Minimum

Settings Recommendations

For Minimum, the measured data clearly favors the Medium preset as the best balance of visual quality and performance for the Intel Core i5-13400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 combination. At 1080p, Medium delivers 166.5 FPS, which is 26.7 FPS higher than High (139.8 FPS) and 60.1 FPS higher than Ultra (106.4 FPS). The jump from Medium to High costs only 26.7 FPS, but the jump from High to Ultra costs 33.4 FPS for what is typically a marginal visual gain in a 2014 third-person shooter.

At 1440p, the Medium preset remains the sweet spot with 105.6 FPS, comfortably above the 90.2 FPS of High and the 70.1 FPS of Ultra. The 4K results reinforce this recommendation: Medium achieves 59.6 FPS, which is playable, while High drops to 45.3 FPS and Ultra falls to 34.5 FPS. Low settings are available for competitive play, delivering 214.7 FPS at 1080p and 136.9 FPS at 1440p, but the visual compromise is substantial.

The data indicates that Ultra is not worth the performance penalty on this hardware. Across all resolutions, Ultra yields the lowest framerates—34.5 FPS at 4K, 70.1 FPS at 1440p, and 106.4 FPS at 1080p—while Medium provides over 55% higher FPS at 4K (59.6 vs 34.5) and over 56% higher at 1080p (166.5 vs 106.4). For a third-person shooter where smoothness matters, Medium is the recommended preset, with High as an acceptable alternative for users prioritizing visual fidelity at 1080p or 1440p.

How This Combo Ranks

The Core i5-13400F with RTX 5060 ranks 818th out of 1733 tested combinations in Minimum, placing it in the 47th percentile of all combos tested. This mid-pack position reflects the game's age—Minimum launched in 2014 and is not particularly demanding by modern standards, so the combination's performance is limited more by the game's engine than by the hardware's capabilities.

The CPU itself sits at the 82nd percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 25236. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-13620H (0.1% ahead), AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (0.5% behind), and AMD EPYC 9474F (0.5% behind). The GPU ranks at the 73rd percentile among all graphics cards, with an average score of 30109, and is virtually tied with the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (0% delta) while trailing the AMD Radeon RX 570 by 0.2% and leading the NVIDIA Tesla M60 by 0.5%.

Given that both components are mid-to-upper tier in their respective benchmark hierarchies, the 818th rank in a pool of 1733 combos suggests that Minimum's performance scaling is not particularly favorable to this pairing. The game's age means that most modern mid-range hardware will produce similar results, and the ranking reflects that the RTX 5060's 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory bus are not heavily stressed by this title's requirements.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Minimum?

A: The data shows 1080p is the strongest resolution, with all settings except Ultra exceeding 139.8 FPS. At 1440p, Medium still delivers 105.6 FPS, while 4K is only playable on Low (72.8 FPS) or Medium (59.6 FPS).

Q: How does the RTX 5060 compare to its nearest GPU rival?

A: The RTX 5060's average benchmark score is 30109, which is statistically identical to the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (0% deltaPct). It trails the AMD Radeon RX 570 by 0.2% but leads the NVIDIA Tesla M60 by 0.5%.

Q: Is the Core i5-13400F a bottleneck at any resolution?

A: At 1080p, the CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz are sufficient to drive framerates beyond 214.7 FPS on Low settings. At 4K, the GPU becomes the limiting factor, as FPS drops to 45.3 on High, indicating the CPU is not the constraint.

Q: What is the framerate difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p?

A: Low delivers 136.9 FPS, while Ultra drops to 70.1 FPS—a difference of 66.8 FPS. Medium (105.6 FPS) and High (90.2 FPS) sit between these extremes, with Medium offering the best FPS-per-setting ratio.

Q: Does the RTX 5060's 8 GB VRAM cause issues in Minimum?

A: The measured data shows no VRAM-related performance anomalies. The game's 2014 release date and modest requirements do not stress the 8 GB GDDR7 memory, as evidenced by consistent framerates across settings without sudden drops.

Q: How does this combo compare to other tested configurations?

A: With a rank of 818 out of 1733 combos, this pairing sits near the median of all tested combinations. The CPU's 82nd percentile ranking and GPU's 73rd percentile ranking suggest that the hardware is capable, but Minimum's performance scaling does not favor the combination.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the measured framerates show clear tiering: Low produces 214.7 FPS, Medium 166.5 FPS, High 139.8 FPS, and Ultra 106.4 FPS. The gap from Low to Medium is 48.2 FPS, while Medium to High is 26.7 FPS, and High to Ultra is 33.4 FPS. The 1080p results demonstrate that the RTX 5060 is well-suited for high-refresh-rate monitors at this resolution, with even Ultra clearing the 100 FPS threshold.

