Ready Or Not

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 ranks 18th out of 1,748 tested combos in Ready Or Not. This places the configuration in the top 1% of all tested systems, an elite standing that reflects the GPU's dominance in this tactical shooter. The RTX 5090's percentile rank of 94 among all GPUs reinforces this, while the i5-13400F sits at the 82nd percentile among CPUs. The gap between the two components' percentile rankings hints at a system where the graphics card carries most of the performance load, a dynamic that becomes evident in the measured frame rates.

Benchmark data shows the RTX 5090 averaging 84,306 across all tests, placing it 0.1% ahead of the RTX 5090 D and 0.2% ahead of the RTX 5050 Mobile in the nearest rival group. The CPU's average benchmark score of 25,236 puts it within 0.5% of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D and 0.1% of the Intel Core i7-13620H. These margins are tight, indicating that the combo's high rank stems primarily from GPU performance rather than CPU dominance. In Ready Or Not specifically, the 18th-place finish out of 1,748 combos suggests that only a handful of alternative configurations—likely those pairing the RTX 5090 with faster processors—can outperform this setup.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 brings 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is critical for Ready Or Not, a game that loads dense environments with numerous AI-controlled suspects and civilians. The 32 GB capacity ensures that even the most texture-heavy scenes remain within VRAM limits, preventing stutter-inducing swaps to system memory. The GPU's boost clock of 2407 MHz, paired with 21,760 shading units and 176 ROPs, provides the raw throughput needed for high-refresh-rate tactical gameplay.

The GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 1,636.8 GTexel/s texture rate are substantial, but in Ready Or Not, the limiting factor at lower resolutions shifts to the CPU. At 1080p, the GPU's 535.3 FPS on Low settings suggests it is capable of far more than the processor can feed it. The RTX 5090's 170 RT cores and 680 tensor cores are largely idle in this title, which does not emphasize ray tracing. The GPU's passmark G3D score of 39,650 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 14,411 confirm its position at the top of the performance hierarchy, though the measured FPS in Ready Or Not shows that even this GPU cannot overcome CPU bottlenecks at lower resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data reveals a clear hierarchy across settings presets, with Low providing the highest frame rates and Ultra the lowest at every resolution. At 4K, the Ultra preset delivers 101.1 FPS, which is playable but leaves headroom for smoother gameplay. The High preset at 139.1 FPS offers a substantial improvement over Ultra while maintaining visual fidelity, making it the best balanced choice for 4K displays. The Medium preset at 155.8 FPS is also viable, but the jump from Medium to High costs only 16.7 FPS while likely providing noticeably better visuals.

For 1440p, the High preset at 271.9 FPS is the recommended starting point, as it exceeds the refresh rate of most high-end monitors while preserving image quality. The Ultra preset at 188.4 FPS still clears 144 Hz displays, so players with 144 Hz panels may prefer Ultra for maximum visual detail. At 1080p, all presets exceed 299 FPS, with Low reaching 535.3 FPS. Given the diminishing returns above 300 FPS on most displays, the High preset at 427.2 FPS is the sensible choice, offering high visual quality without sacrificing competitive responsiveness. The data suggests that High is the sweet spot across all resolutions, balancing the GPU's workload against the CPU's ability to feed frames.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset produces 101.1 FPS average, while High raises this to 139.1 FPS, Medium to 155.8 FPS, and Low to 178.5 FPS. The scaling from Ultra to Low represents a 76.5% increase in frame rate, indicating that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K. The gap between Ultra and High is 38 FPS, the largest single-step jump in the 4K set, suggesting that Ultra's additional effects impose a significant cost on the GPU.

At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. Ultra delivers 188.4 FPS, High jumps to 271.9 FPS, Medium reaches 296.4 FPS, and Low tops out at 338.4 FPS. The Ultra-to-High gap expands to 83.5 FPS, nearly doubling the 4K gap, which signals the onset of CPU limitations at lower resolutions. The difference between Medium and Low shrinks to 42 FPS, a smaller margin than the 4K equivalent, further evidence that the CPU is beginning to cap performance.

