Roblox

Roblox is rarely the title that stresses modern hardware, but the data for this specific pairing of the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 shows a combination that is decisively overqualified for the task. The measured frame rates are exceptionally high across the board, indicating that this system will not break a sweat under any settings configuration. The analysis below breaks down exactly how this combo behaves, what the user can expect at different resolutions, and where the bottlenecks—if any—actually lie.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a system that is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions, but also one that has enough headroom to keep frame rates far above playable thresholds even at 4K. Looking at the High preset, the drop from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 is significant but expected: the average frame rate falls from 261 FPS to 174 FPS, a reduction of 87 FPS. Pushing further to 3840x2160 brings the average down to 99 FPS. This represents a 62% decrease from 1080p to 4K, which is a steep curve that clearly shows the GPU's rendering load multiplying as pixel count increases.

The scaling pattern is consistent across all presets. At Low settings, the system delivers 325 FPS at 1080p, drops to 217 FPS at 1440p, and settles at 123 FPS at 4K. The Medium preset shows a similar trajectory: 296 FPS at 1080p, 197 FPS at 1440p, and 112 FPS at 4K. The Ultra preset, which is the heaviest load, starts at 212 FPS at 1080p, falls to 141 FPS at 1440p, and bottoms out at 80 FPS at 4K. The consistency of these drops—roughly 33-40% when moving from 1080p to 1440p, and another 40-45% when moving from 1440p to 4K—suggests that the scaling is purely a function of pixel throughput.

What this tells us about the limiting component is straightforward. At 1080p, the frame rates are so high (212-325 FPS) that the CPU is likely playing a more significant role in dictating the upper ceiling, though the Core Ultra 5 135H has enough single-thread performance to keep things fluid. At 4K, the GPU is unequivocally the limiting factor, but the RTX 4060 still manages to deliver 80 FPS on Ultra and 99 FPS on High, which is far beyond what most competitive games require. The fact that the Low preset at 4K yields 123 FPS demonstrates that even at this resolution, the GPU has substantial headroom when the graphical load is lightened.

Settings Recommendations

Given the measured rows, the most practical advice for a user of this combo is to prioritize visual fidelity over raw frame rate, as the hardware can handle it effortlessly. The data shows that the jump from Medium to High at 4K costs 13 FPS (112 to 99), while the jump from High to Ultra costs 19 FPS (99 to 80). At 1440p, the Medium to High transition costs 23 FPS (197 to 174), and High to Ultra costs 33 FPS (174 to 141). At 1080p, these differences are less impactful in relative terms, but still present: Medium to High costs 35 FPS (296 to 261), and High to Ultra costs 49 FPS (261 to 212).

For a game like Roblox, which is often played with friends or for creative building, the frame rate is rarely the bottleneck to enjoyment, but the visual clarity can be. The recommendation here is to run the game at High settings as the default sweet spot. At 1080p, High delivers 261 FPS, which is beyond the refresh rate of most monitors, and at 1440p it still hits 174 FPS, which is excellent. Even at 4K, High settings produce 99 FPS, which is smooth on any display. The Ultra preset is viable if the user has a high-refresh-rate 1080p panel, since 212 FPS is still very competitive, but the visual gains over High are typically marginal in Roblox's art style.

The Medium preset is not recommended for this hardware, as it provides no tangible benefit in frame rate that the user would notice, while sacrificing visual quality. The Low preset is only relevant for users who are chasing the absolute maximum frame rate on a 240Hz or higher monitor at 1080p, where 325 FPS could be useful. However, for the vast majority of scenarios, High is the most balanced choice, offering the best combination of image quality and performance per the measured rows.

How This Combo Ranks

The measured performance places this combo at rank 2250 out of 3711 tested combinations for Roblox. This ranking is interesting because it appears low at first glance, but it must be contextualized by the fact that Roblox is a lightweight game that can run on almost anything, and many tested combos likely use lower-end hardware that still achieves playable frame rates. The percentile placement is not a reflection of poor performance—the absolute FPS numbers are extremely high—but rather a result of the game's low system requirements, which compress the performance curve.

Breaking down the CPU's position, the Core Ultra 5 135H sits at the 81st percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 29093. Its nearest rival is the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, which has an average score of 29123 and a delta of -0.1%. This puts the Intel chip essentially at parity with a desktop-class CPU from a previous generation, which is a strong indicator of its capability in gaming workloads. The Intel Core i5-13500HX is also close, with a score of 29270 and a delta of -0.6%, meaning the Ultra 5 135H is slightly behind that part but within a negligible margin.

