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Rate My PC: Intel Core i5-13400E + AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

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86 Score

Top 14% Ranking

86 / 100

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Power Build

Top 14% of systems. Excellent for 1440p Ultra or 4K High gaming.

1440p Ultra4K High

System Balance Analysis

CPU vs GPU performance ratio

Well Balanced

CPU

78%

GPU

94%

PROCESSOR

Intel Core i5-13400E

6,638 Benchmark Score

Top 22% Market Ranking

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GRAPHICS CARD

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

32,456 Benchmark Score

Top 6% Market Ranking

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Market Position

How your build compares to others

Budget

0-30

Mid-Range

30-60

High-End

60-85

Enthusiast

85-100

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Game Performance Benchmarks

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Strong Performance

Excellent for 1440p gaming. Most games will run at high/ultra settings smoothly.

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Performance Tiers Explained

90-100

Ultimate

4K Ultra gaming, VR ready, ray tracing enabled, professional workloads

4K 60+ FPS VR Ready

70-89

High-End

1440p Ultra or 4K High settings, excellent for modern AAA titles

1440p Ultra 4K High

50-69

Mid-Range

1080p Ultra or 1440p Medium, great value for most gamers

1080p Ultra 1440p Med

30-49

Entry Level

1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

1080p Med eSports

0-29

Legacy

Basic gaming, older titles, consider upgrading for modern games

720p-1080p Low Older Games

The Intel Core i5-13400E pairs with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE to form a desktop combination that sits at the 70th combined percentile of all tracked systems. The CPU, a 10-core/16-thread Raptor Lake part, and the GPU, a 16GB Navi 31 chip, cover a wide performance span. However, the FACT PACK contains no measured FPS rows for this exact pairing, so all gaming figures here are estimates derived from the benchmark scores rather than direct in-game results.

Usage Scenarios

High‑refresh gaming – The GPU’s 77th percentile ranking and its 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 4814 indicate strong raw rasterisation capability. The CPU’s single‑core Cinebench R23 score of 3240 ensures that frame‑feeding at high refresh rates will not be a limiting factor. With 16GB of VRAM and 576.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, the card can maintain high texture and resolution settings without running out of memory. No measured FPS data exists, but the component scores point to a setup capable of sustaining high‑refresh 1080p and 1440p play.

Streaming. The 10‑core/16‑thread CPU with a 4.60 GHz boost clock provides enough parallel throughput to encode video while keeping the game running. The multi‑core Cinebench R23 result of 22950 shows the CPU can handle background streaming workloads alongside the GPU’s dedicated hardware. The GPU’s 80 RT cores and 5120 shading units also accelerate video effects and compositing tasks, though the exact encoding headroom is not quantified in the data.

Video editing. The CPU’s multi‑core scores – Cinebench R20 9639 and R23 22950 – indicate strong performance for timeline scrubbing and export rendering. The GPU’s OpenCL score of 175758 and Passmark GPU Compute 15016 suggest it can accelerate effects, color grading, and preview rendering. The 16 GB of VRAM provides ample space for high‑resolution video buffers and multi‑layer compositions.

3D rendering. The GPU’s FP32 throughput of 45.98 TFLOPS and FP16 of 91.96 TFLOPS (2:1) directly benefit ray‑tracing and rasterisation workloads. The 10‑core CPU with a 20 MB L3 cache assists with scene loading and geometry processing. The GPU’s 77th percentile means it outperforms most other cards in the database, making it suitable for rendering tasks that rely on compute power.

Software development. The CPU’s 10 cores and 16 threads allow parallel compilation, and its 4.60 GHz boost clock speeds up single‑threaded build steps. The ECC memory support (true) adds reliability for long‑running builds or simulations. The GPU’s 16 GB memory and 576.0 GB/s bandwidth can be used for data‑parallel workloads, though no explicit developer benchmark is included.

