Road 96

# Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for Road 96 with this Intel Core i5-13400F and Intel Arc B580 combination reveals a clear hierarchy among the four tested presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 163.6 FPS, while Medium drops to 118.8 FPS, High settles at 96.7 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 76 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is substantial — a 44.8 FPS difference — suggesting that the Medium preset captures most of the visual uplift while retaining a frame rate well above 100 FPS. At 2560x1440, Medium maintains 77.1 FPS, which is comfortably playable, whereas High drops to 60.1 FPS and Ultra falls to 46.8 FPS. The data indicates that Medium offers the best balance: it keeps frame rates above 77 FPS at both 1080p and 1440p, while Ultra at 4K drops to 27.1 FPS, which is below typical playability thresholds.

The High preset at 4K yields exactly 30 FPS, a marginal result that many users would find borderline. Low at 4K produces 57.9 FPS, which is surprisingly strong, but the visual compromise is significant. Given that Road 96 is an adventure game with a stylized aesthetic, the Medium preset appears to be the sweet spot — it delivers 118.8 FPS at 1080p, 77.1 FPS at 1440p, and 40.2 FPS at 4K. The latter figure is low but not unusable for a narrative-driven experience. For users prioritizing smoothness at high resolutions, Low at 4K (57.9 FPS) outperforms Medium at 4K (40.2 FPS) by 17.7 FPS, making Low the better 4K choice if visual fidelity is secondary.

# GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580 brings 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, with memory clocked at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective) and bandwidth rated at 456.0 GB/s. The GPU's base and boost clocks are both 2670 MHz, and it has 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. The architecture is Xe2-HPG on a 5 nm process from TSMC, with 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. In Road 96, the GPU's role becomes evident when comparing frame rates across settings at the same resolution. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra reduces FPS from 163.6 to 76, a 53.5% drop, which indicates the GPU is handling increasing shader and texture workloads. The 12 GB VRAM is unlikely to be a bottleneck in this game, as even at 4K Ultra the card is producing 27.1 FPS, suggesting compute or bandwidth limits rather than memory capacity issues.

The B580's 456.0 GB/s bandwidth is notable for a card in its class, and the data suggests it is sufficient for Road 96's requirements at 1440p and below. At 4K, the 30 FPS High result and 27.1 FPS Ultra result indicate that the GPU's raw throughput is the limiting factor, not memory size. The card's percentileVsAllGpus of 66 places it above the median, and its average benchmark score of 23021 is within 0.7% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, which achieves 23181. This proximity in synthetic benchmarks aligns with the measured FPS in Road 96, where the B580 handles 1440p High at 60.1 FPS — a solid result for a narrative adventure title.

# Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how the workload shifts between CPU and GPU. At Low settings, the 1080p result is 163.6 FPS, dropping to 101.7 FPS at 1440p (a 37.8% reduction) and further to 57.9 FPS at 4K (a 64.6% reduction from 1080p). This steep decline at 4K Low strongly implies the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck as pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K. At Medium settings, the scaling is similar: 118.8 FPS at 1080p, 77.1 FPS at 1440p, and 40.2 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 35.1% and 66.2% respectively, which is consistent with GPU-bound behavior. The 1080p Medium result of 118.8 FPS is high enough that the CPU could still be contributing, but the consistent proportional declines point to the Arc B580 as the limiting component at higher resolutions.

At High settings, the pattern holds: 96.7 FPS at 1080p, 60.1 FPS at 1440p, and 30 FPS at 4K. The 4K result is exactly half of the 1440p result, a clear sign that the GPU's fill rate and pixel throughput are being taxed. Ultra settings show 76 FPS at 1080p, 46.8 FPS at 1440p, and 27.1 FPS at 4K. The 1440p to 4K drop is 42.1%, which is less severe than the 1080p to 1440p drop of 38.4%, suggesting diminishing returns as resolution increases. Overall, the data implies that for 4K gaming, even Low settings (57.9 FPS) require significant GPU effort, and the B580 is better suited to 1080p and 1440p play in Road 96.

# Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values are 163.6 for Low, 118.8 for Medium, 96.7 for High, and 76 for Ultra. The difference between Low and Ultra is 87.6 FPS, which represents a 53.5% reduction. This is the widest spread across all resolutions, indicating that at 1080p, the settings menu has the most pronounced impact on performance. The Medium preset at 118.8 FPS is 22.1 FPS above High, making it a strong candidate for high-refresh-rate displays.

