Minimum

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Minimum reveals a pronounced sensitivity to resolution changes, which is typical for a title that leans heavily on GPU throughput. At 1080p with Low settings, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Radeon RX 9070 combination produces an average of 261.9 FPS. Moving to 1440p at the same Low settings drops the average to 167.8 FPS, a reduction of approximately 36%. Scaling further to 4K at Low settings yields 88.9 FPS, which represents another substantial drop of roughly 47% from the 1440p figure.

This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the dominant limiting factor as resolution increases. The RX 9070, with its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and 644.6 GB/s bandwidth, is being tasked progressively harder at higher pixel counts. The transition from 1080p Low to 1440p Low shows a 94.1 FPS absolute difference, while the transition from 1440p Low to 4K Low shows a 78.9 FPS difference. The percentage drops are consistent with a rendering pipeline that is becoming increasingly fill-rate and memory-bandwidth bound at higher resolutions.

At High settings, the same pattern holds. The 1080p average is 166.3 FPS, dropping to 111.4 FPS at 1440p (a 33% reduction), and then to 56.6 FPS at 4K (a 49% reduction from 1440p). The 4K High result of 56.6 FPS is notably close to the 60 FPS threshold often targeted for smooth gameplay, suggesting that this combination is right at the edge for 4K High. The data shows that the percentage loss from 1440p to 4K is consistently larger than the loss from 1080p to 1440p across all settings, which points to the memory bus width and pixel rate of the GPU becoming critical constraints at 4K.

The Ultra settings data further confirms this. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 130.2 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, it falls to 83.3 FPS (a 36% drop), and at 4K Ultra, it reaches 42.9 FPS (a 49% drop from 1440p). The 4K Ultra result is the only configuration in the entire measured set that falls below 50 FPS, and it is the worst-case scenario for this hardware pairing. The consistent pattern of roughly one-third loss from 1080p to 1440p and then another one-half loss from 1440p to 4K indicates a well-behaved scaling curve where the GPU's compute resources, specifically its 36.13 TFLOPS FP32 throughput, are the primary bottleneck.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, fabricated on a 7 nm process. Its base clock is 3.50 GHz with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. In the context of Minimum, a third-person shooter released in 2014, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic updates. The benchmark data shows that at 1080p Low, where the GPU load is lowest, the combination achieves 261.9 FPS. This high frame rate indicates that the CPU is capable of keeping pace with the GPU even at very high frame rates.

The CPU's 32 MB of shared L3 cache is a significant asset for gaming workloads, as it helps reduce memory latency when accessing frequently used game data. The processor's 3dmark_single_thread score of 882 and 3dmark_2_threads score of 1737 provide context for its single-threaded capability, which is often the most critical factor for older game engines. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 18309 and single-core score of 2584 further illustrate the processor's balanced performance profile.

The Ryzen 5 5600's percentileVsAllCpus of 79 places it in the upper quartile of all CPUs in the benchmark database. Its nearest rival, the Intel Xeon D-1746TER, has an average benchmark score of 21635, which is 0.6% lower than the Ryzen's 21765 average. This tight grouping with the AMD EPYC 9554P (21899, -0.6%) and Intel Core i7-11700F (21957, -0.9%) shows that the Ryzen 5 5600 sits in a competitive performance band for general compute tasks.

For Minimum specifically, the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are more than sufficient given the game's 2014 release date. The game engine from that era typically utilizes fewer threads, so the single-thread performance of the Zen 3 architecture becomes paramount. The boost clock of 4.40 GHz is relatively high for a 65 W TDP part, which means the CPU can sustain high clocks under gaming loads without excessive thermal throttling. The data suggests that the CPU is rarely the limiting factor in this combination, especially at higher resolutions where GPU load dominates.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is a substantial piece of hardware built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture, using the Navi 48 chip on a 4 nm process. It features 3584 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 128 render output units. The GPU's base clock is 1330 MHz, with a game clock of 2070 MHz and a boost clock of 2520 MHz. Its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth, which is crucial for high-resolution textures and effects.

The GPU's 56 ray tracing cores and support for DirectX 12 Ultimate indicate modern feature support, though Minimum's 2014 engine likely does not utilize these advanced features. The GPU's pixel rate of 322.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 564.5 GTexel/s are the specifications that most directly relate to the resolution scaling observed in the measured FPS data. As resolution increases, the number of pixels that need to be shaded and the number of textures that need to be sampled grow quadratically, which explains the consistent FPS drops.

The RX 9070's percentileVsAllGpus of 79 matches the CPU's percentile, indicating a balanced pairing. Its avgBenchmarkScore of 34780 is closely matched by its nearest rivals: the NVIDIA A2 (34866, -0.2%), NVIDIA Quadro GV100 (34677, 0.3%), AMD Radeon HD 7970 (34541, 0.7%), and AMD Radeon PRO W6400 (34511, 0.8%). This grouping in the benchmark database shows that the RX 9070 performs in a specific performance tier, though its modern architecture and 16 GB VRAM give it advantages in current titles.

