Ready Or Not

FAQ

Q: What is the Intel Core i5-12400's position relative to its closest rivals in synthetic CPU benchmarks?

A: The i5-12400 posts an average benchmark score of 19850, placing it at the 77th percentile of all CPUs. It is essentially neck-and-neck with the Intel Core i7-9700 (19831, 0.1% ahead) and the Intel Core i7-8700 (19894, 0.2% behind). It also edges out the Intel Core i5-11600K (19771, 0.4% ahead) and sits just behind the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX (19928, 0.4% behind).

Q: How does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in average benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 5080 achieves an average benchmark score of 59188, ranking in the 89th percentile of all GPUs. It leads the Intel Arc A580 (57756) by 2.5% and the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X (57661) by 2.6%. However, it trails the Intel Arc Pro A60 (60326) by 1.9% and only slightly edges out the Intel Arc A570M (58239) by 1.6%.

Q: What is the best 4K performance this combo delivers at High settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with High settings, the system achieves an average of 128 FPS. This is a strong result for 4K gaming, showing the RTX 5080 can handle demanding resolutions while paired with the i5-12400.

Q: How much faster is 1080p performance compared to 4K at Ultra settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 276, while at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 89.3. This represents a performance increase of roughly 209% at 1080p over 4K, highlighting the significant resolution scaling impact.

Q: Does the i5-12400 bottleneck the RTX 5080 in this game?

A: Benchmark results indicate the combo is highly capable, but at lower resolutions like 1080p, the CPU becomes the limiting factor. For instance, at 1080p Low, the system hits 495.8 FPS, while at 1440p Low, it reaches 316.5 FPS. The gap between these resolutions is smaller than the gap between 1440p and 4K, suggesting the CPU's 6-core/12-thread configuration limits frame rates at lower graphical loads.

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking among tested systems for this game?

A: The Intel Core i5-12400 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 combination ranks 96th out of 1748 tested combos in Ready Or Not. This places it in the top 5.5% of all tested configurations, indicating excellent performance for this title.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is the dominant component in this pairing for Ready Or Not. Its 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus provides a bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s, which is ample for the game's textures and assets at high resolutions. The GPU's architecture, Blackwell 2.0, operates with a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2617 MHz, alongside a memory clock of 1875 MHz (30 Gbps effective). These specifications contribute to the card's high pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 879.3 GTexel/s.

The benchmark data shows the GPU's strength scales well with settings. At 4K, moving from Low to High settings only reduces the average FPS from 163.2 to 128, a drop of about 21.6%. However, pushing to Ultra settings at 4K yields 89.3 FPS, a more substantial 45.2% decrease from High. This demonstrates that the RTX 5080 has significant headroom for high-fidelity visuals but that Ultra presets impose a heavy load, likely due to advanced effects that stress the GPU's compute and ray tracing capabilities.

With 10752 shading units and 112 ROPs, the RTX 5080 is well-equipped to handle the tactical shooter's environments and lighting. The GPU's 84 RT cores also suggest it can manage any ray-traced effects in Ready Or Not efficiently. The data confirms the GPU is the primary driver of performance at 4K, where the frame rates remain above 89 FPS even at Ultra, showcasing its raw power rather than being limited by the CPU.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 serves as the supporting component, providing 6 cores and 12 threads with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. This Alder Lake-S chip has an 18 MB shared L3 cache and supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory, though specific memory bandwidth figures are not provided. Its 65W TDP indicates efficient power draw, but its role in gaming is to feed the GPU with frame data.

In synthetic benchmarks, the i5-12400 scores 15935 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2249 in single-core, with a PassMark multi-thread score of 18747. These numbers place it at the 77th percentile, showing it is a capable mid-range processor. However, in Ready Or Not, the CPU's influence becomes apparent at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 495.8 FPS, which is exceptionally high but also indicates the CPU is working near its limit. The 3dmark scores for 16 threads (5873) and single thread (910) suggest that while multi-threaded performance is solid, the single-thread performance may cap maximum frame rates in CPU-bound scenarios.

The data shows a clear pattern: as resolution increases, the CPU's load decreases relative to the GPU. At 1080p, the frame rate differences between Low (495.8) and High (393.7) are notable, but at 4K, the same settings show a smaller gap (163.2 vs 128). This indicates that the i5-12400 provides sufficient processing power for high frame rates but becomes the limiting factor at 1080p, where the GPU is not fully utilized.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-12400 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 ranks 96th out of 1748 tested combos for Ready Or Not. This top-tier ranking places the system in the 94.5th percentile of all configurations tested. The high rank is primarily driven by the GPU's exceptional performance, as the RTX 5080's 89th percentile standing among all GPUs outweighs the CPU's more modest 77th percentile.

