Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the Intel Arc B580 presents a clear performance profile for Minimum, a third-person shooter released on 2014-06-25. The dataset provides measured frame rates across three resolutions and four quality presets, with a playability threshold of 60 FPS. The data indicates this combination is fully capable at 1080p and 1440p, but fails to reach playable status at 4K in any tested configuration.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the system struggles to maintain fluid motion. The High preset delivers an average of 37 FPS. Dropping to Medium improves the average to 44 FPS, with a minimum of 37 FPS and a maximum of 50 FPS. The Low preset yields 57 FPS average, which is still below the 60 FPS playability threshold. The Ultra preset is the most demanding, producing only 28 FPS average. None of these 4K configurations clear the 60 FPS bar, and even the best case (Low at 57 FPS) falls short by a narrow margin.

At 2560x1440, the situation improves substantially. The Low preset achieves 106 FPS average, providing a very comfortable margin above the threshold. The Medium preset maintains 81 FPS average, with a minimum of 69 FPS and a maximum of 93 FPS, meaning even the lowest recorded frame rate stays above 60 FPS. The High preset delivers 68 FPS average, which is playable but with less headroom. The Ultra preset drops to 52 FPS average, failing the playability test.

At 1920x1080, the combination excels across all presets. The Low preset reaches 165 FPS average. The Medium preset produces 126 FPS average, with a minimum of 107 FPS and a maximum of 145 FPS. The High preset achieves 106 FPS average. Even the most demanding Ultra preset maintains 81 FPS average, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold. All four 1080p configurations are fully playable.

FAQ

*Q: Can this system run Minimum at 4K Ultra settings?*

A: No. The benchmark data shows the 3840x2160 Ultra preset achieves only 28 FPS average, far below the 60 FPS playability threshold. No 4K settings combination reaches 60 FPS.

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

A: The High preset at 2560x1440 delivers 68 FPS average, which is the highest quality setting that clears the 60 FPS bar at this resolution. The Ultra preset drops to 52 FPS, making it unplayable.

Q: How does the 1080p Medium preset compare to the 1440p Medium preset?

A: At 1920x1080 Medium, the average FPS is 126, with a minimum of 107 FPS. At 2560x1440 Medium, the average drops to 81 FPS, with a minimum of 69 FPS. The 1080p configuration offers a 45 FPS average advantage, and its minimum frame rate is 38 FPS higher.

Q: Is the 4K Low preset close to playable?

A: The 4K Low preset averages 57 FPS, which is just 3 FPS below the 60 FPS threshold. While this is the closest 4K result, it still does not meet the playability criterion.

Q: What frame rate does the 1080p Ultra preset produce?

A: The 1920x1080 Ultra preset produces an average of 81 FPS, with no minimum or maximum values recorded in the dataset. This is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Which resolution shows the largest gap between Low and Ultra presets?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 57 FPS while Ultra averages 28 FPS, a difference of 29 FPS. At 2560x1440, the gap is 54 FPS (106 vs 52). At 1920x1080, the gap is 84 FPS (165 vs 81). The 1080p resolution shows the largest absolute difference between presets.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions and presets reveals how the CPU and GPU share the workload in Minimum. The Ryzen 7 9700F is a desktop processor from the 9000 series, built on Zen 5 architecture with 8 cores and 16 threads. It carries a PassMark single-thread score of 4691 and a multithread score of 36470, placing it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs. The Arc B580 GPU, based on the Xe2-HPG architecture, has a PassMark G3D score of 15748 and sits in the 68th percentile of all GPUs.

At 1080p, the system achieves 165 FPS on Low settings. This high frame rate suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU efficiently at lower resolutions. The Arc B580's 13.67 TFLOPS FP32 performance is sufficient for the workload at this resolution. Moving from Low to Ultra at 1080p reduces the average from 165 to 81 FPS, a 51% drop. This indicates the GPU becomes progressively more stressed as image quality increases, even at 1080p.

