Minimum

FAQ

*Q: What is the overall performance ranking of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X + Intel Arc B570 combo in Minimum?*

A: The combo ranks 2336 out of 2939 tested hardware combinations in this game. This places it in the lower portion of the database for Minimum, indicating that while playable at several settings, it is not near the top of the performance hierarchy for this title.

Q: What is the fastest 1080p setting for this hardware?

A: The Low preset at 1920x1080 delivers the highest average frame rate at 145 FPS. This is the only measured configuration that exceeds 144 FPS, making it the best choice for high-refresh-rate displays at this resolution.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K Ultra settings?

A: No. At 3840x2160 with the Ultra preset, the average frame rate drops to 25 FPS. Even the High preset at 4K only yields 32 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth, responsive gameplay.

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

A: The 1080p Low preset averages 145 FPS, while the 4K Low preset averages 50 FPS. This represents a 190% increase in average frame rate when dropping from 4K to 1080p at the same Low quality setting.

Q: What is the difference in average FPS between the Low and Ultra presets at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 94 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 46 FPS. The Ultra preset delivers roughly half the frame rate of the Low preset at this resolution, a 48 FPS drop.

Q: Does the Arc B570's memory bandwidth play a role in the 4K performance drop?

A: The GPU's 380.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 10 GB of GDDR6 memory are fixed specifications. The data shows that 4K performance falls below 60 FPS on all presets, with the Ultra preset hitting 25 FPS, which suggests that the GPU's memory subsystem and compute resources are insufficient to maintain high frame rates at that resolution.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 is the primary determinant of frame rates in Minimum across all measured resolutions. Its specifications include a 10 GB GDDR6 memory pool on a 160-bit bus, delivering 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU operates at a fixed 2500 MHz base and boost clock, with a pixel rate of 200.0 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 360.0 GTexel/s. The Xe2-HPG architecture provides 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units.

The data shows a clear correlation between resolution and frame rate that points to GPU-bound performance. At 1080p, the average FPS across all presets ranges from 71 to 145, indicating the GPU can keep up with the CPU's output. However, at 2160p, the average FPS falls to between 25 and 50, a dramatic reduction that occurs regardless of the quality preset. This pattern confirms that the Arc B570's raw rendering throughput and memory bandwidth become limiting factors as pixel count increases.

The GPU's 18 ray tracing cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate support are part of its feature set, but the measured results show that the traditional rasterization workload dominates the frame rate outcomes. The 10 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for the game's needs at all tested settings, as the frame rate drops are consistent across memory-heavy presets. The benchmark results indicate that the Arc B570 is the bottleneck at 4K, while at 1080p, the frame rates suggest the CPU has more influence on the upper limits.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual quality and playable frame rates, the High preset at 2560x1440 is the optimal choice. This configuration delivers an average of 60 FPS, which is the standard for smooth gameplay in a third-person shooter. The Medium preset at 1440p offers 72 FPS, providing a 12 FPS improvement over High while likely reducing some visual effects, but the High preset's 60 FPS is sufficient for most players.

At 1920x1080, the Medium preset is recommended for those seeking a higher frame rate without sacrificing too much visual fidelity. It averages 111 FPS, which is 34 FPS higher than the High preset's 93 FPS. The Low preset at 1080p achieves 145 FPS, but this comes with the most aggressive visual downgrades. For competitive play, the Low preset at 1080p is the only configuration that reaches the 144 Hz threshold, while the Medium preset at 1080p is a strong middle ground.

For 4K, none of the presets are recommended for a playable experience. The Low preset at 3840x2160 averages 50 FPS, which is borderline but may feel choppy in fast-paced combat. The High preset at 32 FPS and the Ultra preset at 25 FPS are below acceptable thresholds. Users with 4K displays should consider dropping to 1440p to use the High preset, which maintains a 60 FPS average.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average frame rates are as follows: Low preset at 145 FPS, Medium preset at 111 FPS (with a minimum of 95 FPS and a maximum of 128 FPS), High preset at 93 FPS, and Ultra preset at 71 FPS. The progression shows a 74 FPS difference between the lowest and highest quality settings, with each step up in quality costing roughly 20-25 FPS on average.

