Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D pairs an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 4 design with a 96 MB shared L3 cache, a configuration that proves exceptionally responsive in game workloads. Its base clock of 4.20 GHz and boost clock of 5.00 GHz, combined with a 120 W TDP, place it among the top percentile of desktop processors, ranking in the 87th percentile against all CPUs. In synthetic benchmarks, the chip demonstrates strong scaling from 1,728 points in Cinebench R20 single-core to 12,242 points in multi-core, while its Geekbench scores of 2,725 single-core and 15,101 multi-core reinforce its balanced capability. The processor’s 3DMark scores, which climb from 959 in single-thread to 7,967 at max threads, indicate that the cache and core topology are well-suited to the kind of sustained, multi-threaded draws that a third-person shooter like Minimum requires. Compared to its nearest rivals, the 7800X3D’s average benchmark score of 31,580 is essentially tied with the Intel Core i7-12700F, which scores 31,543, a mere 0.1% difference. It also edges out the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX by 0.3% and the Ryzen 7 8700G by 0.6%, showing that this desktop part holds its own against mobile and hybrid variants. For Minimum, the CPU’s role is to maintain frame pacing and avoid bottlenecking the GPU at lower resolutions, where the demand on the processor is highest. The data shows that at 1080p, the CPU has enough headroom to push frame rates well above 100 FPS in most settings, meaning the processor is not the limiting factor in this game’s performance profile.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is a Turing-architecture card built on the TU106 chip, featuring 2,176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units. Its memory subsystem is substantial for its class: 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus delivers 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for texture-heavy scenes in Minimum at high resolutions. The GPU’s base clock of 1470 MHz and boost clock of 1650 MHz, paired with a memory clock of 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective), allow it to sustain 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The card’s 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores are present but not directly relevant to this title, which does not appear to leverage ray tracing or DLSS in the measured data. In terms of raw compute, the RTX 2060 SUPER ranks in the 63rd percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19,774. Its nearest rivals highlight its position: it is 0.3% ahead of the older NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN, 0.5% ahead of the RTX 2070, and 0.8% ahead of the Quadro K5200. This suggests that the card is not a top-tier part, but it is competent for 1080p and 1440p gaming. In Minimum, the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck as resolution increases, which is evident in the frame rate drops from 1080p to 4K. The card’s 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for the game’s asset sizes at the tested settings, as the data does not indicate any memory-related stutters or crashes. The GPU’s pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 224.4 GTexel/s are the hardware limits that govern how many pixels and texels can be processed per second, directly correlating with the average FPS observed at each resolution and quality preset.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates for Minimum show a clear and predictable scaling pattern as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, which reveals the shifting balance between CPU and GPU load. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves an average of 169.3 FPS, indicating that the CPU is feeding the GPU enough data to saturate its output. Moving to 1440p at the same Low preset, the average drops to 107.2 FPS, a reduction of 36.7% that points to the GPU beginning to take on more of the rendering burden. At 4K, the Low preset average falls to 58.3 FPS, which is only 34.4% of the 1080p figure, confirming that the GPU is now the dominant limiting component. The pattern is consistent across all settings: the gap between 1080p and 1440p is smaller than the gap between 1440p and 4K, which is typical of a system where the CPU has ample headroom but the GPU’s pixel throughput is constrained. For instance, at High settings, the average FPS goes from 111.9 at 1080p to 69.9 at 1440p, a 37.5% drop, and then to 36.9 at 4K, a 47.2% further drop. This progressive decline indicates that the RTX 2060 SUPER’s fill rate and memory bandwidth are the primary factors limiting performance at higher resolutions, while the 7800X3D’s strong single-thread performance ensures that the CPU does not introduce additional frame time variance. The Ultra preset shows the most severe scaling: 81.7 FPS at 1080p, 52.2 FPS at 1440p, and 26.9 FPS at 4K, with the latter being only 32.9% of the 1080p result. This data suggests that for a smooth 60 FPS experience, the user must target 1080p or 1440p with Medium or lower settings, as the 4K Ultra target is far out of reach for this hardware combination.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates its strongest performance. With Low settings, the average FPS is 169.3, which is a high refresh rate figure suitable for competitive play. Medium settings yield 131.9 FPS, still well above the 100 FPS threshold. High settings produce 111.9 FPS, and Ultra settings bring the average down to 81.7 FPS. The data shows a smooth degradation of roughly 20-30 FPS per quality tier, with the gap between Low and Medium being 37.4 FPS, and between Medium and High being 20.0 FPS. The step from High to Ultra is 30.2 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset adds significant load on the GPU’s shading units and texture units. At 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but with lower absolute numbers. Low settings average 107.2 FPS, which is still playable on a 144 Hz monitor. Medium drops to 85.2 FPS, High to 69.9 FPS, and Ultra to 52.2 FPS. The relative differences are similar to 1080p, but the absolute FPS is reduced by roughly 35-40% across all settings, which aligns with the increased pixel count. At 3840x2160, the performance becomes marginal. Low settings average 58.3 FPS, which is just below the 60 FPS target, while Medium averages 44.7 FPS, High averages 36.9 FPS, and Ultra averages 26.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium at 4K is 13.6 FPS, and between Medium and High is 7.8 FPS, showing that each quality increment has a smaller absolute impact at this resolution because the GPU is already saturated. Across all resolutions, the scaling from Low to Ultra is approximately a 50-55% reduction in FPS, which is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario where the CPU is not a factor. The data does not include minimum or maximum FPS values, so the analysis is limited to averages, but the consistency of the scaling suggests a stable frame delivery without major stutters.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ranks 1283rd out of 1733 tested combinations in Minimum, placing it in the lower-middle tier of all systems evaluated. This rank of 1283 out of 1733 means that roughly 74% of tested combos outperform this pairing, which is expected given the GPU’s age and mid-range positioning. The CPU is not the limiting factor; the 7800X3D’s benchmark scores place it in the 87th percentile, while the GPU only reaches the 63rd percentile. The imbalance is clear: the processor is capable of driving much higher frame rates, but the RTX 2060 SUPER’s compute and memory bandwidth cap the overall system performance. In the context of Minimum, a game released in 2014, the CPU’s 3DMark max-thread score of 7,967 and Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 29,149 are far beyond what a title of this era requires, meaning the GPU is the sole determinant of the system’s rank. The combo’s position relative to other tested systems is not flattering, but it is functional: the data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 169.3 FPS, which would place it in the top quartile of real-world gaming experiences even if the overall rank is low. The rank is skewed by the inclusion of newer, higher-end GPUs in the database, and the RTX 2060 SUPER’s nearest rivals—the GTX TITAN, RTX 2070, and Quadro K5200—all have similar average scores, indicating that this GPU is at the edge of its performance class. For a user with a 1080p monitor, this combo is more than adequate, but for 4K Ultra, it falls short by a wide margin, as evidenced by the 26.9 FPS average. The data ultimately shows a pairing where the CPU’s potential is largely untapped, and the GPU’s age limits the system to mid-range performance in Minimum.