Undisputed

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-9400 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 achieves a combo rank of 2014 out of 3718 tested combinations in Undisputed. This places the pairing in the 54th percentile of all tested combos, meaning roughly 54% of tested systems outperform it while 46% fall behind. The ranking reflects a mid-pack position that is heavily influenced by the processor's age relative to the GPU's modern architecture.

The CPU alone sits at the 47th percentile among all tested processors, with an average benchmark score of 2254. Its nearest rivals are tightly clustered: the Intel Core i7-1068NG7 scores 2259 (0.2% higher), the Intel Core i7-10710U scores 2248 (0.3% lower), the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 scores 2246 (0.4% lower), and the Intel Core i3-10305 scores 2264 (0.4% higher). This clustering indicates that the i5-9400 is squarely in a performance tier where small architectural differences between six-core parts produce negligible real-world gaps.

The GPU, by contrast, sits at the 61st percentile among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 17639. Its nearest rivals are similarly close: the AMD Radeon HD 7790 scores 17666 (0.2% higher), the AMD Radeon 780M scores 17588 (0.3% lower), the AMD Radeon Pro 560 scores 17551 (0.5% lower), and the AMD Radeon Pro 460 scores 17509 (0.7% lower). The RTX 4060's raw compute advantage over the CPU's relative standing suggests the combo's overall rank is dragged down by the processor rather than lifted by the graphics card.

In practical terms, the combo rank of 2014 indicates that Undisputed's performance profile is balanced but unremarkable. The data shows a system that can handle the game at playable framerates across most settings, but which will not top any leaderboards. The i5-9400's six cores and six threads, with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and boost clock of 4.10 GHz, provide adequate processing power for a sports title, but the lack of hyper-threading becomes a consideration in CPU-bound scenarios.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Undisputed?

A: The data shows the most balanced experience at 2560x1440 with High settings, producing 117 average FPS. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo reaches 271 average FPS, but the visual quality trade-off may not be worth the extra frames for most users.

Q: How does the RTX 4060 compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RTX 4060's average benchmark score of 17639 is within 0.7% of all four nearest rivals. The AMD Radeon HD 7790 is 0.2% faster, while the AMD Radeon 780M is 0.3% slower, the AMD Radeon Pro 560 is 0.5% slower, and the AMD Radeon Pro 460 is 0.7% slower. These are effectively negligible differences.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-9400 a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The measured data suggests the CPU can keep up at 1920x1080 across all settings. Even at Ultra, the combo delivers 104 average FPS, and at Low it reaches 271 average FPS. The CPU's six cores with a 4.10 GHz boost clock appear sufficient for this title.

Q: What FPS can I expect at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 Ultra, the combo produces 48 average FPS. This is below the 60 FPS threshold commonly desired for smooth gameplay, indicating that 4K Ultra is not viable for this pairing.

Q: How much performance does the RTX 4060 gain from its 8 GB of VRAM?

A: The 8 GB GDDR6 memory with 272.0 GB/s bandwidth supports the measured results across all resolutions. At 4K High, the combo still manages 74 average FPS, suggesting the VRAM capacity is adequate for Undisputed's demands at that resolution.

Q: Does the combo's rank change significantly between CPU and GPU percentile positions?

A: Yes. The GPU's 61st percentile ranking is notably higher than the CPU's 47th percentile. The combo's overall rank of 2014 out of 3718 reflects this imbalance, with the CPU likely limiting the system's placement relative to what the GPU alone could achieve.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance on which preset delivers the best experience. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset yields 195 average FPS with a minimum of 166 and maximum of 225. This is well above the 144 Hz refresh rate common in modern monitors while maintaining visual fidelity. High at 1080p drops to 162 average FPS, still smooth, but Medium's tighter frametime consistency—evidenced by the 166 minimum—makes it the safer choice for competitive play.

