecture processor operates on a 14 nm process node with a 65 W TDP, and its 12 MB of shared L3 cache is distributed across the six physical cores. In Ready Or Not, a tactical shooter that typically relies on moderate thread counts, the CPU's 12 threads offer sufficient parallelism for game logic, AI, and physics calculations without becoming a bottleneck.

Synthetic benchmarks place this CPU's multithreaded performance at 10,297 in Cinebench R23, while single-thread performance reaches 1,453 in the same test. The 3DMark results show scaling from 688 in single-thread to 4,748 in 16-thread tests, indicating reasonable thread scaling efficiency. The CPU's 73rd percentile ranking among all processors means it outperforms roughly three-quarters of the CPUs in the database, which aligns with the measured game performance showing no obvious CPU-induced frame rate caps.

The memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s over dual-channel DDR4 is modest by modern standards, but for Ready Or Not's requirements, it proves adequate. The PCIe Gen 3 interface with 16 lanes provides sufficient bandwidth for the RX 6750 XT, though the GPU supports PCIe 4.0. In practice, the game's data shows the CPU can sustain frame rates above 280 FPS at 1080p Low, proving it is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions and settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce an average of 283.4 FPS, Medium reaches 248.3 FPS, High achieves 226.4 FPS, and Ultra still maintains 154.9 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 45.3% reduction in frame rate, with the largest single-step drop occurring between High and Ultra at 71.5 FPS. These numbers indicate the GPU is the primary driver of performance at this resolution, with the CPU comfortably keeping pace.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are 180.3 FPS at Low, 155.5 FPS at Medium, 141.0 FPS at High, and 98.7 FPS at Ultra. The resolution increase from 1080p to 1440p costs approximately 36.4% performance at Low settings, 37.4% at Medium, 37.7% at High, and 36.3% at Ultra. This consistency suggests the GPU's rendering pipeline scales predictably with pixel count, without any unusual bottlenecks emerging.

At 3840x2160, the results drop to 94.5 FPS at Low, 80.2 FPS at Medium, 75.7 FPS at High, and 54.1 FPS at Ultra. The 4K resolution represents a 66.6% reduction from 1080p at Low settings, while the Ultra setting shows a 65.1% reduction. The 4K Ultra result of 54.1 FPS is the only measured configuration that falls below 60 FPS, making it the sole point where the combo struggles to maintain smooth gameplay. The spread between Low and Ultra at 4K is 40.4 FPS, which is proportionally similar to the other resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The performance degradation from 1080p to 4K reveals a consistent pattern: frame rates drop by roughly two-thirds at the highest resolution, regardless of quality settings. From 1080p Low (283.4 FPS) to 4K Low (94.5 FPS), the reduction is 66.6%. From 1080p Ultra (154.9 FPS) to 4K Ultra (54.1 FPS), the reduction is 65.1%. This uniformity indicates the GPU is the limiting component across all settings, as the CPU's workload remains relatively constant while the GPU's pixel-processing demands increase dramatically.

The step from 1080p to 1440p costs approximately 36-38% performance, while the step from 1440p to 4K costs another 46-48%. This non-linear scaling is typical for GPU-bound scenarios, where the additional pixel count at 4K (4,096 vs 2,304 pixels at 1440p, a 77.8% increase) outpaces the frame rate reduction. At 1080p, the CPU's 12 threads can feed the GPU sufficiently to reach 283.4 FPS at Low, but at 4K, the GPU's 13.31 TFLOPS of FP32 compute becomes the clear constraint.

The data suggests that users targeting 60 FPS or higher should avoid 4K Ultra, where the combo averages 54.1 FPS. At 1440p, all settings exceed 98 FPS, making this resolution the sweet spot for high-refresh monitors. At 1080p, even Ultra settings maintain 154.9 FPS, which is notably higher than the 144Hz standard. The GPU's 12 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 192-bit bus provides 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves sufficient for the game's textures at all tested resolutions, as evidenced by the smooth scaling behavior.