Minimum

# FAQ

Q: What is the overall performance ranking of this CPU+GPU combo in Minimum?

A: This configuration ranks 739th out of 3,712 tested combinations in the game, placing it in the top 20% of all tested hardware pairings.

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F compare to its closest CPU rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 7400F has an average benchmark score of 32,750, sitting within 0.3% of the Intel Core i5-14600T (32,707), Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (32,697), AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H (32,812), and AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (32,662). The largest delta is just 0.3%, meaning performance is effectively identical across these processors.

Q: What are the key specifications of the RX 7900 XT?

A: The Radeon RX 7900 XT features 5,376 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, 192 raster operations pipelines, 84 ray tracing cores, and 20 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 320-bit bus with 800.0 GB/s bandwidth. It boosts to 2394 MHz and has a 300 W TDP.

Q: Can this system hit 60 FPS at 4K in Minimum?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, the system achieves 67 FPS on High settings, 80 FPS on Medium, and 104 FPS on Low. Ultra settings drop to 51 FPS, which falls below the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the best preset at 1440p that maintains 60 FPS?

A: At 2560x1440, Ultra settings deliver 95 FPS on average, making it the most demanding preset that stays above the 60 FPS threshold. High runs at 124 FPS, Medium at 148 FPS, and Low at 193 FPS.

Q: Does the GPU or CPU limit performance more in this game?

A: The data indicates the GPU is the primary constraint at higher resolutions. Performance scales significantly with resolution: at 1080p Ultra the system hits 147 FPS, at 1440p Ultra it drops to 95 FPS, and at 4K Ultra it falls to 51 FPS. This scaling pattern points to GPU-bound behavior as resolution increases, while the CPU's 6-core/12-thread Zen 4 architecture provides ample headroom at lower resolutions where frame rates reach 300 FPS on Low settings at 1080p.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark results for Minimum reveal a clear division of labor between the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and the Radeon RX 7900 XT depending on resolution and preset. At 1920x1080, the system achieves 300 FPS on Low settings, a figure that approaches the practical ceiling for many displays and suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at high frame rates. The 7400F's 6-core, 12-thread design with a 4.70 GHz boost clock and 32 MB of shared L3 cache provides strong single-thread performance, which matters most in a third-person shooter where game logic and draw call submission often bottleneck at lower resolutions.

Moving to 1440p, the frame rates remain high — 193 FPS on Low and 124 FPS on High — but the gap between presets widens compared to 1080p. At 1080p, the difference between Low (300 FPS) and Ultra (147 FPS) is 153 FPS, while at 1440p the same preset spread spans from 193 FPS to 95 FPS, a delta of 98 FPS. This compression suggests the GPU begins to take on more responsibility as pixel count rises, though the CPU still keeps pace.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's role becomes dominant. The RX 7900 XT delivers 104 FPS on Low but only 51 FPS on Ultra, a 53 FPS swing that underscores how heavily the rendering workload scales with both resolution and image quality settings. The 7900 XT's 5376 shading units and 192 ROPs are being pushed hard at 4K Ultra, and the result — 51 FPS — falls short of the 60 FPS playable threshold. Meanwhile, the CPU's utilization likely decreases at 4K because frame rates drop, giving the processor more idle time between frames.

The scaling between presets at each resolution further illuminates component roles. At 1080p, Medium (230 FPS) is 37 FPS above High (193 FPS), and Ultra (147 FPS) is 46 FPS below High. At 1440p, Medium (148 FPS) sits 24 FPS above High (124 FPS), while Ultra (95 FPS) trails High by 29 FPS. At 4K, the pattern intensifies: Medium (80 FPS) is 13 FPS above High (67 FPS), but Ultra (51 FPS) falls 16 FPS below High. The growing penalty for Ultra settings at higher resolutions confirms that the GPU is the limiting factor — the RX 7900 XT's memory bandwidth of 800.0 GB/s and FP32 throughput of 51.48 TFLOPS are substantial, but 4K Ultra demands more than they can deliver for this title.

In practical terms, players at 1080p or 1440p will find the CPU and GPU well balanced, with neither component creating an obvious bottleneck. At 4K, however, the GPU is clearly the constraining element, and lowering settings from Ultra to High (a 16 FPS gain) or to Medium (a 29 FPS gain) restores playability. The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking among all CPUs, combined with the GPU's 55th percentile ranking among all GPUs, indicates the processor has more relative headroom than the graphics card in this pairing.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F, the nearest rivals in average benchmark score are the Intel Core i5-14600T (32,707, 0.1% slower), Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (32,697, 0.2% slower), AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H (32,812, 0.2% faster), and AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (32,662, 0.3% slower). These deltas are negligible — all four processors land within a third of a percent of the 7400F's 32,750 average score. In Minimum, swapping the Ryzen 5 7400F for any of these chips would produce virtually identical frame rates, as the game's CPU demands are comfortably met by any of them at the tested resolutions.

