Minimum

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER delivers an exceptionally strong performance profile for Minimum, a third-person shooter. The recorded data shows this combination handles the game with high average frame rates across all tested resolutions and presets, though the most demanding settings at 4K present the only challenge to maintaining a 60 FPS floor. The database measurements indicate a system that is largely overqualified for this title, with performance scaling that reveals a clear shift in bottleneck behavior as resolution increases.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination produces outstanding frame rates regardless of the graphic preset. Low settings yield an average of 309.8 FPS, while Medium reaches 236.7 FPS and High posts 196.6 FPS. Even the most demanding Ultra preset maintains an average of 151.7 FPS, which is more than double the 60 FPS playability threshold. These numbers indicate a massive headroom for high refresh rate displays, and the data suggests the CPU is the limiting factor at this resolution rather than the GPU, given the vast performance surplus.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains extremely high but begins to show the expected scaling curve. Low settings produce an average of 198.5 FPS, Medium delivers 155.2 FPS, and High stays strong at 128.4 FPS. Ultra settings, which proved demanding at 4K, still hold an average of 100.7 FPS at 1440p. The gap between Low and Ultra at this resolution is significant, amounting to roughly half the frame rate, but every preset clears the playability threshold with substantial margin.

At 3840x2160, the strain of 4K rendering becomes apparent. Low settings still deliver a very playable 108.9 FPS average, and Medium manages 83.1 FPS. High settings drop to 67.7 FPS, which remains above the 60 FPS threshold. However, Ultra settings fall below the playability line with an average of 50.3 FPS. This is the only configuration in the entire dataset that fails to maintain 60 FPS, and it does so by a margin of roughly 16 percent. The progression from Low to Ultra at 4K shows a steady decline: 108.9, 83.1, 67.7, then 50.3 FPS, illustrating the escalating GPU load as each preset tier increases.

Best Settings per Resolution

For 1920x1080, the best settings that remain at or above 60 FPS are Ultra, which achieves an average of 151.7 FPS. There is no reason to compromise on visual quality at this resolution, as even the heaviest preset delivers a frame rate nearly two and a half times higher than the playability threshold.

At 2560x1440, the best settings are also Ultra, with an average of 100.7 FPS. The data shows that the RTX 4070 SUPER has enough headroom at this resolution to run the game at maximum visual fidelity while still providing a comfortable buffer above 60 FPS. The drop from Ultra at 1080p to Ultra at 1440p is substantial, from 151.7 to 100.7 FPS, but the result remains firmly in playable territory.

At 3840x2160, the best settings that stay at or above 60 FPS are High, with an average of 67.7 FPS. While this clears the threshold, the margin is narrow, only about 13 percent above the 60 FPS line. Medium settings at 83.1 FPS would offer a more comfortable cushion, but High is the highest preset that satisfies the 60 FPS requirement. Ultra at this resolution falls short at 50.3 FPS, so users prioritizing 4K must accept High as the ceiling or select a lower preset for additional headroom.

CPU and GPU Roles

The measured data reveals a clear division of labor between the Intel Core i5-11400F and the RTX 4070 SUPER depending on resolution. At 1920x1080, the frame rates are extraordinarily high across all presets, with Low settings reaching 309.8 FPS. Such numbers strongly suggest that the CPU is the primary constraint at this resolution, as the GPU is unlikely to be saturated when rendering a 2014 third-person shooter at low settings. The scaling from Low to Ultra, from 309.8 down to 151.7 FPS, reflects increasing GPU workload, but the absolute values indicate the processor has to keep up with a very high frame generation rate.

At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts toward a more balanced dynamic. Low settings produce 198.5 FPS, still an extremely high value that hints at CPU involvement, but the progression through Medium at 155.2, High at 128.4, and Ultra at 100.7 FPS shows the GPU taking on a more dominant role. The performance drop from 1080p to 1440p at each preset is significant, for example from 236.7 to 155.2 FPS at Medium, which represents a reduction of roughly 34 percent. This scaling demonstrates that pixel throughput is becoming a larger factor.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is unmistakably the limiting component. Low settings fall from 198.5 FPS at 1440p to 108.9 FPS at 4K, a reduction of nearly half. Medium drops from 155.2 to 83.1 FPS, and High from 128.4 to 67.7 FPS. Ultra, which held 100.7 FPS at 1440p, collapses to 50.3 FPS at 4K. These steep declines across every preset point directly to the GPU struggling with the 4K pixel count, while the CPU, given the game's age and the high frame rates still achieved at lower resolutions, appears to have ample headroom. The i5-11400F with its six cores and twelve threads does not present a meaningful bottleneck until frame rates approach the 200 to 300 FPS range seen at 1080p Low.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Core i5-11400F, based on aggregate benchmark scores, indicate that several other processors would produce nearly identical behavior in Minimum. The AMD EPYC 7H12 sits only 0.3 percent higher in average score, making it functionally equivalent for this title. The Intel Core i5-12450H is 0.4 percent lower, and the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G is 0.6 percent lower. The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U is 0.6 percent higher. Given these tiny deltas, all four alternatives would deliver frame rates within a rounding error of the i5-11400F at every resolution and preset. The performance class is essentially interchangeable for this game, meaning users with any of these CPUs paired with an RTX 4070 SUPER would see the same measured FPS behavior.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals are clustered even more tightly. The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB scores 0.1 percent higher, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile scores 0.1 percent higher, and the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 scores 0.2 percent higher. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is 1 percent higher. None of these differences would produce a visible change in Minimum's frame rates. A system using any of these GPUs alongside the i5-11400F would essentially match the recorded averages, with the RTX 4090 Mobile perhaps offering a marginal improvement at 4K Ultra, though still likely falling short of 60 FPS given the 50.3 FPS baseline.

How This Combo Ranks

The database ranks this specific combination at 670 out of 3712 tested combos for Minimum. This places the system in roughly the top 18 percent of all configurations measured, a strong result for a mid-range processor paired with a high-end graphics card. The ranking reflects the GPU's dominant influence on this game's performance at higher resolutions, while the CPU's modest standing among all processors, with a percentile of 71, does not drag the overall result down because the game is not particularly demanding on the processor side. The RTX 4070 SUPER, with a percentile of 83 among all GPUs, carries the load effectively. The combination outperforms the vast majority of tested systems, and the only weakness in the dataset is the 4K Ultra preset, which falls below the playability threshold.

The Verdict

This PC can run Minimum with confidence at every resolution except for one specific configuration. At 1920x1080, all four presets, Low, Medium, High, and Ultra, clear the 60 FPS threshold, with the lowest of them, Ultra, averaging 151.7 FPS. At 2560x1440, the same is true, and Ultra remains playable at 100.7 FPS. At 3840x2160, the situation is slightly more nuanced: Low at 108.9 FPS, Medium at 83.1 FPS, and High at 67.7 FPS all satisfy the 60 FPS requirement, but Ultra falls short at 50.3 FPS. The verdict is clear: this combination is fully playable at 1080p and 1440p with maximum settings, and at 4K it is playable with High settings or lower. The only configuration that fails is 4K Ultra, which should be avoided unless the user accepts a frame rate below the playability line. For a game released in 2014, this hardware pairing offers an overwhelming amount of performance, and the data confirms that the RTX 4070 SUPER is the deciding factor at 4K while the i5-11400F keeps pace admirably at lower resolutions.