Minecraft: Java Edition

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data for Minecraft: Java Edition with the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 shows exceptionally high frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings. The database contains average FPS figures for four preset levels: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra, at three resolutions. Minimum and maximum frame data was not captured, so the analysis relies entirely on average values.

At 1920x1080, the lowest tested resolution, performance is overwhelmingly strong. The Low preset delivers 559.4 FPS on average, which is the highest recorded figure in the entire dataset. Moving up to Medium yields 515.8 FPS, a modest drop of roughly 8 percent from Low. High settings produce 476 FPS, while the most demanding Ultra preset still maintains 355.4 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at this resolution is approximately 36 percent, indicating that even the heaviest settings leave substantial headroom above any practical display refresh rate.

At 2560x1440, the pattern continues but with lower absolute numbers. Low settings average 481.1 FPS, Medium reaches 442.3 FPS, and High drops to 356.5 FPS. Ultra settings at this resolution produce 226.8 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is relatively mild: Ultra loses about 36 percent of its frame rate, while Low loses roughly 14 percent. This suggests that the GPU is still far from saturated at 1440p, with the CPU likely playing a larger role at the lower preset levels.

At 3840x2160, the performance remains excellent but the resolution begins to exert more influence. Low settings average 300.1 FPS, Medium drops to 235.6 FPS, and High falls to 187.1 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K produces 118.2 FPS, which is the lowest figure in the entire measured set. Still, even this worst-case scenario clears the 60 FPS playability threshold by a comfortable margin. The transition from 1440p to 4K shows a more pronounced impact: Ultra loses approximately 48 percent of its frame rate, and High loses about 48 percent as well. Low settings lose about 38 percent, indicating that higher resolutions increasingly tax the GPU regardless of preset.

The overall trend across all resolutions is consistent: this combination of hardware is never below 118 FPS in any tested configuration. The largest single jump occurs between 1440p Ultra at 226.8 FPS and 4K Ultra at 118.2 FPS, a reduction of 108.6 FPS. The smallest relative drop is between 1080p Low and 1440p Low, where only 78.3 FPS is lost.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Core i5-11400F, based on average benchmark scores, include several processors from different segments. The AMD EPYC 7H12 scores 17120 on average, which is 0.3 percent below the i5-11400F's 17177. The Intel Core i5-12450H scores 17239, putting it 0.4 percent above. The AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G scores 17278, 0.6 percent higher, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U scores 17074, 0.6 percent lower. These deltas are all within a single percentage point, meaning any of these CPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in Minecraft: Java Edition when paired with the same RTX 4090. The i5-11400F sits at the 71st percentile among all CPUs in the database, placing it comfortably in the upper range of tested processors.

For the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, the nearest rivals are less obvious. The Intel Arc Pro A60 scores 60326 on average, matching the RTX 4090's 60347 almost exactly with a 0 percent delta. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 scores 60140, 0.3 percent lower. The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M scores 61896, which is 2.5 percent higher, while the AMD Radeon PRO V710 scores 58657, 2.9 percent lower. These are workstation-class graphics cards, which explains why the delta percentages are small despite very different product positioning. The RTX 4090 ranks at the 88th percentile among all GPUs, indicating that it sits near the top of the database's tested graphics hardware.

In practical terms, a system using any of the CPU rivals listed above would deliver frame rates within a few FPS of the measured results. Similarly, swapping the RTX 4090 for one of its nearest GPU rivals would produce a change of less than 3 percent in most scenarios. For Minecraft: Java Edition specifically, where the measured frame rates are extremely high, these small differences would not alter the playability verdict at any resolution or preset. The combination of a 71st percentile CPU and an 88th percentile GPU is well balanced for this title, and nearby hardware would behave nearly identically.

CPU and GPU Roles

The measured data reveals how the balance between CPU and GPU shifts as resolution and settings change. At 1920x1080, the CPU is the primary limiter. The frame rates at Low (559.4 FPS) and Medium (515.8 FPS) are so high that the GPU is almost certainly not the bottleneck; even a very powerful GPU cannot render frames faster than the CPU can submit them. The gap between Low and High at 1080p is only 83.4 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is 120.6 FPS. This non-linear scaling suggests that the CPU's single-thread performance, which is represented by a 3dmark_single_thread score of 868 and a passmark_single_thread score of 2981, becomes more significant at lower resolutions.

At 2560x1440, the GPU begins to take on more responsibility, but the CPU still contributes meaningfully. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings is only 78.3 FPS, which is small in percentage terms. At Ultra settings, the drop is much larger at 130.6 FPS. This indicates that the Ultra preset at 1440p is starting to engage the GPU more heavily, while the Low preset remains CPU-bound. The i5-11400F has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, which explains its ability to feed frames rapidly at lower resolutions.

