Minecraft

Minecraft with the Intel Core i5-10400F and AMD Radeon RX 9060 delivers a wide range of framerates depending on resolution and settings, placing the combo in the 2197th position out of 3710 tested combinations. The data shows a system that scales predictably with resolution, but the relationship between CPU and GPU load varies significantly across the tested presets. This analysis breaks down the measured FPS, the roles of the processor and graphics card, and how this pairing compares to other tested hardware.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern: performance drops sharply as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, but the severity of that drop depends heavily on the graphics preset. At Low settings, the average framerate falls from 428 FPS at 1080p to 141 FPS at 4K—a reduction of approximately 67%. At High settings, the drop is less steep in absolute terms but still substantial, moving from 269 FPS at 1080p down to 89 FPS at 4K, a 67% decrease as well. Medium settings show a similar trend, with 339 FPS at 1080p dropping to 112 FPS at 4K, a 67% reduction. Ultra settings, however, tell a different story: 168 FPS at 1080p falls to 56 FPS at 4K, which is also a 67% decline.

These consistent percentage drops across all four presets indicate that resolution scaling is primarily limited by the GPU's pixel throughput capabilities. The Radeon RX 9060, with its 64 ROPs and a pixel rate of 191.4 GPixel/s, faces increasing pressure as pixel count grows from 2.07 million at 1080p to 8.29 million at 4K. The fact that the relative drop is nearly identical across Low, Medium, High, and Ultra suggests that the GPU becomes the bottleneck at higher resolutions regardless of the graphical workload. However, the absolute framerates at 1080p—ranging from 168 to 428 FPS—are high enough that the CPU's single-thread performance becomes relevant at lower resolutions and lower settings.

The 2560x1440 results sit between the two extremes, with Low settings producing 270 FPS, Medium producing 214 FPS, High producing 170 FPS, and Ultra producing 106 FPS. The 1440p data points are roughly 63% of the 1080p values, which aligns with the pixel count ratio of 3.69 million versus 2.07 million. This near-linear scaling reinforces the conclusion that the GPU is the primary limiting factor as resolution rises, while the CPU's contribution is most visible at 1080p where framerates exceed 300 FPS on lower presets.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows show that Medium settings provide the most balanced experience across all three resolutions, offering both playable framerates and reasonable visual quality. At 4K, Medium produces 112 FPS average with a minimum of 95 FPS and a maximum of 129 FPS, which is smooth for most gameplay scenarios. Moving to High drops the 4K average to 89 FPS, still playable but with a 20% performance penalty. Ultra at 4K falls to 56 FPS, which may be acceptable for slower-paced scenes but is noticeably less fluid.

At 1440p, Medium delivers 214 FPS with a minimum of 182 FPS, making it an excellent choice for high-refresh-rate monitors. High at 1440p yields 170 FPS, while Ultra drops to 106 FPS—still above the 100 FPS threshold but with diminishing returns. For 1080p, Medium achieves 339 FPS with a minimum of 288 FPS, which exceeds the refresh rate of most displays. Low settings at 1080p reach 428 FPS, but the visual trade-offs are unnecessary given that Medium provides nearly 80% of that performance with better quality.

The data suggests that Ultra settings are disproportionately demanding relative to the framerate gains. At 1080p, Ultra produces 168 FPS, which is roughly half of Medium's 339 FPS. At 1440p, Ultra's 106 FPS is 50% of Medium's 214 FPS. At 4K, Ultra's 56 FPS is exactly half of Medium's 112 FPS. This consistent halving of performance from Medium to Ultra indicates that Ultra enables effects that are not optimized for this GPU's 1792 shading units. For the best experience per the measured rows, Medium at 1440p or 1080p offers the highest framerates with acceptable visual fidelity, while Medium at 4K is the most playable option for 4K displays.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings?

A: The measured average FPS is 269 at 1080p with High settings, which is the highest framerate recorded for the High preset across all resolutions.

Q: How much faster is Low compared to Ultra at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, Low produces 141 FPS average, while Ultra produces 56 FPS. Low is approximately 2.5 times faster than Ultra in this configuration.

Q: Does the Radeon RX 9060 have enough VRAM for Minecraft at 4K?

A: The GPU has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 128-bit bus and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The measured data shows playable framerates at 4K, but Ultra settings drop to 56 FPS, suggesting memory bandwidth may limit the highest settings.

Q: What are the minimum FPS values recorded for Medium settings?

A: At 1080p Medium, the minimum FPS is 288. At 1440p Medium, the minimum is 182. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 95.

Q: How does the CPU's core count affect performance?

A: The Intel Core i5-10400F has 6 cores and 12 threads with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and boost clock of 4.30 GHz. The 3DMark single-thread score of 688 and multi-thread score of 4748 suggest the CPU can handle the game's logic, but the GPU becomes the bottleneck at higher resolutions.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations?

A: This combo ranks 2197 out of 3710 tested combinations, placing it in the 59th percentile of all tested combos for this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured FPS values span a wide range. Low settings produce an average of 428 FPS, which is the highest value recorded for this combo. Medium settings yield 339 FPS with a minimum of 288 FPS and a maximum of 390 FPS. High settings drop to 269 FPS, and Ultra settings fall further to 168 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 260 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset imposes a significant performance cost.

