Rust

The Intel Core i5-10400F and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti pairing delivers a measured average of 58.4 FPS at 1080p High in Rust, but the combo ranks 1463rd out of 1717 tested configurations, placing it in the lower tier of systems for this survival title. The data shows a clear pattern: the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck as resolution and settings rise, while the CPU holds its own in both single- and multi-threaded workloads.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Comet Lake architecture, built on Intel's 14 nm process. It runs at a base clock of 2.90 GHz and boosts up to 4.30 GHz, with a 12 MB shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support delivering 42.7 GB/s of bandwidth. These specifications position it as a solid mid-range desktop part, and its benchmark results confirm that. In Cinebench R23, it scores 10297 points multi-core and 1453 points single-core; in Geekbench, it reaches 5783 multi-core and 1454 single-core. Its Passmark multithread score is 12115, and its single-thread score is 2541.

Relative to its nearest rivals, the i5-10400F is essentially tied. Its average benchmark score of 14168 is 0.4% higher than the AMD EPYC 7552 (14115), 0.8% lower than the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (14277), 1.1% lower than the Intel Core i5-8500 (14332), and 1.2% lower than the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 (14336). The CPU's percentile rank among all tested CPUs is 73, meaning it outperforms roughly three-quarters of the field. In Rust, this level of CPU performance is sufficient to feed the GPU at lower resolutions and settings—at 1080p Low, the system reaches 105.5 FPS, which suggests the CPU is not the limiting factor there. However, the low overall combo rank indicates that the CPU's capabilities are not the deciding element in this pairing's overall standing.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a Turing-architecture GPU built on TSMC's 12 nm process, with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 1500 MHz, boost clock 1770 MHz, and memory runs at 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective). The GPU has 1536 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 84.96 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 169.9 GTexel/s. Its FP32 performance is 5.437 TFLOPS. The card's Passmark G3D score is 12871, and its percentile rank among all GPUs is 55, placing it just above the median.

In the nearest-rival comparison, the GTX 1660 Ti's average benchmark score of 13925 is 0.4% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 570X (13871), 0.7% lower than the NVIDIA Tesla K10 (14029), 0.8% higher than the NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile (13821), and 0.8% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 (13812). These margins are negligible, so the GPU's performance is typical for its class. In Rust, the GPU's impact is most visible at higher settings: at 1080p Ultra, the average FPS drops to 47.7, while at 1080p Low it reaches 105.5. The 6 GB VRAM is sufficient for the tested settings, as no memory-related stutter is indicated in the data. The GPU's 120 W TDP and dual-slot design are consistent with its mid-range positioning.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a consistent drop as resolution increases, which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario. At High settings, the average FPS falls from 58.4 at 1080p to 43.8 at 1440p and 25.1 at 4K. At Low settings, the progression is 105.5 → 77.2 → 45.6. The relative decline is similar across settings: from 1080p to 1440p, the drop is roughly 25% for High and 27% for Low; from 1080p to 4K, the drop is about 57% for both. This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the limiting component, as a CPU bottleneck would typically show smaller FPS differences between resolutions, especially at lower settings where the CPU has more headroom. The fact that 1080p Low yields over 100 FPS confirms that the CPU can handle the game's logic and draw calls at that resolution, but the GPU cannot maintain high frame rates when pixel count increases. At 4K Ultra, the system manages only 19.4 FPS, which is unplayable for most users, but the data clearly attributes this to the GPU's limited throughput rather than the CPU.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 1463 out of 1717 tested configurations places it in the bottom 15% of all systems evaluated for Rust. This is a low standing, especially considering that the individual components are not weak: the CPU is above average (73rd percentile) and the GPU is near the median (55th percentile). The discrepancy suggests that Rust is particularly demanding on the combination of CPU and GPU, or that the pairing is not well balanced for this title. With only 254 combos performing worse, this system is clearly not optimized for high-end Rust play. The data does not provide a direct comparison to other specific combos, but the rank alone indicates that most tested systems—including those with similar or lower individual component scores—achieve better results in Rust. This could be due to the game's reliance on both CPU and GPU in ways that this particular hardware does not handle efficiently, or it may reflect the age of the components relative to the test pool. Regardless, the measured FPS numbers at 1080p High (58.4) and 1440p High (43.8) are playable, but the overall ranking shows that many alternatives offer higher performance.

FAQ

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

A: The measured average FPS is 58.4.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti?

A: The launch MSRP is 279 USD.

Q: How does the Intel Core i5-10400F compare to the AMD EPYC 7552 in average benchmark score?

A: The i5-10400F has an average score of 14168, which is 0.4% higher than the EPYC 7552's 14115.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested configurations in Rust?

A: It ranks 1463 out of 1717 combos.

Q: What is the GPU's memory bandwidth?

A: The GTX 1660 Ti has a memory bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s.

Q: What is the CPU's boost clock?

A: The Intel Core i5-10400F boosts up to 4.30 GHz.