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the dominant factor. The RTX 4090, with its 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth, is still fast enough to deliver 118.2 FPS at Ultra, but the scaling from 1440p to 4K shows clear GPU saturation. Low settings at 4K lose 181 FPS compared to 1440p Low, and Ultra loses 108.6 FPS. The CPU's role diminishes because the GPU's rendering time per frame grows, giving the CPU more time to prepare the next frame. This is a classic pattern: resolution scaling primarily affects GPU workload, while preset scaling affects both CPU and GPU depending on the specific settings.

The data shows that at 1080p, the CPU is the limiting factor across all presets. At 1440p, the balance shifts toward the GPU at higher presets but remains CPU-limited at Low. At 4K, the GPU is clearly the bottleneck for every preset, though the margins are still enormous compared to the 60 FPS threshold.

FAQ

Q: Can this system run Minecraft: Java Edition at 4K with Ultra settings?

A: Yes. The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 118.2 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Q: What is the highest frame rate recorded for this combination?

A: The highest average FPS in the dataset is 559.4 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at the same preset?

A: At Ultra settings, the drop is from 355.4 FPS at 1920x1080 to 118.2 FPS at 3840x2160, a reduction of 237.2 FPS. At Low settings, the drop is from 559.4 FPS to 300.1 FPS, a reduction of 259.3 FPS.

Q: Which component is more important at 1080p?

A: The CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p. The i5-11400F's single-thread performance, indicated by a passmark_single_thread score of 2981, constrains frame rates across all presets, as shown by the relatively small differences between Low and High at this resolution.

Q: Is the RTX 4090's performance comparable to any other GPU in the database?

A: Yes. The Intel Arc Pro A60 has a nearly identical average benchmark score, with a delta of 0 percent. The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M is 2.5 percent higher, and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 is 2.9 percent lower.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 2560x1440?

A: Ultra settings at 2560x1440 produce an average of 226.8 FPS, which is the highest preset available and remains far above the 60 FPS threshold.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset delivers 355.4 FPS on average. This is the most demanding setting available, and it still maintains a frame rate more than five times the 60 FPS playability threshold. There is no reason to use a lower preset at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, Ultra settings produce 226.8 FPS. The gap between Ultra and the next lower preset, High, is 129.7 FPS, but both exceed any practical display refresh rate. Ultra is the best choice because it provides the highest visual quality without sacrificing smoothness.

At 3840x2160, Ultra settings yield 118.2 FPS. This is the only resolution where the frame rate drops below 200 FPS, but it still clears 60 FPS by a wide margin. High settings at 4K produce 187.1 FPS, but the extra visual fidelity from Ultra is worth the 68.9 FPS reduction, since the result remains well above the playability threshold.

In all three resolutions, the database's verdictByResolution field confirms that Ultra is the best settings choice, with average FPS at Ultra being 118.2 at 4K, 226.8 at 1440p, and 355.4 at 1080p. Every resolution and preset combination in the measured data stays at or above 118.2 FPS, meaning there is no configuration where the system falls below 60 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combination ranks 139th out of 1727 tested combinations in Minecraft: Java Edition. This places it in the top 8 percent of all systems in the database for this specific game. The high rank is primarily driven by the RTX 4090's exceptional performance, as the CPU is only at the 71st percentile among all processors.

The ranking context is important: there are 1727 unique CPU and GPU pairings in the database for this game, and this combo sits well above the median. The top 138 combinations likely feature even stronger CPUs, such as newer flagship models, but the differences in actual FPS are small given that the game is already running at hundreds of frames per second. The rank of 139 reflects the fact that the RTX 4090 is near the top of the GPU hierarchy, while the i5-11400F is a solid mid-range to upper-mid-range processor from the Rocket Lake generation.

For comparison, the CPU's nearest rivals all have average benchmark scores within 0.6 percent, which would not meaningfully change the combo's rank. The GPU's nearest rivals are within 2.9 percent, which could shift the rank slightly but would not affect the playability verdict. The combination's rank demonstrates that this is a high-performing setup for Minecraft: Java Edition, even if the CPU is not the absolute fastest option available.

The Verdict

Yes, this system can run Minecraft: Java Edition at every resolution and preset tested. The verdictByResolution data shows that all four settings (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable at every resolution, with the 60 FPS threshold being cleared in all cases.

At 3840x2160, the worst-case scenario is Ultra settings at 118.2 FPS. This is nearly double the 60 FPS playability threshold, meaning even the most demanding configuration leaves substantial headroom. At 2560x1440, Ultra settings reach 226.8 FPS, and at 1920x1080, Ultra settings reach 355.4 FPS. The lowest recorded average FPS across the entire dataset is 118.2, which occurs at 4K Ultra.

The database's playableThresholdFps is set to 60, and every measured configuration exceeds this by at least 58.2 FPS. There is no scenario where this combination struggles to maintain smooth gameplay. The system is overqualified for this title, capable of driving high refresh rate displays at 1440p and even 4K with maximum settings. For users with 120 Hz or 144 Hz monitors, the 4K Ultra setting at 118.2 FPS is borderline sufficient, while 1440p Ultra at 226.8 FPS easily saturates any current display's refresh rate. The Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combination is a top-tier performer for Minecraft: Java Edition, ranking 139th out of 1727 tested systems.