Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB delivers a strictly 1080p-class experience in Minimum, a 2014 third-person shooter. The measured frame rates show a steep performance cliff as resolution increases, with the combo landing at rank 1564 out of 1733 tested configurations. The data indicates a system where the GPU becomes the dominant constraint well before 1440p, while the six-core CPU provides ample headroom at lower resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 is severe and consistent across all settings. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 122.6 at 1080p to 39.4 at 4K, a reduction of roughly 68%. The scaling is even more punishing at Ultra, where the average drops from 62.1 at 1080p to 21.7 at 4K, a decline of about 65%. This pattern strongly indicates that the RTX 3050 4 GB is the limiting component; the GPU simply cannot feed the massive pixel count of 4K.

The intermediate step to 2560x1440 confirms the trend. At Medium settings, the average FPS falls from 89.9 at 1080p to 58.8 at 1440p, a 35% hit. The transition from 1440p to 4K is even more brutal, with the same Medium settings dropping from 58.8 to 35.0, a further 40% reduction. This non-linear scaling is characteristic of a GPU that exhausts its memory bandwidth and shading capacity as pixel count rises.

The only setting where the combo approaches playability at 4K is Low, with an average of 39.4 FPS. However, even this is below the 60 FPS threshold that most users consider smooth. At 1440p, the Low preset achieves 78.1 FPS, which is usable, but the High and Ultra presets drop to 49.5 and 40.8 respectively, indicating that visual fidelity must be sacrificed to maintain fluid motion at this resolution. The data clearly shows that 1080p is the intended operating range for this combination.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is the clear bottleneck in this pairing. Its specifications—4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 192.0 GB/s bandwidth—are modest by modern standards. The GPU's 2048 shading units and 32 ROPs are sufficient for 1080p gaming, but they are overwhelmed by the 8.3 million pixels at 4K. The boost clock of 1740 MHz and base clock of 1545 MHz are typical for the Ampere architecture, but they do not compensate for the limited memory subsystem.

The 4 GB VRAM capacity is a particular concern. At 1080p with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 62.1, which is respectable. However, the frame rate drops to 40.8 at 1440p Ultra, suggesting that the game is not only taxing the GPU's compute units but also likely hitting the VRAM ceiling. The 12 Gbps effective memory speed and 192.0 GB/s bandwidth are adequate for the game's age, but they cannot scale to higher resolutions without significant performance penalties.

The GPU's 7.127 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is the theoretical peak, and the benchmark results show it being utilized effectively at 1080p. The Low preset at 1920x1080 achieves 122.6 FPS, which is near the upper limit of what this GPU can produce. The fact that the 4K results hover between 21.7 and 39.4 FPS across all presets reinforces that the RTX 3050 4 GB is a 1080p-oriented part, with any resolution above that requiring substantial settings reductions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a six-core, twelve-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Phoenix. Its base clock of 4.20 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz provide strong single-threaded performance, which is critical for older games like Minimum. The CPU's 16 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB per-core L2 cache are sufficient for the game's data demands.

In this benchmark, the CPU is never the limiting factor. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 122.6 FPS, which is well within the CPU's capability. The 3DMark single-thread score of 951 and the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2943 indicate robust per-core performance that can handle the game's main thread without bottlenecking the GPU. The multi-threaded scores, such as the Cinebench R23 multi-core result of 20851, show that the CPU has plenty of reserve capacity for background tasks or streaming.

The fact that the FPS scales so directly with resolution and settings changes proves that the CPU is not the constraint. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rates would be similar across resolutions, but the data shows a massive drop from 1080p to 4K. The Ryzen 5 8400F's 65 W TDP and 4 nm process node from TSMC allow it to maintain high clocks without thermal throttling, ensuring consistent performance. The CPU's percentile ranking of 82 against all CPUs further confirms that it is a capable mid-range part that outpaces the GPU in this pairing.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of the combo's performance across twelve configurations. At 1920x1080, the results are as follows: Low averages 122.6 FPS, Medium averages 89.9 FPS, High averages 75.3 FPS, and Ultra averages 62.1 FPS. This is a smooth progression, with each settings tier costing roughly 15-25% performance. The 1080p results are all playable, with even the most demanding Ultra preset staying above 60 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 78.1 FPS, Medium at 58.8 FPS, High at 49.5 FPS, and Ultra at 40.8 FPS. This represents a 36-38% drop from the corresponding 1080p results across the board. The Medium preset at 58.8 FPS is borderline, while High and Ultra fall below 50 FPS, making 1440p a compromise between visual quality and smoothness.

At 3840x2160, the performance collapses further: Low averages 39.4 FPS, Medium averages 35.0 FPS, High averages 27.3 FPS, and Ultra averages 21.7 FPS. None of these results are playable for a third-person shooter that demands responsive controls. The spread between Low and Ultra at 4K is only 17.7 FPS, indicating that the GPU is so heavily saturated that settings changes have a diminished impact relative to lower resolutions. The data shows that this combo is only viable at 1080p, with 1440p possible only at Low or Medium settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB ranks 1564 out of 1733 tested combos in Minimum. This places it in the bottom 10% of all configurations, which is expected given the GPU's modest specifications. The rank reflects the GPU's inability to handle higher resolutions, dragging down what would otherwise be a competent CPU.

The CPU itself performs well in isolation. Its average benchmark score of 25064 puts it in the 82nd percentile of all CPUs, and its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with an average score of 25057 (0% delta) and the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F with a score of 24993 (0.3% delta). The Ryzen 5 8400F also edges out the AMD EPYC 9474F by 0.2% and trails the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 by 0.1%. This indicates that the CPU is competitive with other mid-range and even high-end parts, but the GPU pairing holds the overall combo back.

The combo rank of 1564 is a direct consequence of the RTX 3050 4 GB's performance ceiling. While the CPU provides excellent single-threaded performance and ample multi-threaded headroom, the GPU cannot translate that into high frame rates at demanding resolutions. The data suggests that this combo is best suited for 1080p gaming at medium to high settings, where it can deliver smooth performance. At 1440p or higher, the GPU becomes the clear limiting factor, and the combo's rank reflects this limitation. For a game released in 2014, the results are acceptable at 1080p, but the system will struggle with modern titles at the same resolution.