Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and Intel Arc B570 combination delivers playable performance in Minimum at 1080p and 1440p, but falls short of the 60 FPS threshold at 4K. Benchmark data shows the strongest result at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, where the combo averages 71 FPS, while 2560x1440 tops out at 60 FPS on High settings. At 3840x2160, no preset reaches 60 FPS, with the best average of 50 FPS occurring on Low settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured frame rates are consistently high across all presets. Low settings produce an average of 145 FPS, Medium averages 111 FPS with a minimum of 95 and a maximum of 128, High averages 93 FPS, and Ultra averages 71 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 74 FPS, indicating that the GPU has substantial headroom at this resolution even when graphical demands are maximized.

Moving to 2560x1440, performance scales down noticeably but remains above the playable threshold for most presets. Low settings average 94 FPS, Medium averages 72 FPS with a minimum of 61 and a maximum of 82, High averages exactly 60 FPS, and Ultra drops to 46 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 61 FPS shows that even during demanding scenes, the system stays above the 60 FPS playable line, though Ultra falls short.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes dramatically. Low settings average 50 FPS, Medium averages 39 FPS with a minimum of 33 and a maximum of 44, High averages 32 FPS, and Ultra averages just 25 FPS. Every preset at this resolution fails to reach the 60 FPS threshold, and the gap between the best (Low at 50 FPS) and worst (Ultra at 25 FPS) presets is 25 FPS. The data shows that 4K gaming is not viable for this combination in Minimum.

The scaling pattern across resolutions is consistent: each step from 1080p to 1440p to 4K reduces average FPS substantially. For example, High settings drop from 93 FPS at 1080p to 60 FPS at 1440p and then to 32 FPS at 4K. Similarly, Low settings fall from 145 FPS at 1080p to 94 FPS at 1440p and 50 FPS at 4K.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark data indicates that the GPU becomes the dominant constraint as resolution increases. At 1920x1080, the CPU's strong single-thread performance, evidenced by a 3dmark_single_thread score of 951 and a cinebench_r23_singlecore score of 2943, allows the system to push high frame rates even at Ultra settings. The GPU's 11.52 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 360.0 GTexel/s texture rate handle the workload efficiently at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the balance shifts toward the GPU. The frame rate drop from 1080p to 1440p at High settings (93 to 60 FPS, a 35% reduction) shows that pixel throughput, not CPU processing, limits performance. The Intel Arc B570's 10 GB GDDR6 memory with 380.0 GB/s bandwidth and 160-bit bus width becomes the relevant factor, as higher resolutions demand more memory bandwidth and fill rate.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the bottleneck. The 200.0 GPixel/s pixel rate and 80 ROPs are insufficient to maintain fluid frame rates, as evidenced by the 25 FPS average at Ultra settings. The CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads with a 4.70 GHz boost clock are not the limiting factor here; even the Ryzen 5 8400F's passmark_multithread score of 24389 and cinebench_r23_multicore score of 20851 cannot compensate for the GPU's inability to render 4K frames quickly enough.

The scaling between presets also reveals GPU dominance. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 74 FPS, while at 1440p it is 48 FPS, and at 4K it is 25 FPS. This narrowing gap at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU is increasingly saturated, and CPU performance differences matter less when the GPU is fully occupied.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest CPU rivals to the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, based on average benchmark scores, are the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F with an avgScore of 24964 and a deltaPct of 0.2, the Intel Core i7-11850H at 24935 with a deltaPct of 0.3, and the Intel Core i7-13620H at 24911 with a deltaPct of 0.4. The AMD EPYC 9474F scores 25103, which is 0.4% higher. These deltas are minimal, meaning any of these CPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in Minimum when paired with the same GPU.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals to the Intel Arc B570 are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile with an avgScore of 20534 and a deltaPct of 0.1, the Intel Arc A750 at 20582 with a deltaPct of -0.1, the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M at 20480 with a deltaPct of 0.4, and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X at 20662 with a deltaPct of -0.5. The performance differences are within 0.5%, so swapping the Arc B570 for any of these would yield essentially the same FPS results in Minimum.

A system built with the Ryzen 5 7500F or Core i7-13620H alongside the Arc A750 or RTX 3070 Mobile would behave almost identically to the tested configuration. The 0.2% to 0.4% CPU deltas and 0.1% to 0.5% GPU deltas translate to sub-1 FPS differences in practice, meaning the verdict for playability remains unchanged across these alternatives.

The Verdict

The data answers clearly: this PC can run Minimum at 1920x1080 and 2560x1440, but not at 3840x2160. At 1080p, all four presets—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—average above 60 FPS, with Ultra delivering 71 FPS. This makes 1080p fully playable at maximum settings.

At 1440p, the playable settings are High, Low, and Medium, with High averaging exactly 60 FPS. Ultra at 1440p drops to 46 FPS, so it cannot maintain the playable threshold. The Medium preset's minimum of 61 FPS confirms that even frame dips stay above 60 FPS, providing a smooth experience.

At 4K, no settings are playable. The best average is 50 FPS on Low, which is 10 FPS short of the threshold. Medium averages 39 FPS, High 32 FPS, and Ultra 25 FPS. Users targeting 4K would need to accept sub-60 FPS performance or reduce resolution.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset is the best choice, delivering an average of 71 FPS. This is the most demanding setting that stays at or above 60 FPS, and it provides the highest visual quality while maintaining playability. The data shows no need to compromise at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the High preset achieves exactly 60 FPS on average and is the most demanding playable option. Medium is also viable at 72 FPS, but High offers better visual fidelity without sacrificing the 60 FPS threshold. The Ultra preset at 46 FPS is not recommended.

At 3840x2160, no preset meets the 60 FPS requirement. The Low preset at 50 FPS is the best average available, but it still falls short. Users at this resolution must choose between lowering resolution or accepting frame rates below the playable threshold.

How This Combo Ranks

Among all tested combinations in Minimum, this pairing of AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and Intel Arc B570 ranks 2984 out of 3712 combos. This places it in the lower 20% of all tested systems. The rank reflects the GPU's mid-tier positioning, as the Arc B570's percentileVsAllGpus of 65 indicates it outperforms 65% of all GPUs, but the CPU's percentileVsAllCpus of 77 shows stronger relative standing.

The combination's ranking suggests that while it handles 1080p and 1440p well, it is not a high-end performer. The 4K failure is the primary factor dragging the rank down, as many other combos in the database achieve playable 4K performance. For a game like Minimum, which is a Third-Person Shooter from 2014, the system's performance is adequate for mainstream resolutions, but the rank of 2984 out of 3712 indicates that a significant portion of tested hardware combinations outperform it.