Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X paired with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4060 sits at an interesting crossroads for Minimum, a third-person shooter released in mid-2014. On paper, this is a modern pairing meeting an older title — the CPU is a 12-core, 24-thread Zen 4 part on Socket AM5, while the GPU is an 8 GB Ada Lovelace card that is now end-of-life. The benchmark data shows measured results across three resolutions and four presets, and the picture that emerges is one of comfortable playability at 1080p and 1440p, with 4K demanding significant compromises. The launch MSRP of the CPU was $549 and the GPU launched at 299 USD, but what matters here is how the silicon behaves in this specific game.

How This Combo Ranks

Across the full database, this pairing ranks 2047 out of 3712 tested combinations in Minimum. That places it just below the midpoint — a slightly below-average ranking for a game where the performance ceiling is largely set by GPU throughput. Considering the components individually, that ranking invites a closer look. The Ryzen 9 7900X sits in the 91st percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53288 — clearly elite processing hardware. The RTX 4060, by contrast, sits in the 61st percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 17639.

The implication is that this combo is GPU-limited in Minimum, and the ranking reflects that. The gap between the 91st-percentile CPU and the 61st-percentile GPU is the story of this configuration: the processor has substantial headroom the graphics card cannot exploit at higher resolutions. At 1080p, where CPU influence is more visible, the pairing climbs toward its potential; at 4K, the ranking-limiting factor is entirely the video card.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking at the nearest rivals for each component reveals what other hardware would behave similarly in this game.

On the CPU side, the 7900X's rivals are instructive: the AMD EPYC 7313P scores an average of 53206, just 0.2 percent off; the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 averages 53469, a -0.3 percent delta; the Intel Xeon 634 averages 52974, 0.6 percent behind; and the Intel Core i7-14700F averages 53620, a -0.6 percent delta. All four sit within a fraction of a percent of the 7900X's aggregate performance. In a game like Minimum, any of these processors would feed frames to a mid-range GPU essentially identically — the CPU is nowhere near the bottleneck.

The GPU side is more curious. The RTX 4060's nearest rivals by average score are the AMD Radeon HD 7790 (17666, -0.2 percent), the AMD Radeon 780M (17588, 0.3 percent), the AMD Radeon Pro 560 (17551, 0.5 percent), and the AMD Radeon Pro 460 (17509, 0.7 percent). That list mixes a desktop discrete card, an integrated GPU, and professional parts — a reminder that aggregate benchmark scores compress very different hardware profiles into one number. The 780M is particularly notable: it's the integrated graphics class of silicon, yet it scores within 0.3 percent. For Minimum specifically, the RTX 4060's advantage shows in its feature set — DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) support, Vulkan 1.4, and 24 RT cores — and in its measured frame rates, which the following sections quantify. Anyone running a system with these rival GPUs should expect broadly similar aggregate throughput, though the 4060's 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 272 GB/s of bandwidth may behave differently at higher resolutions where memory pressure grows.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data tells a clear story about which component governs performance at each resolution.

At 1920x1080, the combo averages 202.7 FPS on Low and 97.5 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 2560x1440, Low drops to 130.2 FPS and Ultra to 62 FPS — a decline of roughly 36 percent on Low and 36 percent on Ultra when pixel count increases. At 3840x2160, Low falls to 68.6 FPS and Ultra to 31.6 FPS. This near-uniform falloff across presets is the signature of GPU-bound behavior: when the graphics card is the limiter, resolution increases cut frame rates proportionally regardless of settings. If the CPU were the constraint, frame rates would flatten at higher resolutions instead of scaling down consistently.

Where does the Ryzen 9 7900X matter? At 1080p on Low, the 202.7 FPS average approaches territory where CPU frame delivery becomes relevant, and here the processor's credentials are strong: a single-thread Passmark score of 4238, a Geekbench single-core score of 2617, and a max-thread 3DMark score of 12536. Minimum, as a 2014 title, leans on strong per-core performance more than thread count, and the 7900X's 5.60 GHz boost clock with 64 MB of shared L3 cache provides exactly that. But the data suggests the game simply doesn't demand much: even a far weaker CPU would likely keep pace with what the RTX 4060 delivers at 1440p and 4K. The verdict for this game: the GPU is the component that matters, decisively, at every resolution above 1080p.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Minimum? Yes — with one qualification.