At 2560x1440, the values are 101.7 FPS for Low, 77.1 FPS for Medium, 60.1 FPS for High, and 46.8 FPS for Ultra. The Low to Ultra drop is 54.9 FPS, a 54.0% reduction, which is nearly identical to the percentage drop at 1080p. This consistency suggests that the GPU is scaling predictably with settings regardless of resolution. The 1440p High result of 60.1 FPS is just above the 60 FPS threshold, making it viable for standard monitors.

At 3840x2160, the results are 57.9 FPS for Low, 40.2 FPS for Medium, 30 FPS for High, and 27.1 FPS for Ultra. The Low to Medium gap is 17.7 FPS, the Medium to High gap is 10.2 FPS, and the High to Ultra gap is only 2.9 FPS. This narrowing gap at higher settings indicates that the GPU is nearing its maximum output, and the performance cost of Ultra over High is minimal at 4K. The 4K Low result of 57.9 FPS is the only 4K configuration that exceeds 60 FPS, and it does so by a narrow margin.

# FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gaming?

A: Medium delivers 118.8 FPS at 1080p, which is 22.1 FPS higher than High (96.7 FPS) and 42.8 FPS higher than Ultra (76 FPS), making it the optimal balance.

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

A: No. The highest 4K result is 57.9 FPS at Low settings, and all other 4K presets (Medium 40.2 FPS, High 30 FPS, Ultra 27.1 FPS) fall below 60 FPS.

Q: How does the Arc B580 compare to the RTX 4060 in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The B580 has an average benchmark score of 23021, which is 0.7% lower than the RTX 4060's 23181, indicating near-parity in overall GPU performance.

Q: What is the FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low produces 101.7 FPS and Ultra produces 46.8 FPS, a difference of 54.9 FPS.

Q: Does the CPU limit performance at 1080p Low?

A: The 1080p Low result of 163.6 FPS is the highest measured value, suggesting the CPU (with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz and 10 cores) is sufficient to avoid bottlenecking at this setting.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations?

A: The combo ranks 1333 out of 1684 tested combos in Road 96, placing it in the lower third of all tested configurations.

# 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. It has 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache. Its synthetic benchmarks show a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 21279 and a single-core score of 3004, with a Geekbench multicore score of 10971. In Road 96, the CPU's role is primarily to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. At 1080p Low, the 163.6 FPS result suggests the CPU is capable of driving high frame rates, as this is well above the 60 FPS threshold. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 7314 and max-thread score of 7307 indicate strong multi-threaded performance, which is beneficial for adventure games that may load multiple systems simultaneously.

The CPU's percentileVsAllCpus of 82 places it above 82% of all CPUs, and its average benchmark score of 25236 is within 0.1% of the Intel Core i7-13620H (25201) and 0.5% of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (25365). This puts the i5-13400F in a competitive position among its peers. In Road 96, the CPU does not appear to be the limiting factor at any resolution, as the FPS drops are proportional to resolution increases, which is characteristic of GPU-bound scenarios. The 1080p Ultra result of 76 FPS is still high, and even the 4K Low result of 57.9 FPS is respectable, indicating that the CPU's 4.60 GHz boost clock and 20 MB L3 cache are adequate for this title.

# How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-13400F and Intel Arc B580 ranks 1333 out of 1684 tested combos in Road 96, placing it in the 79th percentile of tested configurations (calculated as 1333/1684). This rank is relatively low, indicating that many other CPU-GPU pairings achieve higher frame rates in this game. The low rank is notable given the individual components' benchmarks: the CPU sits in the 82nd percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU sits in the 66th percentile among all GPUs. The discrepancy between component-level percentiles and the combo rank suggests that Road 96 may favor other hardware configurations, or that the combination of this specific CPU and GPU does not scale as well as other pairings.

The GPU's nearest rival, the RTX 4060, has a 0.7% higher average benchmark score, and the combo's rank of 1333 out of 1684 implies that many combos with similar or slightly better GPUs achieve notably higher FPS in Road 96. The CPU's nearest rivals, such as the Ryzen 5 5600X3D (0.5% higher avg score), do not drastically change the picture. The data indicates that while the i5-13400F and Arc B580 are individually solid performers, their combined results in Road 96 place them in the lower third of all tested combos, which is a surprising outcome given the CPU's high percentile ranking. This suggests that the GPU may be the weaker link in this pairing for this specific game, or that other combos with similar specs have better optimization.