Ready Or Not

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Intel Core i5-9400 is a 6-core, 6-thread desktop processor built on the Coffee Lake architecture and manufactured on Intel's 14 nm process node. It operates with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.10 GHz, with 9 MB of shared L3 cache and 64 KB L1 plus 256 KB L2 per core. The processor supports DDR4 memory over a dual-channel bus with 42.7 GB/s bandwidth, and its 65 W TDP places it in the mainstream power envelope. Released in October 2018, this chip is now end-of-life, and its 50th percentile ranking among all CPUs indicates it sits squarely in the middle of the performance distribution.

In synthetic multi-threaded workloads, the i5-9400 scores 803 points in Cinebench R15 multicore and 3346 points in R20 multicore, while the R23 multicore result reaches 7969 points. Single-thread performance is comparatively modest, with scores of 113 in R15, 472 in R20, and 1125 in R23. The average benchmark score of 2305 places it within 0.2% of the Intel Core i3-10305 and the Intel Core i3-1125G4, and within 0.4% of the Intel Xeon E-2134. Against the Intel Core i7-8809G, the i5-9400 trails by 0.6% — a margin small enough to be considered negligible in real-world gaming.

For Ready Or Not, a tactical shooter that emphasizes AI-driven enemy behavior and environment interactions, the CPU's modest thread count and mid-pack single-thread performance become relevant at lower resolutions. At 1080p, where the GPU can produce very high frame rates, the processor's 6 threads and 4.10 GHz boost clock determine the upper ceiling. The data shows that at 1080p Low settings, the combo reaches 310.2 FPS, which suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU adequately at that level. However, the lack of hyper-threading and the older Coffee Lake architecture mean that frame rates beyond that point would likely be constrained by CPU headroom rather than GPU capability.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture using Samsung's 8 nm process, with a GA104 chip containing 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1575 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz, with memory running at an effective 19 Gbps. It features 8 GB of GDDR6X memory across a 256-bit bus, delivering 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The 6144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units are complemented by 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores, enabling 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The card's TDP is 290 W, requiring a 600 W suggested power supply, and it occupies a dual-slot form factor.

In synthetic GPU benchmarks, the RTX 3070 Ti achieves a Passmark G3D score of 23356 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 137518, with Vulkan performance at 130778. The average benchmark score of 30849 places it at the 74th percentile among all GPUs. Relative to its nearest rivals, the RTX 3070 Ti leads the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME by 0.3% but trails the AMD Radeon RX 6700 by 0.8%, the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 by 0.9%, and the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q by 1.2%. These differences are minor, indicating the RTX 3070 Ti occupies a competitive position in its performance tier.

For Ready Or Not, the GPU's 8 GB VRAM and high memory bandwidth are key assets. The game's environments contain dense geometry and detailed textures, and the measured results show that the GPU can handle Ultra settings at 2560x1440 with an average of 113.8 FPS. The 608.3 GB/s bandwidth and 169.9 GPixel/s pixel rate provide ample throughput for the game's rendering demands. At 4K Ultra, the frame rate drops to 58.2 FPS, which still remains playable but indicates the GPU is being pushed to its limits at that resolution with maximum settings.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combination of the Intel Core i5-9400 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ranks 732nd out of 1748 tested combos in Ready Or Not. This places the pairing in the upper-middle portion of the overall distribution — roughly the 58th percentile of all tested combinations. The ranking reflects a system that can deliver high frame rates at mainstream resolutions but does not reach the top tier occupied by newer processors paired with higher-end GPUs.

The rank is notable because the GPU alone performs at the 74th percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU sits at the 50th percentile. The gap between these two positions suggests that the processor is the limiting factor in this pairing, preventing the system from reaching the full potential of the RTX 3070 Ti. In a game like Ready Or Not, which can be CPU-sensitive in scenarios with multiple AI agents, this imbalance becomes more pronounced at lower resolutions where the GPU is less burdened.

Compared to other combos in the database, this pairing delivers performance that is competitive with systems using similar mid-range processors and high-end GPUs. The 732nd rank out of 1748 combos means there are roughly 1016 combinations that score lower, indicating that this setup outperforms the majority of tested configurations. However, the substantial number of combos ranking higher — 731 — shows that there is meaningful headroom for improvement, particularly by pairing the RTX 3070 Ti with a stronger processor.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. With Low settings, the average FPS reaches 310.2, while Medium produces 275.8 FPS and High yields 252.3 FPS. Ultra settings at 1080p drop the average to 178.4 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 131.8 FPS, indicating that the GPU has substantial headroom even at maximum settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show a noticeable reduction. Low settings produce 198.7 FPS, Medium delivers 172.9 FPS, High reaches 159.4 FPS, and Ultra drops to 113.8 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra here is 84.9 FPS, a smaller absolute gap than at 1080p, which suggests the GPU is becoming more of a limiting factor as resolution increases.

At 3840x2160, the performance curve steepens. Low settings yield 105.7 FPS, Medium produces 90.6 FPS, High delivers 83.6 FPS, and Ultra falls to 58.2 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 47.5 FPS, the smallest absolute spread of any resolution tested. This pattern indicates that at 4K, the GPU is heavily loaded across all settings, and the performance scaling between quality presets compresses as the resolution demands more from the graphics card.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The transition from 1080p to 4K reveals distinct scaling behavior for each settings preset. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 310.2 at 1080p to 198.7 at 1440p — a 35.9% reduction — and then to 105.7 at 4K, representing a 65.9% drop from 1080p. At Medium settings, the progression goes from 275.8 to 172.9 to 90.6, a 67.1% decrease from 1080p to 4K. High settings follow a similar pattern: 252.3 to 159.4 to 83.6, a 66.9% total decline. Ultra settings show the steepest relative drop: 178.4 to 113.8 to 58.2, a 67.4% reduction from 1080p to 4K.

The consistency of these percentage drops across settings — all falling between 65.9% and 67.4% — indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. When the resolution increases, the rendering workload scales uniformly regardless of quality preset, and the RTX 3070 Ti's performance degrades proportionally. The fact that the percentage drops are so similar across all settings suggests that the CPU's contribution to frame rate becomes minimal at 4K, where the GPU is fully saturated.

However, the absolute frame rates at 1080p — particularly the 310.2 FPS Low result — indicate that the i5-9400 can keep up with the RTX 3070 Ti at lower resolutions. The 178.4 FPS at 1080p Ultra is still exceptionally high for a tactical shooter, and the 113.8 FPS at 1440p Ultra remains well above the threshold for smooth gameplay. The data shows that this combo is best utilized at 1440p or 1080p with high refresh rate displays, where the GPU's power can be fully expressed without being constrained by the CPU. At 4K, the system still delivers playable frame rates across most settings, but Ultra settings at 58.2 FPS sit close to the lower boundary of what most players would consider acceptable for a fast-paced shooter.