Minimum

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Minimum, running on the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, shows a clear and predictable scaling pattern as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 301.7 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 at the same settings, the frame rate drops to 194.4 FPS, a reduction of approximately 35.6%. At 3840x2160, the Low preset yields 101.8 FPS, which is roughly 47.6% lower than the 1440p result. This steep decline across resolutions indicates that the rendering workload scales heavily with pixel count, which is expected for a third-person shooter with modern visual effects.

The pattern holds across all settings presets. The High preset at 1080p delivers 195.1 FPS, while the same preset at 1440p produces 124.6 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 66.7 FPS. The Ultra preset shows the most dramatic drop: 145.4 FPS at 1080p, 94.2 FPS at 1440p, and only 52.8 FPS at 4K. This consistent scaling suggests that the GPU is the primary limiting component at higher resolutions, but the CPU's role becomes more apparent at lower resolutions and lower settings.

At 1080p Low, the 301.7 FPS figure indicates that the Ryzen 5 8400F's six Zen 4 cores are capable of feeding the RTX 5070 well beyond typical display refresh rates. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is substantial: 301.7 FPS versus 145.4 FPS, a difference of 156.3 FPS. This delta narrows at 1440p, where Low hits 194.4 FPS and Ultra reaches 94.2 FPS. At 4K, the spread compresses further, with Low at 101.8 FPS and Ultra at 52.8 FPS. The compression of the settings gap at higher resolutions reinforces that the GPU becomes the bottleneck as pixel workload increases.

The 4K results are particularly telling. At 4K Ultra, the combo manages only 52.8 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold often considered smooth for action games. At 4K High, the 66.7 FPS result is playable but not comfortably above that threshold. The 4K Medium preset at 79.4 FPS offers a better balance, while 4K Low at 101.8 FPS provides headroom. These numbers suggest that for 4K gaming with this title, users would need to select Medium or Low settings to maintain high frame rates, or accept the visual compromise of the High preset.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Minimum?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 301.7, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: Can this combination maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra settings?

A: No. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the measured average FPS is 52.8, which falls short of the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does the RTX 5070's VRAM capacity affect performance in this game?

A: The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR7 memory with a 192-bit bus and 672.0 GB/s bandwidth. The measured results show playable frame rates at 4K with Medium settings (79.4 FPS), indicating the memory subsystem is sufficient for this title's demands at that resolution.

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

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset achieves 194.4 FPS while Ultra achieves 94.2 FPS, representing a difference of 100.2 FPS between the two extremes.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: The data indicates the GPU becomes less stressed at 1080p, with the CPU's capability being the upper bound. The 301.7 FPS at Low settings and 195.1 FPS at High settings demonstrate that the Ryzen 5 8400F can drive very high frame rates, though the scaling between settings suggests the GPU still influences results.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations for Minimum?

A: This combo ranks 330 out of 1733 tested combinations, placing it in the top 19% of all tested systems for this game.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 brings substantial hardware to this benchmark. Its Blackwell 2.0 architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, contains 31,100 million transistors across a 263 mm² die. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2325 MHz and a boost clock of 2512 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). The 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves adequate for Minimum's demands across all tested resolutions.

The RTX 5070's compute resources include 6,144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 80 raster output units. The pixel rate is 201.0 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 482.3 GTexel/s. The GPU also features 48 ray tracing cores and 192 tensor cores, contributing to its 30.87 TFLOPS FP32 performance. These specifications translate directly into the measured frame rates, with the GPU demonstrating strong scaling from Low to Ultra settings.

The GPU's benchmark profile shows a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5,077 and a Passmark G3D score of 29,137. Its percentile ranking among all GPUs is 83, placing it well above the median. The nearest rivals in average benchmark score include the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (0.2% higher), the NVIDIA Tesla M40 (0.5% lower), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (0.6% higher), and the AMD Radeon Pro 580X (0.7% lower). This clustering indicates the RTX 5070 sits in a competitive performance tier, though the RTX 3090 comparison is notable given that card's different memory configuration.

