Minecraft

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame-rate data for Minecraft with the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D spans three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 801 FPS, which is the highest frame rate recorded across the entire test matrix. The Medium preset at this resolution averages 736 FPS with a minimum of 626 FPS and a maximum of 847 FPS, while High averages 618 FPS. Ultra at 1080p still produces a substantial 386 FPS average.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain decisively high but scale down from the 1080p figures. Low averages 620 FPS, Medium averages 491 FPS with a documented range of 418 to 565 FPS, and High averages 390 FPS. Ultra at 1440p averages 244 FPS, which is still far beyond the playable threshold of 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the most demanding resolution in the data set, the pattern continues. Low averages 324 FPS, Medium averages 257 FPS with a minimum of 218 FPS and a maximum of 295 FPS, and High averages 204 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K averages 127 FPS, which remains comfortably above the 60 FPS playable threshold. Across all resolutions, the average FPS figures show a consistent hierarchy: Low outperforms Medium, Medium outperforms High, and High outperforms Ultra. The only settings with complete minimum and maximum data are the Medium presets, where the 1080p run shows the tightest relative spread between minimum and maximum. The data indicates that even the most demanding preset at the highest resolution leaves substantial headroom above the playable threshold.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions and presets reveals how the CPU and GPU split responsibilities in Minecraft. At 1920x1080, the Low preset reaches 801 FPS, while the same preset at 2560x1440 drops to 620 FPS, and at 3840x2160 it falls further to 324 FPS. This downward progression with increasing resolution points to the GPU becoming a more significant factor as pixel count rises. The RTX 5090 D, with its 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth, appears to handle the higher resolutions without becoming a bottleneck at the Low preset, but the frame rate reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings — from 801 to 324 FPS — indicates that pixel throughput is still a limiting factor.

The Ultra preset tells a similar story. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 386 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, it is 244 FPS; and at 4K Ultra, it is 127 FPS. The ratio from 1080p to 4K at Ultra is roughly 3:1, which aligns with the increase in pixel count from roughly 2 million to roughly 8.3 million pixels. This suggests that at Ultra settings, the GPU is the dominant constraint, as the frame rate scales almost inversely with resolution. The CPU, an Intel Core i7-14700F with 20 cores and 28 threads, appears to provide ample processing power at lower resolutions, where frame rates exceed 600 FPS on several presets. The single-core performance, reflected in a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4958, is likely the more relevant factor for Minecraft's primarily single-threaded world-generation and physics logic.

At 4K Ultra, the 127 FPS average indicates that the GPU is doing heavy lifting, but the RTX 5090 D's raw compute — 104.8 TFLOPS FP32 and 21760 shading units — keeps performance well above the playable threshold. The data shows a clear transition: at 1080p, the CPU's single-thread strength sustains extremely high frame rates across all presets, while at 4K, the GPU's rendering capacity becomes the primary determinant of the final FPS figure. The Medium preset, which has the only complete min/max data, shows a 1080p average of 736 FPS versus a 4K average of 257 FPS, further confirming that resolution scaling affects the GPU more than the CPU.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, which averages 386 FPS. This is the highest settings level available in the data, and it clears the 60 FPS threshold by a wide margin. At 2560x1440, Ultra is also the best settings option, averaging 244 FPS. The 1440p Ultra figure is still more than four times the playable threshold, indicating that this combination has considerable headroom at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, Ultra remains the best settings preset, with an average of 127 FPS. This is the lowest average across all Ultra presets but still more than double the 60 FPS playable threshold. The verdict data confirms that all four settings presets — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — are playable at every resolution tested. The best settings designation is therefore Ultra for all three resolutions, with the caveat that the 4K Ultra average of 127 FPS, while robust, is substantially lower than the 1080p Ultra figure of 386 FPS. For users prioritizing frame rate over visual fidelity, the Low preset at 1080p offers 801 FPS, but the data shows that no resolution requires dropping below Ultra to maintain playability.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks 21st out of 3710 tested combos for Minecraft. This places it in the top percentile of all combinations in the database. The percentile ranking for the CPU alone is 91, meaning it outperforms 91 percent of all CPUs tested, while the GPU's percentile is 92. The combo rank of 21 out of 3710 indicates that this pairing is near the top of the performance distribution, though it is not the absolute best combination recorded.

