Undisputed

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D secures the 53rd position out of 2,813 tested combos in Undisputed. This top 1.9% placement places the configuration in an elite tier, though the data suggests the ranking is driven primarily by the GPU's raw output rather than a balanced system effort. The RTX 5090 D sits in the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, while the i5-11400F trails at the 71st percentile among all CPUs. That 21-point gap hints at a lopsided pairing where the graphics card is doing the heavy lifting.

Examining the CPU's nearest rivals reveals just how tight the mid-range processor market is. The i5-11400F posts an average benchmark score of 17,177, landing within a razor-thin margin of the AMD EPYC 7H12 (17,120, a 0.3% difference) and the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17,074, a 0.6% difference). It sits marginally behind the Intel Core i5-12450H (17,239, a -0.4% delta) and the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G (17,278, a -0.6% delta). These sub-1% swings mean the 11400F is statistically indistinguishable from its immediate competitors in synthetic workloads, yet in Undisputed the combo still reaches 53rd place — evidence of the RTX 5090 D's dominance.

The GPU's benchmark profile reinforces this interpretation. With an average score of 77,712, the RTX 5090 D outpaces the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78,940, a -1.6% delta) and the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB (79,605, a -2.4% delta) in the data, while staying competitive with the Radeon RX 6650M XT (76,904, a 1.1% delta). The GPU's 92nd percentile ranking versus the CPU's 71st suggests that in Undisputed, the frame rates are largely GPU-bound, and the processor is merely keeping pace rather than leading.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows paint a clear picture of how settings impact performance at each resolution. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 465 FPS, Medium drops to 411 FPS, High falls to 344 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 222 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 243 FPS, indicating that the RTX 5090 D has enormous headroom even at the highest quality settings. For competitive play where response time matters, Low or Medium at 1080p would be the sensible choice, but the data shows no setting here falls below a very playable threshold.

At 2560x1440, the pattern holds but with tighter margins. Low produces 417 FPS, Medium 301 FPS, High 249 FPS, and Ultra 160 FPS. The 257 FPS gap between Low and Ultra mirrors the 1080p behavior, but the absolute numbers remain high enough that even Ultra is far beyond what most displays can refresh. The Medium preset at 1440p shows a minimum FPS of 256 and a maximum of 346, meaning the average of 301 FPS is stable with no dramatic frame-time spikes.

Moving to 3840x2160, the settings ladder compresses significantly. Low yields 264 FPS, Medium 190 FPS, High 157 FPS, and Ultra 101 FPS. Here, the choice of preset becomes more consequential. Ultra at 4K still clears 100 FPS, which is respectable for a sports title, but the jump from High to Ultra costs 56 FPS — a 36% reduction that may not be justified by visual gains. The Medium preset at 4K, with its 162 FPS minimum and 219 FPS maximum, offers the best balance of smoothness and quality, as the average of 190 FPS sits comfortably above the 144 Hz refresh rate common on high-end monitors. For users targeting a locked 120 FPS experience at 4K, High is the safer pick, while those with 60 Hz displays can max out Ultra without concern.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data reveals how the combination scales across resolutions, and the pattern exposes the bottleneck dynamics at play. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 465 FPS. Dropping to 1440p Low reduces that to 417 FPS, a 10% decline. At 4K Low, the number falls to 264 FPS, a 43% drop from 1080p. This steepening curve suggests that as resolution increases, the GPU's workload grows and the frame rate responds accordingly, but the absolute values remain extraordinarily high.

The Medium settings tell a similar story: 411 FPS at 1080p, 301 FPS at 1440p (a 27% decline), and 190 FPS at 4K (a 54% decline from 1080p). The High preset shows 344 FPS at 1080p, 249 FPS at 1440p (a 28% drop), and 157 FPS at 4K (a 54% drop). Ultra follows suit: 222 FPS at 1080p, 160 FPS at 1440p (a 28% drop), and 101 FPS at 4K (a 55% drop).

The consistency of these percentage declines across settings — roughly 27-28% from 1080p to 1440p, and 54-55% from 1080p to 4K — points to a GPU-bound scenario. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the frame rates would plateau at lower resolutions, but instead they scale nearly linearly with pixel count. The i5-11400F, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is sufficient to feed the RTX 5090 D at these settings, as evidenced by the 465 FPS ceiling at 1080p Low. However, the data also shows that the CPU does impose some ceiling — the 1080p Low result of 465 FPS is not proportionally higher than the 4K Low result of 264 FPS, suggesting that at the lowest settings, the processor begins to constrain the GPU's output.

FAQ

*Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations in Undisputed?*

A: The Intel Core i5-11400F with the RTX 5090 D ranks 53rd out of 2,813 tested combos, placing it in the top 1.9% of all configurations.

Q: What is the best settings preset for a 144 Hz monitor at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the High preset delivers 249 FPS average, which far exceeds 144 Hz. Even Ultra at 1440p produces 160 FPS, so any preset above Low will comfortably saturate a 144 Hz display.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset still achieves 101 FPS average, while High reaches 157 FPS. The Medium preset offers 190 FPS with a minimum of 162 FPS, making it the most stable high-refresh 4K option.

Q: Is the i5-11400F bottlenecking the RTX 5090 D?

A: The data suggests partial bottlenecking at low settings. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 465 FPS, but this is not proportionally higher than the 4K Low result of 264 FPS, indicating the CPU limits the GPU at lower resolutions.

