Ready Or Not

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is a balanced, high-refresh-rate 1080p and 1440p combination for Ready Or Not. The data shows the RTX 3070’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth are the primary drivers of performance, while the i5-10400F’s 6 cores and 12 threads provide sufficient headroom to avoid bottlenecking at lower resolutions.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best performance this combo achieves in Ready Or Not?*

A: The highest average frame rate recorded is 305.5 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. Even at 4K with High settings, the combo maintains an average of 80.1 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 3070 compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 3070’s average benchmark score is 28238. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, scores 27985, which puts the RTX 3070 ahead by 0.9%. It also leads the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti by 1% (28238 vs 27956).

Q: Is the CPU a limiting factor at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, the frame rates are extremely high (240.7 FPS on High), indicating the GPU is still the primary workload driver. The CPU’s performance percentile of 73 suggests it is capable, but the data shows the scaling from 1080p to 1440p is close to linear, meaning the CPU is not bottlenecking at these settings.

Q: What is the impact of raising settings from Low to Ultra at 1440p?

A: The average FPS drops from 191.2 on Low to 106.3 on Ultra, a reduction of 44.4% in performance. This indicates that the GPU’s shading units (5888) and memory bandwidth are heavily taxed by the higher visual fidelity.

Q: How does the i5-10400F rank against other CPUs?

A: The i5-10400F has a percentile rank of 73 out of all CPUs. Its average benchmark score is 14168, which is nearly identical to the AMD EPYC 7552 (14115), and it trails the Intel Core i5-8500 by 1.1%.

Q: What is the combo’s overall standing in the database for this game?

A: The combination ranks 815th out of 1748 tested combos in Ready Or Not. This places it in the upper-middle portion of the database, reflecting its ability to produce high frame rates, though not the absolute top tier.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is the dominant component in this analysis. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, paired with a 256-bit bus width and 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, is the primary resource for rendering Ready Or Not’s environments. The GPU’s 5888 shading units and 184 texture mapping units (TMUs) handle the polygon load and texture filtering, while 96 ROPs manage the final pixel output.

The clock speeds are notable: a base of 1500 MHz and a boost of 1725 MHz. These clocks, combined with the 20.31 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, allow the card to sustain impressive frame rates. In the measured data, the GPU demonstrates its capability by pushing 305.5 FPS at 1080p Low, but the most telling results are at 4K. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the average FPS drops to 53.5, which is a 82.5% decrease from the 1080p Low score. This steep drop indicates the GPU’s memory bandwidth and compute units are saturated at the higher resolution with maximum settings.

The GPU’s synthetic benchmark performance supports this. Its Passmark G3D score of 22214 and 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 3162 show strong raw compute. The Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan scores of 123479 and 120664, respectively, further confirm that the GPU is well-suited for high-fidelity rendering. The data suggests that the RTX 3070 is the main engine here, and its 220 W TDP reflects the power necessary to drive these results.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of resolution scaling. From 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 on High settings, the average frame rate drops from 240.7 FPS to 148.8 FPS, a reduction of 38.2%. Moving from 1440p to 3840x2160 on High, the FPS falls further to 80.1, which is another 46.2% decrease. This consistent scaling suggests that the game is highly sensitive to pixel count, and the GPU is the limiting component.

The scaling is even more pronounced on Ultra settings. At 1080p Ultra, the system achieves 170.1 FPS, which drops to 106.3 FPS at 1440p (a 37.5% reduction) and then to 53.5 FPS at 4K (a 49.7% reduction from 1440p). This non-linear drop at 4K is a strong indicator that the RTX 3070’s 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are being pushed to their limits.

The difference between Low and Ultra settings at the same resolution further highlights the GPU dependency. At 4K, the spread from Low (102.8 FPS) to Ultra (53.5 FPS) is 49.3 FPS. At 1080p, the same spread is 135.4 FPS (from 305.5 to 170.1). This shows that at lower resolutions, the CPU and GPU can still leverage higher settings, but at 4K, the GPU’s memory subsystem becomes a bottleneck.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers exceptional performance across all settings. Low averages 305.5 FPS, Medium 266.6 FPS, High 240.7 FPS, and Ultra 170.1 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 135.4 FPS, which is significant but still leaves the system well above the refresh rate of most monitors.

At 2560x1440, the numbers remain high. Low yields 191.2 FPS, Medium drops to 167 FPS, High to 148.8 FPS, and Ultra to 106.3 FPS. The drop from Low to Ultra is 84.9 FPS, indicating that the GPU is handling the increased pixel load well, but the Ultra settings are starting to tax the hardware.

At 3840x2160, the performance becomes more variable. Low averages 102.8 FPS, Medium 88 FPS, and High 80.1 FPS. Ultra falls to 53.5 FPS, which is the only setting that dips below the 60 FPS threshold. This makes 4K Ultra a demanding target, but High settings at 4K remain playable.

The data pattern shows a consistent hierarchy: Low > Medium > High > Ultra. The delta between Medium and High is smaller than between High and Ultra, suggesting that the Ultra preset introduces effects that are disproportionately expensive on the RTX 3070. For example, at 1440p, the jump from High (148.8 FPS) to Ultra (106.3 FPS) is a 42.5 FPS loss, while the jump from Medium (167 FPS) to High (148.8 FPS) is only 18.2 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 815 out of 1748 tested combinations places it in the 46.6th percentile of all systems tested for Ready Or Not. This means that while it is not in the top tier, it outperforms more than half of the other configurations in the database. This ranking is consistent with the measured FPS, which shows high performance at 1080p and 1440p but struggles at 4K Ultra.

The GPU’s percentile rank of 72 (out of all GPUs) and the CPU’s percentile rank of 73 are both above average. This synergy explains why the combo sits in the upper-middle tier of the rankings. The RTX 3070’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, performs within 0.9% of it, but the i5-10400F’s nearest rivals, such as the Intel Core i5-8500, are within 1.1% of its score. This suggests that the combo is well-matched, with neither component dragging the other down significantly.

The rank also reflects the game’s specific demands. Ready Or Not is a tactical shooter that appears to scale well with GPU resources, as evidenced by the significant FPS drops at 4K Ultra. The combo’s middle-tier ranking is a direct result of the RTX 3070’s 8 GB VRAM being sufficient for most scenarios but not for the absolute highest settings at 4K.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F provides the processing foundation for this combo. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz. Its 12 MB of shared L3 cache helps with data reuse, and the dual-channel DDR4 memory bus offers 42.7 GB/s of bandwidth, which is modest compared to the GPU’s 448.0 GB/s.

In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 10297 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1453 in single-core. Its Passmark multithread score is 12115, and its single-thread score is 2541. These numbers place it at the 73rd percentile, indicating solid mainstream performance.

In the context of Ready Or Not, the CPU’s role appears to be secondary to the GPU. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (305.5 FPS) is extremely high, and the scaling from 1080p to 1440p is close to what would be expected from a GPU-bound scenario. The CPU’s 3DMark 2-thread score of 1350 and 4-thread score of 2560 show that it can handle the game’s core logic threads, but the data does not suggest it is a bottleneck.

The CPU’s nearest rival, the AMD EPYC 7552, has a nearly identical average score (14115 vs 14168, a 0.4% difference), which confirms that the i5-10400F is a competent mid-range processor. However, at 4K Ultra, where the FPS drops to 53.5, the CPU is likely idle waiting for the GPU to finish rendering, reinforcing that the RTX 3070 is the limiting factor in this configuration. The 65 W TDP of the CPU also indicates a lower power draw, leaving more headroom for the GPU’s 220 W TDP.