Minimum

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Minimum at 60 FPS on a 4K display?

A: The database shows only the Low preset at 3840x2160 clears the 60 FPS threshold, with an average of 65 FPS. Medium, High, and Ultra all fall below 60 FPS (50, 42, and 32 FPS respectively).

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

A: At 2560x1440, the High preset delivers 78 FPS on average, which is the most demanding playable setting. Medium runs at 93 FPS, Low at 121 FPS, and Ultra just misses the mark at 59 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rivals in overall benchmark scores?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F scores 69,996 on average. It sits 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69,875), 0.7% above the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69,515), and 0.9% above the Intel Core i7-14700K (69,355). The Intel Core i7-14700KF is 0.2% ahead of it with a score of 70,163.

Q: Is the RTX 2070 SUPER significantly faster or slower than its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER averages 20,282 in benchmark scores. It trails the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M by 1% (20,480), the RTX 3070 Mobile by 1.2% (20,534), the Intel Arc B570 by 1.3% (20,556), and the Intel Arc A750 by 1.5% (20,582). All differences are within 1.5%, indicating near-identical performance.

Q: Which component is more likely to bottleneck at 1080p Ultra?

A: At 1920x1080 Ultra, the combo averages 92 FPS, which is well above the playable threshold. The CPU ranks in the 94th percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU ranks in the 65th percentile among all GPUs. This suggests the GPU is the weaker link, but the frame rate remains high enough that neither component severely limits the experience at this resolution.

Q: What is the lowest frame rate recorded for this combo at 4K Medium?

A: The minimum FPS recorded at 3840x2160 Medium is 42 FPS, with a maximum of 57 FPS and an average of 50 FPS.

CPU and GPU Roles

The recorded data for Minimum shows a clear pattern: resolution scaling impacts performance more than preset scaling, which indicates the GPU carries the primary workload. At 1080p, the gap between Low (188 FPS) and Ultra (92 FPS) is 96 FPS, a 51% drop. At 1440p, the same preset swing goes from 121 FPS (Low) to 59 FPS (Ultra), a 62 FPS or 51% reduction. At 4K, Low delivers 65 FPS while Ultra drops to 32 FPS, a 33 FPS or 51% decline. The consistency of this percentage across resolutions suggests the game's rendering load scales uniformly with preset quality, and the GPU is the dominant factor.

Comparing resolutions at the same preset reinforces this. At High settings, moving from 1080p (121 FPS) to 1440p (78 FPS) reduces performance by 35.5%, and moving to 4K (42 FPS) reduces it by 65.3% relative to 1080p. At Medium, the drops are 35.4% from 1080p to 1440p (144 to 93 FPS) and 65.3% from 1080p to 4K (144 to 50 FPS). These nearly identical percentage drops across presets indicate that resolution is the dominant variable, and the GPU's memory bandwidth and pixel throughput are the limiting factors.

The CPU's role becomes relevant only at lower resolutions and presets where the GPU is less stressed. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 188 FPS, which is high enough that the CPU's single-thread performance (PassMark single-thread score of 4,691) is sufficient to feed the GPU. At 4K Ultra, the CPU is clearly not the bottleneck, as the GPU drops to 32 FPS. The CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads with a 5.50 GHz boost clock provide ample headroom for the game's third-person shooter mechanics, but the data shows no scenario where the CPU limits frame rates below the GPU's capability.

The verdict data confirms this: at 4K, only Low is playable (65 FPS), while at 1440p, High is playable (78 FPS), and at 1080p, Ultra is playable (92 FPS). The pattern shows that as resolution increases, the GPU becomes the sole determinant of playability. The CPU's high percentile ranking (94th) versus the GPU's lower ranking (65th) further supports that the GPU is the performance ceiling for this combination in Minimum.

