Core i9-13900K + RTX 3060 Ti in Starfield

Every figure below is a measurement aggregated from published review charts — the CPU's frame-rate ceiling and the GPU's frame-rate ceiling in this game, combined. Settings: Ultra preset, native rendering, no upscaling, no frame generation. CPU ceiling measured at 1080p, Low preset (reviewers' CPU-isolation method), flagship GPU.

1080p

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 29–29 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Core i9-13900Kceiling ~139–156 fps on its own
GPU RTX 3060 Ticeiling ~29 fps on its own

The GPU side is lower by about 80.3%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range sits under a smooth 60 in this game at the tested preset — expect to trade settings for frame rate.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 3 source measurements for these two parts.

1440p

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 24–24 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Core i9-13900Kceiling ~139–156 fps on its own
GPU RTX 3060 Ticeiling ~24 fps on its own

The GPU side is lower by about 83.7%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range sits under a smooth 60 in this game at the tested preset — expect to trade settings for frame rate.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 3 source measurements for these two parts.

4K

RTX 3060 Ti was not measured at 4K in this game — no verdict here, and we don't estimate one.

This pair in other measured games

Sources for Starfield

Full data: Starfield benchmarks · how verdicts are computed.