Undisputed

# Undisputed with Intel Core i5-9400 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

The Intel Core i5-9400 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti produces a combination that ranks 680th out of 3,718 tested combos in Undisputed, placing it in the top 18.3% of all configurations. This pairing of a 2018-era six-core processor with a 2025 flagship-class GPU creates a notable imbalance in this boxing title, where the measured frame rates reveal that the graphics card is doing the overwhelming majority of the work across all tested resolutions and settings.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo rank in Undisputed compared to other tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 680th out of 3,718 tested combinations in Undisputed. This places it in the upper tier of tested systems, though not among the very top performers. The ranking reflects the RTX 5070 Ti's strong overall capabilities while being held back somewhat by the older i5-9400 processor in certain scenarios.

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achieved with this combo?

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 324 FPS at 1080p with Low settings. The lowest measured average is 79 FPS at 4K with Ultra settings. These represent the extremes of the tested range, with the gap between them showing the significant impact of both resolution and quality settings.

Q: Does the RTX 5070 Ti's 16 GB of VRAM matter for Undisputed?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti comes with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus delivering 896.0 GB/s bandwidth. In Undisputed, a sports title with relatively modest textures compared to AAA open-world games, this capacity is more than sufficient even at 4K Ultra settings, where the combo still maintains a playable 79 FPS average.

Q: How does the i5-9400's six-core configuration affect performance?

A: The i5-9400 provides 6 cores and 6 threads with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and boost up to 4.10 GHz. Its 9 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support at 42.7 GB/s bandwidth are modest by modern standards. In this game, the CPU appears adequate for maintaining high frame rates at lower resolutions, but becomes less of a factor as resolution increases and GPU load dominates.

Q: What is the RTX 5070 Ti's performance percentile compared to all GPUs?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti sits at the 86th percentile among all GPUs in the benchmark database. Its average benchmark score of 49,957 places it in the upper tier of graphics cards, though its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (with a -0.1% delta), Intel Arc A550M (+0.4% delta), AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (-2% delta), and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (+3.1% delta).

Q: Which settings preset delivers the best balance of visual quality and performance?

A: The data shows that High settings at 1440p delivers 194 FPS average, while Medium at 1440p delivers 234 FPS. At 4K, High settings yields 123 FPS while Ultra drops to 79 FPS. Given that Undisputed is a competitive boxing game where smooth gameplay matters, the Medium preset at 1440p appears to offer the best combination of visual fidelity and headroom above typical high-refresh display targets.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 680 out of 3,718 tested combinations in Undisputed places this configuration within the top 18.3% of all tested systems. This is a strong result, but the ranking does not fully reflect the GPU's raw capabilities because the processor is a limiting factor in some scenarios. The i5-9400, with its six cores and six threads, was released in late 2018 and has a benchmark percentile of 47 among all CPUs. Its average benchmark score of 2,254 places it nearly exactly between its nearest rivals: the Intel Core i7-1068NG7 (2,259, -0.2% delta) and the Intel Core i3-10305 (2,264, -0.4% delta), with the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 (2,246, +0.4% delta) and Intel Core i7-10710U (2,248, +0.3% delta) close behind.

The RTX 5070 Ti, by contrast, sits at the 86th percentile among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 49,957. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (50,951, -2% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (48,477, +3.1% delta). The GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,604 and PassMark G3D score of 32,974 indicate substantial graphics processing power that is only partially utilized in this CPU-bound pairing at lower resolutions.

The combination's rank within Undisputed specifically reflects the game's engine characteristics. Sports titles like this one often rely more heavily on GPU throughput than on complex CPU-driven simulation, which helps this combo achieve a respectable position. However, the 47th percentile CPU ranking suggests that systems with more modern processors could extract higher frame rates at 1080p, where CPU overhead is more prominent relative to GPU workload.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing, and the measured frame rates in Undisputed demonstrate its capability. The GPU features 8,960 shading units, 280 texture mapping units, and 96 render output units, along with 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores. Its base clock runs at 2,295 MHz with a boost clock of 2,452 MHz, and the 16 GB of GDDR7 memory operates at 1,750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed across a 256-bit bus.

The memory subsystem provides 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for Undisputed's requirements at any resolution. The 16 GB capacity ensures that even 4K Ultra settings with high-resolution textures will not exceed VRAM limits. The GPU's pixel rate of 235.4 GPixel/s and texture rate of 686.6 GTexel/s provide the raw throughput needed to sustain high frame rates in this boxing simulation.

Benchmark data shows the RTX 5070 Ti achieving a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,604, Geekbench OpenCL score of 212,363, and Geekbench Vulkan score of 225,122. The PassMark G3D score of 32,974 and GPU compute score of 20,203 further confirm its position in the upper tier of graphics cards. In Undisputed specifically, the GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution scales up. At 4K Ultra, the combo achieves 79 FPS average, which suggests the GPU is still providing adequate headroom even at the most demanding settings tested.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates in Undisputed span a wide range across the three resolutions and four settings levels tested. At 1080p, the combo achieves 324 FPS average on Low settings, 286 FPS on Medium (with a minimum of 243 FPS and maximum of 329 FPS), 268 FPS on High, and 173 FPS on Ultra. These numbers indicate that at 1080p, the system is capable of exceeding 300 FPS at the lowest settings, which would satisfy even the fastest competitive displays.

