Minimum

The Intel Core i7-14700K paired with the AMD Radeon RX 580 delivers a highly uneven experience in Minimum, one that is strictly limited by the graphics card. At 1080p, the combination is genuinely playable, but only at Low and Medium presets. At 1440p and 4K, the data shows the combo falls well short of the 60 FPS threshold across all settings, making those resolutions unplayable for this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern: performance degrades sharply as resolution increases, and the gap between Low and Ultra presets widens dramatically at higher pixel counts.

1920x1080 (1080p)

At 1080p, the combo shows its best results. The Low preset delivers an average of 92 FPS, which is the highest frame rate recorded for this combination at any resolution or setting. Medium follows at 71.4 FPS average, still comfortably above the 60 FPS playable threshold. High drops to 59.6 FPS average, just barely missing the 60 FPS mark. Ultra is the weakest at 1080p, producing only 48.2 FPS average.

2560x1440 (1440p)

Moving to 1440p, the frame rates fall off a cliff. The Low preset averages 59.5 FPS, a massive drop from the 92 FPS seen at 1080p Low. This is the only 1440p setting that comes close to the playable threshold, but it still misses it by 0.5 FPS. Medium averages 46.6 FPS, High averages 38.1 FPS, and Ultra averages just 26.4 FPS. None of these settings clear 60 FPS, and the gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 33.1 FPS.

3840x2160 (4K)

At 4K, the results are poor across the board. Low averages 28.8 FPS, Medium and High both average 21.7 FPS, and Ultra averages just 13.5 FPS. The delta between 1080p Low and 4K Low is 63.2 FPS, a stark illustration of how much resolution taxes this GPU. There is no playable setting at 4K; even the best result, Low at 28.8 FPS, is less than half of the 60 FPS target.

The data also shows that Medium and High produce identical averages at 4K (21.7 FPS for both), suggesting that at this resolution the GPU is so heavily bottlenecked that the difference between these two presets is negligible in practice.

CPU and GPU Roles

The recorded data makes it clear that the AMD Radeon RX 580 is the dominant performance limiter in this pairing. The Intel Core i7-14700K is a 20-core, 28-thread processor with a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, and its benchmark results place it in the 94th percentile among all CPUs. It scores 33440.5 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2160 in single-core, with an average benchmark score of 69355. This is a CPU with enormous headroom for gaming workloads.

The GPU, by contrast, is an older Polaris 20 chip with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory and a 256-bit bus. It sits in the 53rd percentile among all GPUs. The scaling data confirms the GPU bottleneck: at 1080p Low, the combo hits 92 FPS, but at 4K Low it drops to 28.8 FPS, a 68.7% reduction in frame rate. A CPU-bound scenario would not show such severe resolution scaling; this is the signature of a GPU that runs out of pixel throughput as resolution climbs.

The preset scaling tells the same story. At 1080p, the spread from Low to Ultra is 43.8 FPS (92 down to 48.2). At 1440p, the spread is 33.1 FPS (59.5 down to 26.4). At 4K, the spread is just 15.3 FPS (28.8 down to 13.5). As resolution increases, the preset choice matters less because the GPU is already saturated. The CPU is never the limiting factor in this dataset; even at 1080p Low, where the CPU would be most likely to constrain performance, the combo still delivers 92 FPS, which is below what this processor is capable of in less GPU-bound titles.

The i7-14700K's nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with an average score of 69515 (0.2% higher than the i7) and the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX at 69875 (0.7% higher). The RX 580's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile at 12940 (-0.1%) and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER at 12986 (-0.4%). These comparisons reinforce that the CPU is performing at a high tier while the GPU is firmly mid-range, and the measured FPS reflects that imbalance.

FAQ

*Q: Can this combo run Minimum at 1080p with 60 FPS?*

A: Yes, at Low and Medium presets. Low averages 92 FPS and Medium averages 71.4 FPS. High averages 59.6 FPS, which misses the 60 FPS threshold by 0.4 FPS, and Ultra averages 48.2 FPS.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 1080p?