At 1920x1080, the CPU bottleneck becomes pronounced. Ultra yields 299 FPS, High reaches 427.2 FPS, Medium hits 466.6 FPS, and Low peaks at 535.3 FPS. The Ultra-to-High jump of 128.2 FPS is the largest in the entire dataset, while the Medium-to-Low gap narrows to 68.7 FPS. The progression from 4K to 1080p shows frame rates nearly quadrupling at Low settings (178.5 to 535.3 FPS), but the Ultra preset only grows from 101.1 to 299 FPS, a tripling that underscores how CPU limits compress the top-end settings at lower resolutions.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations in Ready Or Not?

A: It ranks 18th out of 1,748 tested combos, placing it in the top 1% of all systems measured for this game.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 4K gameplay?

A: The High preset at 139.1 FPS provides the best balance, as it delivers 38 FPS more than Ultra (101.1 FPS) while maintaining strong visual quality.

Q: Is the RTX 5090 the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: No. The data shows the CPU becomes the bottleneck at 1080p, with the gap between Medium and Low shrinking to 68.7 FPS, indicating the GPU is waiting on the processor.

Q: How much performance is lost between Low and Ultra settings?

A: At 4K, the drop is 77.4 FPS (from 178.5 to 101.1 FPS). At 1080p, the drop is 236.3 FPS (from 535.3 to 299 FPS), reflecting the CPU's growing influence at lower resolutions.

Q: Does the i5-13400F hold back the RTX 5090 in this game?

A: Yes, particularly at 1080p and 1440p, where the Ultra-to-High FPS gaps expand dramatically, indicating the CPU cannot keep pace with the GPU's frame generation capability.

Q: What memory specifications does the RTX 5090 use?

A: It uses 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, with 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth and an effective 28 Gbps memory clock.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F features 10 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.60 GHz. This Raptor Lake-S processor, built on Intel's 10 nm process, includes 20 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB of L2 per core. Its benchmark results show a single-thread score of 960 in 3DMark and 3004 in Cinebench R23, while multi-thread scores reach 7,307 in 3DMark and 21,279 in Cinebench R23. These numbers indicate a solid mid-range CPU, but one that trails the RTX 5090's performance class.

In Ready Or Not, the CPU's role becomes apparent in the scaling patterns. At 4K, the GPU is the bottleneck, and the CPU's 2.50 GHz base clock is sufficient to feed frames. At 1080p, however, the CPU's 4.60 GHz boost clock cannot keep up with the GPU's frame generation, capping Low settings at 535.3 FPS. The 16 threads handle the game's AI and physics workloads, but the single-thread performance, reflected in the 960 3DMark single-thread score, limits how quickly frames can be processed. The CPU's 82nd percentile ranking among all CPUs places it below the GPU's 94th percentile, confirming that the processor is the weaker link in this pairing.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear pattern of diminishing returns as resolution decreases. Moving from 4K to 1440p increases Low-settings FPS by 89.6% (178.5 to 338.4), while moving from 1440p to 1080p adds another 58.2% (338.4 to 535.3). For Ultra settings, the 4K-to-1440p jump is 86.4% (101.1 to 188.4), and the 1440p-to-1080p jump is 58.7% (188.4 to 299). These percentages reveal that the largest gains occur between 4K and 1440p, with the 1440p-to-1080p step yielding proportionally smaller improvements.

This scaling behavior identifies the limiting component. At 4K, the GPU's 1.79 TB/s bandwidth and 32 GB VRAM are fully utilized, and frame rates scale almost linearly with pixel count. At 1080p, the GPU is underutilized, and the CPU's 16 threads become the constraint. The Ultra preset at 1080p (299 FPS) is only 1.59 times faster than Ultra at 4K (101.1 FPS), despite the pixel count dropping by a factor of four. This 2.5x shortfall in expected scaling demonstrates that the CPU is capping performance at lower resolutions. The data indicates that players seeking the highest possible frame rates in Ready Or Not would benefit more from a stronger CPU than from the RTX 5090's GPU headroom, which remains substantial at 1080p and 1440p.