Minimum

AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti form a high-end pairing that delivers mostly excellent results in Minimum, a third-person shooter from 2014. The data shows that this combo hits the 60 FPS playable threshold at 4K with room to spare, and becomes extremely fast at lower resolutions. The CPU’s strong single-thread and multi-thread scores (4691 and 36470 in PassMark) combined with the GPU’s substantial 34.10 TFLOPS FP32 throughput keep frame rates high across all tested settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the combo averages 62 FPS on High settings. This is the most demanding preset that remains playable, sitting just 2 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold. Medium settings produce a 74 FPS average with a minimum of 63 FPS and a maximum of 85 FPS, giving a small but comfortable buffer above the floor. Low settings jump to 96 FPS average. Ultra settings drop below the playable line at 47 FPS average, which is 13 FPS short of the threshold and suggests that the GPU’s 12 GB GDDR6X memory and 384-bit bus are not enough to sustain ultra-level detail at 4K.

At 2560x1440, performance is strong across the board. Ultra settings average 87 FPS, which is 27 FPS above the playable threshold and indicates that this resolution is well within the combo’s comfort zone. High settings hit 115 FPS average, Medium reaches 137 FPS with a minimum of 116 FPS and a maximum of 157 FPS, and Low scales up to 179 FPS average. The gap between Ultra and High is 28 FPS, showing that the jump from High to Ultra costs meaningful performance but remains entirely playable.

At 1920x1080, the combo is very fast. Ultra settings average 136 FPS, which is more than double the playable threshold. High settings reach 178 FPS average, Medium delivers 212 FPS with a minimum of 180 FPS and a maximum of 244 FPS, and Low produces 277 FPS average. The scaling from 1440p Ultra (87 FPS) to 1080p Ultra (136 FPS) represents a 56% improvement, while the scaling from 4K High (62 FPS) to 1440p High (115 FPS) is an 85% gain, indicating that resolution reduction has a large impact on frame rates.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is High, with an average of 62 FPS. This is a tight margin, and the data shows that Medium (74 FPS) offers more headroom if stability is a priority, but High is the ceiling for playable quality at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the best settings are Ultra, averaging 87 FPS. This is 27 FPS above the threshold, so there is no reason to drop below the highest quality preset here. Even the minimum frame rate at Medium (116 FPS) is far above the playable line, confirming that Ultra is the right choice.

At 1920x1080, the best settings are also Ultra, with an average of 136 FPS. This is 76 FPS above the threshold, and the minimum at Medium (180 FPS) is still triple the playable requirement. The combo is essentially unconstrained at 1080p, making Ultra the obvious pick.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data reveals a clear shift in workload balance depending on resolution. At 3840x2160, the GPU is the limiting factor: Ultra drops to 47 FPS while the CPU’s PassMark single-thread score of 4691 and multithread score of 36470 remain far from saturated. The scaling from Low (96 FPS) to Ultra (47 FPS) is a 51% reduction, which is almost entirely attributable to GPU load from resolution and settings. The Ryzen 7 9700F’s 8 cores and 16 threads are more than sufficient at this resolution, and the RTX 3080 Ti’s 10240 shading units are the bottleneck.

At 2560x1440, the balance shifts slightly toward the CPU, but the GPU still dominates. The difference between Low (179 FPS) and Ultra (87 FPS) is 92 FPS, a 51% drop that mirrors the 4K pattern. However, the absolute frame rates are high enough that the CPU’s role becomes more visible. The Ryzen 7 9700F’s boost clock of 5.50 GHz and 32 MB of shared L3 cache help sustain the 137 FPS average at Medium, where the minimum of 116 FPS suggests the CPU is keeping up with the GPU’s output without stalling.

At 1920x1080, the CPU becomes more relevant. The jump from 1440p Ultra (87 FPS) to 1080p Ultra (136 FPS) is only 56%, which is smaller than the 85% gain seen when moving from 4K High to 1440p High. This compression indicates that at 1080p, the CPU’s ability to feed the GPU becomes a factor. The Ryzen 7 9700F’s 16 threads and high single-thread performance (4691 in PassMark) are still adequate, as evidenced by the 277 FPS average at Low, but the scaling from Medium (212 FPS) to Ultra (136 FPS) shows that GPU load still matters. The RTX 3080 Ti’s 34.10 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is the primary driver, but the CPU is no longer idle — it is working to maintain frame delivery above 200 FPS at medium settings.

FAQ

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

A: No. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the average FPS is 47, which is 13 FPS below the 60 FPS playable threshold. The best playable setting at 4K is High, with an average of 62 FPS.

Q: What is the highest playable setting at 1440p?

A: Ultra settings at 2560x1440 average 87 FPS, which is 27 FPS above the threshold. All four settings — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — are playable at this resolution.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at the same settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 178 at 1920x1080 to 62 at 3840x2160, a 65% reduction. At Ultra settings, the drop is from 136 FPS at 1080p to 47 FPS at 4K, a 65% reduction as well.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important for this game at 1080p?

A: The GPU still matters most, but the CPU’s role increases at 1080p. The scaling from 1440p Ultra to 1080p Ultra is only 56%, compared to an 85% gain from 4K High to 1440p High, indicating that the CPU begins to limit the GPU’s output at lower resolutions.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The lowest minimum FPS in the data is 63 FPS, recorded at 3840x2160 Medium settings. The 4K High and Low presets do not list minimum values, but the 4K Ultra average of 47 FPS implies a minimum below 60 FPS, making it unplayable.

Q: Does this combo rank highly among tested hardware?

A: Yes. The combo ranks 961 out of 3712 tested combinations, placing it in the top 26% of all tested systems for Minimum.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU’s nearest rivals, based on average benchmark scores, are all within a 1% delta. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX scores 69875, which is 0.2% below the Ryzen 7 9700F’s 69996 average. The Intel Core i7-14700KF scores 70163, 0.2% higher. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X scores 69515, 0.7% lower, and the Intel Core i7-14700K scores 69355, 0.9% lower. Any of these CPUs would deliver near-identical frame rates in Minimum when paired with the same RTX 3080 Ti, since the differences are within measurement noise.

On the GPU side, the RTX 3080 Ti’s nearest rivals are more varied. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 scores 40870, 0.8% lower than the RTX 3080 Ti’s 41187 average. The NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB scores 41707, 1.2% higher. The NVIDIA Tesla M40 scores 41897, 1.7% higher. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 scores 40377, 2% lower. These deltas are small, so swapping the RTX 3080 Ti for any of these cards would produce roughly comparable frame rates, with the Tesla M40 variants being slightly faster and the RTX 5070 slightly slower. Note that the Tesla cards are datacenter-oriented and lack display outputs, so they are not practical for gaming despite similar compute scores.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti combo ranks 961 out of 3712 tested combinations in Minimum. This places it in the 74th percentile of all tested systems, meaning roughly three-quarters of tested combos are slower. The rank reflects the GPU’s strong overall position (83rd percentile among all GPUs) and the CPU’s excellent standing (94th percentile among all CPUs). The combo’s 4K High average of 62 FPS is just above the playable line, which is a respectable result for a game from 2014, but not a top-tier one. The 1080p Ultra average of 136 FPS and 1440p Ultra average of 87 FPS show that the system is overkill for lower resolutions, while the 4K Ultra result of 47 FPS reveals the GPU’s limits at maximum detail. Overall, this is a well-balanced pairing that excels at 1440p and 1080p, and manages playable 4K with settings dialed back one notch from the top.