Minimum

The pairing of an Intel Core i7-14700KF with an AMD Radeon RX 570 is a study in imbalance for Minimum, a third-person shooter released in mid-2014. The database places the i7-14700KF in the 94th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 70163, while the RX 570 sits in the 74th percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 28766. The game itself predates both components, yet the recorded measurements show that the GPU, not the CPU, determines whether this configuration reaches the 60 FPS playability threshold, and it only gets there in a narrow window of settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are recorded average frame rates from the database for this exact CPU and GPU combination. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured for these runs, so the averages are the reliable reference points.

At 1920x1080:

• Low: 84 FPS average
• Medium: 60.5 FPS average
• High: 55.6 FPS average
• Ultra: 40.3 FPS average

At 2560x1440:

• Low: 51.6 FPS average
• Medium: 38.3 FPS average
• High: 31.3 FPS average
• Ultra: 27 FPS average

At 3840x2160:

• Low: 26.5 FPS average
• Medium: 20.4 FPS average
• High: 20.6 FPS average
• Ultra: 11.9 FPS average

The 1080p ladder is well spaced: each quality step costs between roughly 10 and 20 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium costs 23.5 FPS, Medium to High costs another 4.9 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 15.3 FPS. At 1440p the same ordering holds, but the entire curve sits below the 60 FPS line, topping out at 51.6 FPS on Low. The 4K results are the weakest in the dataset, and they contain one anomaly worth noting: Medium averages 20.4 FPS while High averages 20.6 FPS, meaning the two presets are effectively tied at this resolution, with High marginally ahead. Ultra at 4K falls to 11.9 FPS, the lowest single result recorded for this pairing.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data points clearly to a GPU-bound configuration at every tested resolution. Moving from 1080p Low to 1440p Low, which nearly doubles the pixel count, drops the average from 84 FPS to 51.6 FPS, a loss of 32.4 FPS. Extending to 4K Low cuts it further to 26.5 FPS. If the CPU were the limiting factor, resolution increases of this magnitude would produce far smaller losses, because the processor workload does not scale with pixel count. The steep, consistent decline across resolutions indicates the RX 570 is the bottleneck.

The preset scaling reinforces this. Within a fixed resolution, dropping the quality preset produces immediate frame rate gains at every step, which is the signature of a graphics-limited scenario. The i7-14700KF, a 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake-R processor with a 5.60 GHz boost clock, posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 44167 and a single-core score of 6235, and its PassMark single-thread result of 4480 confirms it has per-core throughput to spare for a 2014 title. There is no evidence in the data of a CPU ceiling: no resolution shows flat, preset-insensitive frame rates that would suggest processor saturation. The 74th-percentile GPU does all the dictating here.

Best Settings per Resolution

Using 60 FPS average as the threshold, the recorded data yields the following:

• 1920x1080: Medium is the most demanding preset that stays at or above the threshold, averaging 60.5 FPS. Low clears it comfortably at 84 FPS, but Medium is the better visual setting that still qualifies. High misses at 55.6 FPS.
• 2560x1440: No preset reaches 60 FPS. Low comes closest at 51.6 FPS, roughly 8.4 frames short.
• 3840x2160: No preset comes close. The best result is Low at 26.5 FPS, less than half the threshold.

The practical takeaway is that Medium at 1080p is the ceiling for this pairing in Minimum. It clears the bar by half a frame, so it is a borderline pass rather than a comfortable one. Players wanting headroom should use Low, where the 84 FPS average provides a 24 FPS cushion above the threshold.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the i7-14700KF has closely matched rivals in the database. The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F averages 69996, just 0.2 percent behind, and the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX averages 69875, 0.4 percent behind. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X averages 69515, 0.9 percent behind, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K averages 70879, 1 percent ahead. Any of these processors would deliver effectively identical performance in this game, because the recorded data shows the CPU is not the constraint.

On the GPU side, where the swap actually matters, the RX 570's nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon RX 6800M at an average score of 28874 (0.4 percent ahead of the RX 570), the AMD Radeon R9 M295X at 28580 (0.7 percent behind), the AMD Radeon RX 470 at 28996 (0.8 percent ahead), and the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 at 28421 (1.2 percent behind). Substituting any of these cards should reproduce the frame rate profile documented above within a small margin, since their aggregate scores sit within roughly one percent of the RX 570's 28766. The RX 570 itself carries 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth and 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput, a Polaris 20 part on GCN 4.0 that is now end-of-life.

FAQ

Q: Can the i7-14700KF plus RX 570 run Minimum at 1080p Medium?

A: Yes, but only just. The recorded average is 60.5 FPS, half a frame above the 60 FPS threshold. Low settings are the safer choice at 84 FPS.

Q: Is 1440p playable on this configuration?

A: No. Even the lowest preset averages 51.6 FPS at 2560x1440, and quality settings only go down from there, with Ultra at 27 FPS.

Q: Which component is limiting performance?

A: The GPU. Frame rates drop sharply as resolution rises, from 84 FPS at 1080p Low to 26.5 FPS at 4K Low, which is classic graphics-bound scaling. The CPU sits in the 94th percentile of all processors and shows no sign of being the bottleneck.

Q: What is the worst recorded result for this pairing?

A: 4K Ultra at 11.9 FPS average, the lowest figure in the dataset for this combination.

Q: Would a different CPU of similar class change the results?

A: Unlikely. Rivals such as the Ryzen 7 9700F (0.2 percent difference) and Core Ultra 7 265K (1 percent difference) score within a percent of the i7-14700KF on average, so the GPU remains the deciding factor.

Q: Does any 4K preset behave unusually?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, Medium (20.4 FPS) actually trails High (20.6 FPS) by a fraction of a frame, an inversion of the normal ordering seen at 1080p and 1440p.

The Verdict

This PC can run Minimum, but only at one resolution: 1920x1080. The recorded verdict data confirms that Low and Medium are the playable settings at 1080p, with Medium as the best option at 60.5 FPS average. At 2560x1440 the playable settings list is empty, topping out at 51.6 FPS on Low, and at 3840x2160 it is empty as well, with a best case of 26.5 FPS on Low. Ultra is off the table everywhere, ranging from 40.3 FPS at 1080p down to 11.9 FPS at 4K. The summary is simple: a 1080p Medium experience at the threshold, with Low settings as the only way to build headroom.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database's tested combinations for Minimum, this pairing ranks 3614 out of 3712 combos. That places it in the bottom tier of tested configurations for this specific game, a direct consequence of pairing a 94th-percentile processor with a mid-tier, end-of-life Polaris graphics card. The ranking reflects the measured reality throughout this analysis: the i7-14700KF contributes far more compute than Minimum can use, while the RX 570 sets a hard ceiling that confines playability to 1080p at modest settings.