Minimum

The Intel Core i3-12100F paired with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is a mid-range desktop combination that handles Minimum, a third-person shooter originally released in mid-2014, with considerable headroom at mainstream resolutions. The database places this CPU in the 68th percentile of all tested processors and the GPU in the 65th percentile of all tested graphics cards, so neither component is exotic, but both sit comfortably above the midpoint of the performance spectrum. The recorded measurements show a pairing that clears the 60 FPS playability threshold at every settings tier at 1080p and 1440p, and at the Low preset even at native 4K. Across 3,712 tested hardware combinations in this game, this combo ranks 2,257th, positioning it in the middle of the pack overall while still delivering frame rates that most players would describe as smooth.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the processor side, the database identifies several chips that behave nearly identically to the Core i3-12100F. The Intel Core 3 N355 carries an average benchmark score of 13,492 against the i3-12100F's 13,494, a difference of effectively zero percent. The Intel Core i5-9500 lands at 13,452, just 0.3 percent behind, while the Intel Core 5 120UL scores 13,594, placing it 0.7 percent ahead. The Intel Core i7-1250U rounds out the group at 13,351, which is 1.1 percent below the i3-12100F. In practical terms, any of these CPUs will produce indistinguishable results in Minimum, because the game simply does not stress the processor hard enough for differences of this size to register in frame delivery. The i3-12100F itself is a 4-core, 8-thread Alder Lake-S part on Intel's 10 nm process, boosting to 4.30 GHz with a 12 MB shared L3 cache, and its single-thread strength (1,932 in Geekbench, 3,444 in PassMark single-thread) matters more for an older shooter than raw multi-core throughput.

On the graphics side, the nearest rivals cluster just as tightly. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M averages 20,480, one percent above the RTX 2070 SUPER's database average of 20,282. The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile sits at 20,534, 1.2 percent ahead, while the Intel Arc B570 (20,556) and Arc A750 (20,582) trail by margins of 1.3 and 1.5 percent respectively. Anyone running one of those cards should expect frame rates within a frame or two of the numbers recorded here at every resolution and preset. The RTX 2070 SUPER remains a capable Turing-based card: 2,560 shading units, 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus delivering 448 GB/s of bandwidth, and 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, all built on TSMC's 12 nm process.

Best Settings per Resolution

The most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS varies sharply by resolution, and the recorded data draws clean lines.

At 1920x1080, the answer is Ultra: 94.3 FPS average, comfortably clear of the threshold with more than 34 frames to spare. There is no reason to drop settings at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the ceiling is High: 76.5 FPS average. Pushing to Ultra at 1440p yields 59.7 FPS, falling a fraction short of the 60 FPS line, so High is the correct maximum preset for a strictly 60 FPS target.

At 3840x2160, only Low qualifies: 62.4 FPS average. Medium manages 51.5 FPS and High drops to 42.8 FPS, both below threshold, so 4K players must accept reduced visual detail to stay playable.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Minimum at 1080p with max settings?

A: Yes. At 1920x1080 on the Ultra preset the combination averages 94.3 FPS, well above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Q: Is 4K gaming possible with this setup?

A: Only at the Low preset, which averages 62.4 FPS at 3840x2160. Medium (51.5 FPS), High (42.8 FPS), and Ultra (32 FPS) all fall short of 60 FPS at that resolution.

Q: What is the fastest frame rate recorded for this combo in the game?

A: 184.6 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 on the Low preset, making this pairing suitable for high-refresh 1080p gaming at reduced settings.

Q: How close is 1440p Ultra to being playable?

A: Very close but not quite. The average is 59.7 FPS at 2560x1440 Ultra, missing the 60 FPS threshold by less than half a frame on average.

Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER compare to similar GPUs in the database?

A: Its average benchmark score of 20,282 sits within 1.5 percent of the Quadro M4000M, RTX 3070 Mobile, Arc B570, and Arc A750, so all of these cards deliver near-identical results.

Q: Is the Core i3-12100F a bottleneck for this game?

A: The data does not indicate one. The CPU ranks in the 68th percentile of all processors, its average benchmark score of 13,494 matches its nearest rivals within about one percent, and frame rates scale cleanly with resolution and preset changes, which points to GPU-limited behavior.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Minimum, and in most configurations it can run it very well. The verdict data confirms playable experiences at all three tested resolutions, with the qualifier that 4K requires the Low preset.

At 1920x1080, every preset from Low through Ultra clears 60 FPS, topping out at 94.3 FPS on Ultra. At 2560x1440, Low (121 FPS), Medium (92.8 FPS), and High (76.5 FPS) all clear the threshold; Ultra misses it at 59.7 FPS. At 3840x2160, only Low qualifies at 62.4 FPS. For a game released in 2014, that is a strong showing from hardware that is itself several years old at the GPU end: the RTX 2070 SUPER launched in July 2019 and is now listed as end-of-life, though its performance profile remains solidly mid-range. The Core i3-12100F, by contrast, is still an active product on Intel Socket 1700, with a launch MSRP of $97.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are average frame rates from the database; minimum and maximum values were not recorded for these runs.

At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 184.6 FPS, a frame rate high enough for high-refresh monitors. Medium raises visual quality and still returns 142.1 FPS. High drops the figure to 119.4 FPS, and Ultra, the maximum preset, lands at 94.3 FPS. Even the heaviest setting at the lightest resolution leaves a wide margin above 60 FPS, and the spread from lowest to highest preset, 90.3 frames, shows how much visual headroom the player can trade.

At 2560x1440, Low records 121 FPS, Medium records 92.8 FPS, and High records 76.5 FPS. Ultra is where the combination finally brushes against the threshold at 59.7 FPS, a hair under the playability line. The step from Low to Ultra costs 61.3 frames at this resolution, roughly half the Low frame rate, which reflects the growing pixel load shifting work onto the GPU's 2,560 shading units and 448 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

At 3840x2160, the demands quadruple relative to 1080p and the results fall accordingly. Low averages 62.4 FPS, the only playable result at this resolution. Medium returns 51.5 FPS, roughly 14 percent below the threshold. High manages 42.8 FPS and Ultra 32 FPS, both clearly in sub-playable territory for a smooth experience. The overall range from 1080p Ultra to 4K Ultra spans 62.3 frames, and the fact that 1080p Ultra (94.3 FPS) is faster than 4K Low (62.4 FPS) underlines how much resolution alone costs in this title.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database's recorded results for Minimum, the Core i3-12100F plus RTX 2070 SUPER combination ranks 2,257th out of 3,712 tested pairings. That places it slightly below the midpoint, a reflection of the game's age and the enormous field of hardware that can run a 2014 third-person shooter well rather than a criticism of this specific pairing. The components themselves rank higher against their respective peers: the CPU sits in the 68th percentile of all processors and the GPU in the 65th percentile of all graphics cards.

The ranking context matters for expectations. Because Minimum does not punish modest CPUs, the i3-12100F's four cores and eight threads are never the limiting factor, and its near-parity with chips like the Core 3 N355 and Core i5-9500 means processor-side upgrades would yield nothing measurable in this title. The RTX 2070 SUPER, sitting within 1.5 percent of cards like the Arc A750 and RTX 3070 Mobile in aggregate benchmark score, defines the performance ceiling here. Players wanting substantially higher frame rates at 1440p Ultra or playable 4K at Medium detail would need a GPU a clear tier above this one, not a different CPU or a marginal graphics swap within the same performance cluster. As it stands, the recorded data shows a balanced, GPU-limited pairing that delivers 60-plus FPS in eleven of twelve tested resolution-and-preset combinations, missing only 1440p Ultra by a fraction of a frame.