The transition from 1080p to 1440p shows a clear GPU-bound pattern. At Medium settings, the average drops from 126 FPS at 1080p to 81 FPS at 1440p, a 36% reduction. This aligns with the increased pixel count: 1440p has 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p. The GPU's memory bandwidth of 456.0 GB/s and 12 GB GDDR6 memory handle the higher resolution, but the raw compute throughput limits performance. The CPU's role diminishes at higher resolutions, as the frame rate becomes increasingly dependent on GPU rendering capabilities.

At 4K, the GPU is the dominant bottleneck. The best 4K result (Low at 57 FPS) is barely half the 1080p Low result (165 FPS). This 65% reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings far exceeds the pixel count ratio, indicating the Arc B580's 13.67 TFLOPS FP32 compute is insufficient for 4K rendering in this game. The CPU's 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth and DDR5 support provide adequate data delivery, but the GPU cannot translate that into playable frame rates at 3840x2160.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearest rivals, based on average benchmark scores, are close in performance. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX scores 69875, which is 0.2% higher than the Ryzen 7 9700F's 69996 average. The Intel Core i7-14700KF scores 70163, 0.2% lower than the 9700F. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X scores 69515, 0.7% lower, and the Intel Core i7-14700K scores 69355, 0.9% lower. All four rivals are within 1% of the 9700F's performance, 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 show a similar clustering. The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP scores 23061, which is 0.2% lower than the Arc B580's 23021 average benchmark score. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 scores 22895, 0.6% higher than the Arc B580. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 scores 23172, 0.7% lower, and the NVIDIA P106-100 scores 23249, 1% lower. These delta values indicate that swapping the Arc B580 for any of these GPUs would yield nearly identical performance in Minimum, with differences of less than 1% in synthetic benchmarks translating to negligible FPS changes.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no preset achieves the 60 FPS threshold. The verdict data lists no playable settings for 4K, and the best settings value is null. The closest result is Low at 57 FPS, but this remains below the playability bar.

At 2560x1440, the best playable preset is High, delivering 68 FPS average. This is the most demanding setting that stays at or above 60 FPS. The Medium preset also clears the threshold at 81 FPS, and Low achieves 106 FPS, but High offers the best visual quality among playable options.

At 1920x1080, the best playable preset is Ultra, achieving 81 FPS average. This is the highest quality setting available, and it maintains a 21 FPS margin above the 60 FPS threshold. All four presets at 1080p are playable, with Low at 165 FPS, Medium at 126 FPS, and High at 106 FPS.

The Verdict

This PC can run Minimum at 1080p and 1440p, but not at 4K. At 1920x1080, all four presets clear the 60 FPS threshold, with Ultra delivering 81 FPS and Low reaching 165 FPS. At 2560x1440, the High preset achieves 68 FPS, Medium reaches 81 FPS, and Low hits 106 FPS, all playable. The Ultra preset at 1440p drops to 52 FPS, which is not playable.

At 3840x2160, the system fails to reach 60 FPS in any configuration. The highest average is 57 FPS at Low settings, which is 3 FPS below the threshold. The Medium preset averages 44 FPS, High averages 37 FPS, and Ultra averages 28 FPS. The verdict data confirms 4K has no playable settings, with null values for best settings and average FPS at best.

For players targeting 60 FPS, the recommended configurations are 1080p Ultra at 81 FPS or 1440p High at 68 FPS. The 1440p High preset offers a good balance of resolution and quality, while 1080p Ultra provides the highest visual fidelity within the playable envelope. The 4K resolution is not viable with this hardware combination.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F + Intel Arc B580 combination ranks 2790 out of 3712 tested combos for Minimum. This places it in the 75th percentile of all tested configurations, meaning approximately 25% of tested combos perform worse and 75% perform better. The rank reflects the system's inability to handle 4K, which likely pulls the overall ranking down despite strong 1080p and 1440p results.

The CPU's 94th percentile ranking among all CPUs and the GPU's 68th percentile among all GPUs provide context for this combo rank. The CPU is a high-tier performer, but the GPU is mid-tier. This imbalance explains why the combo excels at lower resolutions where the CPU can drive high frame rates, but fails at 4K where the GPU's compute limits become the binding constraint. The 2790th rank out of 3712 combos indicates that many other pairings with stronger GPUs would outperform this combination at 4K, while the 1080p and 1440p results remain competitive with systems using similar GPU-class hardware.