Valorant

The Intel Core i5-12400 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 delivers exceptionally high frame rates in Valorant, a tactical FPS where frame-time consistency and raw FPS directly affect competitive performance. Measured data across four presets and three resolutions shows the combo sustaining over 300 FPS in all but the most demanding scenario, with a peak average of 526 FPS at 1920x1080 Low. The combination ranks 1480th out of 3708 tested combos in this game, reflecting a strong position among all hardware pairings. This analysis unpacks the benchmark results, hardware roles, and settings trade-offs using only the published specification and performance data.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded in the measured data set?

A: The highest average is 526 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. This is the single highest avgFPS value in the measured rows.

Q: Which resolution and preset combination produces the lowest average FPS?

A: The lowest average is 307 FPS at 3840x2160 with the Ultra preset. That configuration also lists no min or max FPS values in the data.

Q: Does the RTX 5060’s 8 GB GDDR7 memory limit performance at 4K?

A: The data does not show any indication of a VRAM limit. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the average FPS is 307, and at 4K Low it jumps to 463 FPS. The 8 GB VRAM, in conjunction with the 448.0 GB/s bandwidth, appears sufficient for all tested preset levels at this title’s load.

Q: What is the maximum boost clock for the Intel Core i5-12400?

A: The boost clock is 4.40 GHz. The base clock is 2.50 GHz, and the CPU has 6 cores with 12 threads.

Q: Which preset yields the highest average FPS at 2560x1440?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset gives 499 FPS, the highest of the three presets tested at that resolution. Medium yields 423, High yields 403, and Ultra yields 384.

Q: Are there any min or max FPS measurements available?

A: Only for the Medium preset. At each resolution, Medium lists min and max values: 288/389 at 3840x2160, 360/487 at 2560x1440, and 381/516 at 1920x1080. All other presets have null min/max fields.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, fabricated on a 5nm process. It houses 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, giving it a peak bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. Its base clock is 2280 MHz, rising to 2497 MHz boost, with a memory clock of 1750 MHz effective 28 Gbps. The GPU has 3840 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, 48 ROPs, 30 RT cores, and 120 tensor cores, feeding a 19.18 TFLOPS FP32 compute engine.

In Valorant, the GPU's performance scales noticeably with resolution and preset. The measured data shows that the 448.0 GB/s bandwidth and 8 GB capacity are not limiting factors across the applied settings. For comparison, the RTX 5060's average benchmark score is 26331, and it sits in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals, as per the dataset, are the AMD Radeon 860M and NVIDIA GeForce MX550, which score 26401 and 26421 respectively, within 0.3% of the RTX 5060's average. The RTX 5675 XT is 1.2% behind at 26011, while the RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary trails by - - but all these remain closer to the 5060 than the headline numbers suggest; the gameplay data shows the GPU is capable of saturating high refresh rates.

The RTX 5060 also lists a DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) API support, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6. For Valorant, which runs on a DX and low-swap renderer, the DX12 Upscc can excede at high draw calls. However, the raw frame counts indicate that the GPU is more than sufficient for the game's demands. The 4K Ultra average of 307 FPS demonstrates that even the most taxing preset retains high playability on a 288 Hz display, while the 4K Low shows that the GPU's memory and compute are not a bottleneck for higher.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of a Core i5-12400 and RTX 5060 achieves a combined rank of 1480 out of 3708 tested combos in Valorant's database. That places the system in the 39th percentile of all combinations, meaning it outperforms the majority of tested setups. While is not the top-tier adjacency, it is notably strong in this title. The CPU alone holds a 72nd percentile across all processors and an average benchmark of 18683, while the GPU’s 72nd percentile and 26331 average. The combo’s ranking of 1480 is the single objective aggregate of how CPU and GPU cooperate in this game.

The data from measured FPS shows that this combo lands in the top 40% primarily because of the high FPS achieved at 1440p and 1080p. For context, the CPU's nearest rivals indicate the i5-12400 is a balanced multi-core, with negligible delta to AMD EPYC 7643 (-0.1%, avg 18697), 7th-just i7-1355U (-0.3%, 18730), and AMD Ryzen XY 330 (-0.7% , 18811). The Intel i3-14100F is 0.9% higher at 18519. These differences are small, implying the CPU does not bottleneck the combo's in-game score. On the GPU side, the nearest rivals are similarly close (-1.2% to RX 6750 XT) again showing the combo's score is not unusual.

