Minimum

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Minimum at 1920x1080 with the highest settings?

A: Yes. At 1080p with Ultra settings, the combo delivers an average of 92 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS playability threshold. High settings average 121 FPS, Medium 144 FPS, and Low 188 FPS.

Q: What is the best preset at 2560x1440?

A: High settings is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, averaging 78 FPS. Medium averages 93 FPS, Low 121 FPS, but Ultra drops to 59 FPS, just below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Is 4K gaming viable with this hardware?

A: Only at Low settings, which averages 65 FPS. Medium averages 50 FPS, High drops to 42 FPS, and Ultra falls to 32 FPS, all below the playable threshold.

Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The GPU sits at the 65th percentile among all tested GPUs. Its average benchmark score of 20282 is within 1.5% of the Intel Arc A750 (20582), Intel Arc B570 (20556), RTX 3070 Mobile (20534), and Quadro M4000M (20480).

Q: What is the CPU's performance standing?

A: The Intel Core i5-14600KF ranks in the 90th percentile among all CPUs. Its average benchmark score of 49394 is within 0.8% of the AMD Ryzen 9 7900, Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G, Core Ultra 5 245, and Ryzen AI Max+ 388.

Q: What is the most demanding settings preset that maintains 60 FPS at 1080p?

A: Ultra settings, with an average of 92 FPS. The minimum recorded FPS at Medium is 122, and the data shows no frame drops below 60 for any preset at this resolution.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU and GPU each have close performance neighbors in the database. For the Intel Core i5-14600KF, the nearest rivals are the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (0.3% higher average score), AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G (0.4% higher), Intel Core Ultra 5 245 (0.8% higher), and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 (0.8% lower). These processors deliver essentially identical compute performance, meaning any of them would produce near-equal frame rates in Minimum when paired with the same GPU.

On the graphics side, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER's closest competitors are the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (1% lower average score), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (1.2% lower), Intel Arc B570 (1.3% lower), and Intel Arc A750 (1.5% lower). The delta percentages are small enough that swapping the RTX 2070 SUPER for any of these would yield very similar frame rates in practice. A system with the RTX 2070 SUPER and any of the four rival CPUs would behave nearly identically to the measured configuration. Conversely, pairing the i5-14600KF with any of the four rival GPUs would produce comparable results, provided the rest of the system remains unchanged.

The data indicates that the combination of any of these top rival CPUs with the RTX 2070 SUPER would maintain the same playability profile: 60+ FPS at 1080p on Ultra, 60+ FPS at 1440p on High or lower, and 60+ FPS at 4K only on Low. The performance differences among these components are under 1.5%, which translates to a frame rate variation of only a few FPS in most scenarios.

Best Settings per Resolution

The recorded measurements identify the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS at each resolution:

3840x2160 (4K): Low settings is the only playable preset, averaging 65 FPS. Medium drops to 50 FPS, High to 42 FPS, and Ultra to 32 FPS. The 60 FPS threshold cannot be reached with any more demanding preset.

2560x1440 (1440p): High settings is the best playable preset, averaging 78 FPS. Medium averages 93 FPS, Low 121 FPS, and Ultra 59 FPS. Ultra fails the 60 FPS requirement by a single frame per second.

1920x1080 (1080p): Ultra settings is the best playable preset, averaging 92 FPS. High averages 121 FPS, Medium 144 FPS, and Low 188 FPS. All presets clear the threshold with substantial headroom.

The pattern shows a sharp performance cliff at 4K: moving from Low to Medium costs 15 FPS, and from Medium to High another 8 FPS. At 1440p, the step from Medium to High costs 15 FPS, while High to Ultra costs 19 FPS. At 1080p, the cost of stepping from Low to Medium is 44 FPS, Medium to High is 23 FPS, and High to Ultra is 29 FPS.

The Verdict

This PC can run Minimum, but the experience depends heavily on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, the system handles every preset with ease: Ultra averages 92 FPS, and even the most demanding settings leave 32 FPS of headroom above the 60 FPS threshold. At 2560x1440, High settings are fully playable at 78 FPS, but Ultra falls just short at 59 FPS, missing the threshold by 1 FPS. At 3840x2160, only Low settings achieve playability, averaging 65 FPS.

The verdict by resolution confirms this: 1080p supports High, Low, Medium, and Ultra; 1440p supports High, Low, and Medium; 4K supports only Low. The practical takeaway is that 1080p and 1440p gaming are both viable, with 1080p allowing maximum visual quality and 1440p requiring a one-step reduction from Ultra to High. 4K gaming is technically possible but only with minimal graphical settings.

The 60 FPS threshold is the dividing line. At 1440p Ultra, the system misses it by a negligible margin, suggesting that minor in-game adjustments could push it over. At 4K, the gap between Low and Medium is significant enough that no tweaking will make Medium playable without reducing resolution.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data reveals how the balance between CPU and GPU shifts across resolutions. At 1920x1080, the frame rates across presets range from 92 FPS (Ultra) to 188 FPS (Low). The spread of 96 FPS indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor at this resolution, as lowering graphical settings produces massive frame rate gains. The CPU, with its 90th percentile standing, is not constraining performance here.

At 2560x1440, the range narrows to 59 FPS (Ultra) through 121 FPS (Low), a spread of 62 FPS. The GPU workload increases with resolution, but the pattern remains the same: settings reductions yield large gains, pointing to the GPU as the primary bottleneck. The CPU's high single-thread and multi-thread scores (Cinebench R23 single-core 4594, multi-core 32544) are more than sufficient for this game's demands.

At 3840x2160, the range is 32 FPS (Ultra) to 65 FPS (Low), a spread of 33 FPS. The setting-to-setting differences compress as the GPU becomes fully saturated. The RTX 2070 SUPER, with its 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 9.062 TFLOPS FP32 throughput, simply cannot maintain higher frame rates at 4K regardless of preset. The CPU's role diminishes at this resolution because the GPU is the clear bottleneck.

The transition from 1080p to 1440p shows a 14 FPS drop at High settings (121 to 78 FPS), and from 1440p to 4K another 36 FPS drop (78 to 42 FPS). These drops track with the pixel count increase: 1440p has 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p, and 4K has 2.25 times the pixels of 1440p. The GPU's rendering workload scales accordingly, confirming that this game's performance is bound by the graphics card at all three resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

Among 3712 tested CPU and GPU combinations in this database, this pairing ranks 2142nd for Minimum. That places it in the lower-middle portion of all tested systems, which is consistent with the GPU's 65th percentile standing and the CPU's 90th percentile standing. The rank reflects the combination's overall capability, and the gap between CPU and GPU percentiles shows that the graphics card is the limiting factor.

The rank of 2142 out of 3712 means roughly 42% of tested combos perform better, while 58% perform worse. For a game released in 2014, this modern CPU paired with a 2019 GPU still delivers playable performance at 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K results reveal the hardware's limits. The CPU's high percentile does not rescue the system at 4K, where the GPU's 8 GB GDDR6 memory and 256-bit bus become the decisive factors.

The measured data shows that the combo's ranking is justified by its actual game performance. At 1080p Ultra, it delivers 92 FPS, which is strong for a game of this era. At 1440p High, 78 FPS remains smooth. Only at 4K does the system fall below the playability bar for all but the lowest settings, and the rank reflects this mixed profile. In the context of the full database, this pairing offers a balanced 1080p and 1440p experience, with 4K as a secondary consideration.