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Rate My PC: Intel Core i5-13400E + Intel Arc B570

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84 / 100
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Top 16% of systems. Excellent for 1440p Ultra or 4K High gaming.

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System Balance Analysis

CPU vs GPU performance ratio
Well Balanced
CPU
78%
VS
GPU
91%
PROCESSOR

Intel Core i5-13400E

6,638 Benchmark Score
Top 22% Market Ranking
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Intel Arc B570

20,556 Benchmark Score
Top 9% Market Ranking
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Market Position

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Budget
0-30
Mid-Range
30-60
High-End
60-85
Enthusiast
85-100
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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 and Intel Arc B570 form a desktop pairing that sits in the 64th percentile overall. The data shows a CPU and GPU that are closely matched in their respective performance tiers, with the processor delivering strong multi-threaded throughput and the graphics card providing competitive rasterization and compute results. This analysis relies exclusively on the benchmark scores in the FACT PACK, as no measured FPS rows exist for this exact combination.

GPU Analysis — VRAM, bandwidth, clocks, RT/tensor hardware, what the benchmark scores mean for rendering

The Intel Arc B570 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture, also known as Battlemage, and represents the Arc 5 generation. The GPU is manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC, with a die size of 272 mm² and 19,600 million transistors. The memory subsystem is notable: 10 GB of GDDR6 on a 160-bit bus delivers 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth, with memory clocked at 2375 MHz or 19 Gbps effective. This amount of VRAM and bandwidth positions the card for 1440p gaming and moderate 4K texture workloads, though the bus width is narrower than some higher-tier competitors.

The GPU’s clock speeds are fixed at 2500 MHz for both base and boost. The shading hardware includes 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 80 raster operation units. The pixel rate is 200.0 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 360.0 GTexel/s. For compute, the card delivers 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 23.04 TFLOPS of FP16 performance at a 2:1 ratio. The 18 ray tracing cores indicate hardware-accelerated ray tracing capability, though the FACT PACK does not provide a dedicated RT benchmark score. The card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6, making it compatible with modern rendering APIs.

Benchmark scores for the B570 show a varied picture. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the card scores 2649. Geekbench results are strong: 83514 in OpenCL and 96844 in Vulkan. The Passmark suite shows more granular results: G3D score of 14195, GPU compute score of 7281, and DirectX 11 score of 118, which is the highest among the DirectX variants listed (DirectX 9 at 164, DirectX 12 at 72, DirectX 10 at 65). The G2D score of 661 is less relevant for gaming but suggests adequate 2D acceleration. The average benchmark score is 20556, placing the GPU in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. This means the B570 outperforms roughly two-thirds of the database’s GPU entries, which is a solid mid-range position.

For rendering workloads, the FP32 and FP16 figures indicate that the card can handle real-time graphics and some compute tasks, but the 80 ROPs and 144 TMUs suggest a design optimized for traditional rasterization rather than extreme pixel pushing. The 18 RT cores provide entry-level ray tracing, but the lack of a dedicated RT benchmark means performance in ray-traced scenes is speculative. The 10 GB VRAM is sufficient for most current titles at 1440p with high textures, but 4K texture packs may exceed it in some cases.

Benchmark Performance — exact CPU and GPU scores, percentile positions, and what the combined picture is

The CPU benchmarks are comprehensive. In Cinebench R15, the i5-13400E scores 2313 in multi-core and 326 in single-core. Cinebench R20 results are 9639 multi-core and 1360 single-core. The most modern test, Cinebench R23, shows 22950 multi-core and 3240 single-core. The average benchmark score for the CPU is 6638, placing it in the 62nd percentile of all CPUs.

The GPU’s average benchmark score is 20556, placing it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. The combined percentile for this pairing is 64, which reflects the balance between the two components. The CPU’s nearest rival is the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X with an average score of 6647 and a deltaPct of -0.1%, meaning the i5-13400E is essentially tied with that high-end workstation chip from a few years earlier. Other rivals include the Intel Core i9-9940X (6657, -0.3%) and the Intel Core i9-12900E (6611, 0.4%). Notably, the Intel Pentium Gold G6405 is listed as a rival with a score of 6605 and a deltaPct of 0.5%, which seems like an outlier in the data but is included as a reference point.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534, 0.1%), the Intel Arc A750 (20582, -0.1%), the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480, 0.4%), and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X (20662, -0.5%). This means the B570 is within 0.5% of these four very different cards, from a mobile RTX 3070 to a professional Quadro. The deltaPct values are all under 1%, indicating a tight cluster of performance around the 20500-20600 average score range.