At 1440p, the same ordering holds with reduced margins: Low reaches 136.9 FPS, Medium 105.6 FPS, High 90.2 FPS, and Ultra 70.1 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 36% of the framerate on Low (214.7 to 136.9), 36.6% on Medium (166.5 to 105.6), 35.5% on High (139.8 to 90.2), and 34.1% on Ultra (106.4 to 70.1). This consistent percentage drop suggests the GPU is scaling predictably with pixel count.

At 4K, the results are more constrained: Low delivers 72.8 FPS, Medium 59.6 FPS, High 45.3 FPS, and Ultra 34.5 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-40 FPS measurement in the entire dataset. The framerate distribution at 4K indicates that Medium is the highest playable preset, while Low is required for smooth 60 FPS gameplay.

Resolution Scaling

The framerate drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the GPU-bound nature of this combination. At Low settings, performance falls from 214.7 FPS at 1080p to 72.8 FPS at 4K—a 66.1% reduction. At Medium, the drop is from 166.5 to 59.6 FPS (64.2% reduction). High falls from 139.8 to 45.3 FPS (67.6% reduction), and Ultra drops from 106.4 to 34.5 FPS (67.6% reduction).

The near-uniform percentage drop across all settings indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The RTX 5060's 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 128-bit bus width are the limiting factors, as the pixel throughput requirement at 4K (8.3 million pixels) is four times that of 1080p (2.1 million pixels). The CPU's 20 MB L3 cache and 4.60 GHz boost clock are sufficient to feed the GPU at all resolutions, evidenced by the linear scaling.

The 1440p to 4K transition is particularly steep: Low drops from 136.9 to 72.8 FPS (46.8% reduction), Medium from 105.6 to 59.6 (43.6% reduction), High from 90.2 to 45.3 (49.8% reduction), and Ultra from 70.1 to 34.5 (50.8% reduction). This suggests that the GPU's 19.18 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is being saturated at 4K, with the 8 GB VRAM not causing any capacity-related slowdowns.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F brings 10 cores and 16 threads to the combination, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.60 GHz. The Raptor Lake architecture's 20 MB shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache provide ample data locality for Minimum's engine, which was designed for systems from 2014.

Benchmark data shows the CPU achieves a single-thread score of 3004 in Cinebench R23 and a multicore score of 21279, placing it at the 82nd percentile among all CPUs. In Minimum, the CPU's role is evident in the 1080p Low result of 214.7 FPS, which demonstrates the processor's ability to handle the game's draw calls and physics calculations without becoming a bottleneck.

The 3dmark scores illustrate the thread scaling: 2 threads score 1880, 4 threads 3459, 8 threads 5591, and 16 threads 7314. This near-linear scaling up to 8 threads indicates that Minimum can utilize multiple cores effectively, but the game's 2014 engine likely does not fully exploit all 16 threads. The CPU's 65 W TDP and 10 nm process node mean it runs efficiently without thermal throttling, maintaining consistent framerates across benchmark runs.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 uses the GB206 chip on a 5 nm process, with 3840 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The 8 GB GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is the key specification for Minimum's resolution scaling behavior. The GPU's boost clock of 2497 MHz and 19.18 TFLOPS of FP32 compute deliver the raw throughput needed for the game's rendering.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 30109 places it at the 73rd percentile, with PassMark G3D scoring 20891 and Geekbench OpenCL scoring 120785. In Minimum, the GPU's performance is the defining factor at 1440p and 4K, as demonstrated by the resolution scaling analysis. The 119.9 GPixel/s pixel rate and 299.6 GTexel/s texture rate are sufficient for the game's visual effects, but the 128-bit memory bus becomes the constraint at 4K.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity is not a limiting factor in Minimum, as the game's 2014-era assets fit comfortably within this allocation. The GPU's 30 RT cores and 120 tensor cores are irrelevant for this title, which does not utilize ray tracing or DLSS. The 145 W TDP and 300 W suggested PSU indicate the card operates efficiently, with the 1x 8-pin power connector providing sufficient headroom for sustained gaming loads.