Minimum

Can the Intel Core i7-12700KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 run Minimum? The measured data says yes, comfortably, at two of the three tested resolutions. This pairing clears the 60 FPS threshold at every preset from Low through Ultra at 1920x1080 and 2560x1440; only at 3840x2160 does it need settings reduced, where Low delivers 75 FPS on average. Minimum is a third-person shooter released in 2014, and against a title of that era this hardware has substantial headroom. The pages below walk through the numbers step by step.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking for hardware that would behave similarly in this game starts with the aggregate benchmark scores. The i7-12700KF averages 35365 across its benchmark suite and sits in the 85th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals are remarkably tight: the Intel Core i7-13700T averages 35403, just 0.1 percent ahead; the Intel Core i5-13600T averages 35305, 0.2 percent behind; the Intel Core 5 213PE averages 35428, 0.2 percent ahead; and the Intel Core i7-12700K averages 35287, 0.2 percent behind. Any of those four CPUs would produce near-identical results in CPU-bound scenarios, because the spread between them is under one percent in every case.

On the graphics side, the RTX 5060 averages 26331 and lands in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs. Its rivals span a slightly wider range. The AMD Radeon 860M averages 26401, 0.3 percent ahead. The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 averages 26421, also 0.3 percent ahead. The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary averages 26553, 0.8 percent ahead. The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT averages 26011, 1.2 percent behind. The RX 6750 XT is the furthest outlier here, but even that gap is small enough that frame rates in Minimum would shift by only a few FPS in GPU-limited situations. In practical terms, a system built around the RX 6750 XT or the RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary paired with any of the four listed CPUs should reproduce this page's results almost exactly.

Worth noting is the unusual pairing this combo represents: a 12-core, 20-thread Alder Lake CPU on Socket 1700 feeding a Blackwell 2.0 GPU on PCIe 5.0 x8. The CPU supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory, which gives builders flexibility on the platform side without affecting the outcome here.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data in the measured results tells a clear story about which component is doing the work at each resolution. At 1920x1080, the average frame rate spans 105 FPS at Ultra to 215 FPS at Low — a spread of 110 FPS between the lightest and heaviest presets. At 2560x1440 that spread narrows to 71 FPS, from 139 at Low down to 68 at Ultra. At 3840x2160 it compresses further to 38 FPS, from 75 at Low to 37 at Ultra.

That progressive compression is the signature of a GPU-bound profile at higher resolutions. As pixel count rises, the RTX 5060 becomes the limiting factor and the CPU's surplus performance stops translating into frames. The jump from 1440p Ultra at 68 FPS to 4K Ultra at 37 FPS — a drop of 31 FPS, nearly half the frame rate — shows the GPU hitting its ceiling hard at 3840x2160.

At 1080p the picture shifts. A 215 FPS average at Low is far beyond what most displays can show, and the game's modest demands from 2014 mean the i7-12700KF is unlikely to be the constraint even there. With a single-thread Passmark score of 3984 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4071, the CPU has strong per-core throughput, which matters more than raw multi-core capacity for a third-person shooter of this vintage. The 28838 Cinebench R23 multi-core score and 14367 Geekbench multi-core score confirm plenty of aggregate headroom for background tasks while gaming.

The medium-preset frame-time data reinforces this. At 1080p Medium, frames run from a 140 FPS minimum to a 190 FPS maximum — a tight range indicating smooth, consistent delivery rather than stutter. At 1440p Medium the range is 90 to 122, and at 4K Medium it is 49 to 66. The 4K minimum of 49 FPS sits below the 60 FPS threshold, which is why that resolution requires the Low preset to stay playable.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All numbers below are measured results for this exact pairing.

