Minimum

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p Ultra settings in Minimum?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX delivers an average of 159 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings.

Q: How much faster is the 1080p Low preset compared to the 4K Ultra preset?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo averages 325 FPS, while at 4K Ultra it drops to 55 FPS. That is roughly a 5.9x difference in average frame rate between the two extremes.

Q: What is the GPU's memory capacity and bus width?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX features 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 384-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s.

Q: How does the CPU's single-thread performance compare to its multi-thread performance in synthetic benchmarks?

A: In Cinebench R23, the Ryzen 5 7600X scores 1965 in single-core and 15236 in multi-core. The multi-core score is about 7.75x the single-core score, reflecting the 6-core/12-thread design.

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

A: The combination ranks 549th out of 3712 tested combos, placing it in the top 15% of all configurations tested for this game.

Q: Does the data show a minimum FPS value for the 1440p Medium preset?

A: Yes, at 2560x1440 with Medium settings, the measured FPS ranges from a minimum of 136 to a maximum of 184, with an average of 160 FPS.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 31 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process by TSMC. Its 24 GB of GDDR6 memory operates at an effective speed of 20 Gbps across a 384-bit bus, yielding 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This large memory pool is far beyond what Minimum requires, but the bandwidth proves relevant at higher resolutions where frame rates still scale with settings.

The GPU's clock behavior is notable: base clock at 1929 MHz, game clock at 2365 MHz, and boost clock at 2498 MHz. The game clock represents the typical sustained frequency during gaming workloads, and the boost clock is the maximum attainable. With 6144 shading units, 384 TMUs, and 192 ROPs, the card has substantial raw throughput, reflected in its 61.39 TFLOPS FP32 performance.

In Minimum, the GPU's role shifts dramatically with resolution. At 1080p, the card is rarely the limiter — even at Ultra settings it maintains 159 FPS average, while Low settings reach 325 FPS. At 4K, however, the GPU becomes the dominant constraint: the average FPS drops from 325 at 1080p Low to 113 at 4K Low, and from 159 at 1080p Ultra to 55 at 4K Ultra. This scaling pattern indicates that the RX 7900 XTX's raw compute and memory bandwidth are the primary factors determining performance at 2160p, where the framebuffer demands and shader workload increase substantially.

The 24 GB VRAM capacity is never a bottleneck in this game — even at 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 55 suggests the GPU's compute limits, not memory capacity, are the binding constraint. The card's pixel rate of 479.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 959.2 GTexel/s provide ample fill-rate headroom for a game from 2014, but the architectural efficiency at higher resolutions still dictates the final frame counts.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X + AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX combination ranks 549th out of 3712 tested combos in Minimum. This places the pairing in the 85th percentile of all configurations tested — a strong showing, but not at the absolute top. The rank reflects a balance where the CPU is a mid-range performer while the GPU is a high-end part, and in a game like Minimum, the CPU's single-thread strength matters more than raw core counts.

The data indicates that this combo outperforms roughly 85% of all tested pairings. But the ranking also reveals where the bottleneck lies: a faster CPU would likely improve the 1080p results, where the GPU has headroom to spare. At 4K, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor, so the rank at lower resolutions is constrained by the Ryzen 5 7600X's capabilities rather than the RX 7900 XTX's.

When compared to other combos in the database, this pairing sits in the top tier for 1440p and 4K gaming, but it is not a top-100 configuration. The gap between this rank and the top combos likely stems from the CPU's 6-core/12-thread configuration, which is sufficient for Minimum but not as strong as higher-core-count processors in multi-threaded synthetic workloads. The GPU, by contrast, is one of the most powerful cards available, and its 64th percentile ranking among all GPUs (based on average benchmark score) understates its gaming performance in this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers four resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160) and four settings presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra). At 1080p, the combo delivers exceptionally high frame rates: Low averages 325 FPS, Medium averages 249 FPS (with a min of 211 and max of 286), High averages 209 FPS, and Ultra averages 159 FPS. These numbers indicate that the system is never CPU-bound at this resolution — even the most demanding preset stays well above 144 Hz refresh rates.

