Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti delivers a decisive performance advantage in Minimum, a Third-Person Shooter released on 2014-06-25. The data indicates that this combination handles the game with substantial headroom across all tested resolutions, with the only limitation appearing at the most demanding 4K Ultra preset. The measured FPS values reveal a system that is far more capable than the game's requirements demand, making it a strong candidate for high-refresh-rate displays.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160 (4K), the most demanding preset that maintains an average of at least 60 FPS is High, which delivers a measured average of 64.4 FPS. While the Ultra preset drops to exactly 50.0 FPS, the High setting provides a comfortable margin above the playable threshold while still offering substantial visual fidelity. The Low and Medium presets at this resolution also clear the bar with 93.9 FPS and 76.4 FPS respectively, but High represents the optimal balance of visual quality and performance.

For 2560x1440 (1440p), the system has enough performance to run the Ultra preset at 86.3 FPS average, which is the highest quality setting tested. This is a significant achievement, as it means the game can be maxed out at 1440p without any concern for frame rate drops. The other presets at this resolution — Low at 178.3 FPS, Medium at 139.8 FPS, and High at 117.2 FPS — all far exceed the threshold, but Ultra is the clear recommendation for the best experience.

At 1920x1080 (1080p), the Ultra preset runs at a measured 136.4 FPS average, making it the best choice without any compromise. The system is so powerful at this resolution that even the most demanding settings leave significant performance in reserve. The Low preset achieves 280.2 FPS, Medium hits 213.2 FPS, and High reaches 181.8 FPS, all of which are far beyond what any standard 1080p display can showcase.

FAQ

*Q: Can this PC run Minimum at 4K resolution?*

A: Yes, it can run at 4K with the High preset, achieving 64.4 FPS average. The Ultra preset at 4K drops to exactly 50.0 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS playable threshold, so High is the recommended maximum setting at this resolution.

Q: What is the highest playable setting at 1440p?

A: The Ultra preset is fully playable at 2560x1440, with a measured average of 86.3 FPS. This is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold, allowing players to max out the game's graphics settings.

Q: How does the system perform at 1080p with all settings maxed?

A: At 1920x1080 with the Ultra preset, the system achieves 136.4 FPS average. This is more than double the 60 FPS playable threshold, indicating that the game will run exceptionally smoothly even in demanding scenes.

Q: Which resolution shows the biggest performance gap between Low and Ultra settings?

A: The data shows the largest absolute difference at 1080p, where Low runs at 280.2 FPS and Ultra runs at 136.4 FPS, a gap of 143.8 FPS. At 4K, the gap between Low (93.9 FPS) and Ultra (50.0 FPS) is 43.9 FPS, while at 1440p the difference is 92.0 FPS.

Q: Is the RTX 3080 Ti overkill for this game?

A: The benchmark results suggest significant headroom. At 1080p Medium, the system runs at 213.2 FPS, and even at 4K High it maintains 64.4 FPS. The GPU's capabilities far exceed Minimum's demands, making it capable of driving very high refresh rates at lower resolutions.

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K Medium settings?

A: The system achieves 76.4 FPS average at 3840x2160 with Medium settings. This is well above the playable threshold and demonstrates that the GPU has ample performance for mid-tier settings even at the highest resolution.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU and GPU both have near-identical performance neighbors according to the benchmark database. For the AMD Ryzen 5 5600, the nearest rivals are the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V with an average score of 20454 (0.1% delta), the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G at 20425 (0.2% delta), the AMD EPYC 9454P at 20422 (0.2% delta), and the AMD EPYC 7713 at 20363 (0.5% delta). These processors would behave nearly identically in Minimum, meaning any of them paired with the RTX 3080 Ti would produce essentially the same frame rates.

On the GPU side, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has an average benchmark score of 41187, placing it near the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (40870, 0.8% slower), the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB (41707, 1.2% faster), the NVIDIA Tesla M40 (41897, 1.7% faster), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (40377, 2.0% slower). These alternatives would deliver nearly the same performance in Minimum, though the Tesla cards are enterprise-focused and may lack the same driver optimizations for gaming.

The data suggests that a user with any of these rival CPUs or GPUs would see only marginal differences in frame rates, with the RTX 3080 Ti's closest competitor, the RTX 5070, being just 2.0% slower in average benchmark score. This means the overall experience in Minimum would be effectively indistinguishable across these hardware combinations.

