Revolution Idle

Revolution Idle is an unusual case for a hardware benchmark because, as an idle game, its frame rate demands are modest, yet the measured data reveals a clear hierarchy across settings and resolutions. The Intel Core i5-13400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 combination produces a wide spread of results, from a highly playable 195.3 FPS at 1080p Low down to a demanding 42.6 FPS at 4K Ultra. The data suggests that the choice of settings is far more impactful than the choice of resolution, with the Ultra preset consistently acting as a performance cliff.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows show a clear pattern: Low, Medium, and High settings deliver relatively close performance at each resolution, while Ultra incurs a massive penalty. At 1080p, the spread between Low and High is just 19.7 FPS (195.3 to 175.6), but dropping from High to Ultra costs 53.3 FPS, a 30% reduction from the High value. This trend escalates with resolution. At 1440p, the gap between Low and High is 46.2 FPS, while the drop from High to Ultra is 44.9 FPS. At 4K, the difference between Low and High is 26.1 FPS, but the Ultra preset falls to 42.6 FPS, which is only 67% of the High preset’s 63.3 FPS.

The best experience per the data is the High preset. It provides a substantial visual upgrade over Low and Medium while maintaining excellent frame rates: 175.6 FPS at 1080p, 121.7 FPS at 1440p, and 63.3 FPS at 4K. The High preset is the only tier that keeps 4K playable at over 60 FPS, making it the clear recommendation for smooth gameplay on a 4K display. While Low offers the highest raw frame rates, the performance gains over High are modest in absolute terms (19.7 FPS at 1080p, 46.2 FPS at 1440p, 26.1 FPS at 4K). For users with high refresh rate monitors at 1080p or 1440p, Low might be tempting, but the data shows that High still delivers triple-digit frame rates at both resolutions, suggesting that the visual fidelity of High is not a significant compromise.

Ultra, conversely, appears to be a setting to avoid unless the user is targeting cinematic frame rates. The measured 42.6 FPS at 4K Ultra is the lowest result in the entire dataset, and even at 1080p, the Ultra preset’s 122.3 FPS is lower than the 4K High result. This indicates that the Ultra preset imposes a workload that is disproportionate to its visual benefit, likely due to specific effects or rendering techniques that are poorly optimized for this hardware combination.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. Its benchmark scores show a strong single-threaded performance of 3004 in Cinebench R23, which is crucial for an idle game’s simulation logic and UI responsiveness. The multi-threaded score of 21279 in the same test indicates that the CPU can handle background processes without causing frame hitches. The CPU’s percentile of 82 versus all CPUs places it in the upper tier, and its average benchmark score of 25236 is nearly identical to its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-13620H, which scores 25201 with a deltaPct of 0.1.

In the context of Revolution Idle, the CPU’s role appears to be secondary to the GPU, but not negligible. The 3DMark single-thread score of 960 and 2-thread score of 1880 suggest that the game’s main thread is well-served by the i5-13400F’s architecture. However, the data from the FPS measurements shows that the CPU is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 195.3 FPS, which is likely near the engine’s frame rate cap or the CPU’s ability to feed the GPU. The fact that the frame rate drops significantly at 4K Ultra (42.6 FPS) while CPU clocks remain constant implies the GPU is the bottleneck in that scenario. The CPU’s 20 MB of shared L3 cache and support for DDR4 and DDR5 memory provide ample bandwidth for game assets, but the data does not suggest any CPU-specific performance ceiling in this title.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is a massive GPU with 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. Its 21760 shading units and boost clock of 2407 MHz give it a theoretical FP32 performance of 104.8 TFLOPS. The GPU’s percentile of 94 versus all GPUs is exceptionally high, and its average benchmark score of 84306 is closely matched by its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D, which scores 84241 with a deltaPct of 0.1.

The GPU’s role in Revolution Idle is clearly dominant, as evidenced by the dramatic frame rate variations across settings and resolutions. The 32 GB VRAM is far beyond what an idle game requires, but the sheer compute power is what drives the frame rates. The data shows that the RTX 5090 is capable of extreme performance at 1080p, with 195.3 FPS on Low, but the Ultra preset at 4K reduces this to 42.6 FPS. This 78% drop in frame rate from 1080p Low to 4K Ultra indicates that the GPU’s render workload scales steeply with resolution and quality settings. The GPU’s high pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s are likely the key factors in maintaining high frame rates at 1440p High (121.7 FPS), but the Ultra preset’s additional effects overwhelm even this powerful silicon.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-13400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 combination ranks 35th out of 1774 tested combos in Revolution Idle, placing it in the top 2% of all configurations. This high ranking is unsurprising given the GPU’s 94th percentile performance and the CPU’s 82nd percentile. However, the rank is more a signal of the GPU’s dominance than the CPU’s contribution, as the i5-13400F’s average benchmark score is only 0.1% higher than its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-13620H. The combo’s position in the top 35 suggests that only a handful of other configurations, likely pairing the RTX 5090 with even faster CPUs, can outperform it in this specific title.