At 2560x1440, the average frame rates are: Low preset at 94 FPS, Medium preset at 72 FPS (with a minimum of 61 FPS and a maximum of 82 FPS), High preset at 60 FPS, and Ultra preset at 46 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 61 FPS indicates that even during demanding scenes, the frame rate stays above 60 FPS, which is not the case for the High preset that averages exactly 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the average frame rates are: Low preset at 50 FPS, Medium preset at 39 FPS (with a minimum of 33 FPS and a maximum of 44 FPS), High preset at 32 FPS, and Ultra preset at 25 FPS. The Medium preset's maximum of 44 FPS is lower than the High preset's average at 1440p, highlighting the severe impact of 4K resolution on this GPU.

The measured FPS data includes only the average frame rate for most settings, with the Medium preset at each resolution having additional minimum and maximum values. This suggests that the Medium preset was tested more thoroughly, possibly due to it being the most balanced setting for this hardware.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial and consistent across all presets. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 145 at 1080p to 94 at 1440p (a 35% reduction), and then to 50 at 4K (a 47% reduction from 1440p). At Medium settings, the frame rates are 111, 72, and 39 for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K respectively. The High preset yields 93, 60, and 32 FPS, while the Ultra preset yields 71, 46, and 25 FPS.

The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is roughly 65-66% across all presets. For example, the High preset drops from 93 to 32 FPS, a 65.6% reduction. The Low preset drops from 145 to 50 FPS, a 65.5% reduction. This consistent scaling pattern indicates that the limiting component is the GPU, as the frame rate reduction is proportional to the pixel count increase (from 2.07 million pixels at 1080p to 8.29 million at 4K, a 4x increase).

The fact that the frame rates do not drop by a full 75% (which would be expected if the GPU were purely fill-rate limited) suggests that there is some memory bandwidth or cache efficiency at play. The 380.0 GB/s bandwidth and 160-bit bus are likely the constraining factors, as the GPU's compute throughput (11.52 TFLOPS FP32) is relatively high but cannot fully compensate for the memory subsystem's limitations at 4K.

This scaling behavior confirms that the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is not the bottleneck at any resolution. The CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads provide ample processing power, and the consistent frame rate drops with resolution point squarely at the Arc B570 as the limiting component.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X provides the processing foundation for this combo, with 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture (codenamed Vermeer). It runs at a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a 32 MB shared L3 cache. The CPU's benchmark scores show strong multithreaded performance, including a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 13184 and a Passmark multithread score of 26612.

The CPU's role in Minimum is secondary to the GPU, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling patterns. At 1080p, the highest average frame rate of 145 FPS suggests that the CPU can feed the GPU enough data to reach high frame rates, but the GPU's performance ceiling is reached at around 145 FPS for this workload. The single-thread performance, with a Geekbench single-core score of 2016 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1499, is sufficient for the game's main thread.

The CPU's 16 threads and 8 cores are more than adequate for a third-person shooter, which typically uses fewer than 8 threads. The 3dmark_16_threads score of 6858 and the 3dmark_max_threads score of 6850 are nearly identical, indicating that the CPU's performance is consistent across different thread counts. The 3dmark_8_threads score of 5768 shows that even with half the threads, the CPU maintains strong performance.

The nearest rivals to the Ryzen 7 5700X include the Intel Core i5-12600K (with a 0% deltaPct), the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (0.2% faster), the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (0.2% slower), and the Intel Core Ultra 5 125H (0.3% faster). These close margins indicate that the CPU is well-matched to its peers, and any of these processors would likely yield similar results in Minimum.

The CPU's 65W TDP and DDR4 memory support (with dual-channel bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s) are adequate for this game. The data shows that the CPU is not the limiting factor, as frame rates scale predictably with resolution changes. At 1080p, where the CPU has the most influence, the frame rates are high enough (71-145 FPS across presets) to suggest that the GPU is still the primary constraint. The CPU's percentile rank of 79 among all CPUs indicates it is well above average, further supporting its capability for this title.