Frametime Analysis

We present a more in-depth analysis than just average FPS to show how the framerate changes over time, which helps highlight FPS drops. Minimum FPS at both the 95th and 99th percentile are reported in these charts, too. A second chart, a histogram, shows shape and spread for the frametime data—how tightly grouped the measurements are. The "IQR" result is called "Interquartile Range," which is an outlier-resistant statistical value that tells us the range in the middle of the frametime distribution.

In the following charts, we are comparing two retail memory kits. By doing so, the game benchmarks reveal where the limitations lay in a top of the line Intel computer for 2023. For both memory kits, XMP is loaded and all sub-timings are based on the individual XMP profile. These are not adjusted further.

Tests are conducted with the following components:
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K (Locked P-core 5.5 GHz, E-cores 4.3 GHz)
GPU: PNY GeForce RTX 4090 XLR8 VERTO
Memory (1): Patriot Elite 5 RGB DDR5-6000 48 GB PVER548G60C42KW (42-42-42-82)
Memory (1): DDR5-6000 48 GB (32-40-40-76)




The first game on the Intel Frametime Analysis comparison is Forza Horizon 5. Intel is a lot less sensitive to memory latency and often benefits the most from frequency. However, even then, it is much less of a gap than what AMD users have to contend with. Here we see a small gap in the average frame-rate and 1% lows.




By raising the graphical settings, this gap shrinks even more.




Finally, at 4K, both memory kits are indistinguishable at this resolution using a RTX 4090.