On a NVIDIA RTX 5060 (paired with a balanced Intel Core i5-13500H (laptop)-class CPU), Dark Souls III runs at roughly 60 FPS at 1080p with our optimized settings — up from about 60FPS with everything maxed. Here's the configuration and what each setting costs.
The NVIDIA RTX 5060 is a mainstream 1080p graphics card with 8GB of VRAM, and Dark Souls III is a relatively light game to run. Paired with the Intel Core i5-13500H (laptop), it runs well at 1080p — about 60 FPSwith FrameCoach's optimized settings. That already clears a smooth frame rate on High, so our tuning keeps the visuals as high as possible instead of chasing extra frames.
Across resolutions you can expect around 60 FPS at 1080p and 60 FPS at 1440p, dropping to roughly 60 FPS at 4K. The biggest free win is DLSS upscaling — set it to Quality for a large FPS boost at little visual cost.
| Resolution | All-High FPS | Optimized FPS |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | 60 | 60 |
| 1440p | 60 | 60 |
| 4K | 60 | 60 |
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With FrameCoach's optimized balanced settings, the NVIDIA RTX 5060 averages around 60 FPS at 1080p in Dark Souls III — up from about 60 FPS with everything on High. Note that a Intel Core i5-13500H (laptop)-class CPU can cap it near 162 FPS here.
At 1440p with optimized settings, the NVIDIA RTX 5060 averages roughly 60 FPS in Dark Souls III — a smooth experience.
Use a balanced preset, keep ray tracing off for maximum FPS, and ease the heaviest options like Lighting Quality and Shadow Quality down a notch. The full per-setting breakdown is above.
FPS figures are estimates from a generalized model (hardware tier × game load × per-setting weights), not live benchmarks — real performance varies by scene, drivers and game version.