Similar Performance Alternatives

According to the database, the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F has four nearest CPU rivals with average scores within 0.9% of its own 69,996. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69,875, 0.2% slower) and the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69,515, 0.7% slower) would produce nearly identical frame rates in Minimum, as would the Intel Core i7-14700KF (70,163, 0.2% faster) and the Intel Core i7-14700K (69,355, 0.9% slower). Any of these processors paired with the RTX 2070 SUPER would yield the same measured FPS values within a margin of error, given that the game is GPU-bound at most settings.

On the GPU side, the RTX 2070 SUPER (average score 20,282) has four rivals within 1.5% of its performance. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20,480, 1% faster), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20,534, 1.2% faster), the Intel Arc B570 (20,556, 1.3% faster), and the Intel Arc A750 (20,582, 1.5% faster) would all behave similarly in Minimum. In practice, swapping the RTX 2070 SUPER for any of these would change average FPS by at most a couple of frames at each resolution and preset, meaning the same playability verdicts apply.

Users considering this specific combo should expect that substituting any of these rival components would not alter the core experience. The CPU alternatives are all high-end desktop or mobile parts with similar multithreaded throughput, and the GPU alternatives span mobile and desktop designs with near-identical rasterization performance. The database shows no scenario where any of these rivals would cross the 60 FPS threshold differently than the tested combo.

How This Combo Ranks

The database places this combination at rank 2,142 out of 3,712 tested combos for Minimum. That puts it in the 57.7th percentile of all tested systems, meaning it outperforms roughly 58% of configurations in the database. This is a solidly mid-pack result, reflecting the GPU's 65th percentile ranking against the CPU's 94th percentile ranking.

The rank is more heavily influenced by the GPU's modest standing than the CPU's strength. Combos ranked above this one likely pair stronger GPUs with similar or weaker CPUs, since Minimum's measured FPS data shows that the GPU dictates performance at higher resolutions. The CPU's high percentile ranking does not translate into a top-tier combo rank because the GPU holds the system back at 4K, where only Low settings are playable.

At 1080p, this combo's 92 FPS at Ultra places it well above the playable threshold, but many combos with faster GPUs achieve significantly higher frame rates at that resolution. At 1440p, the 78 FPS High result is respectable but not exceptional. The overall rank of 2,142 out of 3,712 suggests that while this system is fully capable of running Minimum smoothly at most settings, it is not among the high-end configurations that dominate the upper percentiles.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Minimum, and the verdict differs by resolution. At 1920x1080, all four presets are playable: Low (188 FPS), Medium (144 FPS), High (121 FPS), and Ultra (92 FPS) all clear the 60 FPS threshold. At 2560x1440, three presets are playable: Low (121 FPS), Medium (93 FPS), and High (78 FPS), while Ultra falls just short at 59 FPS. At 3840x2160, only Low is playable, delivering 65 FPS; Medium (50 FPS), High (42 FPS), and Ultra (32 FPS) all miss the mark.

The data shows this is a capable 1080p and 1440p system for Minimum. At 1080p, the user can max out settings and still enjoy a 92 FPS average, which is comfortable for a third-person shooter. At 1440p, High settings provide a smooth 78 FPS with room to spare, and even Medium at 93 FPS is a strong option. The 4K experience is limited to Low settings, which still hits 65 FPS but requires significant visual compromises.

For users targeting 60 FPS as the minimum acceptable frame rate, this combo succeeds at 1080p across all presets, at 1440p up to High, and at 4K only on Low. The GPU is the limiting factor at 4K, and the CPU's performance is never a constraint in any measured scenario.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the best preset that maintains at least 60 FPS is Low, with an average of 65 FPS. Medium drops to 50 FPS, so Low is the only viable option at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the most demanding playable preset is High, delivering 78 FPS on average. Medium runs at 93 FPS and Low at 121 FPS, but High offers the best visual quality while staying comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold. Ultra is not playable at 59 FPS.

At 1920x1080, Ultra is the best preset, averaging 92 FPS. This is the only resolution where every preset clears 60 FPS, and the user can enable maximum settings without concern. High runs at 121 FPS, Medium at 144 FPS, and Low at 188 FPS, but Ultra provides the highest fidelity while still maintaining a smooth frame rate.