Revolution Idle

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 posts a 137th-place finish out of 1,774 tested combos in Revolution Idle, placing it in the top 7.7% of all configurations. Measured frame rates range from 43 FPS at 4K Ultra to 165.8 FPS at 1080p Low, showing that the GPU is the primary performance driver in this idle title.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data reveals a consistent pattern: Medium settings outperform High at every resolution, while Low always delivers the highest frame rate. At 3840x2160, Medium hits 64.4 FPS, High trails at 60.7, and Ultra drops to 43. For a smooth 4K experience, Medium is the best choice—it stays above 60 FPS and offers a small but real advantage over High. Low reaches 83.8 FPS, but that comes at the cost of visual quality, which is unnecessary for an idle game. At 2560x1440, Medium again leads the non-Low presets with 123.8 FPS, while High manages 119 and Ultra falls to 77. Here, Medium is the clear sweet spot; even High is perfectly playable, but Medium gives a few extra frames without a noticeable visual penalty. At 1920x1080, all settings are above 120 FPS, including Ultra at 122.6. Low tops out at 165.8, but Ultra is the most visually demanding and still delivers a smooth experience. For 1080p, Ultra is the recommended preset because the frame rate remains high enough to justify the extra detail. Across all resolutions, the data suggests that Medium is the most balanced preset for this combo, offering the best frame rate without dropping to Low. Ultra is only advisable at 1080p, where the performance cost is minimal.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 137th out of 1,774 tested configurations, which puts it in the top 7.7% of all systems. This is a strong result, driven largely by the RTX 4090's 91st-percentile standing among all GPUs. The CPU, by contrast, sits in the 75th percentile, with an average benchmark score of 17,181. That score is nearly identical to its nearest rivals: the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U scores 17,189 (0% delta), the Intel Core i7-1260P scores 17,212 (-0.2%), the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U scores 17,215 (-0.2%), and the Intel Core i5-1240U scores 17,141 (+0.2%). In other words, the i5-11400F is statistically indistinguishable from these alternatives in synthetic benchmarks. The high combo rank therefore reflects the GPU's dominance rather than any CPU advantage. The RTX 4090's average benchmark score of 66,473 is also close to its nearest rivals—the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (66,733, -0.4%), Tesla P40 (66,127, +0.5%), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (67,097, -0.9%), and NVIDIA Quadro P6000 (67,320, -1.3%)—but the 4090's real-world gaming performance, as seen in the measured FPS, is what pushes this combo into the top percentile.

GPU Role

The RTX 4090 brings 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, with 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 2235 MHz and boost clock is 2520 MHz, while the memory runs at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). These specifications are far beyond what an idle game like Revolution Idle requires, yet the measured FPS shows that the GPU still scales with settings. At 4K Ultra, the frame rate drops to 43, which is surprisingly low for a card of this caliber. This suggests the game may have a performance ceiling or is not optimized for high-end GPUs, but the data is clear: even the most powerful consumer GPU cannot push this title past 43 FPS at 4K Ultra. The GPU's synthetic benchmarks—Passmark G3D 38,194, 3DMark Steel Nomad 9,223, Geekbench OpenCL 317,684, and Vulkan 270,615—place it in the 91st percentile, but its nearest rivals in the benchmark database have similar average scores, indicating that the 4090 is not the absolute top in raw compute but excels in gaming workloads. The 24 GB VRAM is overkill for this game, but it ensures no memory-related bottlenecks at any resolution or setting.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 165.8 FPS on Low, 144.9 on Medium, 141.9 on High, and 122.6 on Ultra. Every preset exceeds 120 FPS, so the game is fully playable at the highest settings. The gap between Low and Ultra is 43.2 FPS, showing that the GPU has headroom even at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, Low reaches 140.2 FPS, Medium 123.8, High 119, and Ultra 77. Medium and High are nearly identical, with a difference of only 4.8 FPS, while Ultra takes a significant hit. The 1440p results indicate that Medium is the most efficient preset, offering 123.8 FPS without the visual downgrade of Low.

At 3840x2160, Low hits 83.8 FPS, Medium 64.4, High 60.7, and Ultra 43. Only Low and Medium stay above 60 FPS; High is just barely above the threshold, and Ultra falls well below. The 4K data shows a steep drop from Medium to High (3.7 FPS) and a much larger drop from High to Ultra (17.7 FPS). This suggests that Ultra settings impose a heavy load on the GPU, even with 24 GB of VRAM and 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth.

FAQ

Q: What is the best setting for 4K on this combo?

A: Medium provides 64.4 FPS, which is the highest among Medium, High, and Ultra. Low gives 83.8 FPS but with reduced visual quality, so Medium is the recommended balance.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested systems?

A: It ranks 137th out of 1,774 combos, placing it in the top 7.7% of all configurations.

Q: What is the GPU's memory size and type?

A: The RTX 4090 has 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus.

Q: What is the CPU's core and thread count?

A: The Intel Core i5-11400F has 6 cores and 12 threads.

Q: What is the CPU's boost clock speed?

A: The boost clock is 4.40 GHz, with a base clock of 2.60 GHz.

Q: What is the GPU's boost clock speed?

A: The RTX 4090's boost clock is 2520 MHz, with a base clock of 2235 MHz.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on Rocket Lake architecture, built on Intel's 14 nm process. It has a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, with 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 512 KB of L2 per core. Memory support is DDR4 dual-channel with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. The CPU's benchmark scores include a Cinebench R23 multi-core result of 14,372 and single-core of 2,029, a Passmark multithread score of 16,908, and a single-thread score of 2,981. These numbers place the CPU in the 75th percentile of all CPUs, and its average benchmark score of 17,181 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals, as noted earlier. In Revolution Idle, the CPU is unlikely to be a bottleneck; the measured FPS differences across settings are more attributable to GPU load. The CPU's single-thread performance is more than adequate for the game's logic, and its 6 cores provide enough parallelism for any background tasks. The launch MSRP of the CPU is $157, but that figure does not affect its in-game performance. Overall, the i5-11400F is a capable mid-range processor that pairs well with the RTX 4090, though the GPU clearly dominates the performance picture in this title.