Pre-Built Desktop PC · Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Skytech Shadow 5 Gaming PC – Intel Core i5-14400F, RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, 16GB DDR4, 1TB NVMe SSD
- Mid-Range
- RTX 5060 Ti 8GB
- Core i5-14400F
- 16 GB RAM
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MSFS Performance Score
- CPU Performance45% 58
- GPU Performance40% 41
- GPU VRAM10% 40
- System RAM5% 50
GPU VRAM (8 GB) is below the MSFS ideal of 12 GB — a meaningful bottleneck in dense environments. Combined score: 49.0. How we score
Verdict for MSFS
The Skytech Shadow 5 (RTX 5060 Ti) suits simmers flying on a 1080p screen, where the RTX 5060 Ti and the Core i5-14400F handle scenery and moderate AI traffic together. With 8 GB of graphics memory and 16 GB of RAM it isn't a 1440p machine; spending more buys headroom in both.
Updated October 2026
Pros & Cons for MSFS
Strengths
- The Core i5-14400F has enough multi-core muscle to keep a busy airliner arrival into a mid-size hub moving at 1080p, provided you don't crank AI traffic to the top.
- The RTX 5060 Ti's 8 GB of graphics memory is enough for 1080p textures over a photogrammetry city, and unlike the older cards often fitted to machines at this money it supports the newest DLSS upscaling, which helps in thick cloud layers.
- The 1 TB NVMe SSD holds the MSFS 2024 install plus a growing streamed-scenery cache, and the tower leaves room to add a drive or move to 32 GB of RAM later, which is what the sim really wants.
Trade-offs
- 8 GB of graphics memory is the hard ceiling: push to 1440p with high texture settings over a dense photogrammetry city and the card runs short, so treat this as a 1080p PC and leave VR alone.
- The next step up in price typically brings a quicker processor and 32 GB of RAM, and that's exactly what packed airports with full AI traffic and live weather lean on — here you get the minimum RAM the sim asks for and a processor below Microsoft's ideal.
Full Specifications
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-14400F
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB
- VRAM
- 8 GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB NVMe SSD
- Cooling
- Air
- Form factor
- Tower
- VR ready
- No
- Released
- 2025
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this good for MSFS?
Yes, for 1080p flying — it scores 49.0/100 for MSFS 2024, which puts it squarely in single-monitor, 1080p territory rather than 1440p or VR. It is happiest on scenic VFR hops and quieter regional fields, where the RTX 5060 Ti keeps clouds and terrain looking clean. It shows its limits at big hubs with heavy AI traffic and over photogrammetry cities, so drop AI traffic density and terrain level of detail (how far out the ground detail is drawn) before anything else.
Is it worth the price for MSFS?
For the money you get a current-generation graphics card with DLSS support and a fast 1 TB drive, which is more than many ready-to-go machines aimed at the same buyer offer. The compromises are the 8 GB of graphics memory and 16 GB of RAM, and the step up in price mainly buys more of both — worth it if you plan to move past a 1080p screen.
Is MSFS more CPU or GPU demanding?
MSFS 2024 scoring weights the processor at 45%, the graphics card at 40%, graphics memory at 10% and system RAM at 5%, because busy airports load the processor while scenery loads the card. Here the Core i5-14400F and the RTX 5060 Ti are a reasonable match for 1080p, but the 8 GB of graphics memory is the part that stops you going higher, with the processor the next thing to give way at crowded airports.
What graphics settings should I use?
Start at 1080p on the High preset with DLSS set to Quality, and leave texture resolution at High rather than the top step. When stutter shows up at a busy airport, lower AI traffic density first, then terrain level of detail (how far out ground detail is drawn); if you ever try 1440p, drop texture resolution first because of the 8 GB of graphics memory.