At 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but with lower absolute values. Low settings average 270 FPS, Medium averages 214 FPS with a minimum of 182 FPS and a maximum of 246 FPS, High averages 170 FPS, and Ultra averages 106 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 164 FPS, which is proportionally similar to the 1080p gap. The Medium preset at 1440p shows the tightest min-max range relative to its average, suggesting consistent frame pacing.

At 3840x2160, the framerates are the lowest across all settings. Low averages 141 FPS, Medium averages 112 FPS with a minimum of 95 FPS and a maximum of 129 FPS, High averages 89 FPS, and Ultra averages 56 FPS. The jump from Low to Ultra at 4K is 85 FPS, which is the smallest absolute gap across resolutions but still represents a 60% reduction. The 4K Medium min of 95 FPS indicates that the system can maintain near-100 FPS even at the highest resolution, but Ultra's 56 FPS average is the only sub-60 FPS result in the entire dataset.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9060, built on the Navi 44 chip with RDNA 4.0 architecture, is the dominant factor in this game's performance at higher resolutions. The GPU has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 128-bit bus width and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth, which proves sufficient for the measured settings but may explain the steep drop at Ultra. The 1792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 64 ROPs provide a texture rate of 334.9 GTexel/s and a pixel rate of 191.4 GPixel/s, which directly influence how quickly the GPU can fill frames at 4K.

The boost clock of 2990 MHz and game clock of 2400 MHz allow the GPU to deliver 21.43 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which is substantial for a mid-range card. However, the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3322 and PassMark G3D score of 17631 place the GPU in the 59th percentile of all GPUs, with its nearest rival being the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti at a 0.7% higher score. This competitive positioning explains why the 9060 can handle 1080p and 1440p with ease but struggles to maintain high framerates at Ultra 4K settings.

The GPU's VRAM usage is not directly measured, but the 8 GB capacity is adequate for the game's textures at the tested settings. The transition from High to Ultra at 4K causes a 37% drop in average FPS (from 89 to 56), which suggests that Ultra settings may exceed the memory bandwidth available, forcing the GPU to work harder. The PassMark DirectX 12 score of 44 is notably low compared to DirectX 11's 182, but the game's Vulkan and OpenGL support (1.4 and 4.6 respectively) may leverage the GPU's compute capabilities better in practice.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F, a 6-core 12-thread processor from the Comet Lake architecture, plays a supporting role in this game. The CPU has a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz, with 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 256 KB of L2 cache per core. Its 3DMark single-thread score of 688 and PassMark single-thread score of 2541 indicate solid single-core performance, which is critical for Minecraft's primary game logic and world generation.

The CPU's multi-threaded capabilities, reflected in a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 10283 and a PassMark multi-thread score of 12115, are more than sufficient for the game's background tasks. However, the measured FPS data shows that at 1080p with Low settings, the framerate reaches 428 FPS, which is likely near the CPU's limit for draw call processing. At 4K with Ultra settings, the framerate drops to 56 FPS, demonstrating that the GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

The CPU's percentile rank of 68 against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 14185, places it slightly above the Intel Xeon 6756E (0.2% higher) and below the Intel Core 7 160UL (0.3% lower). This positioning means the CPU is adequate but not exceptional for the game, and it does not bottleneck the GPU except potentially at very low resolutions and settings. The 65W TDP and DDR4 memory support with 42.7 GB/s bandwidth are typical for a mid-range desktop CPU, providing enough bandwidth for the game's memory access patterns.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 2197 out of 3710 tested combinations, placing it in the 59th percentile of all combos for Minecraft. This ranking reflects the balanced nature of the pairing: the GPU is in the 59th percentile for all GPUs, and the CPU is in the 68th percentile for all CPUs, but the combined performance is slightly lower than each individual component's percentile, suggesting some degree of bottlenecking or inefficiency in this specific game.

The GPU's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (0.7% higher average score), the AMD Radeon R9 370X (1.0% lower), and the AMD Radeon RX 7700 (1.0% lower). These deltas indicate that the RX 9060 performs within a narrow band of its competitors, and the game's framerates reflect this mid-range positioning. The CPU's nearest rivals include the Intel Xeon 6756E (0.2% higher), Intel Core 7 160UL (0.3% lower), and AMD EPYC 7552 (0.5% higher), which are all within 1% of the i5-10400F's average score.

The rank of 2197 out of 3710 means that approximately 40% of tested combos outperform this configuration, while 60% underperform it. Given that the measured FPS at 1080p Medium is 339 FPS and at 1440p Medium is 214 FPS, the combo is well-suited for high-refresh-rate gaming at those resolutions. The 4K results, with 112 FPS at Medium, show that the combo is also capable of 4K gaming, but the Ultra preset's 56 FPS average suggests that users should stick to Medium or High for the smoothest 4K experience. This ranking, combined with the measured data, indicates a well-matched CPU-GPU pairing that performs best at 1080p and 1440p, with acceptable 4K performance at medium settings.