The Verdict

The benchmark data clearly indicates that this PC can absolutely run Minimum. At 1920x1080, all four settings presets — Low (280.2 FPS), Medium (213.2 FPS), High (181.8 FPS), and Ultra (136.4 FPS) — clear the 60 FPS playable threshold with massive margins. The same applies to 2560x1440, where even the most demanding Ultra preset achieves 86.3 FPS, well above the threshold.

At 3840x2160, the system remains playable on three of the four tested presets: High runs at 64.4 FPS, Medium at 76.4 FPS, and Low at 93.9 FPS. Only the Ultra preset falls below the threshold with exactly 50.0 FPS. The verdict by resolution confirms this: High is the best playable setting at 4K, while Ultra is the best at both 1440p and 1080p. Overall, this configuration offers a luxurious experience in Minimum, capable of maxing out the game at all mainstream resolutions and only requiring a modest settings reduction at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS data provides a full picture of performance across all tested configurations. At 1920x1080, the system produces 280.2 FPS on Low, 213.2 FPS on Medium, 181.8 FPS on High, and 136.4 FPS on Ultra. These numbers show a consistent scaling pattern, with each step up in quality costing roughly 40-70 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 143.8 FPS, demonstrating that even the most demanding settings leave the GPU with considerable headroom.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates are 178.3 FPS on Low, 139.8 FPS on Medium, 117.2 FPS on High, and 86.3 FPS on Ultra. The scaling here shows a similar pattern, with a 92.0 FPS difference between the lowest and highest quality settings. The jump from 1080p to 1440p costs approximately 35-40% of the frame rate at each settings level, which is typical for the increased pixel count.

At 3840x2160, the system delivers 93.9 FPS on Low, 76.4 FPS on Medium, 64.4 FPS on High, and 50.0 FPS on Ultra. The transition from 1440p to 4K is more punishing, with frame rates roughly halving at each settings tier. The Ultra preset at 4K is the only configuration in the entire dataset that fails to reach 60 FPS, making it the single bottleneck in an otherwise overwhelmingly capable setup.

How This Combo Ranks

Among the 3712 tested combinations in the database, this CPU-GPU pairing ranks 831st in Minimum. This places it in the top 22.4% of all tested systems, which is a strong showing given that the game was released in 2014 and the hardware is modern. The rank reflects the overall performance across all tested resolutions and settings, not just a single configuration.

The ranking is particularly impressive when considering that the RTX 3080 Ti sits in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, while the Ryzen 5 5600 ranks in the 74th percentile of all CPUs. This combination of high-percentile components produces a system that is well above average for this game, even though Minimum is not particularly demanding by modern standards. The 831st rank means that only about 22% of tested configurations outperform this one, which is an excellent result for a mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark data reveals how the CPU and GPU each contribute to performance in Minimum across different resolutions. At 1920x1080, the extremely high frame rates — up to 280.2 FPS on Low — suggest that the CPU's single-thread performance is a limiting factor at the lowest settings. The Ryzen 5 5600's single-core benchmark scores (882 in 3dmark single-thread, 2584 in Cinebench R23 single-core) indicate strong per-core performance, but the sheer frame rates at 1080p Low may begin to expose CPU bottlenecks in certain scenes.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates scale down by roughly 35-40% across all settings compared to 1080p. This consistent scaling pattern suggests that the GPU is becoming the primary performance driver at this resolution, as the increased pixel count puts more load on the RTX 3080 Ti's 10240 shading units. The GPU's 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 912.4 GB/s memory bandwidth are more than sufficient for a 2014 title at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates drop dramatically, with the Ultra preset falling to 50.0 FPS. This is a clear indication that the GPU is now the dominant bottleneck. The RTX 3080 Ti's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 384-bit bus provide ample bandwidth, but the sheer pixel count at 4K pushes the GPU to its limits. The CPU's role diminishes at this resolution, as the frame rates are low enough that the Ryzen 5 5600's 6 cores and 12 threads have plenty of time to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic.

The scaling between resolutions — from 280.2 FPS at 1080p Low to 93.9 FPS at 4K Low — demonstrates that the GPU is the primary factor determining performance as resolution increases. However, the fact that even the most demanding 1080p preset runs at 136.4 FPS suggests that the CPU is not a limiting factor at any settings level at this resolution, making the RTX 3080 Ti the clear performance driver for the majority of the tested configurations.