Moving to 1440p, the frame rates remain high but show the expected scaling. Low settings deliver 290 FPS average, Medium delivers 234 FPS (with a minimum of 199 FPS and maximum of 270 FPS), High delivers 194 FPS, and Ultra delivers 125 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra at 1440p shows a reduction of 165 FPS, or 56.9% of the Low setting value, indicating that each settings tier imposes a meaningful GPU workload increase.

At 4K, the performance envelope tightens significantly. Low settings produce 206 FPS average, Medium produces 148 FPS (with a minimum of 126 FPS and maximum of 171 FPS), High produces 123 FPS, and Ultra produces 79 FPS. The Ultra setting at 4K is the only configuration tested that drops below the 100 FPS threshold, and it still maintains a playable 79 FPS average. The minimum FPS values are only recorded for Medium settings across all resolutions, and they show that the combo maintains reasonably consistent frame delivery at this settings level.

Resolution Scaling

The scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals important information about where the bottleneck lies in this system. At Low settings, the average frame rate drops from 324 FPS at 1080p to 290 FPS at 1440p and 206 FPS at 4K. This represents a 36.4% reduction from 1080p to 4K. At Medium settings, the drop is from 286 FPS to 234 FPS to 148 FPS, a 48.3% reduction from 1080p to 4K. High settings show a drop from 268 FPS to 194 FPS to 123 FPS, a 54.1% reduction. Ultra settings demonstrate the steepest scaling, dropping from 173 FPS to 125 FPS to 79 FPS, a 54.3% reduction.

The pattern of scaling indicates that the RTX 5070 Ti is not the primary limiting factor at 1080p. The jump from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings (324 to 290 FPS, a 10.5% reduction) is relatively modest, suggesting that the CPU is constraining the maximum achievable frame rate at 1080p. The i5-9400's six cores and six threads at up to 4.10 GHz boost clock are likely unable to feed the GPU fast enough at this resolution. As resolution increases to 4K, the GPU becomes the dominant bottleneck, and the frame rate reductions become more proportional to the pixel count increase.

The 1080p to 4K scaling factor at Low settings is 1.57x (324 / 206), at Medium it is 1.93x (286 / 148), at High it is 2.18x (268 / 123), and at Ultra it is 2.19x (173 / 79). These factors are all below the raw pixel count ratio of 4x between 1080p and 4K, which indicates that neither component is purely resolution-bound. Instead, the system demonstrates a mix of CPU and GPU limitations depending on settings and resolution.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-9400 is a six-core, six-thread processor from the Coffee Lake Refresh generation, built on Intel's 14 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.10 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The processor includes 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 256 KB of L2 cache per core, and 9 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support is limited to dual-channel DDR4 with 42.7 GB/s bandwidth, and the CPU provides PCIe Gen 3 with 16 lanes.

Benchmark results for the i5-9400 show a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 6,629 and single-core score of 935. The Cinebench R20 scores are 2,784 multi-core and 392 single-core, while Geekbench shows 5,141 multi-core and 1,389 single-core. These figures place the processor at the 47th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 2,254. Its nearest rivals are all within a narrow band: the Intel Core i7-1068NG7 at 2,259 (-0.2% delta), Intel Core i3-10305 at 2,264 (-0.4% delta), Intel Core i7-10710U at 2,248 (+0.3% delta), and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 at 2,246 (+0.4% delta).

In Undisputed, the CPU's role is most apparent at 1080p where frame rates exceed 300 FPS at Low settings. At these high frame rates, the CPU's ability to process game logic and issue draw calls becomes critical. The six-core configuration without Hyper-Threading may limit performance in scenarios that benefit from additional threads, but the game's sports genre likely does not demand the multi-threaded performance required by strategy or simulation titles. The 2.90 GHz base clock and 4.10 GHz boost clock provide adequate single-thread performance, as evidenced by the 935 Cinebench R23 single-core score, but the aging architecture is a clear step behind modern processors in the same market segment.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance for optimizing the experience in Undisputed with this hardware combination. At 1080p, all settings presets deliver average frame rates above 170 FPS, with Low settings reaching 324 FPS and Ultra still achieving 173 FPS. For players with high-refresh 1080p displays, the High preset at 268 FPS offers a strong balance of visual quality and performance headroom, while Ultra at 173 FPS remains viable for those prioritizing image quality.

At 1440p, the recommendation becomes more nuanced. The Ultra preset at 125 FPS is still smooth, but the High preset at 194 FPS provides substantial additional headroom for maintaining consistent frame delivery during intense boxing exchanges. The Medium preset at 234 FPS with a recorded minimum of 199 FPS ensures that frame times remain consistently low, which is valuable in a competitive sports title where reaction timing matters.

At 4K, the Ultra preset drops to 79 FPS average, which is playable but leaves little margin for demanding scenes. The High preset at 123 FPS is the better choice for 4K gaming, as it provides a comfortable buffer above the 60 FPS threshold while retaining most visual fidelity. The Medium preset at 148 FPS is the strongest option for players with 144 Hz 4K displays, as it maintains frame rates above 144 FPS with only a modest reduction in graphical quality.

Given that Undisputed is a competitive boxing game where fluid animation and responsive controls are paramount, the data suggests prioritizing frame rate stability over maximum visual settings. The Medium preset across all resolutions provides the most consistent performance, with minimum FPS values recorded at 243 FPS at 1080p, 199 FPS at 1440p, and 126 FPS at 4K. These minimums indicate that the combo can sustain high frame rates without significant drops, making Medium the recommended settings level for players who value consistent performance. Players with lower refresh rate displays can comfortably use High settings, while Ultra should be reserved for those who prioritize visual quality and have displays limited to 60-75 Hz at 4K resolution.