Ready Or Not

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the Intel Arc B580 lands at rank 2790 out of 3714 tested combos in Ready Or Not. That places this configuration in the 25th percentile of all tested combinations, meaning roughly three-quarters of the systems in the database deliver higher average frame rates in this tactical shooter. The ranking reflects a mid-pack position that is heavily influenced by the GPU's standing among its peers; the Arc B580 sits at the 68th percentile among all GPUs, while the Core i5-13400F ranks at the 77th percentile among all CPUs.

What stands out from the data is how the combo's overall rank is dragged down by the graphics card relative to the processor. The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H, both scoring within 0.4% of the i5-13400F's average benchmark score of 25292. The GPU, meanwhile, is bracketed by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, with deltaPct values of 0.6% and -0.7% respectively. This suggests the system's placement in Ready Or Not is not a matter of the CPU holding back the GPU, but rather the Arc B580's raw throughput defining the ceiling.

Benchmark results indicate that this combo is capable of playable frame rates across most settings, but it is not a top-tier performer. The rank of 2790 out of 3714 puts it in the lower half of the distribution, yet the measured FPS numbers tell a more nuanced story. At 1080p, this system is comfortably above playability thresholds; at 4K, it struggles at the highest preset. The combo's position in the database reflects a balanced pairing where the CPU has headroom to spare, but the GPU becomes the limiting factor as resolution and settings scale upward.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture, codenamed Battlemage, and fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm process with 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. It carries 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's base and boost clocks are both set at 2670 MHz, with memory running at 2375 MHz, or 19 Gbps effective. These specifications translate to a pixel rate of 213.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 427.2 GTexel/s, with FP32 compute rated at 13.67 TFLOPS.

In Ready Or Not, the GPU's 12 GB frame buffer is more than sufficient for the game's demands, even at 4K resolution with High settings, where the measured average FPS is 57. The memory bandwidth of 456.0 GB/s supports the game's texture streaming without apparent bottlenecks, as evidenced by the smooth scaling from Low to Medium settings at each resolution. The GPU's 20 ray tracing cores are present, but Ready Or Not's rasterization-focused rendering means they see limited utilization in this title.

The Arc B580's benchmark scores place it at the 68th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23021. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, with deltaPct values of -0.2%, 0.6%, and -0.7% respectively. This clustering around the RTX 2080 and RTX 3080 indicates that the Arc B580 performs in the upper-midrange tier of graphics cards, which aligns with its measured behavior in Ready Or Not: strong at 1080p and 1440p, but showing strain at 4K Ultra.

The GPU's dual-slot design and 190 W TDP suggest it is a power-efficient option for this performance class, though the data does not include power consumption measurements for Ready Or Not specifically. The 8-pin power connector and 450 W suggested PSU provide adequate headroom for the card's operation in a standard desktop configuration.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F is a Raptor Lake-S part with 10 cores and 16 threads, using a hybrid architecture that combines performance and efficiency cores. Its base clock is 2.50 GHz with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, and it carries 20 MB of shared L3 cache along with 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core. The CPU supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, and it connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 16 lanes. The 65 W TDP reflects a mainstream power envelope.

In synthetic benchmarks, the i5-13400F demonstrates strong multi-threaded performance. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22604 and single-core score of 3191 indicate a processor that can handle both lightly-threaded and heavily-threaded workloads. The Geekbench multi-core score of 11068 and single-core score of 1996 reinforce this picture. The PassMark multi-thread score of 25032 places it at the 77th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25292.

For Ready Or Not, the CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads are more than adequate, as the game is not known for extreme multi-threading demands. The boost clock of 4.60 GHz provides strong single-thread performance, which is critical for the game's AI and physics calculations. The measured FPS scaling across resolutions suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor in this combo; at 1080p Low, the system achieves 217 FPS, which is likely near the game's engine ceiling rather than a CPU bottleneck.

The nearest rivals to the i5-13400F in synthetic benchmarks include the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS, the Intel Core 5 120, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D, and the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H. All of these processors score within 0.4% of the i5-13400F's average, indicating that the CPU's performance is well within the expected range for its class. The lack of integrated graphics on the F-series chip means the Arc B580 handles all display output, but this has no bearing on gaming performance metrics.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Intel Core i5-13400F and Intel Arc B580 combination delivers its highest frame rates. With Low settings, the average FPS is 217, which represents the absolute ceiling for this pairing. Medium settings reduce the average to 189 FPS, with a minimum of 161 FPS and a maximum of 217 FPS. High settings produce an average of 172 FPS, while Ultra settings yield 121 FPS. All of these values are well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, and even the Ultra preset maintains a comfortable margin.

