Minimum

Minimum is a third-person shooter released in mid-2014, which makes it an easy workload for modern hardware, and the recorded data confirms exactly that. The pairing of an AMD Ryzen 5 5600F with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 clears the 60 FPS playable threshold at every resolution up to 2560x1440, and only 4K forces compromises. Below is how the numbers break down, resolution by resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 2060 is effectively unconstrained. Low settings deliver an average of 155 FPS, Medium averages 119 FPS with a frame range of 101 to 137, High averages 100 FPS, and even Ultra holds a 76 FPS average. Every preset clears the 60 FPS threshold at 1080p, including the most demanding one, with comfortable headroom.

At 2560x1440, the load starts to show. Low still averages a strong 100 FPS, Medium averages 77 FPS with a range of 65 to 88, and High averages 64 FPS, just above the 60 FPS line. Ultra drops to 49 FPS on average, which falls short of the threshold. Three of the four presets remain playable, with High being the ceiling.

At 3840x2160, the RTX 2060 runs out of horsepower. Low averages 54 FPS, Medium averages 41 FPS with a range of 35 to 47, High averages 35 FPS, and Ultra averages 26 FPS. No preset at 4K reaches 60 FPS; even the lowest settings fall short by a measurable margin.

The pattern across presets is consistent: each step up in quality costs roughly a fifth to a quarter of the frame rate at every resolution. Dropping from Ultra to Low at 1080p roughly doubles the average, from 76 to 155 FPS, which indicates the settings stack is doing real work rather than acting as a flat multiplier.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 5600F and RTX 2060 run Minimum at 60 FPS?

A: Yes, at 1920x1080 and 2560x1440. At 1080p every preset including Ultra stays at or above 60 FPS (Ultra averages 76). At 1440p, Low, Medium, and High clear the threshold, with High at 64 FPS. At 3840x2160 no preset reaches 60 FPS; the best result is Low at 54 FPS average.

Q: What is the best-looking setting this PC can use at 1440p?

A: High, at an average of 64 FPS. Ultra averages 49 FPS at that resolution, so High is the most demanding preset that stays at or above the threshold.

Q: Is 4K playable at all?

A: Not by the 60 FPS standard used in this database. Low settings average 54 FPS at 3840x2160, Medium averages 41 with dips to 35, High averages 35, and Ultra averages 26.

Q: How consistent are the frame rates?

A: Frame range data was recorded for Medium at each resolution: 101 to 137 FPS at 1080p, 65 to 88 at 1440p, and 35 to 47 at 4K. At 1440p Medium, even the minimum stays above the 60 FPS line, which points to stable rather than spiky performance.

Q: How does this hardware compare to alternatives?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600F sits in the 85th percentile of all CPUs in the database, essentially tied with the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (0% delta) and within half a percent of the Ryzen 5 5500X3D, Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450, and Core i9-12900T. The RTX 2060 sits in the 58th percentile of GPUs, with rivals including the GTX 580 (0% delta), Radeon 680M, RTX 3050 OEM, and RX 7600 all within about a percent.

Q: How does this combo rank for this game specifically?

A: It ranks 2929 out of 3712 recorded combinations, placing it in the lower half of the database for Minimum, even though it comfortably clears 60 FPS at mainstream resolutions. That reflects how undemanding the game is for modern pairings.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080: Ultra, at an average of 76 FPS. This is the maximum preset the game offers and it clears the threshold with room to spare. There is no reason to run anything lower at this resolution unless chasing very high refresh rates, where Low at 155 FPS is the ceiling of the recorded data.
• 2560x1440: High, at an average of 64 FPS. High is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS. Ultra at 49 FPS falls short, so High is the correct ceiling. If more headroom is wanted, Medium averages 77 FPS with a minimum of 65.
• 3840x2160: none. No preset reaches 60 FPS. The closest is Low at 54 FPS average, which is below the threshold and therefore not listed as playable.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the Ryzen 5 5600F's nearest rivals by average benchmark score are effectively interchangeable for this game. The Intel Core Ultra 5 225 scores within 0% of it, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is 0.2% ahead, the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 is 0.4% ahead, and the Core i9-12900T is 0.5% ahead. Any of these processors would produce frame delivery within a fraction of a percent of the recorded results, so swapping between them changes nothing practical in Minimum.

On the GPU side, the RTX 2060's nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (0% delta), the AMD Radeon 680M (0.1% behind), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM (0.6% behind), and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 (0.8% behind). These cards sit within about one percent of the RTX 2060 in aggregate benchmark score, meaning any of them should reproduce nearly identical behavior: the same 1080p Ultra result just above 60 FPS, the same 64 FPS at 1440p High, and the same inability to reach 60 FPS at 4K.

The practical takeaway: if the goal is matching this PC's Minimum performance, the GPU choice matters far more than the CPU choice, because the CPU pool of near-equals is large and the GPU is the component setting the frame ceiling at each resolution.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data shows this is a GPU-limited configuration at every resolution. Consider the 1080p results: High averages 100 FPS and Ultra averages 76 FPS, meaning quality settings alone move the frame rate by a large margin. If the Ryzen 5 5600F were the bottleneck, raising settings would barely change the average, since the CPU would already be capping frame delivery. Instead, each preset step produces a clear drop, which is the signature of a graphics-bound game.

Resolution scaling tells the same story. At Medium, the average goes from 119 FPS at 1080p to 77 at 1440p to 41 at 4K. That steep decline with pixel count, with the frame range tightening accordingly (101 to 137, then 65 to 88, then 35 to 47), indicates the RTX 2060's 6 GB of GDDR6 and its 336 GB/s of memory bandwidth are the limiting factor as the pixel load grows.

The CPU's role is simply to stay out of the way, and the 5600F does. With 6 cores and 12 threads, a PassMark multithread score of 19236, and a single-thread score of 2872, it sits in the 85th percentile of all CPUs in the database. A third-person shooter from 2014 does not ask much of a modern six-core, so the processor never becomes the constraint. The data backs this up: the highest recorded average, 155 FPS at 1080p Low, is still a GPU-limited figure, and there is no plateau in the results where the frame rate stops responding to reduced load, which would be the telltale sign of a CPU cap.

For a builder deciding where to spend an upgrade, the answer is unambiguous: at 1440p and 4K, the GPU is doing all the work, and the 5600F has headroom to spare for a faster card.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC runs Minimum well, with one exception. At 1920x1080, every preset from Low through Ultra clears 60 FPS, topping out at Ultra with a 76 FPS average. At 2560x1440, Low, Medium, and High all clear the threshold, with High at 64 FPS being the best-looking playable option. At 3840x2160, the verdict is negative: no preset reaches 60 FPS, and even Low manages only a 54 FPS average.

The practical recommendation is straightforward. For 1080p and 1440p play, use Ultra and High respectively and enjoy the game at its full visual quality. For 4K, drop the resolution or the expectations, because the RTX 2060 cannot get there in this title regardless of settings. Given that this combo ranks 2929 of 3712 recorded pairings for this game, it is a mid-pack performer in absolute terms, but against the 60 FPS standard it delivers everything a player needs at mainstream resolutions.