1920x1080:

• Low: 215 avg FPS
• Medium: 165 avg, 140 min, 190 max
• High: 138 avg FPS
• Ultra: 105 avg FPS

2560x1440:

• Low: 139 avg FPS
• Medium: 106 avg, 90 min, 122 max
• High: 89 avg FPS
• Ultra: 68 avg FPS

3840x2160:

• Low: 75 avg FPS
• Medium: 57 avg, 49 min, 66 max
• High: 48 avg FPS
• Ultra: 37 avg FPS

Reading across the presets: at 1080p, each step up in quality costs roughly 30 to 77 FPS, and even the heaviest preset leaves a 45 FPS margin over the 60 FPS threshold. At 1440p, High drops to 89 and Ultra to 68 — still above threshold, but the margin shrinks to 8 FPS at Ultra. At 4K the situation inverts: Medium's 57 average falls below 60, High's 48 falls further behind, and Ultra's 37 is barely over half the target. Only Low, at 75 average FPS, clears the bar at native 4K.

The medium-preset min/max data is the most revealing set. At 1440p Medium, the 90 FPS minimum means the frame rate never dips near the threshold — that preset is genuinely stable, not just averaging well. At 4K Medium, the 49 FPS minimum shows the dips are what break that preset, even though the 57 average is close.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database's tested combinations for Minimum, this CPU-and-GPU pairing ranks 1651 out of 3712 — solidly in the upper half, at roughly the 56th percentile of tested setups. That mid-table position deserves interpretation. The combo's 60-plus FPS results at 1080p and 1440p across all presets put it well ahead of configurations that struggle at higher settings, but its inability to hold 60 FPS at 4K above the Low preset keeps it out of the top tier for this game.

The rank also reflects the balance of the pairing itself. The i7-12700KF sits in the 85th percentile of all CPUs while the RTX 5060 sits in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs, so the graphics card is the relative weak link. For a 2014 title like Minimum this rarely matters, as the results show, but in more demanding games the same imbalance would surface sooner.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC can run Minimum, with one caveat about resolution.

At 1920x1080, every preset from Low to Ultra clears 60 FPS, topping out at 105 average FPS on Ultra and 215 on Low. At 2560x1440, every preset again clears 60 FPS, with Ultra at 68 and Low at 139. At 3840x2160, only Low is playable, delivering 75 average FPS; Medium, High, and Ultra all fall short at 57, 48, and 37 respectively. The verdict-by-resolution data confirms it: playable settings are Low only at 4K, all four presets at 1440p, and all four presets at 1080p.

For a third-person shooter, where sustained frame rate matters for responsiveness, the 1440p Medium result is arguably the sweet spot in this dataset — a 106 average with a 90 FPS minimum means it never approaches the threshold.

FAQ

Q: Can this setup run Minimum at 4K?

A: Only at the Low preset, where it averages 75 FPS. Medium (57), High (48), and Ultra (37) all fall below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the highest setting that stays above 60 FPS at 1440p?

A: Ultra, at 68 average FPS. All four presets are playable at 2560x1440.

Q: Does the frame rate ever drop below 60 at 1080p or 1440p Medium?

A: No. The measured minimum is 140 FPS at 1080p Medium and 90 FPS at 1440p Medium. At 4K Medium the minimum dips to 49 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck?

A: The GPU. The i7-12700KF ranks in the 85th percentile of CPUs versus the RTX 5060's 72nd percentile for GPUs, and frame-rate scaling tightens sharply as resolution rises — the classic GPU-bound pattern.

Q: What hardware would perform similarly in this game?

A: On the CPU side, the Core i7-13700T, Core i5-13600T, Core 5 213PE, and Core i7-12700K all score within 0.2 percent of this chip. On the GPU side, the Radeon 860M, GeForce MX550, Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary, and Radeon RX 6750 XT all sit within 1.2 percent of the RTX 5060's average score.

Q: How does this combo rank against others tested in Minimum?

A: It ranks 1651 of 3712 tested combinations, placing it in the upper half for this game.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 3840x2160: Low — 75 average FPS. The only preset at this resolution that stays at or above the 60 FPS threshold.
• 2560x1440: Ultra — 68 average FPS. The most demanding preset still clears the threshold, so there is no reason to drop settings at this resolution.
• 1920x1080: Ultra — 105 average FPS, with a 45 FPS margin over the threshold.