Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers a commanding performance profile in Minimum, a 2014 Third-Person Shooter. Across all tested resolutions and settings, the combo never falls below 56.1 frames per second, making the game exceptionally fluid even at maximum visual fidelity. The data indicates a system with substantial headroom for high-refresh-rate displays, particularly at standard resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

Benchmark results show that the most balanced experience is achieved at High settings. At 1920x1080, High yields 207.8 FPS, which is more than sufficient for any high-refresh-rate monitor and represents a 46.3 FPS improvement over Ultra’s 161.5 FPS. The jump from High to Ultra at 1080p costs 46.3 FPS (a 22.3% drop), while the visual gains in a title from 2014 are typically marginal. Therefore, High provides the best ratio of image quality to performance at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the High preset again stands out as the optimal choice. It produces 134.1 FPS, comfortably above the 120Hz threshold for smooth gameplay. While Ultra offers 102.9 FPS, this is still playable, but the High setting provides a 31.2 FPS buffer that ensures consistency in demanding scenes. Given that the GPU is not fully taxed at this resolution in this game, opting for High over Medium (158.4 FPS) is advisable for enhanced visual clarity without sacrificing responsiveness.

For 4K (3840x2160), the landscape changes. High settings deliver 73.1 FPS, which is smooth for a single-player title but below the 100+ FPS target for competitive play. The Medium preset offers 88.4 FPS, providing a 15.3 FPS increase over High. If the display is a 60Hz panel, High is the clear winner, as it maintains a comfortable margin above 60 FPS. However, for users with 120Hz+ 4K displays, Medium is the recommended setting to get closer to that refresh rate target, sacrificing some shadow and texture detail for a 20.9% performance boost over High.

The Ultra preset is the most demanding, yielding 56.1 FPS at 4K. While this is technically above 60 FPS, it is the only configuration tested that dips below the 60 FPS threshold in the measured data. As such, it is only recommended for players who prioritize maximum visual fidelity over frame rate stability. The data clearly shows that High is the “sweet spot” for most users, with Medium serving as a strong fallback for higher refresh rate targets at 4K.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing for Minimum. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory across a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than adequate for the textures and assets in this title. At no point does the data suggest a memory capacity or bandwidth limitation, as even the 4K Ultra preset maintains a playable frame rate. The GPU’s architecture, Ada Lovelace, with its 7680 shading units and 80 ROPs, is clearly the engine driving the high frame rates.

The clock speeds of the RTX 4070 Ti are also a factor. The base clock of 2310 MHz and boost clock of 2610 MHz allow the card to sustain high throughput. This is evident in the scaling between resolutions. When moving from 1080p to 1440p at High settings, the frame rate drops from 207.8 FPS to 134.1 FPS, a 35.5% reduction. This is a significant drop, indicating that the GPU is working considerably harder at the higher resolution. The GPU’s pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s and texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s are the raw specifications that dictate this performance, and the measured data confirms they are being utilized effectively.

The GPU’s compute capabilities, listed as 40.09 TFLOPS for FP32, contribute to the overall rendering efficiency. The 60 RT cores and 240 Tensor cores are present on the die, but their impact in this non-ray-traced title is minimal. The performance is driven by the raw rasterization power of the 240 TMUs and the 80 ROPs. The benchmark results, showing a passmark G3D score of 31624, place this GPU in the 85th percentile of all GPUs, which is consistent with the high average FPS observed across all settings. The GPU is never the bottleneck at 1080p, but its role becomes more pronounced as resolution increases, as evidenced by the larger FPS deltas between settings at 4K compared to 1080p.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average frame rate achieved in Minimum with this hardware?*

A: The highest measured average FPS is 325.1, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low preset.

*Q: Can this system run Minimum at 4K with maximum settings?*

A: Yes, it can. The 4K Ultra preset yields an average of 56.1 FPS, which is playable, though it is the only setting tested that falls below the 60 FPS mark.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from High to Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the High preset averages 134.1 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 102.9 FPS. This represents a 31.2 FPS decrease when switching to Ultra.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more likely to be the limiting factor?

A: The data suggests the GPU is the primary limiter. At 1080p, the CPU’s 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient to push frame rates above 200 FPS, but the GPU’s workload increases significantly at higher resolutions, causing larger FPS drops.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Medium settings at 1080p?

A: The Low preset at 1920x1080 averages 325.1 FPS, while the Medium preset averages 252.9 FPS. Medium is 72.2 FPS slower than Low.

Q: How does the 4K High preset compare to the 1440p Ultra preset?

A: The 4K High preset averages 73.1 FPS, while the 1440p Ultra preset averages 102.9 FPS. The 1440p Ultra configuration is 29.8 FPS faster.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data provides a comprehensive matrix of performance across three resolutions and four settings. At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates extreme performance. The Low preset leads with 325.1 FPS, followed by Medium at 252.9 FPS, High at 207.8 FPS, and Ultra at 161.5 FPS. The scaling here is linear, with each step up in settings costing roughly 40-50 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain very high. The Low preset averages 212.5 FPS. The Medium preset drops to 158.4 FPS, a 54.1 FPS decrease from Low. The High preset is next at 134.1 FPS, followed by the Ultra preset at 102.9 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 24.3 FPS, and the gap between High and Ultra is 31.2 FPS, showing that the GPU is working harder as settings increase.

The 3840x2160 results show more significant performance scaling. At 4K, the Low preset achieves 111.1 FPS. The Medium preset averages 88.4 FPS, a 22.7 FPS drop from Low. The High preset reaches 73.1 FPS, and the Ultra preset bottoms out at 56.1 FPS. The delta between High and Ultra at 4K is 17.0 FPS, which is the smallest absolute difference between those two settings across all resolutions, indicating that the GPU is becoming saturated and the relative cost of Ultra settings is lower in absolute terms, but the frame rates are already lower.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial, revealing the GPU-bound nature of this configuration. At Low settings, the frame rate falls from 325.1 FPS at 1080p to 212.5 FPS at 1440p (a 34.6% drop) and then to 111.1 FPS at 4K (a 65.8% drop from 1080p). This steep decline is classic behavior for a system where the GPU’s rendering workload scales directly with pixel count.

For High settings, the scaling is similar. The 1080p result of 207.8 FPS drops to 134.1 FPS at 1440p, a 35.5% reduction. At 4K, the frame rate is 73.1 FPS, which is a 64.8% reduction from the 1080p figure. This consistent ~35% drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~65% drop from 1080p to 4K across settings indicates that the CPU is not a limiting factor; if it were, the percentage drops would be smaller at higher resolutions because the CPU load would remain constant while the GPU load increased.

The data points to the GPU as the primary bottleneck. The RTX 4070 Ti’s 12 GB of memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient, but the raw shader processing power is what dictates the scaling. The 4K Ultra result of 56.1 FPS is the only data point below 60 FPS, and it represents a 65.3% drop from the 1080p Ultra score of 161.5 FPS. The consistent scaling pattern suggests that to maintain 60+ FPS at 4K, users should select the High preset, which provides a 17.0 FPS buffer over the 60 FPS target. The resolution scaling confirms that this pairing is excellent for 1080p and 1440p high-refresh-rate gaming, and it is still capable of a solid 4K experience provided settings are managed appropriately.