Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti delivers a robust benchmark showing for Minimum, a third-person shooter released on 2014-06-25. The measured data across three resolutions and four quality presets indicates that this combination is firmly in the upper echelon of tested hardware, with the primary question being how far the settings can be pushed before dropping below the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU and GPU in this combo each sit near specific rivals based on aggregate benchmark scores. For the AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT, the nearest performance neighbor is the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H, which has an average score of 29868 against the 5800XT’s 29879 — a delta of 0%. This means in synthetic multi-threaded workloads, these two processors are effectively interchangeable. The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS both score 29955, placing them 0.3% ahead of the 5800XT, while the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X trails slightly at 29713, a 0.6% deficit. For gaming scenarios that rely on CPU throughput, any of these alternatives would produce nearly identical frame pacing.

On the graphics side, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti shows a wider spread among its nearest rivals. The NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB scores 41707, which is 1.2% higher than the 3080 Ti’s 41187 average. The NVIDIA Tesla M40 follows at 41897, a 1.7% advantage. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 sits just below at 40870, a 0.8% deficit, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 trails by 2% with a score of 40377. These deltas are modest, so in real-world Minimum gameplay, swapping the 3080 Ti for any of these cards would likely result in single-digit FPS differences at most settings. However, the Tesla M40 variants are datacenter-oriented cards without consumer display outputs, making them impractical despite their benchmark proximity.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3712 tested combinations for Minimum, this specific CPU-GPU pairing achieves rank 949. That places it in the top 25.6% of all tested combos, which is a strong showing for a 2021 GPU paired with a 2024 CPU. The percentile data reinforces this: the CPU sits at the 81st percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU at the 83rd percentile among all GPUs. The ranking suggests that while this system is not at the absolute current-generation — there are 948 faster combos — it is comfortably ahead of the majority of hardware configurations that players might use for this title. The rank reflects the balanced nature of the pairing; neither component is dramatically underpowered relative to the other, which is consistent with the high FPS numbers seen across most settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces excellent frame rates. Low settings yield an average of 276.3 FPS, Medium drops to 215.2 FPS, High further reduces to 177.8 FPS, and Ultra still manages 138.9 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra shows a 49.7% reduction in average FPS, but even the most demanding preset remains more than double the 60 FPS threshold. This resolution is clearly GPU-bound at lower presets, but the margin is so large that the experience is consistently smooth.

Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern continues but with lower absolute numbers. Low settings average 178.2 FPS, Medium 138.6 FPS, High 113.3 FPS, and Ultra 86.3 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at each preset is roughly 35-38%, which aligns with the increased pixel count. Ultra at 1440p still clears the playable threshold by a healthy 26.3 FPS, indicating that this resolution is fully viable for all quality settings.

At 3840x2160, the limits become visible. Low settings produce 95 FPS, Medium 76.6 FPS, and High 60.9 FPS. Ultra, however, falls to 45.4 FPS, which is 14.6 FPS below the playable threshold. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 4K is steep — a 52.2% reduction — and the transition from High to Ultra alone costs 15.5 FPS. This is the only resolution where the Ultra preset cannot maintain 60 FPS, highlighting the pixel throughput demands of 4K.

The Verdict

The data clearly shows that this PC can run Minimum at all three tested resolutions, but with a critical caveat at 4K Ultra. At 1920x1080, every preset from Low to Ultra clears 60 FPS, with the lowest average being 138.9 FPS at Ultra. At 2560x1440, the same holds true — Ultra averages 86.3 FPS, well above the threshold. At 3840x2160, the playable settings include Low, Medium, and High, with High averaging exactly 60.9 FPS. The verdict for 4K excludes Ultra, which averages 45.4 FPS and is therefore not playable. The best playable setting at 4K is High, with an average of 60.9 FPS. For users targeting a locked 60 FPS experience, 1440p Ultra or 1080p Ultra are the safest choices, while 4K requires dropping to High.

CPU and GPU Roles

The performance scaling across resolutions reveals how the workload shifts between components. From 1080p to 1440p, the average FPS drop across all presets is approximately 36%, and from 1440p to 4K, it is another 47%. This steep degradation at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck as pixel count increases. At 1080p, the CPU is more influential — the Ryzen 7 5800XT’s 16 threads and high single-thread score (959 in 3dmark_single_thread) help maintain very high frame rates even at Low settings, where the GPU has less work per frame. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 137.4 FPS, which is a larger absolute gap than at 1440p (91.9 FPS) or 4K (49.6 FPS). This suggests that at lower resolutions, the GPU is not saturated, and the CPU’s ability to feed frames becomes a limiting factor. At 4K, the RTX 3080 Ti’s 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 912.4 GB/s memory bandwidth are taxed more heavily, making the GPU the clear dominant factor. The fact that Ultra at 4K drops below 60 FPS while the CPU remains capable of higher throughput (as evidenced by 1080p results) confirms that the GPU is the limiting component at maximum settings and resolution.

Best Settings per Resolution

For each resolution, the most demanding preset that maintains an average of at least 60 FPS is as follows:

• 1920x1080: Ultra, with an average of 138.9 FPS. This is the highest quality setting available and the frame rate is more than double the threshold, leaving substantial headroom.
• 2560x1440: Ultra, with an average of 86.3 FPS. This provides a 26.3 FPS buffer above the playable threshold, making it a stable choice for high-refresh monitors.
• 3840x2160: High, with an average of 60.9 FPS. This is a marginal result — just 0.9 FPS above the threshold — so users may prefer Medium (76.6 FPS) for a more comfortable margin, but High is technically playable.

FAQ

*Q: Can this PC run Minimum at 4K with max settings?*

A: No. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 45.4, which is below the 60 FPS playable threshold. The best playable setting at 4K is High, averaging 60.9 FPS.

Q: What is the highest quality setting that stays above 60 FPS at 1440p?

A: Ultra is the highest quality setting at 2560x1440, and it averages 86.3 FPS, which is 26.3 FPS above the playable threshold.

Q: How much faster is 1080p compared to 4K at the same settings?

A: At High settings, 1080p averages 177.8 FPS while 4K averages 60.9 FPS, a difference of 116.9 FPS. At Low settings, 1080p averages 276.3 FPS versus 95 FPS at 4K, a difference of 181.3 FPS.

Q: Does the CPU limit performance at any resolution?

A: At 1080p, the CPU plays a larger role, as evidenced by the wide FPS spread between Low (276.3) and Ultra (138.9). At 4K, the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck, particularly at Ultra where the average drops to 45.4 FPS.

*Q: What is the combined rank of this CPU-GPU pair among all tested combos for Minimum?*

A: The combo ranks 949 out of 3712 tested combinations, placing it in the top 25.6% of all tested hardware configurations.

Q: Is the 60 FPS threshold met at 4K Medium settings?

A: Yes, 4K Medium averages 76.6 FPS, which is 16.6 FPS above the playable threshold. Low at 4K averages 95 FPS, and High averages 60.9 FPS.