Minimum

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7700 delivers a playable experience for Minimum across all tested resolutions, but the margin of comfort varies sharply. At 1920x1080 and 2560x1440, the combo clears the 60 FPS threshold at every preset, including Ultra. At 3840x2160, only the Low preset stays above 60 FPS, with Medium dipping below the threshold. Benchmark results indicate this is a capable 1440p machine for this title, with 4K requiring significant graphical compromises.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that maintains an average of at least 60 FPS is Low, delivering 74 FPS on average. The Medium preset at this resolution falls short with a 57 FPS average, making it unsuitable for smooth play despite being the next step up. Ultra at 4K drops to a 36 FPS average, which is well below the playable threshold.

At 2560x1440, the situation improves dramatically. The Ultra preset achieves a 68 FPS average, making it the best settings choice at this resolution while still staying above 60 FPS. High, Medium, and Low also clear the threshold, with averages of 89, 106, and 138 FPS respectively. The data supports Ultra as the optimal visual configuration for 1440p play.

At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset runs at a 105 FPS average, which is the highest quality setting available and comfortably exceeds the 60 FPS requirement. Lower presets provide even higher headroom, with High at 137 FPS, Medium at 164 FPS, and Low at 214 FPS. For 1080p gaming, there is no reason to drop below Ultra given the measured performance.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data between resolutions and presets reveals that the GPU is the primary performance driver for Minimum. Comparing the 1920x1080 Ultra result of 105 FPS to the 2560x1440 Ultra result of 68 FPS shows a 35% drop in average frame rate when pixel count increases by 78%. This steep decline indicates the rendering load is heavily GPU-bound. The further drop to 36 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra — a 66% reduction from the 1440p figure — reinforces that the Radeon RX 7700's compute resources, rather than the Core i7-14700F's 20 cores and 28 threads, dictate performance at higher resolutions.

The CPU's role becomes more apparent when examining preset scaling at a fixed resolution. At 1920x1080, moving from Low to Ultra reduces the average FPS from 214 to 105. This 109 FPS swing is primarily attributable to increased GPU workload from higher-quality rendering effects, but the fact that the i7-14700F can feed the GPU enough data to maintain 214 FPS at Low settings shows the processor is not a bottleneck at this resolution. The Raptor Lake chip's 5.40 GHz boost clock and strong single-core performance, evidenced by a 4958 Cinebench R23 single-core score, keep frame pacing stable.

At 2560x1440, the GPU's dominance grows. The spread from Low (138 FPS) to Ultra (68 FPS) is 70 FPS, and the average frame times lengthen consistently as settings increase. The CPU's contribution remains static across resolutions, meaning the measured FPS differences between 1440p and 4K at identical settings are almost entirely GPU-driven. For example, 4K Medium averages 57 FPS versus 106 FPS at 1440p Medium — a 49 FPS gap that no CPU change could close. The combination's behavior aligns with a system where the RX 7700, with its 2560 shading units and 96 ROPs, saturates well before the i7-14700F's processing capacity is exhausted.

Measured FPS Breakdown

3840x2160: The Ultra preset produces a 36 FPS average, with no minimum or maximum recorded. High settings yield a 48 FPS average, also lacking min/max data. Medium settings show a 57 FPS average with a minimum of 48 FPS and maximum of 65 FPS, indicating noticeable frame variability even within a preset that averages near the playability threshold. Low settings jump to a 74 FPS average, providing the only 4K option that consistently stays above 60 FPS.

2560x1440: Ultra delivers a 68 FPS average without min/max data, which is just above the threshold. High settings run at 89 FPS average, also without min/max figures. Medium settings produce a 106 FPS average with a minimum of 90 FPS and maximum of 121 FPS, showing tighter frame pacing than the 4K Medium result. Low settings reach 138 FPS average, again with no min/max recorded. The 1440p data shows all presets are viable, with the gap between Ultra and Low being 70 FPS.

1920x1080: Ultra achieves a 105 FPS average, with no min/max data. High settings run at 137 FPS average. Medium settings deliver a 164 FPS average with a minimum of 139 FPS and maximum of 188 FPS, demonstrating excellent frame consistency. Low settings hit a 214 FPS average. The 1080p results show a 109 FPS difference between the lowest and highest presets, and even the most demanding setting maintains nearly double the 60 FPS target.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of 3712 tested combinations for Minimum, this CPU-GPU pairing ranks 1717th. This places it in the 46th percentile of tested systems, meaning roughly 46% of combinations perform worse and 54% perform better. The rank reflects the RX 7700's position as a mid-range GPU — its 58th percentile among all GPUs — combined with the i7-14700F's strong 91st percentile among all CPUs.

The rank of 1717 suggests the GPU is the limiting factor for this game. The CPU's performance class is significantly higher than the GPU's, as evidenced by their respective percentiles. A system with a similarly ranked CPU but a stronger GPU would likely score much higher in this game's benchmark, while a system with a weaker CPU but the same GPU would probably rank near the same position. The data indicates that for Minimum specifically, the graphics card determines the combo's standing more than the processor does.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the Intel Xeon 6505P, which scores 53701 versus the i7-14700F's 53620 average — a negligible 0.2% difference. The Intel Xeon Phi 7290 trails by 0.3%, and the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is 0.6% behind. The AMD EPYC 7313P sits 0.8% below. Any of these processors would produce nearly identical frame rates in Minimum when paired with the same RX 7700, since the GPU remains the bottleneck.

The GPU's nearest rivals show a tighter cluster. The AMD Radeon R9 370X scores 15862 versus the RX 7700's 15852 average, a 0.1% delta. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 is 1% faster, while the AMD Radeon Pro W5500 is 1.1% slower. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 1.7% ahead. Swapping the RX 7700 for any of these would produce within a few frames of the same results at each resolution and preset. For example, an RTX 3060 Ti might push 4K Medium from 57 FPS to roughly 58 FPS, which would not change the playability verdict. The R9 370X, despite being an older architecture, would behave almost identically based on its average score.

The Verdict

This PC can run Minimum at 60 FPS or higher in every tested configuration except for 4K at Medium and above. At 1920x1080, the verdict is unambiguous: all four presets — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — clear the threshold, with Ultra hitting 105 FPS average. At 2560x1440, the same applies: Ultra runs at 68 FPS average, and every lower preset exceeds 89 FPS. The system is fully playable at 1440p with maximum settings.

At 3840x2160, the verdict is conditional. The Low preset delivers 74 FPS average, which is playable. However, Medium drops to 57 FPS average with a minimum of 48 FPS, meaning frame drops below 60 FPS will occur. High and Ultra are not viable at 36 and 48 FPS averages respectively. Players targeting 4K must accept Low settings to maintain smooth gameplay, or they should drop the resolution to 1440p for the full visual experience.

The practical takeaway is that this combination is best suited for 1440p gaming at Ultra settings, where it provides a 68 FPS average with no min/max data suggesting severe dips. For 1080p, the system has substantial headroom — even Ultra settings run at 105 FPS, leaving room for background tasks or future patches. The 4K experience is limited, but the presence of a playable Low preset means the hardware is not completely incapable at that resolution. The 1717th rank out of 3712 combos puts this system in the middle of the pack, which aligns with its performance profile: strong CPU, mid-range GPU, and a game that responds primarily to graphics card power.