Minimum

The recorded data answers a simple question: yes, an Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 can run Minimum, a third-person shooter released in mid-2014, and in most cases it runs it well. The combination delivers frame rates well above the 60 FPS playability threshold at 1080p and 1440p, with 4K being the only resolution where the pairing falls short. Across the full database of tested combos for this game, this hardware ranks 2968 out of 3712, which places it in the lower portion of the field, but the absolute numbers tell a comfortable story for a title of this age.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured averages from the database; minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for this game, so avg FPS is the reference point.

At 1920x1080 the combo scales cleanly across the preset ladder:

• Low: 153.4 FPS
• Medium: 121.8 FPS
• High: 98.1 FPS
• Ultra: 74.6 FPS

Every preset clears 60 FPS at 1080p, and even Ultra holds a margin of almost 15 frames over the threshold. The drop from Low to Ultra is significant in relative terms (roughly half the frame rate), but the landing point remains smooth.

At 2560x1440 the picture stays positive with one exception:

• Low: 97.8 FPS
• Medium: 75.3 FPS
• High: 63.1 FPS
• Ultra: 50.9 FPS

Low, Medium and High all stay above 60 FPS. Ultra is the only casualty at 1440p, landing at 50.9 FPS, which sits below the 60 FPS bar and will feel noticeably less fluid in a fast-paced third-person shooter.

At 3840x2160 no preset reaches the threshold:

• Low: 55.3 FPS
• Medium: 39.7 FPS
• High: 32.6 FPS
• Ultra: 27.4 FPS

Even Low at 4K only manages 55.3 FPS, just under the playability line. Ultra at 27.4 FPS is roughly a quarter of the 1080p Low result. The message is clear: 4K is beyond what this GPU delivers here, regardless of settings.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Minimum at 60 FPS?

A: Yes, at two of the three tested resolutions. At 1920x1080 all four presets exceed 60 FPS, topping out at 153.4 FPS on Low and 74.6 FPS on Ultra. At 2560x1440, Low (97.8), Medium (75.3) and High (63.1) all clear the bar; Ultra at 50.9 does not. At 3840x2160 nothing clears it, with Low peaking at 55.3 FPS.

Q: What is the single best result this combo recorded in Minimum?

A: 153.4 FPS average at 1920x1080 on the Low preset.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the limiting factor?

A: The data points to the GPU. The i7-12700KF sits in the 85th percentile of all CPUs in the database with an average benchmark score of 35365, while the RTX 2060 sits in the 58th percentile of GPUs with an average score of 15290. Frame rates fall steeply as resolution rises at any fixed preset, which is the signature of a GPU-bound configuration. For example, Medium goes from 121.8 FPS at 1080p to 75.3 at 1440p and 39.7 at 4K.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested pairings for this game?

A: It ranks 2968 out of 3712 tested combos, so most recorded pairings outperform it, but the absolute frame rates remain strong at 1080p and 1440p because the game itself is not demanding by modern standards.

Q: Is the RTX 2060 a current product?

A: No, it is listed as end-of-life. It is a Turing-based card on a 12 nm TSMC process with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: How strong is the i7-12700KF in general benchmarks?

A: It scores 28838 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 4071 in single-core, 12111 in Cinebench R20 multi-core, and 9983 in 3DMark max threads. Its nearest rivals in the database, the Intel Core i7-13700T (35403), Intel Core i5-13600T (35305), Intel Core 5 213PE (35428) and Intel Core i7-12700K (35287), all sit within a fraction of a percent of its average score of 35365.

How This Combo Ranks

A rank of 2968 out of 3712 combos places this pairing in the bottom fifth of tested configurations for Minimum. That ranking reflects the GPU more than the CPU. The i7-12700KF is a strong desktop processor: 12 cores, 20 threads, a 3.60 GHz base and 5.00 GHz boost on Intel's 10 nm Alder Lake-S node, with an unlocked multiplier. It lands in the 85th percentile of all CPUs and trades blows almost exactly with chips like the i7-12700K (a 0.2 percent gap) and the i7-13700T (a 0.1 percent gap).

The RTX 2060, by contrast, sits in the 58th percentile of GPUs. Its closest rivals in the database are an odd mix that illustrates its mid-pack standing: the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (dead even at 0 percent difference), the AMD Radeon 680M (0.1 percent behind), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM (0.6 percent behind) and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 (0.8 percent behind). A modern, high-tier CPU carrying an aging mid-range card produces exactly the ranking seen here: respectable but not competitive against better-balanced pairings.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Minimum, with one clear caveat.

• 1920x1080: fully playable. All four presets, Low through Ultra, exceed 60 FPS. Best result is Ultra at 74.6 FPS.
• 2560x1440: playable on Low, Medium and High. Best playable preset is High at 63.1 FPS. Ultra at 50.9 FPS misses the threshold.
• 3840x2160: not playable. No preset reaches 60 FPS; the best attempt is Low at 55.3 FPS, and Ultra drops to 27.4 FPS.

Practical guidance: play at 1080p with any preset you like, or at 1440p up through High. Skip 4K entirely with this card.

CPU and GPU Roles

The GPU is the component that matters here, and the scaling data makes that unambiguous. At every preset, frame rate falls sharply as pixels increase while CPU load characteristics stay constant. On Medium, moving from 1080p (121.8 FPS) to 1440p (75.3 FPS) costs 46.5 FPS, and moving to 4K (39.7 FPS) costs another 35.6. On High the ladder reads 98.1, 63.1, 32.6. That kind of proportional decline with resolution is GPU-bound behavior; a CPU bottleneck would instead show flat frame rates across resolutions.

Preset scaling tells the same story from the other direction. At 1080p, going from Low (153.4) to Ultra (74.6) halves the frame rate, and the same Low-to-Ultra gap appears at 1440p (97.8 to 50.9) and 4K (55.3 to 27.4). Visual settings tax the RTX 2060's resources, its 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs and 48 ROPs, not the processor.

The CPU's contribution is essentially settled capacity. With a single-thread Passmark score of 3984, a Geekbench single-core score of 2255 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4071, the i7-12700KF provides far more per-core throughput than a 2014 third-person shooter can ask for. Even at 1080p Low, where CPU limits usually surface first, the 153.4 FPS average indicates the processor never becomes the ceiling.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080: Ultra, 74.6 FPS average. This is the most demanding preset available and it stays comfortably above 60 FPS, so there is no reason to lower settings at this resolution.
• 2560x1440: High, 63.1 FPS average. High is the most demanding preset that clears the threshold; stepping up to Ultra drops to 50.9 FPS, below the playable line.
• 3840x2160: none. No preset meets 60 FPS. Low comes closest at 55.3 FPS, but it still falls short, so the correct move is to lower the resolution rather than the settings.

In short: maximize everything at 1080p, stop at High at 1440p, and do not attempt 4K with this GPU in Minimum.