Minimum

Minimum is a third-person shooter released in mid-2014, which makes it a lightweight target by modern standards, yet the recorded data still shows meaningful separation between presets and resolutions on the Ryzen 5 5500 and GeForce RTX 2060 pairing. The database contains measured frame rates across three resolutions and four presets, and the results indicate this combination handles the game comfortably at 1080p and 1440p while falling short of the 60 FPS threshold at 4K. The following analysis breaks down the optimal settings for each resolution, the balance of CPU and GPU responsibility, and how this pairing ranks against other tested combinations.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, which delivers an average of 76 FPS. Every preset clears the threshold at this resolution: Low runs at 155 FPS, Medium at 119 FPS, High at 100 FPS, and Ultra at 76 FPS. There is no need to compromise on visual fidelity at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the best playable preset is High, with an average of 64 FPS. Medium sits at 77 FPS and Low at 100 FPS, both comfortably above the threshold, while Ultra drops to 49 FPS and fails to qualify. High is therefore the most demanding setting that remains at or above 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, no preset reaches 60 FPS. Low manages 54 FPS, Medium averages 41 FPS, High 35 FPS, and Ultra 26 FPS. The verdict data confirms this: the playable settings list for 4K is empty. Players targeting 4K on this hardware would need to accept sub-60 frame rates even at the lowest preset.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling pattern across resolutions points to a GPU-bound profile, which is expected for a game of this age running on a discrete card. Moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 cuts frame rates dramatically at every preset: Low falls from 155 FPS to 54 FPS, Medium from 119 FPS to 41 FPS, High from 100 FPS to 35 FPS, and Ultra from 76 FPS to 26 FPS. That is roughly a two-thirds reduction in performance when pixel count quadruples, a signature of graphics-limited behavior rather than processor-limited behavior. If the Ryzen 5 5500 were the bottleneck, frame rates would plateau as resolution increased instead of scaling down this steeply.

The CPU-side data supports this interpretation. The Ryzen 5 5500 is a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 3 part with a 3.60 GHz base clock, a 4.20 GHz boost clock, and 16 MB of L3 cache, and it posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 16429 with a single-core score of 2319. Its percentile against all CPUs in the database is 73, and its average benchmark score of 19593 places it in a cluster with the Intel Core i5-12500 (19668), the Intel Core i7-10700F (19499), the Intel Core i5-11600KF (19723), and the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (19617), all within one percent of each other. A processor in this tier is far more muscle than a 2014 third-person shooter demands.

The RTX 2060, by contrast, sits at the 58th percentile against all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 15290. It is a Turing-based card built on TSMC's 12 nm process with 1920 shading units, 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus delivering 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth, and 6.451 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput. In this game, the GPU is the component setting the ceiling, and the CPU has ample headroom at every resolution tested.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full set of recorded measurements follows. Minimum and maximum frame rates were captured only for the Medium preset; the other entries record averages.

1920x1080:

• Low: 155 FPS average
• Medium: 119 FPS average, with a minimum of 101 and a maximum of 137
• High: 100 FPS average
• Ultra: 76 FPS average

2560x1440:

• Low: 100 FPS average
• Medium: 77 FPS average, with a minimum of 65 and a maximum of 88
• High: 64 FPS average
• Ultra: 49 FPS average

3840x2160:

• Low: 54 FPS average
• Medium: 41 FPS average, with a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 47
• High: 35 FPS average
• Ultra: 26 FPS average

The Medium preset frame-time consistency data is worth noting. At 1080p the spread runs from 101 to 137 FPS, meaning the slowest recorded moments still sit well above 60. At 1440p the range is 65 to 88 FPS, so even the minimum stays above the threshold. At 4K the spread tightens to 35-47 FPS, and the minimum of 35 FPS matches the High preset average at that resolution, indicating that 4K Medium and 4K High deliver broadly similar worst-case experiences. The step from Low to Ultra costs roughly half the frame rate at every resolution: 155 down to 76 at 1080p, 100 down to 49 at 1440p, and 54 down to 26 at 4K.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Minimum, with one clear caveat. At 1920x1080, the verdict data lists High, Low, Medium, and Ultra as playable, with Ultra the best setting at 76 FPS. At 2560x1440, High, Low, and Medium clear the bar, with High the best option at 64 FPS. At 3840x2160, no preset qualifies: even Low at 54 FPS falls short of the 60 FPS playable threshold.