The combined picture is one of equilibrium. The CPU at the 62nd percentile and GPU at the 65th percentile are close enough that neither is a clear bottleneck in synthetic benchmarks. The combined percentile of 64 suggests that the system as a whole performs at a level that is better than the majority of entries in the database, but it is not a top-tier enthusiast configuration.

Balance and Bottleneck — which component limits which workload, using percentiles and FPS scaling as evidence

The balance between the i5-13400E and Arc B570 is best understood through their percentile positions. The CPU sits at the 62nd percentile, and the GPU at the 65th, a gap of only 3 percentage points. This narrow margin indicates that in most workloads, the two components will scale together without one severely limiting the other.

In CPU-bound tasks, the i5-13400E’s multi-core score of 22950 in Cinebench R23 is the dominant factor. For software development, video encoding, and 3D rendering, the CPU is the primary engine, and the GPU’s role is secondary. The GPU’s compute score of 7281 in Passmark and 83514 in OpenCL, however, suggest that it can offload some compute tasks, but the CPU’s 10 cores and 16 threads are the main workhorse.

In GPU-bound workloads, such as gaming at high resolutions or ray tracing, the Arc B570 becomes the limiting factor. The GPU’s 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 2649 is a measure of its DX12 gaming performance. The CPU’s single-core score of 3240 in Cinebench R23 is strong enough to keep up with the GPU in most scenarios. The deltaPct values from the rivals reinforce this balance: the CPU is nearly identical to the Threadripper 2950X, and the GPU is nearly identical to the RTX 3070 Mobile, meaning the pairing is akin to a last-gen high-end CPU with a current mid-range GPU.

Without measured FPS data, the bottleneck analysis must rely on these scores. The data suggests that at 1080p with lower graphical settings, the CPU might become the limiting factor in esports titles that demand high single-thread performance. At 1440p or 4K with ultra settings, the GPU will be the bottleneck, as the 380.0 GB/s bandwidth and 10 GB VRAM will be stressed by high-resolution textures and effects. The 65th percentile GPU is adequate for 1440p gaming, but the CPU’s 62nd percentile is more than sufficient for that same workload, meaning the GPU is the likely limiting component in modern AAA titles.

Who Should Build It — target users and industries (gamers at specific resolutions, content creators, developers, students, small business workstations) tied strictly to the measured performance

The measured performance data points to a specific set of users. Gamers targeting 1440p will find the Arc B570’s 10 GB VRAM and 380.0 GB/s bandwidth suitable for high-texture settings, while the i5-13400E’s single-core score of 3240 ensures responsive frame times. The GPU’s 65th percentile rank means it outperforms most discrete GPUs, making it a viable choice for gamers who want high refresh rates at 1080p or solid frame rates at 1440p without enabling ray tracing, given the limited RT core count of 18.

Content creators who work with video editing or 3D rendering will benefit from the CPU’s multi-core strength. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22950 is competitive with the Threadripper 2950X, which was a workstation-class chip. This means the i5-13400E can handle 4K video export and complex 3D scene rendering. The GPU’s FP32 performance of 11.52 TFLOPS can assist with GPU-accelerated effects in editing software, though the lack of a tensor core count in the FACT PACK means AI-accelerated workloads are not quantifiable here.

Software developers will appreciate the 10 cores and 16 threads for parallel compilation tasks. The CPU’s 62nd percentile rank is solid for build servers or daily driver machines. Students and small business workstations that need a balanced system for office applications, web development, and light media work will find this combination adequate. The CPU’s 65 W TDP and the GPU’s 150 W TDP suggest a system that does not require exotic cooling, though the exact power draw is not specified in the benchmark data.

CPU Analysis — cores, clocks, architecture, what the benchmark scores mean for real workloads

The Intel Core i5-13400E is a desktop processor from the Core 13th Gen series, based on the Raptor Lake architecture and the Raptor Lake-S codename. It is manufactured on a 10 nm process at Intel, with a die size of 215 mm². The chip has 10 cores and 16 threads, indicating a hybrid design with performance and efficiency cores, though the exact core layout is not in the FACT PACK. The base clock is 2.40 GHz, and the boost clock is 4.60 GHz. The TDP is 65 W, which is modest for a 10-core processor.

