Minecraft

Minecraft with the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a performance profile that is heavily dictated by the graphics settings and resolution, with the data showing a clear shift from a CPU-bound experience at lower settings to a GPU-bound one at 4K Ultra. The combination ranks in the 31st percentile of all tested combos for this game, indicating that while it is not a top-tier pairing, it provides a robust and highly playable experience across the board. The benchmark results show that this system is capable of pushing very high frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, but the most demanding 4K Ultra preset will challenge the GPU significantly.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is significant and reveals the underlying bottleneck dynamics of this pairing. At 1080p with Low settings, the system achieves an average of 389 FPS. This figure drops to 246 FPS at 1440p and further to 128 FPS at 4K, a 67% reduction from the 1080p baseline. This pattern suggests that at lower resolutions and settings, the CPU is the primary limiting factor, as the GPU has ample headroom to render frames quickly.

However, the scaling becomes more dramatic when moving to the Ultra preset. The system delivers 153 FPS at 1080p, which drops to 97 FPS at 1440p (a 37% reduction), and then plummets to 50 FPS at 4K (a 67% reduction from 1440p). This steep decline at 4K Ultra indicates that the RTX 2060 SUPER's compute and memory resources are being saturated, making the GPU the definitive bottleneck at this extreme configuration. The data shows that while the CPU can maintain high frame rates at 1080p, the GPU's workload scaling with resolution is the primary factor limiting performance at 4K.

The variance between settings also changes with resolution. At 1080p, the difference between Low (389 FPS) and Ultra (153 FPS) is a 61% performance drop, showing that the GPU is still doing significant work. At 4K, the spread is even wider, with Low at 128 FPS and Ultra at 50 FPS, a 61% drop. This consistent ratio indicates that the GPU's rendering pipeline is the limiting factor, as the relative cost of each setting tier remains constant regardless of resolution, while the absolute frame rates scale down with the pixel count.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER holds a rank of 2556 out of 3710 tested combos for Minecraft. This places it in the lower third of all configurations, suggesting that many other pairings deliver higher average frame rates in this specific title. The ranking reflects the fact that Minecraft can be highly sensitive to single-core performance, and while the 5700X is strong, the RTX 2060 SUPER is not the fastest GPU available.

The CPU's own benchmarks show it is a solid performer, with an average benchmark score of 27578 and a percentile rank of 79 among all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-12600K, has an identical average score with a 0% delta, indicating they are evenly matched in general compute tasks. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800 is also close, scoring 27535, a mere 0.2% behind. This suggests that the CPU is not the source of the combo's lower ranking; rather, the GPU's overall capability, which sits in the 62nd percentile for all GPUs, is more likely the constraining factor.

The GPU's average benchmark score is 18093, with its nearest rival being the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, which scores 18159 (0.4% higher). This modest gap in synthetic benchmarks suggests the RTX 2060 SUPER is a competent mid-range card, but its performance in Minecraft's specific rendering engine does not propel this combo to a higher rank. The data indicates that this pairing is balanced but not exceptional, offering a solid foundation for 1080p and 1440p gaming while falling behind more powerful combinations at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture and features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is a key factor in the game's performance at higher resolutions, as the data shows a significant frame rate drop at 4K Ultra. The card's 2176 shading units and 64 ROPs are responsible for the pixel processing, and its boost clock of 1650 MHz helps maintain throughput under load.

The GPU's memory clock is listed as 1750 MHz, which translates to 14 Gbps effective, and this bandwidth is crucial for handling the texture data in Minecraft at 4K. The benchmark results show that the card is capable of 81 FPS on High settings at 4K, but this drops to 50 FPS on Ultra, indicating that the additional graphical features at the Ultra preset are taxing the GPU's compute and memory resources. The card's FP32 performance of 7.181 TFLOPS provides a baseline for its raw compute capability, which is sufficient for high frame rates at lower resolutions but becomes strained at 4K Ultra.

The GPU's 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores are present but are not directly relevant to Minecraft's standard rendering path, as the game does not typically utilize ray tracing or DLSS in these measurements. The card's DirectX 12 Ultimate support ensures compatibility with modern APIs, but the performance data suggests that the standard rasterization pipeline is the primary workload. At 1080p Low, the system hits 389 FPS, showing that the GPU is not the bottleneck at that setting, but at 4K Ultra, the 50 FPS average reveals that the card's limits are reached.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates exceptional performance across all settings. The Low preset yields an average of 389 FPS, while Medium achieves 308 FPS with a minimum of 262 FPS and a maximum of 355 FPS. High settings produce 245 FPS, and Ultra drops to 153 FPS. These numbers indicate that for 1080p gaming, this combo is more than adequate, with even the most demanding Ultra preset delivering a frame rate well above the 144 Hz refresh rate of most monitors.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but shows the expected scaling. Low settings average 246 FPS, Medium averages 195 FPS with a range of 165 to 224 FPS, High averages 154 FPS, and Ultra drops to 97 FPS. This resolution is the sweet spot for this pairing, as it balances visual fidelity with high frame rates. The 97 FPS average on Ultra is still highly playable, and the 154 FPS on High makes the most of high-refresh-rate displays.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's workload becomes more demanding. Low settings still deliver 128 FPS, which is impressive, and Medium averages 102 FPS with a minimum of 86 FPS and a maximum of 117 FPS. High settings drop to 81 FPS, and Ultra falls to 50 FPS. This data shows that 4K gaming is possible with this combo, but only at lower settings for a smooth experience. The 50 FPS at Ultra is playable but not ideal for fast-paced action, and the 81 FPS on High is a more balanced choice for 4K.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is a Zen 3 architecture processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, running at a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. This configuration provides strong multi-threaded performance, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 13184 and Geekbench multicore score of 10779. In Minecraft, the game's engine is often more reliant on single-core performance, and the CPU's single-thread score of 1499 in Cinebench R23 and 2016 in Geekbench single-core are critical for maintaining high frame rates.

The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 389 FPS, which indicates that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough data to reach very high frame rates. The CPU's L3 cache of 32 MB (shared) helps with game world data, and its 7 nm process node allows for efficient operation. The 5700X's TDP of 65 W is modest, but its performance in synthetic benchmarks, such as a Passmark multithread score of 26612, shows it is a capable processor for gaming.

However, the rank of this combo (2556 of 3710) suggests that while the CPU is strong, it may not be the absolute best for Minecraft specifically. The nearest rivals for the CPU, such as the Intel Core i5-12600K with a 0% delta and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X with a -0.2% delta, show that these processors are similarly matched in general benchmarks. In this game, the CPU's performance is sufficient to avoid being the primary bottleneck at most settings, but the overall combo ranking is pulled down by the GPU's limitations at higher resolutions.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum average FPS this combo can achieve in Minecraft?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 389, which occurs at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution with Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the system achieves an average of 50 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for high-refresh-rate gaming.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1080p Low settings?

A: The data shows 389 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating the GPU has headroom, and the CPU is likely the limiting factor, as its single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 score of 1499) is critical for high frame rates.

Q: What is the performance difference between High and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, High settings yield an average of 154 FPS, while Ultra settings drop to 97 FPS, a 37% reduction.

Q: How does this combo rank against all other tested combos in Minecraft?

A: It ranks 2556 out of 3710 combos, placing it in the lower third of all tested configurations for this game.

Q: Does the GPU's VRAM capacity affect performance at 4K?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. The data shows a significant drop from High (81 FPS) to Ultra (50 FPS) at 4K, suggesting that the GPU's memory and compute resources are heavily taxed at this resolution.