Minimum

Minimum is a Third-Person Shooter, and this database entry covers the Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Measured FPS rows span 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 across Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets. The data shows a clear hierarchy: 1080p is the only resolution where every preset stays fast, 1440p is solid through High, and 4K is low on every measured preset.

Resolution Scaling

Resolution scaling is steep across all four presets. At Low, the combo records 153 fps at 1920x1080, 101.3 fps at 2560x1440, and 56.5 fps at 3840x2160. At High, the same progression is 99.3 fps, 66.2 fps, and 37.3 fps. At Ultra, the results are 73.4 fps, 47.1 fps, and 24.4 fps. The 4K Ultra result is the lowest row in the entire measured data set.

This pattern indicates that resolution is the dominant factor for this configuration. The gap between 1080p and 4K grows as settings rise: Low still delivers 56.5 fps at 4K, while Ultra at 4K is only 24.4 fps. The RTX 2060 has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory and 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth, and the sharp drop at 3840x2160 is consistent with a GPU that is increasingly limited by memory bandwidth and pixel throughput at higher render resolutions.

The limiting component changes as resolution increases. At 1080p Low, the frame rate reaches 153 fps, suggesting the CPU and memory subsystem can feed high output. At 4K Ultra, with 24.4 fps, the GPU becomes the clear constraint. The RTX 2060’s 48 ROPs, 80.64 GPixel/s pixel rate, and 201.6 GTexel/s texture rate are all part of the story: raising the resolution multiplies the pixel workload, and the measured FPS collapses accordingly.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows are consistent: Low always produces the highest average FPS, followed by Medium, then High, then Ultra. No frame time data is present in this fact pack, so the recommendation is based on average FPS only.

At 1920x1080, High is the best-balanced preset in the measured data. High records 99.3 fps, which is above the 73.4 fps of Ultra and below the 122.1 fps of Medium. The High preset keeps the frame rate high while avoiding the larger FPS cost of Ultra. At 1080p, even Ultra is fast enough to be usable, but High provides the best trade-off in the measured rows.

At 2560x1440, Medium at 80.2 fps is the recommended target. Low at 101.3 fps is faster, but Medium delivers an extra quality tier. High at 66.2 fps is still reasonable, while Ultra at 47.1 fps is the lowest 1440p row and the only 1440p preset below the 4K Low result of 56.5 fps. Medium sits comfortably between them.

At 3840x2160, Low at 56.5 fps is the strongest 4K row. Medium drops to 41.4 fps, High to 37.3 fps, and Ultra to 24.4 fps. None of the 4K rows come close to the 1440p or 1080p results, so Low is the only sensible measured preset for 4K in this data.

Across the full set of measured rows, the data points to 1080p High, 1440p Medium, and 4K Low as the most balanced resolution-and-settings combinations.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is a Turing architecture GPU with the TU106 chip, fabricated on a 12 nm process. It contains 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 30 RT cores, and 240 tensor cores. Its memory subsystem consists of 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, with a memory clock of 1750 MHz, described as 14 Gbps effective, resulting in 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

The GPU’s clocks are 1365 MHz base and 1680 MHz boost. These specifications align with the measured behavior in Minimum. At 1080p, the card is capable of 153 fps at Low and 73.4 fps at Ultra. At 1440p, the range is 101.3 fps at Low down to 47.1 fps at Ultra. At 4K, the card falls to 56.5 fps at Low and 24.4 fps at Ultra. The 4K results are particularly low because the GPU must handle a much larger render target with the same 1920 shading units and 48 ROPs.

Synthetic benchmarks also place the RTX 2060 in a specific performance tier. Its average benchmark score is 16074, and its percentile vs all GPUs is 58. Its Passmark G3D score is 14111, and its Passmark GPU compute score is 5488. In the nearest-rival group, the RTX 2060 is 0.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7600S, which scores 15996, and 1.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro W5500, which scores 15786. It is 1.7% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M and the AMD Radeon Pro 5700, both of which score 16351. This is a tight cluster, meaning the RTX 2060 is not an outlier compared to its nearest rivals.

