Minimum

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data for this AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Radeon RX 570 combination in Minimum covers three resolutions and four quality presets. At 3840x2160, the performance envelope is uniformly low. The High preset averages 16.5 FPS, Medium 21.6 FPS, Low 25.3 FPS, and Ultra drops to 13.5 FPS. None of these figures approach the 60 FPS playable threshold, and the spread between the best and worst presets is only 11.8 FPS, indicating that at this resolution the GPU is heavily constrained regardless of settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results improve substantially but remain below the playable line. Low settings produce an average of 55.1 FPS, which is the closest this combo gets to 60 FPS at this resolution. Medium follows at 40.6 FPS, High at 36.4 FPS, and Ultra at 24.7 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a drop of 30.4 FPS, a much steeper penalty than at 4K, suggesting that pixel throughput becomes less dominant and shader work begins to matter more as resolution decreases.

At 1920x1080, the picture changes decisively. Low settings average 80.3 FPS, which is comfortably above the threshold. Medium averages exactly 65 FPS, still above the line. High averages 55.1 FPS, just below the threshold, and Ultra averages 40.3 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a total loss of 40 FPS, with the largest single drop occurring between Medium and High (9.9 FPS) and between High and Ultra (14.8 FPS). The data indicates that 1080p is where this hardware can find a playable configuration, but only by staying within the lower half of the preset scale.

Across all resolutions, the min and max FPS fields are null, so the analysis relies on average frames per second. The recorded averages show a consistent pattern: each resolution step down from 4K to 1440p yields roughly a 2.2x improvement in the Low preset (25.3 to 55.1 FPS), and each step from 1440p to 1080p yields a further 1.5x improvement (55.1 to 80.3 FPS). This geometric scaling is typical of a GPU-bound scenario where the RX 570's 4 GB GDDR5 memory and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth are the limiting factors at higher pixel counts.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no preset achieves the 60 FPS playable threshold. The verdict data lists no playable settings and no best settings for this resolution. The highest recorded average is 25.3 FPS on Low, which is less than half of the required frame rate. Even if a user were to accept a lower frame rate, the gap is too large to bridge with any settings adjustment.

At 2560x1440, the same conclusion applies. The playable settings list is empty, and the best settings field is null. Low preset reaches 55.1 FPS, which is 4.9 FPS short of the threshold. The data suggests that this resolution is a near miss, but the database does not classify it as playable.

At 1920x1080, the playable settings are Low and Medium. The best settings are Medium, with an average of 65 FPS. This is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS. Low also qualifies at 80.3 FPS, but Medium is the higher quality option that still clears the bar. High and Ultra fall below the threshold at 55.1 FPS and 40.3 FPS respectively, so they are excluded from the playable set.

The choice of Medium at 1080p as the best setting is notable because it leaves headroom of only 5 FPS above the threshold. The data does not include a 1080p preset between Medium and High, so there is no way to know if an intermediate setting would hold above 60 FPS. What is clear is that Medium is the ceiling for this combo at 1080p.

FAQ

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

A: No. At 3840x2160, the highest recorded average is 25.3 FPS on Low settings, and the verdict data lists no playable settings for this resolution. All presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) fall far below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the best settings preset at 1080p?

A: Medium is the best settings preset at 1920x1080, with an average of 65 FPS. This is the most demanding preset that stays at or above the 60 FPS playable threshold. Low also qualifies at 80.3 FPS, but Medium offers higher quality while still clearing the bar.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from Low to Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low averages 55.1 FPS and Ultra averages 24.7 FPS. This represents a performance loss of 30.4 FPS, or roughly 55% of the Low preset's frame rate. The scaling penalty is steep, and even Low fails to reach the playable threshold.

Q: Is the RX 570 the limiting factor at 4K, or does the CPU matter?

A: The data shows that at 3840x2160, the frame rate barely changes across presets (16.5 to 25.3 FPS). This narrow spread indicates that the GPU is saturated at this resolution, and the Ryzen 5 5600X's compute power is not the bottleneck. The CPU's benchmarks, such as a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 11838, are far above what this game would need at 4K.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1080p with High settings?

A: High settings at 1920x1080 average 55.1 FPS. This is below the 60 FPS playable threshold by 4.9 FPS. While it is close, the database does not classify High as a playable settings preset for this resolution.

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

A: This combo ranks 3535 out of 3712 tested combinations in the game. It sits in the lower percentile of tested hardware, which aligns with the measured results: playable only at 1080p on Low or Medium settings.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the CPU provide a reference for how the Ryzen 5 5600X compares in general compute performance. The AMD Ryzen 7 4800H has an average benchmark score of 21749, which is 0.1% higher than the 5600X's 21771. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U scores 21874, a 0.5% difference, and the Intel Core i7-11700 scores 21891, also 0.5% higher. The AMD EPYC 9554P scores 21899, 0.6% higher. These deltas are all within 1%, meaning that any of these processors would behave nearly identically in a CPU-bound scenario. For Minimum, however, the game is clearly GPU-bound at most settings, so the CPU choice has limited impact on the measured FPS.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals show similar proximity. The AMD Radeon RX 6800M has an average score of 28874, 0.4% higher than the RX 570's 28766. The AMD Radeon R9 M295X scores 28580, which is 0.7% lower. The AMD Radeon RX 470 scores 28996, 0.8% higher, and the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 scores 28421, 1.2% lower. These four GPUs bracket the RX 570 within a narrow band of 1.2% to 0.8% delta. In practice, any of these would produce frame rates very close to the recorded numbers for Minimum. The RX 470 in particular is the closest architectural sibling, and its 0.8% higher score suggests it would deliver nearly identical results at 1080p Medium.

