Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT combination delivers a robust experience in Minimum, a Third-Person Shooter from 2014. The benchmark data shows this pairing is capable of high frame rates across all tested resolutions, with the most balanced experience found at the High preset at 2560x1440, where the average FPS of 102.5 provides a substantial buffer above standard 60 Hz refresh rates. For users prioritizing maximum smoothness on high-refresh-rate 1080p displays, the Low preset at 1920x1080 achieves an average of 246.6 FPS, while the Medium preset still offers a very playable 193.9 FPS. At 4K, the High preset yields an average of 54 FPS, which is playable but not optimal for competitive play. The data indicates that the Medium preset at 3840x2160, with an average of 67.3 FPS, is the best compromise for 4K users, offering a significant improvement over the 43.5 FPS of the Ultra preset while maintaining visual quality above the Low setting's 84.6 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

The measured frame rates reveal a clear hierarchy in settings presets. At 1920x1080, the drop from Low to Medium is 52.7 FPS, and from Medium to High is another 32.2 FPS, but the High preset's 161.7 FPS average remains far beyond the threshold for smooth gameplay. The Ultra preset at 1080p still manages 124.1 FPS, indicating that even the highest quality settings are well within the GPU's capabilities at this resolution. The most efficient use of the hardware appears to be the High preset at 2560x1440, where the 102.5 FPS average suggests the combination is well-balanced; it is more demanding than 1080p but does not push the GPU into the sub-60 FPS territory seen at 4K Ultra. At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset's 43.5 FPS average is the only configuration that falls below the 60 FPS target, making it a poor choice for consistent performance. The Medium preset at 4K, with 67.3 FPS, is the recommended starting point for 4K users, as it offers a 23.8 FPS advantage over High while still providing a significant visual upgrade over Low. Benchmarks indicate that the Low preset at 4K, at 84.6 FPS, is the only 4K option to comfortably exceed 60 FPS, but it sacrifices the graphical fidelity that the GPU can otherwise handle at lower resolutions.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 7800 XT, with its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, provides 624.1 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is a key factor in the GPU's ability to maintain playable frame rates at 4K, where the High preset still achieves 54 FPS. The card's boost clock of 2430 MHz and game clock of 2124 MHz contribute to its raw compute performance, which is reflected in its Passmark G3D score of 24176. The GPU's 60 ray accelerators and 3840 shading units support DirectX 12 Ultimate, which is relevant for a modern title. The data shows that the GPU is the primary scaling component as resolution increases; the difference between the Low and Ultra presets at 1080p is 122.5 FPS, but at 4K that same difference narrows to 41.1 FPS, indicating that the GPU is becoming the limiting factor at higher resolutions. The GPU's 76th percentile rank among all tested GPUs and its average benchmark score of 32619 place it near the AMD FirePro S9300 X2, which has a deltaPct of 0.2, and the NVIDIA P104-100, which trails by 0.4 percent. This suggests the RX 7800 XT sits in a competitive performance tier, though the measured game data shows it has ample headroom for this older title.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 demonstrates a classic resolution scaling curve. At the High preset, the average FPS drops from 161.7 at 1080p to 102.5 at 1440p, a reduction of 59.2 FPS, and then further to 54 at 4K, another 48.5 FPS drop. This pattern is consistent across all presets. At Low settings, the 1080p average of 246.6 FPS falls to 160.5 at 1440p and then to 84.6 at 4K. The percentage decline from 1080p to 4K is steeper for the Low preset, which loses 162 FPS, compared to the High preset which loses 107.7 FPS. This suggests that at lower settings, the CPU is better able to feed the GPU, making the GPU's resolution scaling more apparent. The data indicates that the shift from 1440p to 4K has a more pronounced effect on performance, as the pixel count more than doubles, and this is reflected in the average FPS drops. The 4K Ultra result of 43.5 FPS, compared to 124.1 FPS at 1080p Ultra, highlights that the GPU is the limiting component at this resolution, as the CPU's single-thread performance, evidenced by a 3DMark single-thread score of 999, is sufficient to avoid bottlenecking at lower resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the Ryzen 5 7600 and RX 7800 XT ranks 663rd out of 1733 tested combos for Minimum, placing it in the top 38 percent of all configurations. This ranking is a relative measure of the pair's overall capability in this title. The CPU's average benchmark score of 26617 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals, including the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which is only 0.2 percent higher, and the Intel Core i9-12900HK, which is 0.2 percent lower. This indicates that the CPU's performance is not a differentiator in this pairing. Similarly, the GPU's average benchmark score of 32619 is within 0.7 percent of its nearest rivals, such as the AMD FirePro S10000. The combo's rank suggests that while neither component is an outlier in its respective performance tier, their combined performance is solid for this game. The 83rd percentile ranking for the CPU and 76th percentile for the GPU indicate that both are above-average parts, and their pairing results in a system that is well-suited for the game's demands, though not at the very top of the charts. The data shows that this rank is achieved with the GPU being the more likely bottleneck at higher resolutions, given the CPU's strong multithreaded scores, such as 22992 in Cinebench R23 multicore.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz. Its 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth provide a solid foundation for gaming. In Minimum, the CPU's role is more pronounced at lower resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the average FPS of 246.6 suggests that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough data to reach very high frame rates. However, the CPU's single-thread performance, as measured by a 3DMark single-thread score of 999 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3246, is strong but not exceptional. The data indicates that as resolution increases, the CPU's influence wanes, and the GPU becomes the limiting factor. The CPU's 65 W TDP and 5 nm process node contribute to its efficiency, but these are not directly reflected in the game's frame rates. The benchmark results show that the CPU's multithreaded performance, with a Passmark multithread score of 27058, is more than adequate for this title, which is unlikely to utilize all 12 threads effectively given its 2014 release. The CPU's nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, has a nearly identical average score with a deltaPct of 0.2, indicating that the 7600's performance is in the same league, despite the 5800X3D's additional cache. This suggests that the CPU is not a bottleneck in this combination, and the observed frame rates are primarily dictated by the GPU's capabilities, especially at 1440p and 4K.