Rust

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT occupies the 316th position out of 1,717 tested combinations for Rust. This places the combo in the top 18.4% of all tested systems, a strong result that indicates a well-matched pairing for this particular title. The ranking is particularly impressive given that the CPU sits in the 82nd percentile against all processors, while the GPU also holds an 82nd percentile ranking against all graphics cards, showing a balanced overall platform. The data suggests that neither component is dramatically holding the other back, as the combo outperforms a significant majority of the broader test pool.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's 316th place ranking out of 1,717 results positions it firmly in the upper echelon of tested configurations for Rust. This is a strong showing for a desktop setup using a mid-range 13th Gen Intel processor and a high-end RDNA 3 graphics card. Benchmark results indicate the pairing is well-balanced, as the CPU's average benchmark score of 25,236 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals, with the Intel Core i7-13620H trailing by just 0.1% and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D leading by 0.5%. The GPU shows a similar pattern, with its average score of 38,358 landing within 0.6% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile. This level of parity across both components suggests the 316th rank is a true reflection of the platform's capability rather than a bottleneck in either direction.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT provides the graphical muscle for this combo, built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 31 chip. It carries 20 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 320-bit bus, yielding 800.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's base clock runs at 1387 MHz, with a game clock of 2025 MHz and a boost clock reaching 2394 MHz. These specifications translate into a pixel rate of 459.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 804.4 GTexel/s. For Rust, a game known for its demanding draw distances and complex scenes, this memory capacity and bandwidth are significant assets. The 20 GB frame buffer ensures that even at high resolutions, the card does not run into memory capacity limits, allowing the measured frame rates to reflect pure compute performance rather than memory paging. The GPU's 5 nm process node from TSMC with 57,700 million transistors contributes to its high FP32 throughput of 51.48 TFLOPS, which is directly relevant to the rendering workload in Rust.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data provides a clear picture of which settings preset offers the optimal experience for this hardware. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers 214.4 FPS, which is exceptionally high but may sacrifice too much visual fidelity for a survival game where spotting distant players is critical. The Medium preset at 160.8 FPS offers a better balance, providing a substantial framerate cushion while likely retaining more visual detail. The High preset at 135 FPS is still very playable and represents the best choice for those prioritizing image quality without dropping below the 100 FPS threshold. The Ultra preset, at 102.6 FPS, is also viable but begins to approach the lower boundary of what is desirable for a competitive title. For 1440p, the same logic applies: Medium at 115.2 FPS and High at 96.2 FPS are both solid choices, while Ultra at 69.5 FPS dips into a range where responsiveness may feel compromised for some players. At 4K, the situation changes dramatically; only the Low preset at 96.9 FPS provides a consistently smooth experience, as Medium drops to 69 FPS and High falls to 54.4 FPS. The data indicates that for most users, the Medium preset across all resolutions offers the best combination of framerate and visual quality, with High being a strong alternative for those with higher-end displays.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data reveals a consistent scaling pattern across all three resolutions. At 1920x1080, the framerate ranges from a maximum of 214.4 FPS on Low settings down to 102.6 FPS on Ultra. The progression is steady: Low to Medium yields a drop of 53.6 FPS, Medium to High drops 25.8 FPS, and High to Ultra drops 32.4 FPS. At 2560x1440, the same settings order produces 165.2 FPS, 115.2 FPS, 96.2 FPS, and 69.5 FPS respectively. The delta between Low and Medium here is 50 FPS, while the gap from High to Ultra is 26.7 FPS. At 3840x2160, the results are 96.9 FPS on Low, 69 FPS on Medium, 54.4 FPS on High, and 40.8 FPS on Ultra. The drop from Low to Medium at 4K is 27.9 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 13.6 FPS. These numbers show that the largest performance penalty occurs when moving from Low to Medium at 1080p and 1440p, while the Ultra preset at 4K becomes nearly unplayable at 40.8 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 1440p to 4K demonstrates how the load shifts between the CPU and GPU. At 1080p High, the combo produces 135 FPS. Moving to 1440p High, the framerate drops to 96.2 FPS, a reduction of 28.7%. This indicates that while the GPU is becoming more loaded, the Intel Core i5-13400F with its 10 cores and 16 threads is still able to feed the graphics card adequately. The further drop to 4K High at 54.4 FPS represents a 43.5% decrease from 1440p, which is a much steeper decline. This pattern suggests that at 1080p and 1440p, the system is partially CPU-limited, as the framerate does not scale purely with pixel count. The GPU's 20 GB of VRAM and 800.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to handle the increased resolution, but the rendering load becomes the limiting factor at 4K. The data shows that the Low preset at 4K (96.9 FPS) nearly matches the High preset at 1440p (96.2 FPS), illustrating that resolution scaling is not linear and that settings adjustments can effectively bridge the gap between resolutions. The Ultra preset at 4K, at 40.8 FPS, is less than one-third of the 1080p Low result, confirming that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at the highest settings and resolution combination.