For the GPU, the RTX 4060 sits at the 61st percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17639. Its nearest rival is the AMD Radeon HD 7790, which scores 17666, a delta of -0.2%, and the AMD Radeon 780M, which scores 17588, a delta of 0.3%. This is a notable contrast: the GPU is ranked much lower in the overall hierarchy than the CPU, yet in Roblox it is more than sufficient. The data suggests that the GPU's raw compute power is adequate for this game, but its lower percentile ranking reflects its position as a mid-range mobile part rather than a top-tier desktop solution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The exact measured frame rates across all configurations are as follows. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 325 FPS, Medium achieves 296 FPS with a minimum of 251 and a maximum of 340, High achieves 261 FPS, and Ultra achieves 212 FPS. At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 217 FPS, Medium averages 197 FPS with a 168-227 FPS range, High averages 174 FPS, and Ultra averages 141 FPS. At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 123 FPS, Medium averages 112 FPS with a 95-128 FPS range, High averages 99 FPS, and Ultra averages 80 FPS.

These numbers tell a clear story of diminishing returns at higher resolutions. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 113 FPS, which is substantial but not game-breaking given that even the lowest setting is above 300 FPS. At 1440p, the delta between Low and Ultra is 76 FPS, and at 4K it narrows to 43 FPS. This narrowing gap at higher resolutions confirms that the GPU is becoming the primary bottleneck as pixel count rises, and the settings have less relative impact on the final frame rate. The minimum FPS data points, which are only available for the Medium preset, show that the frame pacing is consistent: at 1080p the minimum is 251 FPS, at 1440p it is 168 FPS, and at 4K it is 95 FPS, all of which are well above any threshold for stutter or lag.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process node from TSMC. It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, which provides a bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 2125 MHz, translating to 17 Gbps effective. The GPU has a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz, with a TDP of 115 W. These specifications are modest for a modern GPU, but they are more than enough for Roblox, which does not demand heavy memory bandwidth or high VRAM capacity.

The data shows that the GPU's role in this game is to provide the raw pixel throughput at higher resolutions. The 8 GB of VRAM is unlikely to be fully utilized in Roblox, even at 4K with Ultra settings, as the game's textures and assets are relatively simple. The 128-bit memory bus and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to feed the shading units, which number 3072, along with 96 texture mapping units and 48 render output units. The GPU also has 24 ray tracing cores and 96 tensor cores, though Roblox does not typically leverage these features, so their presence is more of a future-proofing measure than a current advantage.

The RTX 4060's FP32 performance is 15.11 TFLOPS, which is a healthy figure for a mobile part, but its benchmark scores show it is not a top-tier performer in synthetic tests. The PassMark G3D score is 19545, and the Geekbench OpenCL score is 95057, both of which place it in the mid-range segment. The fact that it can drive 4K Roblox at 99 FPS on High settings reflects the game's optimization rather than the GPU's absolute power. The GPU's thermal and power envelope of 115 W is also well-suited for a laptop, ensuring that the boost clock of 2460 MHz can be sustained without excessive throttling.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H is a mobile processor with 14 cores and 18 threads, based on the Meteor Lake architecture on a 7 nm process node. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a TDP of 28 W. The cache hierarchy includes 112 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 18 MB of shared L3 cache. This configuration is designed to balance performance and power efficiency, which is critical for a mobile part. The CPU's memory bandwidth is listed at 89.6 GB/s, which is ample for feeding the GPU in a gaming workload.

In Roblox, the CPU's role is primarily to handle game logic, physics, and the single-threaded instruction stream that dictates the game's core loop. The Core Ultra 5 135H's single-thread performance is strong, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1700 and PassMark single-thread score of 3521. This is crucial because Roblox can be sensitive to CPU performance in complex scenes, especially when many players or objects are present. The boost clock of 4.60 GHz ensures that the CPU can respond quickly to these demands.

The multi-threaded capabilities are less critical for Roblox but still relevant for background tasks and streaming. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 11875.5 is respectable, and the PassMark multi-thread score of 22422 indicates that the CPU can handle simultaneous workloads without a significant impact on gaming performance. The CPU's 81st percentile ranking among all CPUs reinforces that this is a capable part, and its near-parity with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (delta -0.1%) in average benchmark score means it will not be the limiting factor in any scenario for this game. The data shows that at 1080p, where the GPU is less stressed, the CPU's single-thread performance is what allows frame rates to exceed 300 FPS, as the game logic can keep up with the rendering pipeline.