A: Medium is the highest preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, with an average of 71.4 FPS. Low also clears the threshold at 92 FPS, but Medium offers better visual quality while still maintaining a comfortable margin above 60 FPS.

Q: Is 1440p playable with this combination?

A: No. The best 1440p result is Low at 59.5 FPS, which is 0.5 FPS below the 60 FPS playable threshold. Medium averages 46.6 FPS, High averages 38.1 FPS, and Ultra averages 26.4 FPS. No settings are listed as playable at 1440p.

Q: How does the 4K performance compare to 1080p?

A: The drop is severe. 4K Low averages 28.8 FPS, compared to 92 FPS at 1080p Low, a reduction of 63.2 FPS. 4K Ultra averages just 13.5 FPS, versus 48.2 FPS at 1080p Ultra. The GPU cannot keep up with 4K pixel counts in this title.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU matter more for this game?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor. The i7-14700K ranks in the 94th percentile among CPUs, while the RX 580 ranks in the 53rd percentile among GPUs. The frame rate drops by roughly 68% from 1080p Low to 4K Low, which indicates a GPU bottleneck rather than a CPU limitation.

Q: Why do Medium and High produce the same FPS at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, both Medium and High average 21.7 FPS. This suggests that the GPU is so heavily saturated at 4K that the workload difference between these two presets has no measurable impact on frame rate.

The Verdict

This PC can run Minimum, but only within strict limits. The verdict data lists 1920x1080 as the only resolution with playable settings, specifically Low and Medium. At 1080p Medium, the combo averages 71.4 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS threshold with a comfortable 11.4 FPS margin. 1080p Low is even faster at 92 FPS, but 1080p High misses the mark at 59.6 FPS, and 1080p Ultra falls to 48.2 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the verdict is clear: no settings are playable. The closest result is Low at 59.5 FPS, which is technically below the threshold. At 3840x2160, the situation is worse, with all settings producing averages between 13.5 and 28.8 FPS. The database records no playable settings for either 1440p or 4K.

For a user targeting 60 FPS, this combination is a 1080p-only solution for Minimum. The CPU has ample headroom, but the RX 580 cannot push this game past 60 FPS at higher resolutions, regardless of preset.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for Minimum, this pairing ranks 3381 out of 3712 combos. That places it in the bottom portion of the field, specifically in the 9th percentile of tested configurations. This low ranking is consistent with the measured FPS data: the combo only clears 60 FPS at two 1080p presets, and it fails to reach playable frame rates at 1440p or 4K.

The ranking reflects the GPU's limitations more than the CPU's capabilities. The i7-14700K is a top-tier processor, sitting in the 94th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 69355. Its nearest rivals in the database, such as the AMD EPYC 9115 at 69288 (0.1% lower) and the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X at 69515 (0.2% higher), are all within a fraction of a percent in average score. The RX 580, however, sits in the 53rd percentile of GPUs with an average benchmark score of 12928, and its nearest rivals are clustered tightly around it: the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile at 12940 (-0.1%) and the GTX 1660 SUPER at 12986 (-0.4%).

The combination of a 94th-percentile CPU with a 53rd-percentile GPU produces a system that ranks in the bottom 9% of combos for this game. This is a direct consequence of the game's GPU sensitivity at higher resolutions. The CPU is not the problem; the GPU drags the overall ranking down.

Best Settings per Resolution

The best settings are determined by finding the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS average at each resolution.

1920x1080: Medium is the best playable setting, with an average of 71.4 FPS. This is the highest preset that clears the 60 FPS threshold at 1080p. Low also qualifies at 92 FPS, but Medium is the better choice for visual quality while remaining above the threshold.

2560x1440: No setting qualifies. The best result is Low at 59.5 FPS, which is 0.5 FPS below the 60 FPS threshold. The database records no best setting for this resolution.

3840x2160: No setting qualifies. The best result is Low at 28.8 FPS, which is 31.2 FPS below the threshold. The database records no best setting for this resolution.

For users who insist on playing at 1440p or 4K, the data offers no viable preset. The only path to a 60 FPS experience with this hardware is to run Minimum at 1080p with Medium or Low settings.