The data implies that the CPU is not a bottleneck for this combo, as the rank is primarily driven by the GPU’s ability to process frames. The fact that the combo achieves 175.6 FPS at 1080p High and 121.7 FPS at 1440p High indicates that the CPU can keep up with the GPU’s output at these resolutions. The ranking is a strong endorsement of the i5-13400F as a pairing for the RTX 5090, as it doesn’t appear to hold back the GPU in this game.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for this combo in Revolution Idle?

A: The High preset offers the best balance, delivering 175.6 FPS at 1080p, 121.7 FPS at 1440p, and 63.3 FPS at 4K. Ultra drops to 42.6 FPS at 4K, while Low offers marginal gains over High.

Q: How does the CPU’s performance compare to its nearest rival?

A: The Intel Core i5-13400F has an average benchmark score of 25236, which is 0.1% higher than the Intel Core i7-13620H’s 25201 and 0.5% lower than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D’s 25365.

Q: Is the RTX 5090’s 32 GB VRAM necessary for this game?

A: No, the data does not indicate any VRAM limitation. The game’s performance is dictated by the GPU’s compute and render capabilities, not its memory capacity.

Q: Why does the Ultra preset perform so poorly at 4K?

A: The Ultra preset at 3840x2160 yields 42.6 FPS, which is 33% lower than High’s 63.3 FPS. This suggests the Ultra preset introduces rendering features that heavily tax the GPU’s shading units and texture rate.

Q: Can this combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Yes, but only on the High preset, which achieves 63.3 FPS. The Medium preset falls to 65.6 FPS, while Low reaches 89.4 FPS. Ultra fails to hit 60 FPS.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: It ranks 35th out of 1774 combos, placing it in the top 2% of all tested systems for this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured frame rates are uniformly high. The Low preset achieves 195.3 FPS, Medium hits 178.2 FPS, High reaches 175.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 122.3 FPS. The 73 FPS difference between Low and Ultra at this resolution highlights the heavy cost of the Ultra preset.

At 2560x1440, the performance scales down but remains playable. Low delivers 167.9 FPS, Medium 131.9 FPS, High 121.7 FPS, and Ultra 76.8 FPS. The drop from High to Ultra is 44.9 FPS, a 37% reduction, which is the largest relative penalty at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more variable. Low achieves 89.4 FPS, Medium 65.6 FPS, High 63.3 FPS, and Ultra 42.6 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 46.8 FPS, and notably, the Medium preset slightly outpaces High by 2.3 FPS, suggesting that High and Medium have similar render costs at 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The data reveals a clear pattern of frame rate degradation as resolution increases, but the severity depends on the settings preset. For the Low preset, moving from 1080p to 1440p reduces the frame rate by 27.4 FPS (195.3 to 167.9), and moving from 1440p to 4K reduces it by 78.5 FPS (167.9 to 89.4). This translates to a 54% drop from 1080p to 4K, indicating that even at Low settings, the GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

For the High preset, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 53.9 FPS (175.6 to 121.7), and from 1440p to 4K is 58.4 FPS (121.7 to 63.3). The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 112.3 FPS, a 64% reduction. This steeper decline compared to Low suggests that the High preset’s additional visual features are more sensitive to resolution scaling.

The Ultra preset shows the most dramatic scaling. From 1080p to 1440p, the frame rate drops by 45.5 FPS (122.3 to 76.8), and from 1440p to 4K, it drops by 34.2 FPS (76.8 to 42.6). The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 79.7 FPS, a 65% reduction. The fact that the Ultra preset at 4K (42.6 FPS) is lower than the High preset at 4K (63.3 FPS) by 20.7 FPS confirms that the Ultra preset imposes a fixed overhead that scales poorly with resolution. This analysis points to the GPU as the dominant bottleneck across all resolutions, with the CPU’s influence becoming negligible at higher pixel counts.