Student and office work. The CPU includes integrated UHD 730 graphics, so a discrete GPU is not required for basic productivity. The 65 W TDP of the CPU and the 600 W suggested PSU keep the system efficient for everyday tasks. The single‑core Cinebench R23 score of 3240 ensures responsive web browsing, spreadsheet handling, and document editing.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU delivers an average benchmark score of 6638, placing it in the 62nd percentile of all processors. Its multi‑core scores range from 2313 in Cinebench R15 to 9639 in R20 and 22950 in R23. Single‑core results span 326 (R15) to 3240 (R23). These numbers place it within 0.5% of four rivals – the AMD Threadripper 2950X (deltaPct −0.1), Intel i9‑9940X (−0.3), Intel i9‑12900E (+0.4), and Intel Pentium Gold G6405 (+0.5) – meaning the i5‑13400E is effectively performance‑equivalent to those parts.

The GPU’s average benchmark score is 32456, ranking it at the 77th percentile of all GPUs. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 4814, Geekbench OpenCL 175758, and Vulkan 99850. PassMark G3D 27089 and GPU Compute 107 score 15,016. The nearest rivals are all AMD FirePro or older Radeon cards, with deltaPct values of 0.2% (S10000), −0.3% (S9300 X2), −0.4% (RX 590 GME), and +0.9% (Radeon Pro 570X). The GPU clearly outperforms these legacy parts, but its relative standing is close.

The combined percentile of 70 indicates the pairing is balanced, with the GPU being the stronger component relative to its pool of GPUs than the CPU is to its pool of CPUs.

Balance and Bottleneck

The CPU’s 62nd percentile and the GPU’s 77th percentile indicate that the GPU is the more powerful component when compared to their respective peers. In gaming, this means the GPU will typically be the limiting factor at high resolutions and quality settings, as it saturates its compute and memory bandwidth. At 1080p with lower settings, the CPU’s single‑core performance – Cinebench R23 3240 – becomes more relevant, and the CPU may become the bottleneck. The CPU’s 10‑core/16‑thread configuration and 4.60 GHz boost clock provide enough headroom for most games, but the data does not include FPS scaling to confirm the exact crossover point.

In CPU‑intensive workloads like video rendering or software compilation, the CPU’s multi‑core scores (R23 22950) are the primary driver, while the GPU’s compute capabilities assist only when the workload is parallelisable. The 16 GB VRAM and 576.0 GB/s bandwidth prevent memory‑bandwidth bottlenecks for the GPU, but the CPU’s 20 MB shared L3 cache is the critical resource for high‑thread‑count tasks.

Gaming Performance

No measured FPS data exists for this CPU‑GPU combination. All gaming expectations are estimates based on the benchmark scores. The GPU’s 3DMark Steel Nomad 4814 and PassMark G3D 27089 indicate it can run modern titles at high settings at 1080p and 1440p. The CPU’s single‑core R23 3240 is sufficient to feed the GPU at high refresh rates, but the exact frame rates depend on the game engine and resolution. At 4K, the GPU’s 16 GB VRAM and 576.0 GB/s bandwidth support high‑resolution textures, though the lower‑relative CPU percentile may cause occasional frame drops in CPU‑intensive scenes. Given the lack of measured data, these figures should be treated as estimates.

Who Should Build It

This combination targets gamers who play at 1080p or 1440p with high refresh rates. The GPU’s 77th percentile and the CPU’s 16 threads ensure smooth gameplay, and the 16 GB VRAM supports future‑proofing. Content creators working with 4K video or 3D renders will benefit from the CPU’s multi‑core R23 22950 and the GPU’s 45.98 TFLOPS FP32 and 91.96 TFLOPS FP16. Software developers and small‑business workstations can rely on the CPU’s ECC support and 10‑core/16‑thread design for compilation and data‑intensive tasks. Students and office users can run the system with the integrated UHD 730 graphics if a discrete GPU is not needed, but the 7900 GRE adds a significant compute advantage for any graphics‑ or compute‑oriented work.

GPU Analysis

The Radeon RX 7900 GRE is built on the 5 nm Navi 31 chip (TSMC) and features 57,700 million transistors. Its memory subsystem comprises 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256‑bit bus, delivering 576.0 GB/s bandwidth. The clocks are set to 1287 MHz base, 1880 MHz game, and 2245 MHz boost; memory runs at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The card has 5120 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 160 ROPs, along with 80 RT cores for ray tracing. The pixel rate is 359.2 GPixel/s and texture rate is 718.4 GTexel/s. The FP32 throughput is 45.98 TFLOPS, with FP16 at 91.96 TFLOPS (2:1).