Settings Recommendations

Valorant's competitive nature rewards high, stable FPS over optical flair, but the benchmarks reveal that even the Ultra preset at a 1440p display yields a robust 384 FPS average. The data supports three viable paths: maximum refresh gameplay, balanced stability, or performance.

For maximum average FPS: Use 1920x1080 Low. This gives 526 FPS, the highest in the entire dataset. The min/max is not recorded, but the average is far beyond any current display's refresh ceiling, so there is no risk of buffering.

For stability with extra sharpness: The Medium preset at 1920x1080 supplies 449 FPS with a monitored minimum of 381 and a maximum of 516. This frame window is competitive for 360Hz monitors. At 2560x1440, Medium still holds a 423 average but with 360 to 487. If the user owns a QHD 240Hz panel, this is the sweet spot.

For 4K or high IQ: At 3840x2160, Medium yields 338 FPS with min 288 and max 389, which is playable on a 144Hz (reasonable). Ultra at that resolution still hits 307 FPS. However, the lowest preset at 4K gives 463 FPS, demonstrating that the GPU and CPU can drive very high frames at 4K without a hit to CPU performance.

Thus, for the best balance of graphical fidelity and fluidity, the Medium preset at 2560x1440 is recommended. It provides 0.5% lows (360 FPS) above the 144Hz and 240Hz zig-zag, making it the safest for champion-level play.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete dataset includes four presets across three resolutions. Here is the exact average FPS per qualifier:

1920x1080 (1080p): Low 526, Medium 449, High 441, Ultra 434. Only the Medium preset provides min/max values of 381/516.

2560x1440 (1440p): Low 499, Medium 423, High 403, Ultra 384. Medium min/max is 360/487.

3840x Like (4K UHD): Low 463, Medium 338, High 322, Ultra 307. Medium min/max is 288/389.

Notice that the scaling from 1080p to 4K at the Low preset is 526 to 463, a decrease of exactly 63 units. The same between at High is from 441 to 322, a 119-unit drop. These values are large but expected due to increased render resolution. The 4K Medium and Ultra (338 and 307) remain above 0 disaster. The albeit small.

The Medium preset’s min-max data provide a key insight into frame pacing. At 1080p, the min is 381 and max 516, giving a spread of 135. At 1440p, the spread is 127 (360 to 487). At 4K, the spread is 10 (288 to 389). This widening spread at higher resolutions indicates more variance, but even the worst min pulls above 288. All told, the average FPS until 4K never drops below 300 — the Ultra preset excepted (307 average).

Additionally, the data does not include any min/max for Low, High, or Ultra settings, only for Medium, which may indicate that yielding to stable average while not enough to 1% lows for those presets.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost to 4.40 GHz. It is based on the Alder Lake architecture on a 10nm process, with a 163 mm² die. It has 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 18 MB of shared L3 cache, and it supports DDR4/DDR5 memory. The CPU is rated at a 65W TDP and fits in LGA1700 socket.

In Valorant, the 6-core/12-thread config is ample for the game's multi-core scale. The CPU's single-thread performance is highlighted in benchmarks: 3DMark single-thread score 910, Cinebench R23 single-core 2257, and PassMark single-thread 3456. Multi-core numbers are strong as well: Cinebench R23 multi-core 15989, Cinebench R20 multi-core 127, 3DMark max threads 5890, and Geekbench multi-core 8564. The 18 MB L3 helps at high refresh, as the game's draw calls rely on fast cache hits.

The CPU's average benchmark is 18312, and it sits in the 72nd percentile overall. Its nearest rivals in aggregate are close, with delta -0.1% vs the AMD EPYC. However, the critical point is that the CPU delivers solid frame production capability. For instance, at 1080p Low, at an average of 526 FPS, the CPU is still capable of generating the frame rate to the preset, meaning the CPU is not a limitation at that setting. At 4K Ultra, where the GPU is page, the CPU. The minimum specs is 307 FPS, still very high.

The CPU's boost clock of 4.40 GHz ensures high IPC, essential for Valorant's loading engine. The fact that the 12400 has non the 3D V-cache nor newer generation, but in this title it slides. The benchmark data shows no computation bottleneck. For the highest tune of 4K, the CPU may even spike could, but the frame average says otherwise.

In summary, the CPU's strong single-thread results and 6 such cores combined with the RTX 5060's hardware capability makes the combo reliable and smooth while not top-ranked is more than enough for bottom-96th percentile frames. The 1480/300 rank is verified by the actual FPS being in the top 40% of all combos.