The cache hierarchy is substantial: 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache. This large L3 cache is beneficial for workloads that reuse data, such as databases or certain game engines. The CPU supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, and it supports ECC memory, which is unusual for a consumer chip and useful for stability in workstation tasks. The PCIe implementation is Gen 5 with 16 lanes from the CPU, providing high bandwidth for the GPU or NVMe drives. The integrated graphics are UHD Graphics 730, which can serve as a fallback display output or for basic tasks when the discrete GPU is idle.

The benchmark scores show a processor that excels in multi-threaded workloads. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22950 is 7.1 times the single-core score of 3240, indicating excellent scaling across the 16 threads. In real-world terms, this means video rendering, code compilation, and batch photo processing will be much faster than on a quad-core chip. The single-core score of 3240 is strong for gaming and lightly threaded applications, ensuring that the CPU does not hold back the GPU in most games. The average benchmark score of 6638 and the 62nd percentile rank confirm that this is a mid-to-upper mid-range CPU, outperforming older high-end chips like the Threadripper 2950X by a hair but trailing more modern flagship CPUs.

Gaming Performance — measured FPS by game and resolution from measuredFpsUltraByGame (or, if dataIsMeasured is false, frame expectations qualitatively from the benchmark scores and say the figures are estimates)

The FACT PACK does not contain any measured FPS rows for this exact combination of the Intel Core i5-13400E and Intel Arc B570. The `measuredFpsUltraByGame` field is empty, and `dataIsMeasured` is set to false. Therefore, all FPS figures are estimates based on the benchmark scores and should be treated as approximations rather than definitive results.

Based on the GPU’s 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 2649 and its 65th percentile rank, the Arc B570 is expected to deliver playable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p with ultra settings in most games. The 10 GB VRAM is sufficient for 1440p textures in current titles. For esports games like Counter-Strike 2 or Valorant, the CPU’s single-core score of 3240 and the GPU’s high texture rate of 360.0 GTexel/s should allow frame rates well above 100 FPS at 1080p, though exact numbers are not available. For AAA titles at 1440p ultra, the GPU’s bandwidth of 380.0 GB/s and pixel rate of 200.0 GPixel/s suggest frame rates in the 60-90 FPS range, depending on the title’s optimization.

Ray tracing performance is a weaker point. The 18 RT cores are present, but without a dedicated RT benchmark, the expected frame rates with ray tracing enabled are uncertain. Based on the Passmark DirectX 12 score of 72, which is lower than the DirectX 11 score of 118, the card may perform better in older APIs than in modern DX12 titles. Users should expect to lower ray tracing settings or disable them entirely for playable performance. The lack of measured data means these are estimates, and real-world performance may vary by driver maturity and game engine.

FAQ

Q: What is the combined percentile rank of this CPU and GPU pairing?

A: The combined percentile is 64, placing the system in the 64th percentile of all CPU and GPU combinations in the database.

Q: How does the Intel Core i5-13400E compare to its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X?

A: The i5-13400E has an average benchmark score of 6638, while the Threadripper 2950X scores 6647, resulting in a deltaPct of -0.1%, meaning they are statistically tied.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth of the Intel Arc B570?

A: The GPU has a memory bandwidth of 380.0 GB/s, provided by 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus.

Q: Does the i5-13400E support ECC memory?

A: Yes, the FACT PACK indicates that the CPU supports ECC memory, which is useful for error-correcting workloads in workstations.

Q: What is the suggested power supply wattage for the Arc B570?

A: The suggested PSU is 450 W, while the GPU’s TDP is 150 W and the CPU’s TDP is 65 W.

Q: How does the Arc B570 perform relative to the Intel Arc A750?

A: The B570 has an average score of 20556, and the A750 scores 20582, giving a deltaPct of -0.1%, so they are nearly identical in performance.

Q: What is the release date of the Intel Arc B570?

A: The GPU was released on 2025-01-15, and its launch MSRP is 219 USD.

