Minimum

# Minimum: Intel Core i5-12400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

This pairing of Intel's six-core Alder Lake CPU with NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace flagship-class GPU produces a remarkably consistent experience in Minimum, a 2014 third-person shooter that clearly scales well with modern hardware. The measured frame rates show this combo is capable of triple-digit performance at every resolution tested, with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth proving more than sufficient for a game from this era. The Intel Core i5-12400F, with its 6 cores and 12 threads boosting to 4.40 GHz, appears to keep pace with the GPU across most settings, though the data suggests some interesting bottlenecks emerge at lower resolutions and higher settings that warrant closer investigation.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data across three resolutions and four quality presets reveals a clear sweet spot for this combo. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 252 FPS average with a minimum of 214 FPS and maximum of 290 FPS, which represents an excellent balance between visual fidelity and headroom. The High preset at 1080p drops to 211 FPS average, still very playable but with less margin, while Ultra falls to 161 FPS and Low pushes to an extreme 329 FPS. For 1440p gaming, High settings at 136 FPS average provide the best experience—it maintains smooth performance while offering substantial visual improvements over Medium's 162 FPS, which ironically shows the GPU is not fully saturated at Medium. At 4K, the data suggests High settings at 73 FPS is the recommended starting point, as it stays above the 60 FPS threshold with room to spare, whereas Ultra drops to 56 FPS and Medium sits at 87 FPS.

The most telling observation comes from the frame time consistency metrics. Only the Medium preset across all resolutions includes minimum and maximum FPS data: at 1080p (214-290 FPS), 1440p (138-187 FPS), and 4K (74-101 FPS). This consistency suggests Medium is where the engine's frame pacing is most stable. The 1440p High preset, while delivering 136 FPS average, lacks the same frame time data, but given the 4K High result of 73 FPS, the scaling suggests 1440p High is likely well within the GPU's comfortable operating range. For competitive play, 1080p Low at 329 FPS provides maximum responsiveness, but for most users the 1440p High preset offers the best combination of image quality and performance headroom—especially considering the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 96 ROPs and 250.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are clearly capable of handling this game's demands.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER brings substantial resources to this aging title, and the data reflects that the GPU is often the limiting factor—but only at higher settings and resolutions. The card's 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus with 672.3 GB/s bandwidth is far beyond what Minimum requires, as evidenced by the fact that even at 4K Ultra, the game runs at 56 FPS average rather than being VRAM-limited. The boost clock of 2610 MHz and base clock of 2340 MHz, combined with 8448 shading units and 264 TMUs, deliver 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, which explains why the game scales so predictably with resolution changes.

The GPU's performance percentile of 76 against all GPUs places it in the upper quartile, with nearest rivals including the NVIDIA TITAN RTX (deltaPct -1.9) and NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (deltaPct -1.4). The data shows that at 1080p, the GPU is not the bottleneck—the 329 FPS at Low settings and 211 FPS at High settings suggest the CPU is limiting performance. However, at 4K, the GPU's role becomes dominant: the 73 FPS at High versus 87 FPS at Medium (a 19% drop from lowering settings) demonstrates that the GPU's fill rate and shading capacity are the determining factors. The 96 ROPs and 250.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are sufficient for 4K at Medium-High, but Ultra's additional effects push the card to its limits, resulting in the 56 FPS average.

How This Combo Ranks

Among the 3,712 tested combos in this database, this pairing achieves a rank of 449, placing it in the top 12.1% of all tested configurations. This is a strong result for a combination of a mid-range 12th-gen CPU and a high-end 40-series GPU. The CPU itself sits at the 73rd percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 19,039, while the GPU ranks at the 76th percentile with an average score of 31,087. The combo's rank of 449 out of 3,712 suggests that the i5-12400F and RTX 4070 Ti SUPER are well-matched for this game, without one component significantly dragging down the other's potential.

The CPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS (avgScore 19,047, deltaPct 0) and Intel Core i5-1335U (avgScore 18,982, deltaPct 0.3), indicating the i5-12400F is competitive with newer mobile and low-power desktop parts. The GPU's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA TITAN RTX (avgScore 31,676, deltaPct -1.9) and NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (avgScore 31,532, deltaPct -1.4), showing the 4070 Ti SUPER outperforms these older or workstation-oriented cards. Given that Minimum is from 2014, the game's engine is unlikely to fully utilize the modern features of either component, yet the measured FPS results prove this combo still delivers exceptional performance that ranks well above the median configuration.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra settings?

A: No. The measured 4K Ultra average is 56 FPS, which falls below the 60 FPS threshold. However, dropping to High settings at 4K yields 73 FPS average, comfortably above 60.

Q: What is the best resolution for competitive play with this setup?

A: The data shows 1080p Low delivers 329 FPS average, providing the highest frame rate. For a balance of quality and speed, 1440p High at 136 FPS is the highest resolution that stays well above 120 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more limiting at 1080p?