The GPU's role in Minimum becomes clear when examining the settings scaling. At 1080p, the GPU has enough headroom to deliver 233.1 FPS at Medium and 195.1 FPS at High, with Ultra still achieving 145.4 FPS. The 12 GB VRAM capacity is not stressed at 1080p or 1440p, and even at 4K, the Medium preset's 79.4 FPS suggests the memory subsystem handles the texture and geometry loads without becoming a bottleneck. The GPU's 250 W TDP and dual-slot design are typical for this performance class, with the suggested 600 W PSU providing adequate power delivery.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 301.7 FPS on Low, 233.1 FPS on Medium, 195.1 FPS on High, and 145.4 FPS on Ultra. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a consistent reduction, with each settings tier costing approximately 20-25% performance. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 156.3 FPS, which is the largest absolute difference across all resolutions.

At 2560x1440, the results are 194.4 FPS on Low, 151.0 FPS on Medium, 124.6 FPS on High, and 94.2 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset at 1440p (151.0 FPS) delivers performance comparable to the Ultra preset at 1080p (145.4 FPS), illustrating how resolution and settings interact. The 1440p Low result of 194.4 FPS is nearly identical to the 1080p High result of 195.1 FPS, suggesting that the additional pixel count at 1440p is roughly equivalent in cost to the visual fidelity gains from the High preset.

At 3840x2160, the measured frame rates are 101.8 FPS on Low, 79.4 FPS on Medium, 66.7 FPS on High, and 52.8 FPS on Ultra. The 4K results show a more compressed range, with only 49.0 FPS separating Low from Ultra. This compression indicates that at 4K, the GPU is working near its limits even at Low settings, and the additional demands of higher presets have diminishing returns in frame rate terms. The 4K High result of 66.7 FPS and 4K Ultra result of 52.8 FPS both fall below the 72 FPS threshold that the 1080p Medium preset achieves, highlighting the significant cost of 4K rendering.

The data reveals interesting cross-resolution equivalences. The 4K Low result (101.8 FPS) is nearly identical to the 1080p Ultra result (145.4 FPS) only when accounting for the different resolutions' pixel counts. More directly, the 1440p Ultra result (94.2 FPS) is close to the 4K Low result (101.8 FPS), suggesting that users prioritizing frame rate might choose 1440p Ultra over 4K Low for similar performance with better visual quality.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 combination ranks 330 out of 1,733 tested combos for Minimum, placing it in the top 19% of all systems evaluated. This ranking reflects the strong synergy between the CPU and GPU in this title. The Ryzen 5 8400F's benchmark profile shows an average benchmark score of 25,064, with a percentile ranking of 82 among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals in average score include the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (equal score), the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 (0.1% higher), the AMD EPYC 9474F (0.2% higher), and the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F (0.3% higher).

The CPU's 3DMark scores reveal its multi-threaded capability: 6,091 for 16 threads, 5,275 for 8 threads, 3,563 for 4 threads, and 1,874 for 2 threads. The Cinebench R23 results show 20,851 for multicore and 2,943 for single-core. These figures indicate the six-core, twelve-thread configuration with 16 MB of shared L3 cache is well-suited for gaming workloads, where single-thread performance often matters most. The single-thread scores of 951 in 3DMark and 2,943 in Cinebench R23 are competitive, and the 4.70 GHz boost clock helps maintain high frame rates in CPU-bound scenarios.

The GPU's benchmark profile complements the CPU well. The RTX 5070's Passmark G3D score of 29,137 and Geekbench OpenCL score of 185,269 demonstrate strong compute performance. The GPU's percentile ranking of 83 among all GPUs is slightly higher than the CPU's 82, suggesting the GPU may have slightly more headroom relative to its peers. The combination's 330th rank out of 1,733 combos indicates that while many systems achieve higher frame rates, this pairing delivers solid performance that should satisfy most gamers.

The ranking also contextualizes the measured FPS data. The 4K Ultra result of 52.8 FPS is below the 60 FPS threshold, but the 1080p High result of 195.1 FPS and 1440p High result of 124.6 FPS show the combo excels at lower resolutions. The rank of 330 out of 1,733 places this system in the upper quintile, meaning it outperforms roughly 1,400 other tested combinations. This is a strong showing for a mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU, and the data confirms that the Ryzen 5 8400F does not bottleneck the RTX 5070 in Minimum across the tested settings and resolutions.