The practical summary: play at 1080p Ultra for maximum visuals at 76 FPS, drop to 1440p High for a sharper image at 64 FPS, or settle for 4K Low at 54 FPS if frame rate standards are relaxed. Given that Low at 1440p (100 FPS) outperforms Medium at 4K (41 FPS) by a wide margin while still offering a resolution upgrade over 1080p, 1440p is the sweet spot for this hardware in this title.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the Ryzen 5 5500's nearest rivals in the database are all but interchangeable in overall throughput. The AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 averages 19617, essentially identical to the 5500's 19593. The Intel Core i5-12500 at 19668 and the Intel Core i5-11600KF at 19723 sit within one percent above, and the Intel Core i7-10700F at 19499 sits within one percent below. Since the game is GPU-bound on this pairing, swapping in any of these processors would produce effectively identical frame rates in Minimum. The 5500's single-core results, an 836 in 3DMark single-thread and a 2319 in Cinebench R23, leave substantial spare capacity for a third-person shooter from 2014.

On the GPU side, the RTX 2060's average score of 15290 is matched by the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 at 15283 (a dead-even result), the AMD Radeon 680M at 15270 (a tenth of a percent behind), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM at 15199, and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 at 15171. Any of these cards should deliver frame rates within a rounding error of the RTX 2060's in this game. The RTX 2060 carries a launch MSRP of 349 USD, and the Ryzen 5 5500 a launch MSRP of $159, though the pairing's gaming results here depend almost entirely on the graphics card.

How This Combo Ranks

Across the database, the Ryzen 5 5500 plus RTX 2060 combination ranks 2929 out of 3712 tested combos in Minimum. That places it in the bottom fifth of tested pairings for this specific game, which reflects the fact that Minimum, despite its modest requirements, has been benchmarked against a wide field of hardware including far faster GPUs. The rank is not a statement about playability: as the measured data shows, this combo exceeds 60 FPS at three of the four presets at 1080p and at three presets at 1440p. It is simply that the RTX 2060's 58th-percentile GPU standing translates into a lower relative rank in a game where many stronger cards push far higher frame rates at the same settings.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 5500 and RTX 2060 run Minimum at 60 FPS?

A: Yes at 1920x1080 and 2560x1440. At 1080p, all four presets clear 60 FPS, topping out at 76 FPS on Ultra. At 1440p, High (64 FPS), Medium (77 FPS), and Low (100 FPS) qualify. At 4K, no preset reaches 60 FPS; the best is Low at 54 FPS.

Q: What is the best-looking setting combination for this hardware?

A: 1920x1080 Ultra at 76 FPS. If a higher resolution is preferred, 2560x1440 High at 64 FPS is the most demanding preset that stays at or above the threshold.

Q: How smooth is the Medium preset?

A: The recorded minimum and maximum frame rates at Medium show consistent delivery. At 1080p the range is 101-137 FPS, at 1440p it is 65-88 FPS, and at 4K it is 35-47 FPS. The minimum stays above 60 FPS at both 1080p and 1440p.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the bottleneck in this game?

A: The GPU. Frame rates fall by roughly two thirds from 1080p to 4K at every preset, which indicates graphics-limited scaling. The Ryzen 5 5500, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 16429 and a 73rd-percentile standing among all CPUs, has substantial headroom for a 2014 title.

Q: What GPUs would perform about the same in this game?

A: The GTX 580, Radeon 680M, RTX 3050 OEM, and Radeon RX 7600 all post database averages within one percent of the RTX 2060's 15290, so similar frame rates are expected from any of them.

Q: Is 4K playable at all?

A: Not by the 60 FPS standard used here. Low averages 54 FPS, Medium 41 FPS, High 35 FPS, and Ultra 26 FPS, so the verdict data lists no playable settings at 3840x2160.