Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER delivers a dominant performance profile in Minimum, a third-person shooter released in mid-2014. The benchmark data places this combination at rank 295 out of 1,733 tested combos, positioning it comfortably within the top 17% of all systems evaluated for this title. This is a strong result for a pairing of components that are both marked as end-of-life, indicating that the hardware retains its competitive edge even as newer generations have entered the market.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 295 out of 1,733 tested configurations places it in the 83rd percentile of all combos, meaning it outperforms roughly 83% of the systems tested in this database for Minimum. This is a notable achievement given the game's age and the fact that it is not particularly demanding by modern standards, yet the hardware still demonstrates a clear performance ceiling that many other pairings cannot reach. The ranking reflects a balanced system where neither the CPU nor GPU acts as a significant bottleneck, allowing the full potential of both components to be utilized.

When examining the individual component standings, the CPU sits at the 83rd percentile against all processors tested, while the GPU holds the 84th percentile against all graphics cards. This near-identical percentile ranking suggests a well-matched pairing, where the processing power of the CPU and the rendering capability of the GPU are in close alignment. The average benchmark score for the CPU is 26,574, which places it in a tight cluster with its nearest rivals: the AMD EPYC 8024P scores 26,555 (a 0.1% delta), the Intel Core i9-11900K scores 26,546 (a 0.1% delta), and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 scores 26,617 (a -0.2% delta). These minuscule differences indicate that the 5800X3D is performing at the expected level for its class.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using a 5 nm process at TSMC, featuring the AD104 chip with 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz, with memory running at 1313 MHz for an effective speed of 21 Gbps. The memory subsystem consists of 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. These specifications translate to a pixel rate of 198.0 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s, with FP32 compute rated at 35.48 TFLOPS.

In the context of Minimum, the GPU's capabilities are more than sufficient to handle the game's rendering demands, which date back to 2014. The benchmark results show that the GPU achieves its highest average FPS at lower settings, reaching 311.9 FPS at 1080p Low, which indicates that the card is not being pushed to its limits in most scenarios. The GPU's 84th percentile ranking against all other graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 42,576, places it in a competitive position against rivals such as the NVIDIA RTX A6000 (scoring 42,653, a -0.2% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE (scoring 42,723, a -0.3% delta). This suggests that for Minimum, the RTX 4070 SUPER delivers performance that is statistically indistinguishable from its closest competitors.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling across resolutions reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound behavior at higher settings, with the frame rate dropping significantly as resolution increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the system achieves 311.9 FPS, which drops to 197.7 FPS at 1440p (a 36.6% decrease) and further to 105 FPS at 4K (a 66.3% decrease from 1080p). This pronounced drop indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at lower settings, as the CPU has ample headroom to feed frames at these high rates.

However, at Ultra settings, the scaling pattern shifts. The system delivers 151.3 FPS at 1080p, 96.2 FPS at 1440p (a 36.4% decrease), and 51.5 FPS at 4K (a 66% decrease from 1080p). The similar percentage drops across settings suggest that the GPU remains the dominant constraint even at higher quality presets, though the absolute FPS values at 4K Ultra (51.5 FPS) approach the threshold where gameplay smoothness could be compromised. The data shows that the transition from 1080p to 1440p incurs a roughly one-third performance penalty across all settings, while the jump to 4K nearly doubles that penalty, underscoring the GPU's role in determining overall frame rates.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of the system's performance across three resolutions and four quality settings. At 1920x1080, the system achieves 311.9 FPS on Low, 239.6 FPS on Medium, 199.3 FPS on High, and 151.3 FPS on Ultra. The progression shows a consistent performance scaling, with each step up in quality costing approximately 40-60 FPS. The drop from Low to Ultra represents a 51.5% reduction in frame rate, indicating that the GPU is being taxed progressively harder as visual fidelity increases.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates are 197.7 FPS on Low, 155.5 FPS on Medium, 125.6 FPS on High, and 96.2 FPS on Ultra. The reduction from 1080p is consistent, with the system losing between 36% and 37% of its performance across all settings. At 4K resolution (3840x2160), the system delivers 105 FPS on Low, 84.8 FPS on Medium, 70.1 FPS on High, and 51.5 FPS on Ultra. The 4K results show a more pronounced performance gap, with the Ultra setting dipping below 60 FPS, which may be noticeable in fast-paced gameplay scenarios. The data indicates that the system can comfortably maintain high refresh rates at 1080p and 1440p, while 4K gaming requires careful settings management to sustain smooth frame rates.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is a desktop processor from the 5000 series, built on the Zen 3 architecture with the Vermeer codename. It features 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 4.50 GHz. The CPU has a 105 W TDP and supports DDR4 memory on a dual-channel bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and a substantial 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is a key differentiator for this processor in gaming workloads.

In benchmark tests, the 5800X3D demonstrates strong multithreaded performance with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 24,063 and a single-core score of 3,397. The 3DMark results show a 16-thread score of 7,299, an 8-thread score of 5,906, and a single-thread score of 884. These scores indicate that the CPU has excellent scaling across thread counts, which is beneficial for games like Minimum that can utilize multiple cores. However, the game's release in 2014 means it was designed for older hardware, and the benchmark results suggest that the CPU is rarely the bottleneck. At 1080p Low settings, the system achieves 311.9 FPS, which is a frame rate that few games from 2014 could realistically demand, indicating that the CPU has significant headroom even in this less demanding title.

The CPU's nearest rivals in terms of average benchmark score reinforce its positioning. The AMD EPYC 8024P scores 26,555, the Intel Core i9-11900K scores 26,546, and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 scores 26,617, all within 0.4% of the 5800X3D's 26,574 average. This tight clustering suggests that the 5800X3D remains competitive with newer and server-class parts in synthetic benchmarks, and its 3D V-Cache technology, while not explicitly detailed in the provided data, is widely recognized for its gaming benefits. The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking against all processors confirms that it sits above the median, making it a strong partner for the RTX 4070 SUPER in delivering the high frame rates observed in Minimum.