Minimum

The pairing of an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers an emphatic answer to the question of whether Minimum, the 2014 third-person shooter, can be run comfortably: the data shows every tested resolution and preset clears the 60 FPS playability threshold, with headroom to spare. Measured benchmark results for this exact combination exist in the database, ranked 152nd out of 3712 tested combos in this game, and the frame rates recorded span from 67.1 FPS at 4K Ultra up to 369.5 FPS at 1080p Low. The following analysis walks through those numbers step by step.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All results below are measured averages for the Ryzen 7 5800X + RTX 4090 combination in Minimum. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured for these runs, so average FPS is the guiding metric.

At 1920x1080, the frame rates are extraordinary for a game of this vintage:

• Low: 369.5 FPS average
• Medium: 301.8 FPS average
• High: 252.1 FPS average
• Ultra: 194.1 FPS average

Even the heaviest preset at 1080p runs more than three times faster than the 60 FPS playability threshold. The drop from Low to Ultra is substantial in absolute terms — 175.4 FPS — but relative terms matter more here: the Ultra preset retains over half of the Low preset's throughput.

At 2560x1440, the averages settle somewhat:

• Low: 255 FPS
• Medium: 196.9 FPS
• High: 160.8 FPS
• Ultra: 123.8 FPS

The pattern repeats: 1440p Ultra sits at 123.8 FPS, more than double the playability threshold. There is no preset at this resolution that comes close to struggling.

At 3840x2160, the demands of a fourfold pixel-count increase relative to 1080p finally register:

• Low: 133.5 FPS
• Medium: 107.6 FPS
• High: 89.6 FPS
• Ultra: 67.1 FPS

The 4K Ultra figure of 67.1 FPS is the tightest result in the entire dataset, clearing 60 FPS by just 7.1 frames. It is playable by the database's threshold, but it is the one data point where the margin is thin rather than generous. Every other combination of resolution and preset in this table clears 60 FPS by 29 frames or more.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions reveals which component sets the pace. Moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 at Ultra drops the average from 194.1 to 67.1 FPS — a decline of roughly two-thirds. At Low, the same resolution jump takes the average from 369.5 to 133.5 FPS. This strong, consistent sensitivity to pixel count indicates the workload is GPU-bound at higher resolutions: the RTX 4090 is the component absorbing the added load, and frame rates fall as its render target quadruples.

The flip side is equally informative. At 1080p, frame rates of 252.1 FPS on High and 369.5 FPS on Low are far above what most displays can show, and the shrinking gap between presets as resolution falls — from 66.4 FPS between Ultra and Low at 4K to 175.4 FPS at 1080p, wait, that gap actually widens in absolute terms — suggests the CPU begins to act as a ceiling at the lowest resolutions. The Ryzen 7 5800X sits in the 81st percentile versus all CPUs in the database, with a Geekbench single-core score of 2032, a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1574.5, and a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 15476. For a 2014 third-person shooter, that single-thread performance is more than sufficient, but it is the plausible limiter on how high the averages can climb at 1080p Low.

Within each resolution, the preset scaling is smooth rather than cliff-like. At 4K, each step up in quality costs roughly 20 to 25 FPS: 133.5 down to 107.6 down to 89.6 down to 67.1. That orderly progression, with no catastrophic drop at any single preset, indicates the visual settings tax the GPU proportionally and that neither component hits a pathological bottleneck at any point.

Best Settings per Resolution

Using the database's playability threshold of 60 FPS, the most demanding preset that stays at or above the threshold at each resolution is:

• 1920x1080: Ultra, at 194.1 FPS average
• 2560x1440: Ultra, at 123.8 FPS average
• 3840x2160: Ultra, at 67.1 FPS average

Ultra is the answer at all three resolutions because Minimum simply does not push this hardware hard enough to knock the top preset below 60 FPS anywhere. The 4K result deserves the caveat repeated here: 67.1 FPS is a pass, not a rout, and any future driver variance or scene complexity beyond the measured run could erode that 7.1-frame cushion. Players wanting a larger buffer at 4K can drop one step to High and collect 89.6 FPS, a meaningful 22.5-frame improvement for the visual trade.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the Ryzen 7 5800X's average benchmark score of 29123 places it in the 81st percentile of all CPUs tested. Its nearest rivals by aggregate score:

• Intel Core Ultra 5 135H — avgScore 29093, 0.1% behind the 5800X
• Intel Xeon Phi 7210 — avgScore 29245, 0.4% ahead
• Intel Core i5-13500HX — avgScore 29270, 0.5% ahead
• AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT — avgScore 28940, 0.6% behind

These are effectively interchangeable by aggregate score, and the 5800X's sibling Ryzen 5 5600XT in particular would be expected to behave nearly identically in Minimum. A system built around any of these four CPUs paired with an RTX 4090 should land within a fraction of a percent of the measured frame rates, assuming the game's CPU demands stay within what a 2014 title asks.