Moving to 2560x1440, the system shows expected performance degradation. Low settings deliver 137 FPS on average, while Medium settings produce 119 FPS with a minimum of 101 FPS and a maximum of 137 FPS. High settings average 108 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 76 FPS. The 1440p results indicate that the GPU is still capable of high refresh rate gaming at this resolution, particularly on Medium and High presets, where the frame rates remain above 100 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the Arc B580 begins to show its limits. Low settings produce an average of 72 FPS, which is playable but not silky smooth. Medium settings average 62 FPS with a minimum of 53 FPS and a maximum of 72 FPS, placing it right at the edge of playability. High settings drop to 57 FPS, and Ultra settings fall to 40 FPS. The 4K results reveal that this combination is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K requiring settings compromises to maintain acceptable frame rates.

The data shows a clear pattern: the system excels at 1080p across all presets, remains strong at 1440p with minor compromises, and requires Low or Medium settings at 4K to stay above 60 FPS. The minimum FPS values recorded for Medium settings at each resolution provide insight into frame time consistency, with 161 FPS at 1080p, 101 FPS at 1440p, and 53 FPS at 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K is revealing about the system's bottleneck characteristics. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 217 at 1080p to 137 at 1440p, a reduction of 36.9%, and then to 72 at 4K, a further reduction of 47.4% from 1440p. This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting factor, as the CPU's performance headroom is not being exhausted at lower resolutions.

For High settings, the scaling is similar but with a slightly different profile. The average FPS goes from 172 at 1080p to 108 at 1440p, a 37.2% drop, and then to 57 at 4K, a 47.2% drop from 1440p. The consistency of these percentage drops across settings suggests that the GPU's rendering workload scales predictably with pixel count, and that the CPU maintains sufficient frame delivery to avoid becoming a bottleneck.

The Medium settings data provides additional granularity. At 1080p, the average is 189 FPS; at 1440p, it is 119 FPS; and at 4K, it is 62 FPS. The percentage drops from 1080p to 1440p and from 1440p to 4K are 37.0% and 47.9% respectively. This near-identical scaling pattern across all presets confirms that the limiting component is the GPU, with the CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads providing ample processing power for the game's logic.

The 4K Ultra result of 40 FPS stands out as the only sub-60 FPS average in the entire dataset, and it is accompanied by a steep drop from the 4K High result of 57 FPS. This suggests that the Ultra preset's additional graphical effects, such as increased shadow quality and post-processing, impose a significant burden on the Arc B580's 13.67 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. The transition from High to Ultra at 4K represents a 29.8% performance penalty, which is larger than the corresponding drops at 1080p (29.6% from High to Ultra) and 1440p (29.6% from High to Ultra), indicating that the 4K Ultra setting is particularly demanding.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance for this Intel Core i5-13400F and Intel Arc B580 combo. At 1080p, Medium delivers 189 FPS on average with a minimum of 161 FPS, ensuring a consistently smooth experience that exceeds the refresh rates of most monitors. At 1440p, Medium produces 119 FPS with a minimum of 101 FPS, which remains well above the 60 FPS threshold and provides a comfortable buffer for demanding scenes.

For users prioritizing frame rate over visual fidelity, the Low preset at 1080p delivers the highest possible performance at 217 FPS, which is ideal for competitive play or high refresh rate displays. However, the visual downgrade from Medium to Low is substantial in a tactical shooter where spotting enemies in dark environments is critical, and the additional frames may not justify the reduced clarity.

At 1440p, High settings at 108 FPS are recommended for users with 120 Hz or 144 Hz monitors, as the average FPS is close to the refresh rate and the visual quality improvement over Medium is noticeable. The Ultra preset at 76 FPS is playable but offers diminishing returns in terms of visual fidelity while reducing the performance margin to 16 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold, which could result in occasional dips below playable levels.

For 4K gaming, the data suggests using Low settings, which produce 72 FPS on average. Medium settings at 62 FPS are also viable, but the minimum FPS of 53 recorded for this preset indicates that frame times may occasionally dip below the 60 FPS threshold, potentially causing noticeable stutter. High settings at 57 FPS are borderline, and Ultra at 40 FPS is not recommended for a playable experience. The 12 GB of VRAM on the Arc B580 is sufficient for 4K textures, but the GPU's compute throughput limits the feasibility of higher presets at this resolution.