Minimum

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for Minimum with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT shows a clear hierarchy across the four available presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 300 FPS average, which is the highest recorded value in the entire dataset for this combo. However, the Medium preset still achieves 230 FPS average with a minimum of 195 FPS, making it the most balanced choice for high-refresh-rate displays at 1080p. The High preset reaches 193 FPS average, while Ultra falls to 147 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. Low produces 193 FPS average, Medium delivers 148 FPS, High hits 124 FPS, and Ultra drops to 95 FPS. The Medium preset again offers the best compromise between visual quality and frame rate, with a measured minimum of 126 FPS ensuring consistent gameplay. At 3840x2160, the data tells a different story: Low yields 104 FPS, Medium 80 FPS, High 67 FPS, and Ultra only 51 FPS. Here, the Medium preset with its 68 FPS minimum remains playable, but High and Ultra begin to strain the combination.

The recommendation is to use the Medium preset across all resolutions. At 1080p and 1440p, it provides frame rates well above 144 Hz while maintaining a 195 FPS floor at 1080p and 126 FPS at 1440p. At 4K, Medium is the highest preset that keeps average FPS above 80, and its 68 FPS minimum is the only sub-4K result that stays comfortably within common VRR ranges. The Low preset at 4K does reach 104 FPS average, but the visual quality trade-off is substantial for a game from this era.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X brings an 8-core, 16-thread configuration based on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer), manufactured on a 7 nm TSMC process. Its base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz, combined with 32 MB of L3 cache, provide the computational headroom that this third-person shooter leverages. The CPU's 3DMark scores illustrate its threading capabilities: 7586 in the 16-thread test, 6035 in the 8-thread test, 3543 in the 4-thread test, and 1846 in the 2-thread test. The single-thread score of 943 is notably lower in comparison, suggesting that Minimum does not rely heavily on single-core performance.

The Cinebench results reinforce this picture. The R23 multicore score of 15476 versus a single-core score of 1574.5 indicates strong scaling across cores. The PassMark multithread score of 27732, with a single-thread score of 3445, similarly shows that the processor excels when all 16 threads are active. The 5800X holds an 81st percentile ranking against all CPUs, placing it in the upper tier of desktop processors. Its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks, the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H, scores 29093 with a delta of 0.1%, meaning the two are effectively tied in aggregate compute performance.

In Minimum, the CPU's role becomes apparent when examining the frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 300 FPS, which is likely near the engine's practical ceiling or the display's refresh cap rather than a true CPU bottleneck. The fact that the 5800X can feed the RX 7900 XT enough data to hit this figure at 1080p indicates that the processor is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions. The 16-thread performance, measured at 7586 in 3DMark, ensures that background tasks and game logic do not starve the render pipeline.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is a substantial graphics solution built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture (Navi 31), fabricated on a 5 nm TSMC process. It features 20 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 320-bit bus, delivering 800.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's clock behavior is notable: a base clock of 1387 MHz, a game clock of 2025 MHz, and a boost clock of 2394 MHz. Memory operates at 2500 MHz, translating to 20 Gbps effective. With 5376 shading units, 336 TMUs, and 192 ROPs, the GPU's raw throughput is substantial, with a pixel rate of 459.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 804.4 GTexel/s.

The GPU's PassMark G3D score of 29009 places it in a competitive position, though its overall percentile against all GPUs is only 55. This is surprising given the hardware specifications, but the average benchmark score of 13745 is dragged down by lower scores in other tests like PassMark DirectX 10 (158) and DirectX 12 (110). The nearest rival in the GPU benchmark data is the AMD Radeon 660M with a score of 13812 (delta of -0.5%), which is an integrated GPU — this underscores that the RX 7900 XT's average benchmark score is skewed by specific test types, not by real gaming performance.