Moving to 1440p, the averages drop but remain high: Low hits 209 FPS, Medium averages 160 FPS (min 136, max 184), High averages 135 FPS, and Ultra averages 103 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistent across settings — roughly 35-40% reductions — suggesting the GPU is now taking on more of the workload but still has ample headroom.

At 4K, the frame rates fall more sharply: Low averages 113 FPS, Medium averages 86 FPS (min 73, max 99), High averages 72 FPS, and Ultra averages 55 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K is the only configuration that dips below 60 FPS average, but the Medium preset at 4K stays above 73 FPS minimum, indicating playable performance for most users. The 4K data shows a clear GPU bottleneck — the scaling from Low to Ultra at 2160p is 113 to 55 FPS, a 2.05x difference, versus the 325 to 159 FPS range at 1080p, a 2.04x difference. The relative impact of settings is consistent across resolutions, but the absolute headroom shrinks dramatically at 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the limiting component at each resolution. At 1080p Low, the system produces 325 FPS. Dropping to 1440p Low yields 209 FPS (a 35.7% reduction), and 4K Low produces 113 FPS (a 65.2% reduction from 1080p). This steep decline at 4K — where pixel count quadruples from 1080p — indicates that the GPU is the primary constraint at higher resolutions.

Comparing settings presets, the scaling pattern is similar. At High settings, 1080p gives 209 FPS, 1440p gives 135 FPS (35.4% drop), and 4K gives 72 FPS (65.6% drop). At Ultra, the figures are 159 FPS, 103 FPS, and 55 FPS — reductions of 35.2% and 65.4%, respectively. This consistent ~35% drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~65% drop from 1080p to 4K across all settings presets strongly suggests the GPU's rasterization throughput is the limiting factor, since the CPU workload per frame does not scale with resolution.

The data also shows that the CPU is not a major bottleneck at 1080p. If the CPU were limiting at 1080p, we would expect the FPS at 1080p Low (325) and 1080p High (209) to be closer together, since the CPU work per frame is similar regardless of settings. Instead, the spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 166 FPS (325 vs 159), which indicates that the GPU is still doing meaningful work even at 1080p. The CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads at 4.70 GHz base and 5.30 GHz boost are sufficient to feed the GPU at these frame rates, but the GPU's performance scaling with settings and resolution is the dominant factor in this title.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Raphael), manufactured on a 5 nm process by TSMC. It runs at a base clock of 4.70 GHz and boosts to 5.30 GHz, with 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, providing 83.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 7600X shows strong single-thread performance: a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1965 and a Geekbench single-core score of 2603. Its multi-thread scores — 15236 in Cinebench R23 and 13858 in Geekbench — are respectable for a 6-core part but lag behind higher-core-count processors. The 3DMark tests show scaling from 2028 (2 threads) to 6879 (16 threads), indicating good thread scaling but a plateau around 8-16 threads.

The CPU's percentile ranking against all CPUs is 79, meaning it outperforms 79% of processors in the database. Its average benchmark score of 27636 places it competitively with the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (27578, 0.2% slower), the Intel Core i5-12600K (27578, 0.2% slower), and the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27712, 0.3% faster). These rivals are all within a fraction of a percent, indicating the 7600X sits in a tightly contested performance band.

In Minimum, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with frames. At 1080p Low, the 325 FPS average suggests the CPU can handle over 300 frames per second without becoming a bottleneck. The high boost clock of 5.30 GHz is likely the key factor — Minimum is not a heavily multi-threaded title, so single-thread performance matters more than core count. The 6-core/12-thread configuration provides enough parallelism for background tasks and the game's main thread, but the CPU's advantage comes from its high clock speeds rather than its core count.

The data shows that at 4K, the CPU's role diminishes further. The 55 FPS at 4K Ultra is far below what the CPU could theoretically deliver, so the GPU is clearly the limiting factor at that resolution. At 1080p, however, the CPU's 79th percentile ranking among all CPUs becomes more relevant — a slower CPU would likely reduce the 1080p Low and Medium results, while a faster CPU might push those numbers higher if the GPU has additional headroom. The fact that 1080p Ultra (159 FPS) is still well above 144 Hz suggests the combo is well-balanced for high-refresh gaming at 1080p and 1440p, with the CPU providing sufficient single-thread performance and the GPU handling the resolution scaling.