For the Radeon RX 7900 XT, the nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon 660M (13,812, 0.5% faster), NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile (13,821, 0.5% faster), AMD Radeon RX 570X (13,871, 0.9% faster), and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (13,543, 1.5% slower). These deltas are also small, but the direction is notable: the RX 7900 XT's average benchmark score of 13,745 is slightly lower than three of its four nearest rivals. In Minimum specifically, the RX 9070 XT — which trails by 1.5% in synthetic benchmarks — would likely produce nearly identical FPS, potentially within 1-2 frames at each setting. The Radeon 660M, RTX A2000 Mobile, and RX 570X, despite their higher average scores, are not direct performance equivalents in gaming due to their different architectures and memory configurations, though the benchmark data places them in the same performance band.

Players considering a comparable system to this Ryzen 5 7400F + RX 7900 XT pairing should expect that swapping the CPU for an i5-14600T or Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H changes nothing measurable in Minimum — the 7400F's 6-core/12-thread configuration with Zen 4 architecture is more than sufficient. On the GPU side, the RX 9070 XT's 1.5% lower average score suggests it would deliver essentially the same experience, while the 0.5-0.9% faster alternatives (Radeon 660M, RTX A2000 Mobile, RX 570X) would also be indistinguishable in practice, given that a 1% delta at 67 FPS translates to less than one frame per second.

The Verdict

This PC can run Minimum, and it does so with authority at most resolutions and presets. The verdict by resolution is clear: at 1920x1080, all four settings — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — clear the 60 FPS threshold, with Ultra averaging 147 FPS and Low hitting 300 FPS. At 2560x1440, the same is true: Ultra runs at 95 FPS, High at 124 FPS, Medium at 148 FPS, and Low at 193 FPS. At 3840x2160, three of four presets are playable — High (67 FPS), Medium (80 FPS), and Low (104 FPS) — while Ultra falls to 51 FPS, short of the 60 FPS playable threshold.

The system's best 4K preset is High, which delivers 67 FPS on average. At 1440p, the best playable preset is Ultra at 95 FPS. At 1080p, Ultra again takes the top spot at 147 FPS. The data confirms this is a high-refresh-rate capable machine at 1080p and 1440p, and a solid 4K60 machine with the caveat that Ultra settings should be avoided at that resolution.

The only scenario where this PC fails the 60 FPS test is 4K Ultra, where the RX 7900 XT's 51 FPS average falls 9 FPS short. Given that the GPU ranks in the 55th percentile among all GPUs, this result is not unexpected for a demanding 4K Ultra workload. The CPU, ranking in the 83rd percentile, is never the limiting factor in this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured frame rates are as follows:

• Low: 300 FPS average
• Medium: 230 FPS average, with a minimum of 195 FPS and a maximum of 264 FPS
• High: 193 FPS average
• Ultra: 147 FPS average

At 2560x1440, the results are:

• Low: 193 FPS average
• Medium: 148 FPS average, with a minimum of 126 FPS and a maximum of 170 FPS
• High: 124 FPS average
• Ultra: 95 FPS average

At 3840x2160, the performance is:

• Low: 104 FPS average
• Medium: 80 FPS average, with a minimum of 68 FPS and a maximum of 92 FPS
• High: 67 FPS average
• Ultra: 51 FPS average

The minimum FPS values are only recorded for Medium settings, where they stay comfortably above 60 FPS at every resolution — 195 FPS at 1080p, 126 FPS at 1440p, and 68 FPS at 4K. For other presets, only averages are provided, but the pattern across resolutions shows a consistent performance hierarchy: Low > Medium > High > Ultra at every resolution.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that maintains at least 60 FPS is Ultra, which averages 147 FPS. This leaves enormous headroom above the 60 FPS threshold, making Ultra the clear choice for 1080p gaming.

At 2560x1440, Ultra remains the best choice, averaging 95 FPS. The 35 FPS margin over the playable threshold allows for consistent performance even in demanding scenes, and the minimum FPS on Medium (126 FPS) suggests frame pacing is stable throughout.

At 3840x2160, the best playable preset is High, which averages 67 FPS. This provides a 7 FPS cushion above the 60 FPS threshold. Medium runs faster at 80 FPS, but High offers better visual quality while staying playable. Ultra at 51 FPS is the only non-playable configuration in the entire dataset, and players seeking maximum visual fidelity at 4K would need to accept the sub-60 FPS average or drop to High.

For players prioritizing frame rate over image quality, 4K Low delivers 104 FPS, and 1080p Low reaches 300 FPS — the latter being ideal for high-refresh-rate monitors. The sweet spot for this system is 1440p Ultra, which combines high visual fidelity with a 95 FPS average, comfortably exceeding the 60 FPS playable threshold while remaining well within the capabilities of the Ryzen 5 7400F and RX 7900 XT pairing.