Minimum

The pairing of a 16-core Intel Core i7-13700K with AMD's Radeon RX 7700 XT raises an obvious question for Minimum, a third-person shooter that dates back to mid-2014: is this simply overkill, or does the data reveal something more interesting about how the game scales? The measured results in this database suggest a clean, GPU-bound profile at every resolution tested, with the RX 7700 XT comfortably clearing the 60 FPS threshold at 1080p and 1440p and scraping past it at 4K on medium settings. The combo ranks 1564 out of 3712 tested configurations in this game — solidly in the upper half, which is roughly what you would expect from a CPU sitting in the 89th percentile against all tracked processors and a GPU in the 67th percentile.

FAQ

Q: Can the i7-13700K + RX 7700 XT run Minimum at 4K?

A: Yes, but not at every preset. At 3840x2160, the combo averages 61.2 FPS on Medium and 78.2 FPS on Low, while High manages 52.3 FPS and Ultra drops to 40 FPS. Only Low and Medium clear the 60 FPS playable threshold at that resolution.

Q: What is the best playable preset at 1440p?

A: Ultra. At 2560x1440 the measured average is 71.8 FPS on Ultra, and every preset — Low (149.5), Medium (112.7), High (97), and Ultra — stays at or above 60 FPS.

Q: Is the pairing CPU-limited or GPU-limited in this game?

A: The data indicates GPU-limited. Frame rates fall sharply as resolution rises — Ultra goes from 116.8 FPS at 1080p to 71.8 at 1440p to 40 at 4K — which is the classic signature of graphics load, not processor throughput, driving performance.

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

A: It ranks 1564 out of 3712 tested combos, placing it in the upper half of the database for this game.

Q: How strong is the i7-13700K in general benchmark terms?

A: It sits in the 89th percentile of all tracked CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 46881, a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 30745, and a single-core score of 2116 in the same test.

Q: How capable is the RX 7700 XT outside this game?

A: It ranks in the 67th percentile of all tracked GPUs, with a PassMark G3D score of 22547, a Geekbench Vulkan score of 46443, and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 138383.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data tells a consistent story: Minimum is GPU-bound on this configuration. Consider the Ultra preset. At 1920x1080 the average is 116.8 FPS. Move to 2560x1440 and it drops to 71.8 FPS — a substantial fall. Push to 3840x2160 and it slides to 40 FPS. If the CPU were the limiter, frame rates would stay roughly flat across resolutions, because pixel count does not change processor workload meaningfully. They do not stay flat here; they fall by roughly a third per resolution step.

Preset scaling reinforces this. At a fixed resolution, tightening image quality has a large effect — 4K goes from 78.2 FPS on Low down to 40 on Ultra — which again points at the graphics card absorbing the load. Meanwhile the i7-13700K, with 16 cores, 24 threads, and a 5.40 boost clock, sits in the 89th percentile of all tracked CPUs. Its PassMark multi-thread score of 45887 and single-thread score of 4333 leave an enormous margin for a title from 2014. In short: the CPU is nearly idle in relative terms, and the RX 7700 XT determines what you see on screen at every setting combination tested.

There is a curious detail worth noting. At 1080p Low the combo averages 230.5 FPS — far beyond any conventional display target — yet even that figure may reflect the GPU before it reflects the processor. Without a faster graphics card in the data, the CPU's true ceiling in this game remains an open question. The data shows what the RX 7700 XT allows, not what the 13700K could deliver.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 116.8 FPS average. No compromise needed. Ultra nearly doubles the 60 FPS threshold at this resolution.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 71.8 FPS average. Again Ultra is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, with a comfortable margin of nearly 12 frames.
• 3840x2160 — Medium, 61.2 FPS average. This is the edge case. Medium clears 60 FPS by 1.2 frames on average, which is a thin buffer. High at 52.3 FPS does not make the cut; Low at 78.2 does, but Medium is the best-looking option that qualifies.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the i7-13700K's nearest rivals are clustered remarkably tightly. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900 averages 46971 against the 13700K's 46881 — a delta of just 0.2 percent. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 (47022, -0.3 percent), the AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX (46654, 0.5 percent), and the Intel Xeon w3-2535 (46653, 0.5 percent) are all within half a percent. Any of these processors would deliver effectively identical results in a GPU-bound title like Minimum, where the 13700K is nowhere near saturation.

On the GPU side, the RX 7700 XT's rivals are similarly close. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile averages 22435 (0.5 percent behind), the RTX 4060 Mobile averages 22729 (0.8 percent ahead), the RTX 2080 averages 22895 (1.5 percent ahead), and the Radeon RX 5700 averages 22170 (1.7 percent behind). A system pairing any of these cards with a comparable processor would be expected to reproduce the frame rates measured here within a narrow band. The RTX 2080 being slightly faster on average is notable — an older flagship trading blows with a newer mid-range card, per the database scores.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080:

| Preset | Avg FPS |

|---|---|

| Low | 230.5 |

| Medium | 176.4 |

| High | 150.8 |

| Ultra | 116.8 |

2560x1440:

| Preset | Avg FPS |

|---|---|

| Low | 149.5 |

| Medium | 112.7 |

| High | 97 |

| Ultra | 71.8 |

3840x2160:

| Preset | Avg FPS |

|---|---|

| Low | 78.2 |

| Medium | 61.2 |

| High | 52.3 |

| Ultra | 40 |

Minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs, so the averages are the only measured figures available; the absence of lows means the thin 61.2 FPS margin at 4K Medium should be treated with some caution, since dips below the average are inevitable in real play. The pattern across the table is orderly — each preset tier costs roughly 15 to 25 percent of the previous tier's frame rate at a given resolution, and each resolution step costs roughly 30 percent. No anomalies, no bottlenecks, no settings that behave erratically relative to their neighbors.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Minimum, and it does so comfortably at two of the three resolutions tested. At 1920x1080, every preset clears 60 FPS, with Ultra delivering 116.8 FPS. At 2560x1440, every preset again clears the threshold, with Ultra at 71.8 FPS. At 3840x2160, the verdict narrows: Low (78.2) and Medium (61.2) are playable, while High (52.3) and Ultra (40) fall short. The practical summary is simple — play Ultra at 1080p and 1440p, drop to Medium if 4K is the target, and be aware that the 4K Medium margin is the tightest call in the entire dataset at 1.2 frames above the threshold.

How This Combo Ranks

Against the 3712 configurations tested in Minimum, this pairing ranks 1564th. That places it above the median but well short of the leaderboard's top tier — a position that mirrors the hardware split itself. The CPU is the stronger half (89th percentile versus the GPU's 67th), and in a GPU-bound game it is the weaker half that sets the rank. The data invites a follow-up question: with a faster graphics card, would this same 13700K climb significantly, or would the game's engine — released in 2014 — eventually impose its own ceiling somewhere above the 230.5 FPS measured at 1080p Low? The database does not yet answer that, but the tight, predictable scaling measured here suggests plenty of headroom remains before anything other than the GPU stops this system.