It is important to note that the nearest rival data is based on average benchmark scores across multiple tests, not specifically on Minimum. The measured FPS for this game is the definitive source for this combination, but the rival scores indicate that swapping in any of these parts would not meaningfully change the playability verdict. The combo would still be limited to 1080p Low or Medium.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Radeon RX 570 ranks 3535 out of 3712 tested combos for Minimum. This places it in the bottom 5% of all tested configurations. The rank is consistent with the measured FPS data: this hardware cannot handle the game at 4K or 1440p, and at 1080p it only manages playable frame rates on Low and Medium presets.

The percentile data for the individual components tells a slightly different story. The CPU sits at the 75th percentile among all CPUs, meaning it is a strong processor in general compute tasks. The GPU also sits at the 74th percentile among all GPUs. Despite both parts being above average in their respective pools, the combination ranks poorly for this specific game. This suggests that Minimum has a demanding rendering path that punishes the RX 570's GCN 4.0 architecture, which has a 14 nm process node and 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput. The CPU's high percentile (75th) does not compensate for the GPU's limitations at higher resolutions.

The gap between the combo rank and the individual percentiles is informative. A 75th percentile CPU paired with a 74th percentile GPU should, in a balanced game, land somewhere in the middle of the combo rankings. Instead, it lands at 3535 out of 3712. This indicates that Minimum is not a balanced workload: it places disproportionate stress on the GPU, and the RX 570's 4 GB memory capacity and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth are insufficient for the game's demands at resolutions above 1080p.

The Verdict

The question posed is whether this PC can run Minimum. The answer from the recorded data is conditional on resolution and settings. At 1920x1080, the system can run the game playably, defined as staying at or above 60 FPS average. The playable settings are Low and Medium, with Medium being the best choice at 65 FPS. This is the only resolution where the verdict is positive.

At 2560x1440, the verdict is negative. The closest preset, Low, averages 55.1 FPS, which is 4.9 FPS below the threshold. No settings adjustment can push it over the line. At 3840x2160, the verdict is also negative, with the best preset (Low) averaging only 25.3 FPS. The system is not capable of running Minimum at 1440p or 4K under any tested configuration.

The practical takeaway is that this combo is a 1080p machine for Minimum. Users who are willing to run Medium settings will get a playable experience. Those who insist on High or Ultra will need to look at stronger GPUs, as the CPU is not the limiting factor. The data does not include any frame rate minimums or maximums, so the verdict is based solely on average FPS, but the averages are consistent enough to give a clear picture.

CPU and GPU Roles

The division of labor between the Ryzen 5 5600X and the RX 570 in Minimum can be inferred from the scaling patterns across resolutions and presets. At 3840x2160, the frame rate differences between presets are small: Low is 25.3 FPS, Medium is 21.6 FPS, High is 16.5 FPS, and Ultra is 13.5 FPS. The total spread is 11.8 FPS. This narrow range indicates that the GPU is working at its absolute limit at 4K, and changing quality settings has a muted effect because the pixel fill rate and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints. The CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is not the bottleneck here.

At 2560x1440, the preset spread widens to 30.4 FPS (Low at 55.1, Ultra at 24.7). The larger gap suggests that as the pixel count drops, the GPU has more headroom to respond to shader complexity and texture quality changes. However, even the lowest preset cannot reach 60 FPS, which means the GPU is still the dominant factor. The CPU's role remains secondary.

At 1920x1080, the preset spread is the largest at 40 FPS (Low at 80.3, Ultra at 40.3). Here, the GPU can finally stretch its legs at Low and Medium settings, but it hits a wall at High and Ultra. The fact that Low exceeds 80 FPS while Ultra drops below 41 FPS indicates that the game's higher presets introduce rendering features that the RX 570 cannot handle efficiently. The CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at these frame rates; the Ryzen 5 5600X's single-thread score of 917 in 3dMark and 1541 in Cinebench R23 are ample for a game from 2014.

The data shows that the GPU is the decisive component at all three resolutions. The CPU matters more as the resolution drops and frame rates rise, but even at 1080p Low, the GPU is the first to saturate when moving to higher presets. The verdict supports this: the system is playable only when the GPU workload is kept low enough, meaning Low or Medium at 1080p. The CPU's 75th percentile rank does not rescue the experience at 1440p or 4K. For Minimum, the Radeon RX 570 is the gatekeeper, and its 4 GB memory and GCN 4.0 architecture define the boundaries of playability.