Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and AMD Radeon RX 9060 combination was measured across twelve different settings for the 2014 third-person shooter Minimum. The data set covers three resolutions (1080p, 1440p, and 4K) at four graphics presets: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. Every frame-rate number below comes from the measured FPS table.

Resolution Scaling

Frame rates fall off steadily as resolution climbs. At Low preset, the average goes from 187 FPS at 1080p to 121 FPS at 1440p and further to 65 FPS at 4K. The High preset starts at 120 FPS on 1080p, drops to 78 FPS on 1440p, and reaches only 42 FPS on 4K. Medium also follows a similar pattern: 1080p delivers 143 FPS, 1440p drops to 92 FPS, and 4K lands at 50 FPS with a minimum of 42 and a maximum of 57. Ultra is the harshest, with 92 FPS at 1080p, 59 FPS at 1440p, and just 32 FPS at 4K.

The gap between 1080p and 1440p is moderate, roughly 30–40% in most presets, while the jump from 1440p to 4K cuts the average in half or more. For instance, with High settings, 1440p gives 78 FPS and 4K gives 42. This scaling behaviour suggests that the GPU becomes the dominant limiting component at 4K, while at 1080p the CPU’s eight cores can still feed frame rates above 120 even on Low. The fact that even the lowest preset at 4K only produces 65 FPS implies that the pixel fill rate and memory bandwidth are the primary bottlenecks, rather than the CPU’s computational capacity.

Notably, the maximum and minimum frame rates are only given for Medium presets. At 4K Medium, the spread from 42 to 57 FPS is a 15 FPS variation, indicating faster frame-time swings than at 1440p Medium, which ranges from 79 to 106 FPS. The 1080p Medium range is between 122 and 165 FPS. These ranges grow tighter with higher resolution, which suggests that the game’s engine allocates more work to the GPU or that the GPU’s memory bus cannot keep up with the larger pixel count.

Settings Recommendations

Which preset gives the best experience depends on the target resolution. At 1080p, even the Ultra preset maintains a solid average of 92 FPS, and the Low preset hits 187 FPS. For most users, the High preset at 1080p provides a good balance: 120 FPS, which is high enough for a fast-paced third-person shooter while improving visual detail over Low. The Medium preset stands at 143 FPS, which is also strong if a slight quality reduction is acceptable. If the goal is maximum smoothness on a high-refresh-rate display, Low’s 187 FPS is the clear choice.

At 1440p, the data shows that Medium is the only preset that stays well above 60 FPS, at 92 FPS. High also exceeds 60 FPS with 78 FPS, but Ultra falls to 59 FPS, which is just below the common 60 FPS target. For a comfortable experience, Medium offers a large margin over 60 FPS and could accommodate occasional fluctuation.

At 4K, only the Low preset reaches 60 FPS or higher, with an average of 65 FPS. Every other setting—Medium (50 FPS), High (42 FPS), and Ultra (32 FPS)—is below that threshold. For gamers who want to run Minimal at 4K, the Low preset is the only one measured that maintains a playable frame rate. The Medium preset includes a minimum of 48 FPS, which might cause noticeable hitches, especially in dense scenes. Therefore, the practical maximum settings recommended for 4K is Low, and for 1440p it is Medium or High, depending on whether the user favours smoothness or fidelity.

How This Combo Ranks

In the overall combination ranking for Minimum, this CPU-GPU pair places 2179th out of 3712 tested combos. This position is clearly below the average, which would be around rank 1856. While the CPU itself sits at the 86th percentile of all CPUs, meaning it outperforms the majority, the GPU sits at the 59th percentile. This management has a CPU that is significantly above average and a GPU that is slightly above average, but the combination’s ranking is modest.

Looking at the CPU’s nearest rivals, the Ryzen 7 9700X has an average score of 37983, with the closest competitor being the Intel Core i9-14901E at 37911 (delta of 0.1%), followed by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 at 37904 (also 0.1%). The GPU’s nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti at 16129 avg score, which is 0.7% higher than the RX 9060, and the AMD Radeon R9 370X at 15862 is just 1% lower. These narrow margins indicate that both components are closely packed with similar-performance alternatives. Yet the combined rank being below average suggests the game’s performance is not simply the sum of the parts. Likely factors include the 8 GB VRAM on a 128-bit bus, which may restrict texture-heavy settings at 4K, or the game’s specific threading/scaling characteristics.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The exact numbers from the measurement table:

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| 3840x2160 | High | 42 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 65 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 50 | 48 | 57 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 32 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | High | 78 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 121 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 92 | 79 | 106 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 59 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | High | 120 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 187 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 143 | 122 | 165 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultr | 92 | – | – |

Reading across the rows, the pattern is that the Ultra preset at every resolution gives the lowest averages—24 fps at 4K, 59 at 1440p, and 92 at 1080p. The Low preset always yields highest numbers, reaching 652 at 4K, 120 at 1440p, and 187 at 1080p. The High preset is consistently between Medium and Ultra, with 42 / 78 / 120. One specific detail is that the Medium preset includes the only min/max data, allowing a check that at 4K the frame time to 15 FPS, which is a larger variance than at lower resolutions. That means that even though Medium averages 50, gameplay can feel less stable than the number implies.

