Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9060 posts a measured average FPS range of 32 to 187 in Minimum, a third-person shooter released on 2014-06-25. The combo ranks 2179th out of 3712 tested combos, placing it in the 59th percentile of the database. This pairing of a 12-core latest-generation CPU with a mid-range RDNA 4 graphics card delivers playable results at 1080p and 1440p, but struggles at 4K Ultra. All data in this report is measured, not estimated.

FAQ

Q: What is the measured average FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings?

A: The combo delivers 120 FPS average at 1920x1080 High.

Q: Which resolution and settings produce the highest recorded average FPS?

A: The highest average is 187 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: How many cores and threads does the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X have?

A: The CPU has 12 cores and 24 threads.

Q: What is the VRAM capacity of the AMD Radeon RX 9060?

A: The GPU has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory.

Q: At what resolution does the combo fail to maintain 60 FPS on Ultra?

A: At 2560x1440 Ultra, the average FPS is 59, which is just below 60. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the average drops to 32 FPS.

Q: What is the CPU's measured average benchmark score and its percentile?

A: The CPU has an average benchmark score of 57498 and sits at the 92nd percentile of all CPUs.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and AMD Radeon RX 9060 is ranked 2179 out of the total 3712 combos tested in Minimum. This places it in the 58.9th percentile, meaning it outperforms approximately 59% of all tested CPU-GPU combinations in this game. The rank is based on measured data, not synthetic predictions. The GPU alone lands at 59th percentile of all GPUs, while the CPU is in the top 8% of all processors. The disparity highlights that the GPU is the limiting factor for most gameplay.

The combo's position is within the middle of the distribution, but several rival combinations score similarly. The Radeon RX 9060's nearest rivals in overall benchmark score are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (minus 0.7% score), the AMD Radeon R9 370X (plus 1%), and the AMD Radeon RX 7700 (plus 1%). These comparable GPUs confirm that the RX 9060 delivers mainstream-level performance. On the CPU side, the Ryzen 9 9900X posts an average score that is nearly identical to the AMD EPYC 9015 (0.1% slower) and the AMD EPYC 7313 (0.2% faster), and it is 1.1% below the Intel Core i9-14900 and 1.4% below the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 is built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture with the Navi 44 chip, manufactured on a 4 nm process. It has 1792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units. The base clock runs at 1700 MHz, with a game clock of 2400 MHz and a boost clock of 2990 MHz. The memory is 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s. The GPU's compute power reaches 21.43 TFLOPS single-precision.

In benchmarks, the GPU scores 3322 in 3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12), 88183 in Geekbench OpenCL, and 39476 in Geekbench Vulkan; it also registers a Passmark G3D score of 17631 and a Passmark Compute score of 9919. These test scores place the GPU at the 59th percentile, as noted. The Radeon RX 9060's raw performance is aligned with the Radeon RX 7700 and Radeon Pro W5500, which are 1% and 2.1% slower in average score, respectively.

Given that the GPU is suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, its impact in Minimum shows up in pixel throughput: at higher resolutions, it cannot maintain high frame rates, especially with Ultra detail. The 8 GB frame buffer is sufficient for Medium settings at 4K, but at Ultra the average drops to 32 FPS. The GPU's memory bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s is adequate to feed the chip at 1080p, but at 4K the memory bandwidth and shading capacity become bottlenecks.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured average FPS data for the combo in Minimum is available at three resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160) and four settings levels (Low, Medium, High, Ultra). The Medium preset also includes minimum and maximum FPS values; these are documented in the rows below.

| Resolution | Setting | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

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

| 1920x1080 | Low | 187 | - | - |

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

| 1920x1080 | High | 120 | - | - |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 92 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 121 | - | - |

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

| 2560x1440 | High | 78 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 59 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 65 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 50 | 42 | 57 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 42 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 32 | - | - |

At 1080p, the RX 9060 remains above 90 FPS even at Ultra, and at 1440p it stays above 55 FPS across all settings. The 1440p Ultra average of 59 FPS is almost at the 60 FPS threshold but falls short. At 4K, even Low only delivers 65 FPS, and High drops to 42 FPS, with Ultra at just 32 FPS. The only 4K setting that maintains a playable 50 FPS is Medium, though it does so with a minimum of 42 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

Examining the row sets, we observe a clear scaling trend. From 1080p Low to 1440p Low, the average FPS drops from 187 to 121 (a ~35% reduction). From 1440p Low to 4K Low, the drop is from 121 to 65 (a ~46% reduction). Similar capacity cuts appear at High settings: 1080p High yields 120 FPS, 1440p High yields 78 FPS (35% lower), and 4K High yields 42 FPS (46% lower than 1440p). The trend is monotonic: every increase in resolution results in a proportional loss of frame rate.

