Ready Or Not

# Ready Or Not with Intel Core i5-14400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

The Intel Core i5-14400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 delivers a formidable Ready Or Not experience, with measured frame rates ranging from 98.2 FPS at 4K Ultra to 535.3 FPS at 1080p Low. This combination sits at rank 9 out of 1748 tested combos in the game, placing it in the top 0.5% of all systems. The data reveals a system that is heavily GPU-limited at higher resolutions, while at 1080p the CPU's role becomes increasingly significant, though the RTX 5090's raw throughput keeps frame rates exceptionally high across all settings.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial and reveals a clear GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 424.6 FPS at 1920x1080 to 271.2 FPS at 2560x1440, then further to 142.6 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 66.4% reduction from 1080p to 4K, indicating that the rendering pipeline is being pushed progressively harder as pixel count increases. The scaling pattern is consistent with a GPU that has ample headroom at lower resolutions but becomes the primary constraint as resolution climbs.

At Low settings, the same trajectory holds: 535.3 FPS at 1080p drops to 342.5 FPS at 1440p and 180.2 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is 36.0%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 47.4%. This steeper second drop suggests that the memory bandwidth and pixel throughput requirements at 4K are taxing the GPU more severely relative to the 1440p step. Interestingly, the Ultra preset shows the most dramatic scaling: 300.2 FPS at 1080p falls to 186.9 FPS at 1440p (a 37.7% reduction) and then to 98.2 FPS at 4K (a 47.5% reduction from 1440p). The 4K Ultra result of 98.2 FPS is the only measured configuration that approaches the 60 FPS threshold, though it still clears it comfortably.

The limiting component at 1080p and 1440p is clearly the CPU, given that the RTX 5090 is capable of far higher frame rates than the i5-14400F can feed at these lower resolutions. This is evidenced by the fact that the 1080p Low result of 535.3 FPS is only 25.1% higher than the 1440p Low result, whereas the 1440p to 4K drop is much steeper. The data indicates that at 4K, the GPU becomes the definitive bottleneck, with the CPU's contribution diminishing as pixel throughput dominates.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is the centerpiece of this configuration, built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a GB202 chip manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It carries 32 GB of GDDR7 memory across a 512-bit bus, yielding 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2017 MHz with a boost clock of 2407 MHz, and memory runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective throughput. These specifications translate into 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, with 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 raster output units.

In Ready Or Not, the GPU's role is most pronounced at 4K resolution, where the frame rate drops from 180.2 FPS at Low to 98.2 FPS at Ultra, a 45.5% reduction attributable entirely to increased rendering complexity. The 32 GB VRAM capacity is far beyond what this game requires at any resolution, ensuring no memory capacity limits are reached even at 4K Ultra. The 1.79 TB/s memory bandwidth supports the high pixel throughput demands of 4K, though the scaling data suggests that compute and shading workloads, rather than bandwidth, are the primary limiters at Ultra settings.

The GPU's benchmark profile shows a 94th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 84,306. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D, scores 84,241, a delta of 0.1%, indicating that this GPU is essentially at the top of the performance stack. The RTX 5050 Mobile, despite its lower tier, scores 84,171, which is 0.2% behind, though this is a synthetic benchmark artifact rather than a reflection of real-world gaming performance. The GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 14,411 further confirms its flagship status.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor from the Raptor Lake Refresh generation, built on Intel's 10 nm process with a 215 mm² die size. It runs at a base clock of 2.50 GHz with a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, and features 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports dual-channel DDR4 and DDR5 memory and connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 16 lanes. Its 65 W TDP makes it a relatively modest power draw for a desktop processor.

In Ready Or Not, the CPU's influence is most visible at 1080p, where frame rates reach 535.3 FPS at Low settings. This extreme frame rate indicates that the CPU can sustain very high draw call throughput, though the RTX 5090's raw power means the CPU becomes the limiting factor at lower resolutions and settings. The 1080p Ultra result of 300.2 FPS versus the 1080p Low result of 535.3 FPS shows a 44.0% difference, which is primarily driven by the GPU's increased workload at Ultra rather than CPU constraints.

The CPU's benchmark scores show it performs at the 88th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 32,508. Its nearest rivals are tightly clustered: the Intel Core i7-12800H scores 32,513 (0% delta), the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 scores 32,446 (0.2% delta), and the AMD Ryzen 7 250 scores 32,584 (-0.2% delta). This clustering indicates that the i5-14400F is positioned in a highly competitive mid-range segment, with performance nearly indistinguishable from its closest competitors. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21,914 and single-core score of 3,093 further contextualize its capabilities, though the game's performance data shows that even at 4K Ultra, the CPU is not the bottleneck.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-14400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 achieves rank 9 out of 1,748 tested combos in Ready Or Not. This places the system in the top 0.5% of all configurations tested, which is remarkable given that the CPU is a mid-range part while the GPU is a flagship. The ranking suggests that in this game, the GPU dominates the performance equation, and the CPU's contribution, while not negligible, does not prevent the system from achieving near-top-tier results.

The rank of 9 implies that only 8 other combinations of CPU and GPU deliver higher average frame rates across the tested resolutions and settings. Given that the RTX 5090 is the fastest GPU in the benchmark database, the systems ranked above this combo likely pair the 5090 with higher-end CPUs that can better feed it at lower resolutions. The delta between this combo and the top-ranked systems is not directly provided, but the 1080p Low result of 535.3 FPS suggests that a more powerful CPU could push frame rates even higher, potentially exceeding 600 FPS in the most favorable conditions.

The fact that this combo ranks 9th despite the CPU's mid-range positioning indicates that Ready Or Not is not particularly CPU-sensitive at the resolutions most players use. The 4K Ultra result of 98.2 FPS, which is the most demanding configuration, is likely close to the maximum achievable with any CPU, making the GPU the definitive performance determinant. This explains why the combo ranks so highly despite the i5-14400F's modest specifications relative to top-tier CPUs.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average frame rates span from 300.2 FPS at Ultra to 535.3 FPS at Low. The Medium setting delivers 468.8 FPS, while High achieves 424.6 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 43.9% reduction in frame rate, with each settings tier costing approximately 10-15% performance. The gap between Low and Medium is 66.5 FPS, between Medium and High is 44.2 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 124.4 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset imposes a disproportionately heavy load compared to the other tiers.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates drop to 342.5 FPS at Low, 295.5 FPS at Medium, 271.2 FPS at High, and 186.9 FPS at Ultra. The reduction from 1080p to 1440p ranges from 36.0% at Low to 37.7% at Ultra, showing a consistent scaling factor across settings. The Ultra preset at 1440p loses 113.3 FPS compared to High, which is a 41.8% penalty, further reinforcing that Ultra settings are the most demanding configuration.

At 3840x2160, the measured results are 180.2 FPS at Low, 157.6 FPS at Medium, 142.6 FPS at High, and 98.2 FPS at Ultra. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 47.4% at Low, 46.7% at Medium, 47.4% at High, and 47.5% at Ultra, showing remarkable consistency in the scaling penalty across all settings. The 4K Ultra result of 98.2 FPS is the only configuration that dips below 100 FPS, though it remains well above playable thresholds. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 82.0 FPS, which is a 45.5% reduction, slightly less pronounced than at lower resolutions due to the GPU being the primary bottleneck at this pixel count.