The API support of the RTX 2060 includes DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Passmark DirectX scores are 190 for DirectX 9, 110 for DirectX 11, 98 for DirectX 10, and 53 for DirectX 12. These numbers show the GPU’s synthetic strengths vary by API generation, but Minimum’s measured FPS rows do not include API-specific metadata, so the game impact is not directly isolated.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All measured rows are listed in the table below. In this fact pack, only avgFps is provided; minFps and maxFps are null.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

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

| 1920x1080 | Low | 153 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 122.1 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 99.3 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 73.4 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 101.3 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 80.2 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 66.2 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 47.1 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 56.5 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 41.4 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 37.3 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 24.4 |

The highest measured result is 153 fps at 1080p Low. The lowest measured result is 24.4 fps at 4K Ultra. At every resolution, Low is the fastest preset and Ultra is the slowest. The Medium rows sit between Low and High in all three resolutions. The 4K Low result of 56.5 fps is below every 1080p row and every 1440p row except 1440p High and 1440p Ultra.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo records in Minimum?

A: The highest measured row is 153 fps at 1920x1080 Low. The next highest measured row is 122.1 fps at 1920x1080 Medium.

Q: Can this combo handle 2560x1440?

A: At 2560x1440, Low records 101.3 fps, Medium records 80.2 fps, and High records 66.2 fps. Ultra drops to 47.1 fps, which is the lowest 1440p row in the data.

Q: What FPS does the combo deliver at 3840x2160?

A: The 4K rows are 56.5 fps at Low, 41.4 fps at Medium, 37.3 fps at High, and 24.4 fps at Ultra. No 4K preset reaches the frame rate of the weakest 1080p preset.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: Its average benchmark score is 16074. It is 0.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7600S and 1.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro W5500. It is 1.7% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M and the AMD Radeon Pro 5700.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the GPU in this combo?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 has a launch MSRP of 349 USD.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz. It belongs to the Core 10th Gen Comet Lake family, uses the Intel Socket 1200, and has 12 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel mode with 42.7 GB/s of bandwidth and connects via PCIe Gen 3 with 16 CPU lanes.

This CPU is strong enough to keep the combination from being CPU-bound at low resolution. At 1080p Low, the system records 153 fps, and even at 1080p High it records 99.3 fps. The single-thread performance is reflected in a Passmark single-thread score of 2541 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1453. Multi-thread performance is also solid: Passmark multithread scores 12115, and Cinebench R23 multicore scores 10297.

The CPU’s thread scaling data shows near parity between the 16-thread 3DMark score of 4748 and the max-thread score of 4735. The 8-thread score is 3929, the 4-thread score is 2560, the 2-thread score is 1350, and the single-thread score is 688. This indicates the CPU is close to its practical throughput ceiling under heavy multi-threaded synthetic loads.

At higher resolutions, the CPU becomes less relevant. The 4K results drop sharply despite the CPU remaining unchanged, which indicates the limiting factor shifts to the GPU. The CPU sits at the 73rd percentile vs all CPUs, while the GPU sits at the 58th percentile vs all GPUs. That gap supports the conclusion that the RTX 2060 is the weaker component in this pairing.

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 14168. In its nearest-rival group, it is 0.4% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7552, which scores 14115, and 0.8% behind the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C, which scores 14277. It is 1.1% behind the Intel Core i5-8500, which scores 14332, and 1.2% behind the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546, which scores 14336. These small deltas show the i5-10400F is competitive with a tight group of CPUs around the same performance level.

How This Combo Ranks

In Minimum, the combination of the Intel Core i5-10400F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ranks 1385 out of 1733 tested combos. This rank is based on measured data, since the fact pack marks dataIsMeasured as true.

The combo’s position in the lower portion of the tested field is consistent with the GPU being the relative weak point. The CPU is at the 73rd percentile, while the GPU is at the 58th percentile. In a game where resolution scaling produces large FPS drops, the lower-ranked GPU pulls the overall combo down.

Despite the rank, the absolute results are usable in many scenarios. At 1080p, every preset records at least 73.4 fps. At 1440p, Low, Medium, and High all remain above the 4K Low result of 56.5 fps. The main weakness is 4K, where even Low falls to 56.5 fps and Ultra drops to 24.4 fps. The rank reflects the full tested field, but the measured data shows that this combo still handles 1080p and moderate 1440p play without issue.