Roblox

Roblox is a sandbox title that scales across a wide range of hardware, and the pairing of the Intel Core i5-11400F with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 delivers a playable but not exceptional experience. The measured data places this combination at rank 1759 out of 1800 tested combos, indicating it falls in the bottom percentile of systems evaluated for this game. The CPU, however, is a strong performer relative to its peers, ranking in the 75th percentile among all processors, while the GPU sits in the 43rd percentile, making the graphics card the primary bottleneck in this configuration.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with High settings in Roblox?

A: The measured average frame rate is 121.1 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings, which provides a smooth experience well above standard display refresh rates.

Q: How does the GTX 1650 compare to its nearest rival, the RTX 3050 A Mobile?

A: The GTX 1650 has an average benchmark score of 8713, which is 0.4% lower than the RTX 3050 A Mobile's score of 8746. This places the two cards statistically on par with each other in synthetic tests.

Q: Does the i5-11400F perform better than the Core i7-1260P in CPU benchmarks?

A: Yes, the i5-11400F has an average benchmark score of 17181, which is 0.2% higher than the i7-1260P's score of 17212, making the desktop chip marginally faster in aggregate multi-threaded workloads.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS drops from 96.3 on Low settings to 64.6 on Ultra settings, a reduction of approximately 33% when moving to the highest quality preset.

Q: Is the combo ranked in the top half of all tested systems for Roblox?

A: No, the combo ranks 1759th out of 1800 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 2.3% of all systems evaluated for this game, which indicates significant performance limitations.

Q: What is the launch MSRP for the GTX 1650?

A: The launch MSRP for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is 149 USD, a figure that reflects its entry-level positioning at introduction.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is built on the Turing architecture with a TU117 chip, featuring 896 shading units and 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. The card operates at a base clock of 1485 MHz and a boost clock of 1665 MHz, with memory running at 2001 MHz or 8 Gbps effective. Its memory bandwidth is measured at 128.1 GB/s, which is a modest figure that becomes a limiting factor when rendering high-resolution textures in Roblox's blocky but often dense environments. The GPU's FP32 performance is rated at 2.984 TFLOPS, and it supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, ensuring compatibility with modern rendering APIs.

In the context of Roblox, the GTX 1650's role is defined by its 4 GB memory capacity and its pixel rate of 53.28 GPixel/s. The game is not graphically intensive compared to AAA titles, but the data shows that the GPU still constrains performance at higher resolutions. The GPU's percentile rank of 43 among all GPUs indicates it is a below-average part, and its nearest rivals include the RTX 3050 A Mobile and the Quadro P2200, all of which score within 0.5% of each other. At 1080p, the card manages to push frame rates above 98 FPS even at Ultra settings, but the gap between Low and Ultra settings highlights how much headroom the GPU has when pixel shading demands are reduced.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern across resolutions, with the most significant drop occurring between 1440p and 4K. At 1080p with Low settings, the system achieves 147.1 FPS, which drops to 96.3 FPS at 1440p and further to 55.7 FPS at 2160p. This represents a 62% reduction in frame rate from 1080p to 4K at the lowest settings, indicating that the GPU is increasingly overwhelmed as pixel count rises. At Ultra settings, the trend is similar but more pronounced: 98.8 FPS at 1080p falls to 64.6 FPS at 1440p and then to 36.6 FPS at 4K, a 63% drop across the resolution range.

The scaling behavior suggests that the GTX 1650 is the limiting component, as the i5-11400F has ample compute headroom with its 6 cores and 12 threads. The CPU's strong multi-threaded scores, such as 14372 in Cinebench R23 multicore, indicate that it is not the primary constraint at lower resolutions. The data shows that the frame rate penalty from 1080p to 1440p averages around 35%, while the penalty from 1440p to 4K averages around 45%, confirming that the memory bandwidth and pixel throughput of the GPU become critical at higher resolutions. At 4K, even Low settings only produce 55.7 FPS, which is below the smooth gameplay threshold for many users.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the i5-11400F and GTX 1650 ranks 1759th out of 1800 tested combos in Roblox, placing it in the bottom 2.3% of all systems evaluated. This low ranking is primarily driven by the GPU's modest capabilities, as the CPU is a relatively strong component. The i5-11400F has an average benchmark score of 17181, which places it in the 75th percentile of all CPUs, and it outperforms its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, by a negligible margin of 0%. This means the processor is not holding back the system in any meaningful way.

The GPU, in contrast, has an average benchmark score of 8713, which is in the 43rd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the RTX 3050 A Mobile, scores 8746, a difference of only 0.4%, indicating that the GTX 1650 is essentially equivalent to other low-end parts. The combo's rank of 1759 suggests that Roblox, despite being a lightweight sandbox game, still requires more graphics horsepower than this configuration provides to achieve high frame rates at demanding settings. The data implies that upgrading the GPU would yield a much larger performance gain than upgrading the CPU, as the processor already sits comfortably above average.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its best performance, with an average of 147.1 FPS on Low settings, 131.2 FPS on Medium, 121.1 FPS on High, and 98.8 FPS on Ultra. These figures indicate that 1080p is the sweet spot for this combo, as even the highest settings maintain frame rates above 60 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 48.3 FPS, or about 33%, which shows that the GPU can handle the game's visual effects without severe degradation at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the average frame rates drop to 96.3 FPS on Low, 89.0 FPS on Medium, 76.6 FPS on High, and 64.6 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 31.7 FPS, reflecting the increased pixel load. At 1440p, the system remains playable, but Ultra settings begin to approach the 60 FPS threshold, which is a sign that the GPU is nearing its limits. The step from 1080p to 1440p results in an average frame rate reduction of about 35%, consistent across all settings.

At 3840x2160, performance becomes marginal, with averages of 55.7 FPS on Low, 47.4 FPS on Medium, 44.1 FPS on High, and 36.6 FPS on Ultra. The 4K resolution exposes the GTX 1650's limitations, as even the lowest settings fail to reach 60 FPS. The frame rate difference between Low and Ultra is only 19.1 FPS, indicating that the GPU is severely bottlenecked by memory bandwidth and fill rate at this resolution. For users prioritizing smooth gameplay, the data shows that 1080p is the recommended resolution for this combo, while 4K should be reserved for less demanding titles or lower settings.