The rank reflects the measured FPS data, which shows that the combo exceeds 60 FPS at every preset and resolution tested. The top 20 combos out of 3710 likely achieve even higher frame rates, but the data available here does not specify which hardware configurations occupy those positions. The gap between this combo's rank and the top spot is not quantified in the data, but the 4K Ultra average of 127 FPS suggests that even the highest-performing combos would need to exceed this figure by a significant margin to claim the number one position. The rank of 21 is a strong showing, particularly given that this is a CPU from the Core 14th Gen series paired with a GeForce 50-series GPU, both of which are recent releases.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the CPU provide context for how the i7-14700F compares to other processors. The Intel Xeon 6505P has an average benchmark score of 53701, which is 0.2 percent lower than the i7-14700F's average score of 53620. The Intel Xeon Phi 7290 scores 53469, a 0.3 percent delta. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X scores 53288, a 0.6 percent delta, and the AMD EPYC 7313P scores 53206, a 0.8 percent delta. These deltas are all within one percent, meaning that any of these CPUs would deliver nearly identical CPU-bound performance in Minecraft. The Ryzen 9 7900X, as a desktop part, is the most likely direct alternative for a gaming system, though the Xeon parts are also close in aggregate benchmark performance.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals show a similar clustering. The AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT has an average benchmark score of 76904, which is 1.1 percent higher than the RTX 5090 D's average of 77712 — a negative deltaPct of 1.1 percent, indicating the RTX 5090 D scores lower than this rival. The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT scores 78940, a negative deltaPct of -1.6 percent, meaning it is 1.6 percent faster in aggregate benchmarks. The NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB scores 79396, a -2.1 percent delta, and the Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB scores 79605, a -2.4 percent delta. These are all within a few percentage points of the RTX 5090 D's average benchmark score, so in practice, a system with any of these GPUs would produce similar frame rates in Minecraft, assuming the CPU remains the same. The RX 6650M XT and RX 6850M XT are mobile-class parts, which is notable given that they benchmark close to a desktop RTX 5090 D, but the measured FPS data for Minecraft specifically applies only to the RTX 5090 D configuration.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings?

A: The average FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings is 386 FPS.

Q: Does the combination maintain 60 FPS at 4K with the highest settings?

A: Yes, at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 127, which is above the playable threshold of 60 FPS.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations for Minecraft?

A: The combo ranks 21st out of 3710 tested combos for Minecraft.

Q: Which GPU rivals are within about 2 percent of the RTX 5090 D's average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT is 1.1 percent faster, the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT is 1.6 percent faster, and the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and 16 GB are 2.1 and 2.4 percent faster, respectively.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded in the entire test matrix?

A: The lowest average FPS is 127, recorded at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

Q: Is there any settings preset at any resolution that falls below 60 FPS?

A: No, every settings preset — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — at every resolution tested (1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160) stays above 60 FPS.

The Verdict

The data shows that the Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D can run Minecraft at every resolution and settings preset tested. At 1920x1080, the best settings are Ultra with an average of 386 FPS. At 2560x1440, Ultra is also the best, averaging 244 FPS. At 3840x2160, Ultra remains the best, averaging 127 FPS. The verdict by resolution lists all four settings presets as playable at each resolution, meaning there is no scenario in the measured data where this combo drops below the 60 FPS playable threshold. The 4K Ultra figure of 127 FPS is the closest the system comes to that threshold, but it still maintains more than double the required frame rate. This is a high-performance pairing, ranking 21st out of 3710 combos, and the measured FPS confirms that it is more than sufficient for Minecraft at any resolution and preset combination available in the data.