The GPU's 3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12 score of 6290 provides a modern DirectX 12 workload reference, while its Geekbench OpenCL score of 133741 and Vulkan score of 165532 show its compute capability. For Minimum, the GPU's raw rasterization throughput is what matters most. The measured FPS at 4K Ultra (42.9) versus 4K Low (88.9) shows a 46.0 FPS difference purely from settings changes, demonstrating how much headroom the GPU has at lower quality presets. The 220 W TDP and dual-slot design indicate that this is a power-hungry part, but the benchmark data shows it delivers the expected performance for its class.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset for this combination spans three resolutions and four settings presets, yielding twelve distinct data points. At 1920x1080, the averages range from a low of 130.2 FPS at Ultra settings to a high of 261.9 FPS at Low settings. The Medium preset yields 201.9 FPS, and High produces 166.3 FPS. The ordering of these results is logical: lower settings reduce GPU workload, allowing higher frame rates. The 131.7 FPS spread between the lowest and highest settings at 1080p shows that the GPU has significant headroom even at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 83.3 FPS at Ultra, 111.4 FPS at High, 128.8 FPS at Medium, and 167.8 FPS at Low. The spread here is 84.5 FPS, which is narrower than at 1080p. This indicates that the GPU is becoming more constrained at 1440p, and the relative impact of settings changes is reduced. The 1440p results are all comfortably above 60 FPS, with even the Ultra preset maintaining an average of 83.3 FPS, which would be considered smooth for most gaming scenarios.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 42.9 FPS at Ultra, 56.6 FPS at High, 70.9 FPS at Medium, and 88.9 FPS at Low. The spread is 46.0 FPS, further narrowing as the GPU becomes the dominant bottleneck. The 4K Ultra result of 42.9 FPS is the only measured configuration that falls below 50 FPS, and it would likely be considered borderline playable at best. The 4K High result of 56.6 FPS is close to but slightly below the 60 FPS target. The 4K Medium result of 70.9 FPS and 4K Low result of 88.9 FPS are both above 60 FPS, suggesting that players with 4K displays would need to use Medium or Low settings for a consistently smooth experience.

The progression across resolutions for each settings preset is remarkably consistent. For Low settings, the drops are 261.9 to 167.8 to 88.9. For Medium, they are 201.9 to 128.8 to 70.9. For High, 166.3 to 111.4 to 56.6. For Ultra, 130.2 to 83.3 to 42.9. In every case, the ratio of 1080p to 1440p is approximately 1.5 to 1.6, and the ratio of 1440p to 4K is approximately 1.9 to 2.0. This geometric progression is a textbook example of a pixel-bound workload, where the total pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K, and the frame rate scales accordingly.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Radeon RX 9070 achieves a combo rank of 587 out of 1733 tested combinations in Minimum. This places it in the 66th percentile of all tested combos for this game, meaning it outperforms roughly two-thirds of all combinations tested. Given that this game is from 2014 and the hardware is modern, this ranking makes sense; the GPU is powerful, but the game engine has inherent performance ceilings.

The rank of 587 out of 1733 indicates that there are 586 combinations that perform better in Minimum. These would include pairings with higher-end CPUs and GPUs that can push frame rates even higher, particularly at lower resolutions where CPU headroom matters. The fact that this combo ranks in the top third of all tested combinations is a strong showing, especially considering that the RX 9070 is a newer release from 2025 while the game is from 2014.

The data indicates that this combo's ranking is likely driven by the GPU's strong rasterization performance at higher resolutions. At 4K, the combo achieves 56.6 FPS at High settings, which is a respectable result for a demanding resolution. The CPU's contribution to the ranking becomes more significant at 1080p, where the 261.9 FPS Low result demonstrates that the Ryzen 5 5600 can feed the GPU adequately even at very high frame rates.

Relative to the CPU's nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 5600's performance is tightly clustered. The Intel Core i7-11700F is only 0.9% faster in average benchmark score, while the AMD EPYC 9554P is 0.6% faster. These small differences in synthetic benchmarks likely translate to negligible differences in Minimum's frame rates, especially at higher resolutions where the GPU dominates. The combo's overall ranking suggests that this pairing is well-balanced for Minimum, with neither component being a clear bottleneck across the range of tested settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 4K gaming with this combo?

A: The measured data shows that 4K Medium yields 70.9 FPS, 4K High yields 56.6 FPS, and 4K Ultra yields 42.9 FPS. For a 60 FPS target, Medium is the only preset that comfortably exceeds it.

Q: How does this combo perform at 1080p for high refresh rate displays?

A: At 1080p, the combo achieves 201.9 FPS at Medium, 166.3 FPS at High, and 130.2 FPS at Ultra. All results exceed 120 FPS, making this suitable for 120 Hz or 144 Hz displays at most settings.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more limiting in Minimum?

A: The resolution scaling data indicates the GPU is the primary limiter. From 1080p to 1440p, frame rates drop by roughly 36%, and from 1440p to 4K, they drop by roughly 49%, consistent with GPU-bound rendering.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 1440p, Low settings produce 167.8 FPS while Ultra produces 83.3 FPS. This is a difference of 84.5 FPS, or roughly a 50% reduction in frame rate from Low to Ultra.

Q: How does the RX 9070's benchmark standing compare to its closest rivals?

A: The RX 9070 has an average benchmark score of 34780. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA A2, scores 34866, which is 0.2% higher. The AMD Radeon HD 7970 scores 34541, which is 0.7% lower.

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

A: The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Radeon RX 9070 ranks 587th out of 1733 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the top third of all tested hardware pairings.