Q: How does the RTX 5090 D's 32 GB VRAM factor into these results?

A: The 32 GB GDDR7 memory with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth ensures that VRAM capacity is never a constraint in Undisputed, even at 4K Ultra. The GPU's memory subsystem is far beyond what this sports title requires.

Q: What are the minimum FPS values for the Medium preset across resolutions?

A: At 1920x1080 Medium, the minimum is 349 FPS. At 2560x1440 Medium, it drops to 256 FPS. At 3840x2160 Medium, the minimum is 162 FPS. These values indicate stable frame pacing with no severe drops.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is the undisputed star of this configuration, and its specifications explain why the combo ranks so highly. Built on the GB202 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture at a 5 nm process node, the GPU packs 92,200 million transistors into a 750 mm² die. The 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus delivers 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, a figure that ensures texture streaming and memory-intensive effects pose no challenge in Undisputed.

Clock speeds are equally impressive. The base clock of 2017 MHz boosts to 2407 MHz, and the memory runs at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). With 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 ROPs, the GPU can sustain the enormous frame rates seen in the measured data. The 170 ray tracing cores and 680 tensor cores suggest future-proofing for titles that leverage these features, though Undisputed as a sports game likely relies more on traditional rasterization.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its top-tier status. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, it scores 14,326, while Geekbench OpenCL produces 310,674 and Vulkan reaches 376,915. The Passmark G3D score of 44,065 places it in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs. In the context of Undisputed, the RTX 5090 D's raw compute — 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 — translates directly to the high frame rates observed, particularly at 4K where the GPU's fill rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s keep the scene rendering smoothly. The GPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database — the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT and RX 6850M XT — are mobile parts that trail by 1.1% and -1.6% respectively, highlighting how far ahead the RTX 5090 D sits in the desktop hierarchy.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F plays a supporting but essential role in this configuration. With 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Rocket Lake architecture, this 14 nm processor operates at a base clock of 2.60 GHz and boosts to 4.40 GHz. The 65 W TDP and Intel Socket 1200 compatibility make it a mainstream part, but its benchmark results show it holds its own in the mid-range segment.

The CPU's 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 80 KB L1 per core provide adequate data locality for Undisputed's physics and AI calculations. The dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth is modest by modern standards, yet the measured frame rates suggest this is not a limiting factor. The PCIe Gen 4 interface with 20 CPU lanes ensures the RTX 5090 D can communicate at full bandwidth, which is critical given the GPU's 1.79 TB/s memory bandwidth.

Synthetic benchmarks paint a picture of a capable but not exceptional processor. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 14,340 and single-core score of 2,024 indicate solid multithreaded performance, while the Geekbench multicore score of 7,737 and single-core of 1,777 are respectable for a 2021 launch part. The Passmark multithread score of 16,908 and single-thread of 2,981 place it in the 71st percentile of all CPUs. Its average benchmark score of 17,177 puts it within 0.6% of the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G and 0.4% of the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U, showing that this older architecture remains competitive.

In Undisputed, the CPU's role becomes apparent in the low-setting, low-resolution scenarios. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 465 FPS, but this is likely near the CPU's practical limit for game logic and draw calls. The fact that 1440p Low only drops to 417 FPS — a modest 10% decline — suggests the CPU is still feeding the GPU adequately at this resolution. However, the 54-55% decline from 1080p to 4K across all settings indicates that the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, with the CPU's 6 cores/12 threads sufficient to avoid stalling the pipeline.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance across all resolution and settings combinations.

1920x1080 (1080p):

• Low: 465 FPS average
• Medium: 411 FPS average (349 min, 473 max)
• High: 344 FPS average
• Ultra: 222 FPS average

At 1080p, even Ultra maintains 222 FPS, which exceeds the refresh rate of virtually all gaming monitors. The Medium preset's 349 FPS minimum ensures no perceptible stutter, while the 473 FPS maximum demonstrates the GPU's headroom.

2560x1440 (1440p):

• Low: 417 FPS average
• Medium: 301 FPS average (256 min, 346 max)
• High: 249 FPS average
• Ultra: 160 FPS average

The 1440p results show a predictable scaling from 1080p, with each settings tier dropping by roughly 27-28% from the corresponding 1080p value. Ultra at 160 FPS still clears the 144 Hz threshold, and the Medium preset's 256 FPS minimum makes it the most consistent option for high-refresh gaming.

3840x2160 (4K):

• Low: 264 FPS average
• Medium: 190 FPS average (162 min, 219 max)
• High: 157 FPS average
• Ultra: 101 FPS average

At 4K, the settings ladder compresses, with Ultra dropping to 101 FPS — still playable but not ideal for competitive play. High at 157 FPS is the sweet spot for 144 Hz displays, while Medium's 162 FPS minimum ensures smooth performance with minimal variance. Low at 264 FPS demonstrates that even at 4K, the RTX 5090 D has substantial headroom, though the 43% drop from 1080p Low to 4K Low hints at the GPU's workload intensifying as pixel count quadruples.

The data shows a consistent pattern: the RTX 5090 D delivers exceptional performance at every setting, and the i5-11400F, while not the fastest CPU on the market, does not meaningfully impede the experience except perhaps at the lowest settings where the processor's single-threaded capabilities become the constraining factor. For users of this combo, the measured FPS values indicate that Undisputed is a game where the GPU choice matters far more than the CPU, and this pairing extracts near-maximum performance from the hardware.