Build Overview

This build pairs the Intel Core i5-13400E with the Intel Arc B570 in a desktop class configuration. The CPU is a Raptor Lake-S processor with 10 cores and 16 threads, a 4.60 GHz boost clock, and a 65 W TDP. The GPU is a Battlemage generation card with 10 GB of GDDR6 memory, 2304 shading units, and a 65th percentile rank among all GPUs. The combined percentile is 64, indicating a system that sits above the majority of entries in the database but below the top tier.

The CPU’s 62nd percentile and the GPU’s 65th percentile are within 3 points, showing a well-matched pairing. The system is not designed for extreme overclocking, as the CPU’s multiplier is locked, and the GPU’s boost clock is fixed at 2500 MHz. This is a balanced mid-range desktop build that can handle a wide range of tasks without a glaring weakness in either component. The CPU’s ECC memory support and the GPU’s 10 GB VRAM make it suitable for both gaming and professional workloads.

Usage Scenarios — grounded in the scores: high-refresh gaming, streaming, video editing, 3D rendering, software development, student and office work. One short paragraph per scenario, citing the numbers that support the verdict

High-refresh gaming: The CPU’s single-core score of 3240 in Cinebench R23 is strong enough to drive high frame rates in esports titles. The GPU’s 65th percentile rank and 200.0 GPixel/s pixel rate support 1080p high-refresh monitors, though 1440p high-refresh may require lowering settings due to the 380.0 GB/s bandwidth ceiling.

Streaming: The CPU’s 10 cores and 16 threads, with a multi-core score of 22950 in Cinebench R23, provide ample headroom for encoding video while gaming. The GPU’s Passmark G3D score of 14195 indicates it can handle the rendering load, though the lack of a tensor core count means NVENC-style acceleration is not quantified.

Video editing: The multi-core performance is the standout here. The Cinebench R20 multi-core score of 9639 and R15 score of 2313 show that 4K timeline scrubbing and export will be responsive. The GPU’s 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 performance can accelerate effects rendering, and 10 GB of VRAM handles large preview buffers.

3D rendering: The CPU’s 62nd percentile rank and the GPU’s compute score of 7281 in Passmark make this a capable entry-level rendering workstation. The 18 RT cores provide some ray tracing acceleration, but the 65th percentile GPU rank means photorealistic renders will be slower than on higher-tier cards.

Software development: The 10 cores and 16 threads, alongside a 20 MB L3 cache, are ideal for parallel compilation. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22950 means build times will be short. The ECC memory support adds stability for long-running test suites.

Student and office work: The integrated UHD Graphics 730 can handle basic display output, while the discrete GPU provides acceleration for spreadsheet rendering or light photo editing. The CPU’s single-core score of 1360 in Cinebench R20 ensures snappy response in office applications, and the 65 W TDP keeps power consumption low.

Upgrade Path and Platform — socket, memory support, PCIe, PSU headroom from suggestedPsu/tdp, what a sensible next upgrade looks like

The Intel Core i5-13400E uses the Intel Socket 1700, which is the platform for 12th and 13th generation Core processors. This socket supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory, as indicated in the FACT PACK, though a single motherboard will typically support only one type. The CPU’s PCIe implementation is Gen 5 with 16 lanes from the CPU, which is future-proof for high-bandwidth SSDs or next-generation GPUs. The GPU uses PCIe 4.0 x8, which is a narrower interface but sufficient for the B570’s performance class.

The power supply headroom is straightforward. The GPU’s TDP is 150 W, and the suggested PSU is 450 W. The CPU’s TDP is 65 W. The total system draw, including other components, is well within the 450 W suggestion, leaving headroom for minor upgrades like additional storage or fans. However, upgrading to a more power-hungry GPU would require a PSU upgrade, as the 450 W suggestion is a baseline for the B570 alone.

A sensible next upgrade path would be to replace the GPU with a higher-tier card, as the CPU’s 62nd percentile rank can support a more powerful GPU without becoming a bottleneck. The PCIe Gen 5 lanes from the CPU mean that a future GPU with a Gen 5 interface would be fully supported, though the current B570 uses Gen 4. Alternatively, users could add more RAM or faster DDR5 memory, as the CPU supports dual-channel DDR5, and the 20 MB L3 cache benefits from faster memory speeds. The socket 1700 platform is nearing the end of its lifecycle, so a full platform upgrade to a newer socket would be the next major step, but the current CPU’s performance is still competitive with the Threadripper 2950X, making it a viable option for several more years.