In Minimum, the GPU's 20 GB VRAM is more than sufficient for any preset at any resolution in this dataset. The 4K Ultra preset, which is the most demanding, still only requires a fraction of that capacity. The GPU's memory bandwidth of 800.0 GB/s becomes the relevant metric when frame rates rise. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 300 FPS, and at 1440p Low 193 FPS, both of which require the GPU to output frames at a rate that stresses the render output units. The 192 ROPs handle this workload effectively, as evidenced by the 4K High score of 67 FPS, which is still playable.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT ranks 739th out of 3712 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the top 20% of all configurations. This rank reflects the synergy between a strong 8-core CPU and a high-end GPU, though the ranking also indicates that there are many faster combinations in this specific game. The 5800X's 81st percentile against all CPUs suggests the processor is not the primary constraint, while the GPU's 55th percentile against all GPUs hints that the graphics card's synthetic benchmark standing does not fully translate to this game's engine.

The rank of 739 out of 3712 means that roughly 80% of tested combos perform worse than this pairing. This is a strong result for a 2020 CPU paired with a 2022 GPU. The 5800X's nearest synthetic rivals include the Intel Xeon Phi 7210 (29245, delta -0.4%) and the Intel Core i5-13500HX (29270, delta -0.5%), both of which have different architectural strengths but similar aggregate scores. The GPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores, such as the NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile (13821, delta -0.5%) and AMD Radeon RX 570X (13871, delta -0.9%), are not comparable in gaming performance, which means the RX 7900 XT's ranking is more meaningful when viewed through the lens of the 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 5623.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate data reveals how the bottleneck shifts as resolution increases. From 1920x1080 to 2560x1440, the average FPS drops by approximately 36% across all presets. For example, High goes from 193 FPS at 1080p to 124 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of 69 FPS. Medium falls from 230 to 148 FPS, a drop of 82 FPS. Low decreases from 300 to 193 FPS, a loss of 107 FPS. This consistent scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is becoming more heavily utilized as resolution climbs, but the CPU still has headroom.

Moving from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160, the scaling is more aggressive. High drops from 124 to 67 FPS (46% reduction), Medium from 148 to 80 FPS (46% reduction), and Low from 193 to 104 FPS (46% reduction). This nearly uniform percentage drop across all settings at the 4K transition suggests that the GPU is now the limiting component. The RX 7900 XT's 800.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 51.48 TFLOPS FP32 performance are being fully taxed at 4K, especially at the Ultra preset, which only manages 51 FPS average.

The scaling from 1080p to 4K is steep: Low loses 196 FPS (65%), Medium loses 150 FPS (65%), High loses 126 FPS (65%), and Ultra loses 96 FPS (65%). This consistent 65% reduction across all presets is a strong indicator that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, while the CPU's role diminishes. The 5800X's 16 threads are sufficient to keep up even at 1080p Low, where the 300 FPS result likely approaches an engine or synchronization limit.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. The Low preset averages 300 FPS, which is the maximum recorded in the dataset. Medium averages 230 FPS with a minimum of 195 FPS and a maximum of 264 FPS, showing a tight frame time distribution. High averages 193 FPS, and Ultra drops to 147 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 153 FPS, indicating that the GPU has significant headroom at this resolution, and even the most demanding preset stays well above 144 Hz.

At 2560x1440, the results remain strong. Low averages 193 FPS, Medium 148 FPS with a minimum of 126 FPS and maximum of 170 FPS, High 124 FPS, and Ultra 95 FPS. The Medium preset's 126 FPS minimum ensures that frame drops are unlikely to be perceptible on a 144 Hz display. The High preset at 124 FPS is still above 120 Hz, making it a viable option for high-refresh gaming. Ultra at 95 FPS is the first preset to fall below 100 FPS, but it remains playable.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limits become evident. Low averages 104 FPS, Medium 80 FPS with a minimum of 68 FPS and maximum of 92 FPS, High 67 FPS, and Ultra 51 FPS. The Medium preset is the only one that maintains an average above 60 FPS while also keeping its minimum above 60 FPS. High at 67 FPS average will dip below 60 FPS in demanding scenes, and Ultra at 51 FPS is not suitable for smooth gameplay. The 4K results confirm that the RX 7900 XT, despite its 20 GB VRAM and high bandwidth, is the limiting factor at this resolution, with the Ultra preset's 51 FPS average representing the lowest measured value in the entire dataset.