A: The data indicates the CPU becomes the limiting factor at 1080p. The jump from High (211 FPS) to Low (329 FPS) shows a 56% increase in frame rate, which is more than the GPU alone would explain, suggesting the i5-12400F's 6 cores and 12 threads are the constraint.

Q: Does the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 16 GB VRAM matter for this game?

A: No. Minimum from 2014 does not require substantial VRAM. The 16 GB GDDR6X memory is vastly overprovisioned, as evidenced by the game's performance being more dependent on rendering settings than memory capacity.

Q: How does the 1440p Medium preset compare to the 1080p High preset?

A: 1440p Medium delivers 162 FPS average, which is 23% lower than 1080p High's 211 FPS. The 1440p Medium also has documented frame time stability (138-187 FPS), while 1080p High lacks such data.

Q: Is the Ultra preset ever worth using with this combo?

A: Only at 1080p, where Ultra delivers 161 FPS average. At 1440p Ultra drops to 104 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 56 FPS. The 1080p Ultra result is playable, but the 1440p High preset at 136 FPS likely looks better overall.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K follows a clear pattern that reveals the system's bottleneck behavior. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 211 at 1080p to 136 at 1440p (a 35.5% reduction) and then to 73 at 4K (a 46.3% reduction from 1440p). This scaling is less steep than the pixel count increase would suggest—4K has 4x the pixels of 1080p, yet the frame rate only drops to 34.6% of the 1080p value. This indicates that at 1080p, the CPU is the limiting factor, and the GPU has significant headroom that gets progressively utilized as resolution increases.

The Low settings show even more dramatic scaling: 329 FPS at 1080p, 212 FPS at 1440p (a 35.6% drop), and 114 FPS at 4K (a 46.2% drop from 1440p). This consistent percentage drop across settings suggests the scaling is resolution-driven rather than settings-driven. At Medium, the numbers are 252 FPS, 162 FPS, and 87 FPS respectively, showing a similar pattern. Ultra settings follow the trend with 161 FPS, 104 FPS, and 56 FPS. The data implies that this combo becomes increasingly GPU-bound as resolution rises, with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 44.10 TFLOPS being the primary determinant of performance at 4K. The fact that 4K High (73 FPS) manages to stay above 60 FPS while 4K Ultra (56 FPS) does not highlights that the GPU's 96 ROPs and 250.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are just at the edge for the most demanding preset.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F, with 6 cores and 12 threads operating at a base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost up to 4.40 GHz, plays a significant role in this combo's performance profile. Its 18 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB L2 per core provide ample data locality for a 2014 game engine, which typically doesn't require massive cache hierarchies. The CPU's 3DMark benchmarks show a single-thread score of 909 and a max-thread score of 5,912, indicating strong per-core performance that is crucial for older games that may not scale well across many cores. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 12,380 and single-core score of 1,680 further confirm this processor's capability.

The data suggests the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p, particularly at Low settings where 329 FPS pushes the processor's limits. The 3DMark 8-thread score of 4,779 versus the max-thread score of 5,912 indicates that performance scales reasonably well up to 8 threads, but the game likely doesn't utilize all 12 threads effectively. The Passmark multithread score of 19,433 and single-thread score of 3,481 show that this CPU ranks in the 73rd percentile overall, meaning it's above average but not exceptional. At 1440p and 4K, the CPU's role diminishes as the GPU becomes the bottleneck, but the 136 FPS at 1440p High and 87 FPS at 4K Medium demonstrate that the i5-12400F can feed the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER adequately at these resolutions. The 65W TDP and 10nm process node contribute to thermal efficiency, though this is not directly measured in the FPS data.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset for this combo is as follows:

1920x1080:

• Low: 329 FPS average
• Medium: 252 FPS average, with minimum 214 FPS and maximum 290 FPS
• High: 211 FPS average
• Ultra: 161 FPS average

2560x1440:

• Low: 212 FPS average
• Medium: 162 FPS average, with minimum 138 FPS and maximum 187 FPS
• High: 136 FPS average
• Ultra: 104 FPS average

3840x2160:

• Low: 114 FPS average
• Medium: 87 FPS average, with minimum 74 FPS and maximum 101 FPS
• High: 73 FPS average
• Ultra: 56 FPS average

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min/max data across all resolutions, showing a consistent pattern where the minimum is approximately 85% of the average (214/252 at 1080p, 138/162 at 1440p, 74/87 at 4K). This suggests the Medium preset provides the most predictable frame pacing. The gap between Low and Medium at 1080p is 77 FPS (329 to 252), while at 1440p it narrows to 50 FPS (212 to 162), and at 4K to 27 FPS (114 to 87). This diminishing difference with resolution confirms the GPU-bound nature at higher resolutions. The Ultra preset shows the largest relative drop from High at each resolution: 23.7% at 1080p (211 to 161), 23.5% at 1440p (136 to 104), and 23.3% at 4K (73 to 56), indicating that Ultra imposes a consistent additional load regardless of resolution. These numbers paint a clear picture of a system that excels at 1080p and 1440p, with 4K requiring settings compromises to maintain smooth performance.