At 2560x1440, Medium produces 141 average FPS with a minimum of 120 and maximum of 162. This keeps the experience above 120 FPS for most of the session, which is excellent for a sports title. High at 1440p delivers 117 average FPS, which is still playable but begins to approach the threshold where frame drops become noticeable on high-refresh displays. The data indicates that 1440p Medium offers the best balance of fluidity and visual quality.

At 3840x2160, the situation changes. Medium yields 89 average FPS with a minimum of 76 and maximum of 103, which is acceptable for slower-paced sports gameplay but not ideal for fast reactions. High at 4K drops to 74 average FPS, and Ultra falls to 48 average FPS, which is below the playable threshold for most users. The recommendation is to use Medium at 4K if resolution is the priority, but the data shows 1440p Medium or 1080p Medium as the optimal presets for overall performance.

The Low preset at any resolution—271 FPS at 1080p, 196 at 1440p, and 124 at 4K—offers maximum framerates but sacrifices the visual polish that makes the game's presentation engaging. The measured numbers indicate that Medium is the sweet spot across all three resolutions, providing framerates that exceed 140 FPS at 1080p, exceed 140 FPS at 1440p, and remain above 75 FPS at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest performance. Low settings produce 271 average FPS, which is the peak measured result across the entire dataset. Medium settings yield 195 average FPS with a minimum of 166 and maximum of 225, showing a consistent framerate band. High settings drop to 162 average FPS, and Ultra settings halve the Low result to 104 average FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 61.6% reduction in average FPS, from 271 to 104, which is a substantial but expected penalty for maximum visual quality.

At 2560x1440, the pattern follows a similar curve but with lower absolute numbers. Low settings produce 196 average FPS, which is 75 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result. Medium settings yield 141 average FPS with a minimum of 120 and maximum of 162, representing a 27.7% drop from the 1080p Medium result. High settings deliver 117 average FPS, and Ultra settings produce 75 average FPS. The Ultra result at 1440p is 29 FPS lower than the Ultra result at 1080p, showing that resolution scaling has a consistent impact across settings.

At 3840x2160, the performance ceiling drops significantly. Low settings produce 124 average FPS, which is still smooth but represents a 54.2% reduction from the 1080p Low result. Medium settings yield 89 average FPS with a minimum of 76 and maximum of 103, providing a playable but not exceptional experience. High settings deliver 74 average FPS, and Ultra settings produce 48 average FPS, which is the only measured result below 60 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the worst-case scenario for this combo, indicating that the GPU is stretched to its limits at this resolution with maximum settings.

The Medium preset is the only one where minimum FPS data is available across all three resolutions. At 1080p, the minimum of 166 FPS is 85.1% of the average, showing tight frametime consistency. At 1440p, the minimum of 120 FPS is 85.1% of the average, matching the 1080p ratio exactly. At 4K, the minimum of 76 FPS is 85.4% of the average, indicating slightly more variance but still a stable experience. This consistency suggests the GPU's 8 GB VRAM and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth handle the game's memory demands uniformly across resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The data shows a clear pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases. From 1920x1080 to 2560x1440, the average FPS drops by approximately 27-28% across all settings. For Low, the drop is from 271 to 196 FPS, a 27.7% reduction. For Medium, the drop is from 195 to 141 FPS, a 27.7% reduction. For High, the drop is from 162 to 117 FPS, a 27.8% reduction. For Ultra, the drop is from 104 to 75 FPS, a 27.9% reduction. This uniform scaling indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting factor when moving from 1080p to 1440p, as the pixel count increases by 77.8% while framerate decreases by roughly 28%.

From 2560x1440 to 3840x2160, the scaling becomes more severe. Low settings drop from 196 to 124 FPS, a 36.7% reduction. Medium settings drop from 141 to 89 FPS, a 36.9% reduction. High settings drop from 117 to 74 FPS, a 36.8% reduction. Ultra settings drop from 75 to 48 FPS, a 36.0% reduction. The pixel count increases by 125% from 1440p to 4K, but the framerate penalty is less than proportional, suggesting that the GPU's memory bandwidth and compute resources are being utilized more efficiently at higher resolutions.

