Rust

Rust is a survival game with measured performance data for the Intel Core i5-14400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. The dataset covers 1080p, 1440p, and 4K at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets. The fastest measured row is 1080p Low at 219.6 FPS, and the slowest is 4K Ultra at 59.7 FPS. In the game-specific combo ranking, this pairing sits 36th out of 1717.

Resolution Scaling

At High settings, the i5-14400F + RTX 5090 averages 174.6 FPS at 1080p, 132.1 FPS at 1440p, and 76.7 FPS at 4K. The Low preset runs 219.6, 189.3, and 133 across the same resolutions. The Medium preset runs 185.5, 155.6, and 92.4. The Ultra preset runs 140.5, 99.8, and 59.7.

The row order is consistent at every resolution: Low is fastest, Medium second, High third, and Ultra slowest. The 4K step is the largest single-resolution drop on Low, Medium, and High: 189.3 to 133, 155.6 to 92.4, and 132.1 to 76.7. This scaling pattern points to the GPU as the dominant factor when render resolution rises. The CPU can produce very high frame rates in the 1080p rows, but the GPU load at 4K pulls those rates down. The 4K Ultra result at 59.7 FPS is the only measured row below 70 FPS, and it is also the weakest row in the entire dataset.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14400F is a 10-core, 16-thread Raptor Lake-R part with a 2.50 GHz base clock and a 4.70 GHz boost clock. It has 20 MB of shared L3 cache and an 88th percentile rank among all tested CPUs. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 21914, and its single-core score is 3093. In Geekbench, the multi-core score is 11209 and the single-core score is 2333.

The broader synthetic picture includes Cinebench R15 multi-core at 2208 and single-core at 311, Cinebench R20 multi-core at 9203 and single-core at 1299, and Passmark multithread at 25783 with single-thread at 3723. These numbers describe a CPU with solid single-thread performance and strong multi-thread throughput.

In Rust, that capability shows up most clearly at 1080p: Low is 219.6 FPS, Medium is 185.5, High is 174.6, and Ultra is 140.5. At 1440p, Medium is 155.6 and High is 132.1. At 4K, however, the frame rate ceiling is set by the GPU rather than the CPU: even at Low, 4K reaches only 133 FPS. The CPU’s 10-core/16-thread configuration is not the bottleneck in the lower-resolution rows.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows point to Medium as the best 4K preset. Medium averages 92.4 FPS at 4K, while High averages 76.7 and Ultra averages 59.7. Low still runs 133 FPS at 4K, but with the lowest visual preset.

At 1440p, High is the balanced choice at 132.1 FPS. Medium is faster at 155.6 FPS, and Ultra is slower at 99.8 FPS. At 1080p, High at 174.6 FPS is a strong quality-oriented preset, with Medium at 185.5 and Ultra at 140.5.

If maximum frame rate is the priority, 1080p Low at 219.6 FPS is the fastest row in the dataset. Among the 1080p and 1440p rows, the slowest is 1440p Ultra at 99.8 FPS. The data therefore supports High at 1440p as an all-around preset, with Medium as the recommended 4K preset.

How This Combo Ranks

This combo is ranked 36th out of 1717 combinations in Rust. That places it well ahead of the majority of tested systems, though not at the very top. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 32508, and its percentile rank is 88. The nearest CPU rivals by average score are the Intel Core i7-12800H at 32513 with a delta of 0, the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 at 32446 with a delta of 0.2, the AMD Ryzen 7 250 at 32584 with a delta of -0.2, and the Intel Core i7-13705H at 32586 with a delta of -0.2.

The GPU’s average benchmark score is 84306, and its percentile rank is 94. The nearest GPU rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D at 84241 with a delta of 0.1, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile at 84171 with a delta of 0.2, the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 at 83209 with a delta of 1.3, and the NVIDIA CMP 40HX at 85637 with a delta of -1.6.

The synthetic scores are close to those rival entries, but the Rust-specific measured rank of 36 separates this combo from the middle of the database. The rank reflects Rust’s workload rather than simply matching the CPU or GPU average benchmark positions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is a Blackwell 2.0 GPU built on TSMC’s 5 nm process. It has 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 1.79 TB/s. The base clock is 2017 MHz and the boost clock is 2407 MHz. Memory runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective.

The GPU’s compute resources include 21760 shading units, 680 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 170 RT cores, and 680 tensor cores. It is rated for 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput. In synthetic benchmarks, it scores 14411 in 3DMark Steel Nomad and 39650 in Passmark G3D, placing it at the 94th percentile among all GPUs.

In Rust, the GPU becomes the clear limiting factor at 4K. Medium averages 92.4 FPS, High averages 76.7, and Ultra averages 59.7. The High-to-Ultra step at 4K removes more FPS than the Medium-to-High step, so the Ultra preset carries a heavy rendering cost. The large 32 GB frame buffer and the high memory bandwidth do not prevent Ultra from being the slowest row in the dataset.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

|---|---|---|

| 3840x2160 | High | 76.7 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 133 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 92.4 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 59.7 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 132.1 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 189.3 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 155.6 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 99.8 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 174.6 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 219.6 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 185.5 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 140.5 |

The measured dataset contains only average FPS values; no minimum or maximum FPS values are present.

FAQ

Q: What does this combo average at 1080p with High settings?

A: It averages 174.6 FPS.

Q: What is the fastest measured preset at 4K?

A: Low is the fastest 4K row at 133 FPS. Medium is 92.4, High is 76.7, and Ultra is 59.7.

Q: Does the Intel Core i5-14400F have enough cores for Rust?

A: The i5-14400F has 10 cores and 16 threads with a 4.70 GHz boost clock. In this dataset, 1080p Low reaches 219.6 FPS.

Q: What memory configuration does the RTX 5090 have?

A: It has 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus with 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth.

Q: How high does this combo rank in Rust?

A: It ranks 36th out of 1717 tested combinations.

Q: Which 1440p preset looks best in the measured data?

A: High at 132.1 FPS is the balanced row. Medium is faster at 155.6 FPS, while Ultra is slower at 99.8 FPS.