At 1920x1080, every tested preset clears the 60 FPS threshold. Low averages 202.7, Medium 154.5, High 131.1, and Ultra 97.5 FPS. At 2560x1440, again, all four presets are playable: Low at 130.2, Medium at 98.4, High at 85.6, and Ultra at 62 FPS. That Ultra-at-1440p figure of 62 FPS is the tightest margin in the dataset — just two frames above the threshold — so it clears the bar but leaves little room for frame-time variance.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes. Only the Low preset is playable, averaging 68.6 FPS. Medium at 53.1, High at 44.5, and Ultra at 31.6 FPS all fall short of 60. So the honest summary: this is a flawless 1080p and 1440p machine for Minimum, and a 4K machine only if visual settings are cut aggressively. The verdict-by-resolution data confirms this directly, listing best settings of Ultra at both 1080p and 1440p, but Low at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured averages for the Ryzen 9 7900X + RTX 4060 pairing in Minimum.

1920x1080:

• Low: 202.7 avg FPS
• Medium: 154.5 avg FPS
• High: 131.1 avg FPS
• Ultra: 97.5 avg FPS

2560x1440:

• Low: 130.2 avg FPS
• Medium: 98.4 avg FPS
• High: 85.6 avg FPS
• Ultra: 62 avg FPS

3840x2160:

• Low: 68.6 avg FPS
• Medium: 53.1 avg FPS
• High: 44.5 avg FPS
• Ultra: 31.6 avg FPS

Minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured for these runs, so the averages carry the full analytical weight. A few patterns deserve attention. The step from Medium to High at 4K costs 8.6 FPS (53.1 to 44.5), while High to Ultra costs another 12.9 FPS (44.5 to 31.6) — the biggest single-preset drop at any resolution, showing Ultra's effects bite hardest when the 128-bit memory bus is already saturated. At 1080p, the spread between Low and Ultra is a full 105.2 FPS, the widest range in the dataset, indicating plenty of tuning room for players chasing high-refresh rates. The 1440p Medium figure of 98.4 FPS is arguably the sweet spot: nearly a hundred frames with substantial visual detail intact.

Best Settings per Resolution

Using the 60 FPS playable threshold, the most demanding preset that holds at or above the bar at each resolution:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 97.5 FPS. Full detail with a 37.5 FPS cushion over the threshold. No compromises needed.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 62 FPS. Playable, but barely. Players sensitive to dips may prefer High at 85.6 FPS for a safer margin.
• 3840x2160 — Low, 68.6 FPS. The only 4K preset above 60. Medium at 53.1 FPS is the nearest alternative and falls short.

The pattern is consistent: the RTX 4060 runs out of throughput before the game runs out of visual settings. At 4K, only the lightest preset survives; at 1440p, everything survives but Ultra is marginal; at 1080p, nothing is off the table.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 9 7900X + RTX 4060 run Minimum at 4K?

A: Only on the Low preset, which averages 68.6 FPS. Medium (53.1), High (44.5), and Ultra (31.6) all fall below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the best-looking setting combination that stays above 60 FPS?

A: 2560x1440 at Ultra, averaging 62 FPS. If a larger safety margin is desired, 1440p High delivers 85.6 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the bottleneck in this game?

A: The GPU. Frame rates scale down consistently with resolution across all presets — the hallmark of GPU-bound behavior — while the 7900X sits in the 91st percentile of all CPUs with far more performance than Minimum can use.

Q: How high do frame rates go at 1080p?

A: 202.7 FPS average on Low, dropping to 97.5 FPS on Ultra. The wide spread gives high-refresh-display players substantial tuning flexibility.

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

A: It ranks 2047 out of 3712 combinations — just below the middle of the field, dragged down by the RTX 4060's 61st-percentile GPU standing despite the CPU's elite ranking.

Q: Are minimum and maximum frame rates available?

A: No — only average FPS was captured for each resolution and preset. The averages alone, however, are sufficient to determine playability against the 60 FPS threshold at every tested setting.