The scaling behavior reveals that the limiting component shifts depending on resolution. At 1080p, the CPU's six cores and 4.10 GHz boost clock may be keeping pace with the GPU, but the large framerate headroom—271 FPS at Low—suggests the GPU is not fully saturated. At 1440p, the uniform scaling indicates the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck. At 4K, the severe drop to 48 FPS at Ultra shows the GPU is fully saturated, with the RTX 4060's 15.11 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth unable to maintain high framerates at maximum settings.

The consistent percentage drops across settings within each resolution step indicate that Undisputed scales predictably with pixel count rather than showing unexpected bottlenecks. The 4K Medium result of 89 FPS with a minimum of 76 suggests that this combo can handle 4K if settings are moderated, but the 4K Ultra result of 48 FPS confirms that maximum quality is beyond the hardware's reach.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-9400 is a six-core, six-thread processor based on the Coffee Lake architecture, manufactured on a 14 nm process. Its base clock of 2.90 GHz and boost clock of 4.10 GHz provide modest single-thread performance, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 935 and Geekbench single-core score of 1389. The lack of hyper-threading means the CPU can only handle six concurrent threads, which is sufficient for Undisputed's sports genre but limits performance in highly threaded workloads.

The CPU's multi-threaded capabilities are reflected in its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 6629 and Geekbench multi-core score of 5141. These scores place the i5-9400 at the 47th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 2254. The nearest rivals are all within 0.4% of this score, indicating that the CPU sits in a dense performance cluster where no single part has a meaningful advantage. This clustering suggests that in Undisputed, the CPU's specific architecture matters less than its ability to maintain consistent frame delivery.

In the context of Undisputed's measured results, the CPU appears to be sufficient for the game's demands. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 271 FPS, which would require the CPU to feed frames faster than most displays can show. Even at 1080p Ultra, the 104 FPS result indicates the CPU is not a bottleneck at this resolution. The six cores with a shared 9 MB L3 cache provide enough processing headroom for the game's physics and AI calculations, which are typically not as demanding in sports titles as in open-world or strategy games.

The CPU's memory support for DDR4 with dual-channel configuration and 42.7 GB/s bandwidth is modest by modern standards but adequate for this game. The PCIe Gen 3 interface with 16 lanes provides sufficient bandwidth for the RTX 4060, which uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface but is backward compatible. The data shows no indication of CPU-related frame drops or stuttering, with the Medium preset's minimum FPS at 85% of average across all resolutions, suggesting consistent frame delivery.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using a 5 nm process at TSMC, featuring 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die. Its 3072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output processors provide the compute foundation for its measured performance. The GPU's boost clock of 2460 MHz, combined with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivers 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is the critical resource for high-resolution gaming.

The RTX 4060's benchmark scores show a 61st percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average score of 17639. Its nearest rivals are all within 0.7%, indicating that the GPU sits at a performance tier where incremental differences do not translate to meaningful gameplay variations. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2302 and Passmark G3D score of 19545 provide additional context, showing the GPU's DirectX 12 capabilities are well-suited for modern titles like Undisputed.

In Undisputed, the GPU's role is clearly the dominant factor in determining framerate, especially at higher resolutions. The scaling analysis shows that from 1080p to 1440p, framerate drops by a consistent 28% across settings, which aligns with the GPU's compute and bandwidth limitations. From 1440p to 4K, the drop is more severe at 37%, indicating the GPU is reaching its memory bandwidth ceiling. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for the game's textures at all measured settings, as evidenced by the absence of any anomalous frame drops that would indicate memory swapping.

The RTX 4060's 15.11 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 236.2 GTexel/s texture rate are the key specifications driving the measured results. At 1080p Medium, the GPU delivers 195 average FPS, which is well above the 144 Hz threshold. At 1440p Medium, 141 average FPS remains high. At 4K Medium, 89 average FPS is playable but not exceptional. The 4K Ultra result of 48 FPS is the only data point where the GPU falls below 60 FPS, confirming that the RTX 4060's performance envelope is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming in this title.