Two observations stand out. First, the relative decline going from 1080p to 1440p is about the same as the decline from 1440p to 4K. This suggests that the GPU bandwidth and raster throughput scale consistently with pixel count, with no sign of a CPU limit at higher resolutions. Second, the 4K Low result (65 FPS) is slightly lower than the 1440p Ultra result (59 FPS) serves only a small jump because the workload essentially hits the GPU pipeline ceiling at that point. The stall in scaling indicates that the GPU is heavily responsible for the observed frame rates; the CPU's 12 cores are not the limiting constraint when resolution increases.

The data also reveals that the Medium preset provides a middle ground: 143 FPS at 1080p, 92 FPS at 1440p, and 50 FPS at 4K. This balanced pattern suggests that the GPU silicon is able to push 50-60 FPS at 4K only when settings are not extreme, and the lower pixel count at 1080p allows high refresh rates.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 'Granite Ridge' Zen 5 cores with 24 threads, clocked at a base frequency of 4.40 GHz and a boost up to 5.60 GHz. It runs on an AMD Socket AM5 platform, uses DDR5 memory with dual-channel support, and a total L1 cache of 80 KB per core, L2 of 1 MB per core, and 64 MB shared L3. The CPU is built on TSMC's 4 nm process and features 16,630 million transistors.

The CPU's absolute performance is impressive: it scores 5008 in Cinebench R15 multi-core, 32172 in R23 multi-core, 2253 in single-core, and a Geekbench multi-core score of 22174. More importantly, the CPU's 92nd percentile rank places it among the best in terms of overall computing capacity. The synthetic CPU benchmarks are not a direct measure against Minimum, but they show the processing headroom exists. Given the GPU is far weaker in relative percentile (59th), the CPU likely supplies a slight bottleneck only at the lowest resolution.

At 1080p Low, the frame rate (187 FPS) is the maximum observed. If the CPU were severely limiting, this number would be much closer to the 1440p or 4K marks, but it is significantly higher, indicating the GPU is the primary performance driver. The high single-thread and multi-threading scores support that how any processing constraints at lower settings. The CPU's 12 cores and 24 threads are more than sufficient for a title from 2014, even with background tasks. In summary, the CPU enables the combo to reach high-4K territory, but its role is secondary to the GPU.

Settings Recommendations

To obtain the best experience in Minimum, the measured data suggest a trade-off between resolution and quality. At 1080p, all settings fall within a playable range: Low produces 187 FPS, Medium 143 FPS, High 120 FPS, and Ultra 92 FPS. For competitive play or high-refresh displays, Low or Medium is ideal since everything stays above the 120 FPS threshold. If a balanced visual quality is preferred, Medium's 143 FPS is only 4% below the High settings but still 10% above the 90 FPS mark necessary for smooth 60Hz. At 1440p, Low still delivers 121 FPS (good for 60Hz), but Ultra drops to 59 FPS, so a modest preset is necessary to maintain playability. The sweet spot is Medium at 1440p with 92 FPS and a minimum of 79 FPS.

At 3840x2160, only Low (65 FPS) and Medium (50 FPS) stay least able to hit 50+ FPS; High and Ultra average 42 FPS and 32 FPS, respectively, which feel jittery. Given the minimum FPS for Medium at 4K is 42 FPS, players should either accept Low for a smoother 65 FPS average or use Medium for slightly better visuals but periodic dips below 50. The high-end presets remain an option only if the user is willing to use adaptive sync and tolerate average below 50 FPS.

Overall, the recommended combination is 1920p High for a 120 FPS average and 1440p Medium for a balance that keeps the frame rate high without dropping below 60 in the worst case. For 4K, the RX 9060 cannot maintain 60 FPS at any setting, so opting for Low or Medium is the only way to ensure 60 FPS, but only on slower hardware. The CPU does not constrain the experience at these settings, leaving the GPU as the ultimate arbiter of playability.