Minimum

The pairing of an Intel Core i5-14400F with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is an unusual one — a 10-core, 16-thread Raptor Lake Refresh CPU sitting in the 83rd percentile of all tested processors, driving a flagship Ada Lovelace GPU in the 88th percentile. Against "Minimum," a third-person shooter released in mid-2014, this combination delivers frame rates far beyond what the game demands. Measured data covers 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 at four presets, and every single configuration clears the 60 FPS playability threshold. The analysis below walks through the numbers resolution by resolution, examines which component limits performance, and places the combo against the 3712 other hardware pairings tested in this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Starting at 1920x1080, the data shows the pairing operating at its ceiling. Low settings average 396 FPS, Medium averages 301.2 FPS, High averages 254.1 FPS, and Ultra — the most demanding preset — still averages 193.3 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra at this resolution is roughly a doubling of workload, yet even the heaviest preset nearly hits the 200 FPS mark.

At 2560x1440 the averages compress but remain extremely high: 252.4 FPS on Low, 194.6 FPS on Medium, 165.9 FPS on High, and 122.6 FPS on Ultra. Every preset stays above 120 FPS, meaning the jump from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 30 to 40 percent of the frame rate depending on the preset.

At 3840x2160 the pattern continues. Low averages 136.9 FPS, Medium 105.8 FPS, High 85.7 FPS, and Ultra 65.5 FPS. The Ultra figure is the closest any configuration comes to the 60 FPS threshold, but it still clears it with a measurable margin. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured for these runs, so the analysis rests entirely on average FPS — a caveat worth noting, since dips below the average at 4K Ultra could approach the threshold in the worst moments.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data tells a clear story: this game is GPU-bound on this configuration at every tested resolution. Moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 on the same preset roughly triples the pixel count, and the frame rates fall accordingly — Low drops from 396 FPS to 136.9 FPS, Medium from 301.2 FPS to 105.8 FPS, High from 254.1 FPS to 85.7 FPS, and Ultra from 193.3 FPS to 65.5 FPS. If the Core i5-14400F were the limiting factor, frame rates would plateau as resolution increased, because the CPU workload does not scale with pixel count. Instead, the near-proportional decline in FPS indicates the RTX 4090 is doing the heavy lifting and its throughput is what determines the final number.

That said, the CPU's role is not negligible at lower resolutions. With a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21645 and a single-core score of 3055, alongside a Geekbench single-core result of 2058, the i5-14400F holds the 83rd percentile among all tested CPUs. At 1080p Low, where the GPU is barely challenged, the 396 FPS average is plausibly close to where the processor's per-frame overhead begins to matter. The Passmark single-thread score of 3701 and physics score of 1523 reinforce that the chip can feed fast frame delivery. But across the bulk of the tested matrix — anything at 1440p or 4K — the GPU is the component setting the pace.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the i5-14400F's nearest rivals by aggregate benchmark score are a tight cluster. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U averages 32233 against the Intel chip's 32279, a delta of just 0.1 percent. The Intel Core i9-11900 sits at 32226, 0.2 percent behind. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS actually scores slightly higher at 32354, 0.2 percent ahead, and the Intel Core i7-12800H trails at 32121, 0.5 percent behind. In practice, any of these processors paired with an equivalent GPU would produce indistinguishable results in this game, since the workload is GPU-limited at the resolutions that matter.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4090's aggregate score of 60347 has its own neighbor list: the Intel Arc Pro A60 at 60326 (0 percent delta), the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 at 60140 (0.3 percent behind), the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M at 61896 (2.5 percent ahead), and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 at 58657 (2.9 percent behind). These aggregate scores blend many test types, so identical results in this specific title are not guaranteed — but as a rough guide to comparable hardware, the deltas are all within a narrow band.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database, the Core i5-14400F plus RTX 4090 pairing ranks 125th out of 3712 tested combinations in "Minimum." That places it in the top few percent of all tested setups for this game. Given that the rank spans every preset and resolution in the measured matrix, and that the weakest result — 65.5 FPS at 4K Ultra — still clears the playability line, the ranking reflects consistently strong performance across the board rather than a single standout run. Only 124 combinations in the database delivered measurably better results in this title.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs "Minimum" without qualification. The verdict data confirms that at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160, all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) exceed the 60 FPS threshold. Best settings per resolution are Ultra across the board: 193.3 FPS at 1080p, 122.6 FPS at 1440p, and 65.5 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra figure is the only one that leaves little headroom, so players chasing higher refresh rates at 4K would need to step down to High at 85.7 FPS or Medium at 105.8 FPS. At 1080p and 1440p, the game is fully exploitable on any high-refresh display, with even Medium presets delivering 301.2 and 194.6 FPS respectively.

FAQ

Q: Can the Core i5-14400F + RTX 4090 run Minimum at 4K on Ultra settings?

A: Yes. The measured average is 65.5 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra, above the 60 FPS playability threshold, though with the least headroom of any tested configuration.

Q: Which preset should I use at 2560x1440?

A: Ultra, averaging 122.6 FPS — double the playability threshold. High is also comfortable at 165.9 FPS if extra headroom is wanted.

Q: Is this game CPU-bound or GPU-bound with this hardware?

A: GPU-bound. Frame rates scale down roughly proportionally as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, which indicates the RTX 4090's throughput is the limiting factor rather than the i5-14400F.

Q: What is the highest frame rate measured for this combo in the game?

A: 396 FPS average, at 1920x1080 on Low settings.

Q: How does this combination rank against other tested setups?

A: It ranks 125th out of 3712 tested combinations in this game, placing it near the top of the database.

Q: Were minimum and maximum frame rates recorded?

A: No — the dataset contains average FPS only for each resolution and preset, so frame-time consistency cannot be assessed from these results.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080 — Ultra: 193.3 FPS average. The most demanding preset clears 60 FPS by more than a factor of three.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra: 122.6 FPS average. Comfortably above the threshold with room for high-refresh play.
• 3840x2160 — Ultra: 65.5 FPS average. Playable, but the tightest margin in the matrix; High at 85.7 FPS is the safer choice for consistent smoothness at 4K.

In every case the answer to "which preset?" is Ultra — this hardware does not need to make visual compromises in "Minimum" at any of the three tested resolutions.