For the GPU, the RTX 4090 carries an average benchmark score of 60347, placing it in the 88th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals:

• Intel Arc Pro A60 — avgScore 60326, deltaPct 0
• AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 — avgScore 60140, 0.3% behind
• AMD Radeon Pro W6600M — avgScore 61896, 2.5% ahead
• AMD Radeon PRO V710 — avgScore 58657, 2.9% behind

The spread here is wider than on the CPU side, ranging from nearly 3% behind to 2.5% ahead, which translates to a few FPS at the 4K Ultra margin and imperceptible differences at lower resolutions. Notably, the RTX 4090's passmark_g3d score of 38194 and its 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 compute dwarf what a 2014 title requires; the nearest-rival data suggests several workstation-class alternatives would deliver broadly comparable results in this specific game even if they trail in modern feature-heavy titles.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Minimum at every tested resolution and preset. The verdict data is unambiguous:

• 1920x1080: all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) playable; best settings Ultra at 194.1 FPS
• 2560x1440: all four presets playable; best settings Ultra at 123.8 FPS
• 3840x2160: all four presets playable; best settings Ultra at 67.1 FPS

There is no configuration in the measured dataset that fails. The only caution is the 4K Ultra average of 67.1 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS threshold but with the thinnest margin in the table. Players prioritizing stability at 4K should consider High at 89.6 FPS; players at 1080p or 1440p have no decisions to make at all — Ultra is comfortably playable at both.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 7 5800X + RTX 4090 run Minimum at 4K Ultra?

A: Yes. The measured average at 3840x2160 Ultra is 67.1 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS playability threshold, though by the smallest margin of any tested configuration.

Q: What is the highest frame rate recorded for this combo in Minimum?

A: 369.5 FPS average at 1920x1080 on the Low preset. At the same resolution, Ultra still averages 194.1 FPS.

Q: Which component limits performance in Minimum?

A: The data indicates a GPU-bound profile at higher resolutions — the Ultra average falls from 194.1 FPS at 1080p to 67.1 FPS at 4K as the render load quadruples. At lower resolutions the CPU becomes the likely ceiling, with the Ryzen 7 5800X's single-core scores (Geekbench 2032, Cinebench R23 1574.5) capping how high frame rates climb.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested combinations in Minimum?

A: It ranks 152nd out of 3712 tested combinations in this game.

Q: Would a similar CPU produce similar results?

A: Yes. The 5800X's nearest rivals by average benchmark score — the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H (0.1% behind), Intel Xeon Phi 7210 (0.4% ahead), Intel Core i5-13500HX (0.5% ahead), and AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT (0.6% behind) — are all within one percent, so results should be near-identical.

Q: Is 1440p a good middle ground for this hardware in Minimum?

A: It is arguably the sweet spot. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 123.8 FPS — double the playability threshold — while Low reaches 255 FPS, giving both full visual quality and a large performance cushion.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3712 hardware combinations tested in Minimum, the Ryzen 7 5800X + RTX 4090 pairing ranks 152nd. That position is consistent with the component percentiles: the CPU sits in the 81st percentile versus all CPUs and the GPU in the 88th percentile versus all GPUs, so a mid-table-elite ranking among combos is exactly what the input data predicts. Roughly 96% of tested combinations trail this pairing in this game.

The ranking also frames the practical takeaway. This is not the single fastest configuration in the database for Minimum, but it does not need to be — the measured averages show it already exhausts the game's demands at every resolution, with Ultra playable from 1080p through 4K. The remaining 151 higher-ranked combos would deliver margin at the top end (higher 1080p averages like the 369.5 FPS Low figure), but for a 2014 third-person shooter, the 5800X + 4090 combination is already past the point of diminishing returns at every setting the game offers.