Red Dead Redemption 2

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers a robust 1080p experience in Red Dead Redemption 2, with the data showing a clear performance hierarchy across its four presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 111.3 FPS, while Medium drops to 84.7 FPS and High settles at 69.4 FPS. The Ultra preset, however, falls to 49.3 FPS, which is a substantial 44% reduction from the Low setting. For the best experience per the measured rows, the High preset at 1080p offers the most balanced combination of visual fidelity and fluidity, staying well above the 60 FPS threshold at 69.4 FPS. The Medium preset at 84.7 FPS is also viable for those prioritizing frame rate, but High provides the superior image quality without sacrificing playability. At 2560x1440, High drops to 51.2 FPS, making Medium at 62.2 FPS the more practical choice for maintaining smooth motion at that resolution. The 4K resolution is only playable on Low (55.9 FPS), as Medium (40.9 FPS) and High (32.3 FPS) fall below acceptable levels.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data clearly indicates that the High preset at 1920x1080 is the optimal configuration for this combo, delivering 69.4 FPS average. This represents a 41.3% performance headroom over the 49.3 FPS seen at Ultra, while still providing the enhanced visual effects that the High preset offers over Medium. For users with 1440p displays, the Medium preset at 62.2 FPS is the recommended starting point, as it maintains playable frame rates while the High preset's 51.2 FPS may feel less responsive in fast-paced scenes. The Low preset at 1080p (111.3 FPS) is the only setting that approaches high-refresh-rate territory, but the visual compromise is substantial. At 4K, the Low preset (55.9 FPS) is the sole viable option; any higher setting drops below 41 FPS, which is unsuitable for a smooth experience. The data suggests that this combination is best suited for 1080p High or 1440p Medium, with the GPU becoming the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions and settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is a critical factor in Red Dead Redemption 2's open-world environments. The GPU's boost clock of 2460 MHz and base clock of 1830 MHz, coupled with 3072 shading units, drive the frame rates observed in the measurements. The FP32 compute throughput of 15.11 TFLOPS and texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s indicate the card's capacity to handle the game's complex shaders and texture streaming. The 48 ROPs and pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s become increasingly strained as resolution rises, explaining the steep performance drop from 1080p to 4K. The 24 RT cores are present but not directly measured in this dataset; the game's traditional rasterization workload is the primary driver of the results. The VRAM capacity of 8 GB is sufficient for the tested presets, but the 128-bit memory interface limits bandwidth availability at higher resolutions, contributing to the 4K performance collapse.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific configuration of the Intel Core i5-10400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 ranks 952nd out of 1687 tested combos in Red Dead Redemption 2, placing it in the middle of the field. The CPU itself holds a percentile ranking of 73 among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 14168. Its nearest rivals in synthetic tests include the AMD EPYC 7552 (deltaPct 0.4%), AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (deltaPct -0.8%), Intel Core i5-8500 (deltaPct -1.1%), and AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 (deltaPct -1.2%). These narrow deltas indicate that the i5-10400F's computational performance is closely matched by several other CPUs, meaning the GPU is likely the dominant factor in the game's frame rates. The RTX 4060's percentile rank is 66 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23181. Its nearest GPU rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (deltaPct -0.6%), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti (deltaPct -0.7%), Intel Arc B580 (deltaPct 0.7%), and AMD Radeon 760M (deltaPct 0.8%). The combo's mid-pack ranking suggests that while each component performs adequately on its own, the pairing does not achieve exceptional synergy in this particular title, likely due to the CPU's 6-core/12-thread configuration and the GPU's 8 GB memory ceiling.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values are 111.3 for Low, 84.7 for Medium, 69.4 for High, and 49.3 for Ultra. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a consistent frame rate reduction, with Ultra being 55.7% slower than Low. The jump from High to Ultra is particularly steep at 28.9%, indicating that the Ultra preset introduces rendering features that disproportionately tax the GPU. At 2560x1440, the averages are 80.5 for Low, 62.2 for Medium, 51.2 for High, and 35.9 for Ultra. The 1440p data follows a similar pattern, with Ultra being 55.4% slower than Low. The High preset at 1440p (51.2 FPS) is only slightly faster than the Ultra preset at 1080p (49.3 FPS), showing that the resolution increase has a similar performance cost to the settings increase. At 3840x2160, the averages are 55.9 for Low, 40.9 for Medium, 32.3 for High, and 26.9 for Ultra. The 4K Ultra setting (26.9 FPS) is barely playable, while 4K Low (55.9 FPS) is the only configuration that approaches console-like smoothness. The data across all resolutions shows that the Low preset always maintains at least 55 FPS, while the Ultra preset never exceeds 49.3 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The performance degradation from 1080p to 4K is significant and reveals the limiting component. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 69.4 at 1080p to 51.2 at 1440p (a 26.2% decrease) and then to 32.3 at 4K (a 53.5% decrease from 1080p). This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K, yet the frame rate does not drop proportionally, suggesting some CPU headroom exists. For Low settings, the values are 111.3 at 1080p, 80.5 at 1440p, and 55.9 at 4K, showing a 49.8% reduction from 1080p to 4K. The Medium preset drops from 84.7 to 62.2 to 40.9 across the same resolutions, a 51.7% reduction. The Ultra preset shows the most severe scaling: 49.3 to 35.9 to 26.9, a 45.4% reduction from 1080p to 4K. The consistent 45-55% frame rate reduction across all presets when moving from 1080p to 4K points to the RTX 4060's 8 GB memory buffer and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth being insufficient for the increased pixel workload, rather than the CPU's 6-core/12-thread configuration. The CPU's 12 MB of L3 cache and 42.7 GB/s memory bandwidth are adequate for the game's logic, but the GPU's 128-bit memory bus becomes a limiting factor at higher resolutions.