GPU Role

The RX 9060 carries 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM on a 128‑bit bus, delivering 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The GPU’s base clock is 1700 MHz, boost clock 2990 MHz, and game clock 2400 MHz. With 1792 shading units and 112 TMUs and 64 ROPs, the chip produces a texture rate of 334.9 GTexel/s and a pixel rate of 191.4 GPixel/s. This pixel rate is directly relevant to the resolution scaling observed: at 4K (3840x2160), more than 8.3 million pixels need to be processed per frame, while the GPU’s shader and raster outputs can only generate so many per second. The result is that at 4K Ultra, the average frame time is only 31 ms, which converts to a 32‑32 FPS (this derivation uses outside knowledge—the 32 FPS is given, so we won't assign any calculation).

A key mismatch relates to VRAM. The 8 GB capacity is comfortable for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K with High and Ultra presets, the graphics engine likely needs more VRAM to hold all texture arrays. The data shows that the Low settings at 4K still achieves 65 FPS, which suggests that when texture data is reduced, the GPU can cope better. The benchmark results for the GPU show a Passmark G3D score of 17631, which ranks at the 59th percentile of all GPUs, meaning it is slightly better than average. In comparison with the nearest rival, the RTX 3060 Ti is only 0.7% higher in average score, so the raw compute capability is close. However, the measured frame rates indicate that in this particular game, the GPU’s VRAM and bus may be more decisive than raw TFLOPS.

GPU Connectivity

The CPU role is clearly described by its specifications. The Ryzen 7 9700X is an 8‑core, 16‑thread Zen 5 part with a base clock of 3.80GHz and a boost clock of 5.50GHz. L3 cache is 32 MB, L2 is 1 MB per core, and L1 is 80 KB per core. It uses AM5 socket, supports dual‑channel DDR5 memory with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth. The CPU’s benchmark numbers are strong: a Geekbench single‑core score of 3023, Cinebench R23 single of 2211, and multi‑core of 204850. The multi‑thread performance 37261 in Passmark shows it can feed many engine threads. The CPU is set at the 86‑th percentile against all CPUs.

The in‑game frame rates at 1080p are extremely high—even at Ultra they reach 92 FPS, which is far above the native refresh of many monitors. At 1440p the CPU is not likely to be a hard bottle with the eight cores handling the game logic and physics. The fact that 1080p Low exceeds 180 FPS proves the CPU can deliver a high number of frames; at 1440p and 4K the limits are clearly bounded by the GPU. Thus, the CPU role can be described as providing ample headroom, and the game does not require processing more than 8 threads fully.

CPU Boxing

The CPU’s boost frequency of 5.50 GHz helps in scenarios where a single thread is the limiting factor, which is typical for older game engines. Its single‑thread Passmark 4654 score confirms the extra fast core. The 32MB L3 cache likely improves latency for streaming, while the eight cores assist with the extra queues. In a title released in 2014 that may not’t fully use more than 16 threads, the 16 threads available allow for high responsiveness.

FAQ

Q: What is the actual average FPS at 1440p High settings?

A: The measured average is 78 FPS.

Q: Which preset at 4K gives the highest average frame rate?

A: The Low preset hits 65 FPS, which is the highest 4K result, higher than Medium (50 FPS), High (42 FPS), and Ultra (32 FPS).

**Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rival is a 0.7% gap. The RTX 3060 Ti averages 16129, which is 0.7% higher than the RX 9060's 16014.

Q: Does the CPU's single‑thread performance surpass the game’s needs?

A: The CPU scores 2211 in Cinebench R23 single‑core, which is a strong value, and its 3023 Geekbench single‑core score shows high per‑core performance, suggesting it has sufficient single‑thread capability for the game.

Q: What is the combo’s rank in the test database?

A: It is ranked 2179 out of 3712 combinations.

Q: How much memory bandwidth does the GPU have?

A: The GPU offers 288.0 GB/s across 128‑bit.