Benchmark results show a 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 4814 and Geekbench OpenCL 175758. The PassMark G3D score is 27089, and the GPU Compute score is 15016. These numbers place the GPU at the 77th percentile, meaning it outperforms 77% of all GPUs in the database. The closest rivals – the AMD FirePro S10000 (avg 32388, deltaPct 0.2), S9300 X2 (32540, −0.3), RX 590 GME (32601, −0.4), and Radeon Pro 570X (32176, +0.9) – are within 0.9% of the RX 7900 GRE’s average score, indicating that the card’s performance is tightly clustered around those legacy professional cards. The RT cores and 80 units support real‑time ray tracing, and the 16 GB VRAM is sufficient for high‑resolution rendering.

CPU Analysis

The Intel Core i5‑13400E is a 10‑core, 16‑thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture (Raptor Lake‑S) on a 10 nm process, with a die size of 215 mm². It runs at a base clock of 2.40 GHz and boosts up to 4.60 GHz. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB L1 per core, 1.25 MB L2 per core, and 20 MB shared L3. It supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual‑channel configuration and includes ECC memory support. The CPU offers PCIe Gen 5 (16 lanes, CPU only) and has integrated UHD 730 graphics. The TDP is 65 W.

Benchmark scores: Cinebench R15 multicore 2313 and single‑core 326; R20 9639 and 1360; R23 22950 and 3240. These yield an average benchmark score of 6638, placing the CPU in the 62nd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals – Threadripper 2950X, i9‑9940X, i9‑12900E, and Pentium Gold G6405 – are all within 0.5% of the i5‑13400E’s average score. The multi‑core scores indicate strong performance for parallel tasks, while the single‑core 3240 (R23) is solid for everyday responsiveness. The 10‑core/16‑thread design with ECC support makes it suitable for professional workstations, though the locked multiplier prevents overclocking.

FAQ

Q: What is the boost clock of the CPU?

A: The Intel Core i5‑13400E boosts to 4.60 GHz.

Q: How much VRAM does the GPU have?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory.

Q: What is the GPU’s launch MSRP?

A: The launch MSRP is 549 USD.

Q: Does the CPU support ECC memory?

A: Yes, the i5‑13400E has ECC memory support.

Q: What PCIe version does the CPU support?

A: The CPU provides PCIe Gen 5 with 16 lanes (CPU only).

Q: What is the GPU’s TDP and suggested PSU?

A: The GPU’s TDP is 260 W, and the suggested power supply is 600 W.

Q: Are there any measured FPS data for this combination?

A: No, the FACT PACK contains no measured FPS rows for this pairing, so gaming figures are estimates.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The system is built on Intel Socket 1700, which supports the CPU’s Raptor Lake architecture. The CPU supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual‑channel layout, allowing users to choose between the two. The CPU provides PCIe Gen 5 lanes (16, CPU only), while the GPU uses PCIe 4.0 x16, so the motherboard must have a PCIe 4.0 slot. The GPU requires two 8‑pin power connectors and a 600 W PSU, which is the suggested wattage; the CPU’s TDP is 65 W, so the total power draw of the system will remain within the PSU’s capacity. The GPU is 276 mm long, 110 mm high, and 51 mm wide, and occupies a dual‑slot space. The platform is current, with both the CPU and GPU listed as “Active” production. A sensible next upgrade could be a higher‑core‑count CPU on the same socket, but no specific models are provided in the data. For the GPU, the next step would be a card with a higher percentile rating, but the 7900 GRE already sits at the 77th percentile, so the headroom is limited. The 600 W PSU leaves little headroom for additional high‑power components, so any future upgrades would need to consider the power budget.

Rate My PC: Intel Core i5-13400E + AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Power Build

System Balance Analysis

Intel Core i5-13400E

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Market Position

Game Performance Benchmarks

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Performance Insights

Strong Performance

Performance Tiers Explained

Ultimate

High-End

Mid-Range

Entry Level

Legacy

Usage Scenarios

Benchmark Performance

Balance and Bottleneck

Gaming Performance

Who Should Build It

GPU Analysis

CPU Analysis

FAQ

Upgrade Path and Platform

4K Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Control

Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

1440p Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Control

Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

1080p Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Control

Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

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