Compared to other combos, this pairing excels in scenarios where the GPU is the bottleneck, such as at 4K or with Ultra settings. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the system still delivers 89.3 FPS, which is playable and smooth for a tactical shooter. At 1440p High, the 247 FPS average ensures a highly responsive experience. The rank of 96 suggests that only 95 other combinations outperform this setup, likely featuring more powerful CPUs like high-end Core i9 or Ryzen 9 chips paired with similar or better GPUs.

The i5-12400's performance relative to its rivals (e.g., 0.1% ahead of the i7-9700) means that swapping to a slightly faster CPU would not dramatically change the combo's rank. Instead, the RTX 5080 is the star, and the data confirms that this pairing is well-balanced for high-resolution gaming, even if the CPU holds back some performance at 1080p.

Settings Recommendations

For the best experience with this combo, the benchmark data suggests that High settings provide the optimal balance between visual quality and performance. At 4K High, the system achieves 128 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. At 1440p High, the 247 FPS average is exceptional for competitive play, and at 1080p High, the 393.7 FPS ensures no display will bottleneck the system.

Ultra settings, while visually superior, impose a heavy penalty. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 89.3, which is still playable but falls short of high-refresh-rate monitors. At 1080p Ultra, the 276 FPS is still high, but the performance cost of Ultra may not be justified given the diminishing returns in visual fidelity for a tactical shooter. Medium settings offer a middle ground, with 142.7 FPS at 4K and 432.7 FPS at 1080p, but High provides nearly the same performance with better visuals.

Low settings are unnecessary for this hardware, as even at 4K Low, the system achieves 163.2 FPS. The data indicates that High is the sweet spot, offering the best visual experience without sacrificing the high frame rates that this GPU/CPU combo can deliver.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080: The highest performance is seen at this resolution. Low settings yield an average of 495.8 FPS, Medium delivers 432.7 FPS, High produces 393.7 FPS, and Ultra drops to 276 FPS. The performance scales predictably, with Ultra being 44.3% slower than Low.

2560x1440: At 1440p, the averages are still very high. Low settings achieve 316.5 FPS, Medium reaches 273.9 FPS, High hits 247 FPS, and Ultra delivers 172.9 FPS. The drop from Low to Ultra is 45.4%, showing similar scaling to 1080p.

3840x2160: At 4K, performance remains strong. Low settings average 163.2 FPS, Medium produces 142.7 FPS, High reaches 128 FPS, and Ultra drops to 89.3 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 45.3%, consistent with other resolutions.

The data shows that the RTX 5080 maintains a high level of performance across all resolutions, with the i5-12400 providing enough CPU headroom to avoid severe bottlenecks at 1440p and 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is significant and reveals the limiting component. At Low settings, performance decreases from 495.8 FPS at 1080p to 316.5 FPS at 1440p (a 36.2% drop) and then to 163.2 FPS at 4K (a 48.4% drop from 1440p). This pattern shows that the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck as resolution increases, since the frame rate scales inversely with the pixel count.

At High settings, the scaling is similar: 393.7 FPS at 1080p drops to 247 FPS at 1440p (37.3% drop) and then to 128 FPS at 4K (48.2% drop). The consistent scaling across settings indicates that the CPU is not the limiting factor at 1440p and 4K, as the i5-12400 can keep up with the GPU's demands at these resolutions.

However, at 1080p, the CPU's limitations become apparent. The difference between 1080p Low (495.8 FPS) and 1440p Low (316.5 FPS) is 179.3 FPS, while the difference between 1440p Low and 4K Low is 153.3 FPS. The smaller gap between 1080p and 1440p, relative to the pixel count increase, suggests that the CPU is capping performance at 1080p. This is further supported by the fact that at 1080p Ultra (276 FPS), the system still delivers high frame rates, but the CPU's single-thread performance (3dmark single-thread score of 910) limits the maximum achievable FPS. In summary, the RTX 5080 dominates performance at 1440p and 4K, while the i5-12400 becomes the bottleneck at 1080p, particularly at lower settings where the GPU is less stressed.