Minimum

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Minimum with the Intel Core i5-14400F and AMD Radeon RX 570 reveals a steep performance cliff as resolution increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces 85.2 FPS, but stepping up to 1440p drops that figure to 56.1 FPS — a substantial reduction of roughly 34%. Moving further to 4K, the same Low preset yields only 29.3 FPS, which is less than half of the 1080p result. This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the limiting component at higher resolutions, as the pixel count increases dramatically while the frame rate falls in near-proportion.

The Ultra preset tells an even more telling story. At 1080p, the combo manages 39.6 FPS, which drops to 26.2 FPS at 1440p and collapses to 12.6 FPS at 4K. That 4K Ultra result is barely playable by any standard, and the gap between 1440p and 4K suggests the RX 570's memory bandwidth and shading resources are simply overwhelmed. The GPU's 224.0 GB/s bandwidth and 5.095 TFLOPS FP32 throughput are modest by modern standards, and the data reflects that: each resolution jump demands exponentially more fill rate and texture throughput, which this Polaris 20 chip cannot sustain.

Interestingly, the scaling from Medium to High is not uniform across resolutions. At 1080p, High runs at 54.4 FPS versus Medium's 66.1 FPS — a 12 FPS difference. At 1440p, the gap narrows to 6.4 FPS (32.4 vs 38.8). At 4K, High (20.9 FPS) and Medium (24 FPS) are only 3.1 FPS apart. This convergence suggests that at higher resolutions, the GPU becomes so bottlenecked that the difference between preset levels matters less; the hardware is saturated regardless of the graphics load. The data implies that for 4K gaming, the CPU's role is largely irrelevant — the RX 570 cannot feed frames fast enough to stress the i5-14400F's 10 cores and 16 threads.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting 1080p, the measured rows show that Low settings deliver 85.2 FPS, which is the only preset in the entire dataset that approaches high-refresh territory. Medium at 66.1 FPS is still smooth for most third-person shooters, while High at 54.4 FPS remains playable but begins to show the GPU's age. Ultra at 39.6 FPS is borderline — it works for slower-paced moments but will feel sluggish during combat. The data suggests that Medium is the sweet spot for 1080p, offering a 21.7 FPS improvement over High while still looking noticeably better than Low.

At 1440p, the choices become more constrained. Low produces 56.1 FPS, which is acceptable for casual play, but Medium drops to 38.8 FPS and High to 32.4 FPS. Given that the game is a shooter, frame rate consistency matters more than visual fidelity. The data indicates that 1440p Low is the only sensible option if responsiveness is the priority; anything above that risks dipping below 40 FPS, which many players find frustrating. Ultra at 26.2 FPS is effectively a slideshow during firefights.

For 4K, the situation is dire across the board. Low yields 29.3 FPS, Medium 24 FPS, High 20.9 FPS, and Ultra 12.6 FPS. None of these reach the 30 FPS threshold that most consider the absolute minimum for playability, and only the Low preset comes close. The benchmark results indicate that 4K is not viable with this combo for Minimum, regardless of settings. The best experience per the measured rows is clearly 1080p Medium, balancing a 66.1 FPS average with moderate visual quality — this is the only configuration that avoids both the stutter of low frame rates and the visual downgrade of Low presets.

FAQ

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

A: The highest measured average FPS is 85.2, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is the only preset in the dataset that exceeds 80 FPS.

Q: How does the RX 570's 4 GB VRAM affect 4K performance?

A: At 3840x2160, even the Low preset only manages 29.3 FPS. The 4 GB GDDR5 memory with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth is insufficient for 4K texture loads, and the data shows Ultra at 4K drops to 12.6 FPS — the lowest recorded value.

Q: Is there a big difference between High and Ultra at 1080p?

A: Yes. High produces 54.4 FPS while Ultra produces 39.6 FPS, a 14.8 FPS gap. This suggests Ultra includes effects that dramatically increase GPU load without a proportional visual benefit at this resolution.

Q: Which CPU is this i5-14400F comparable to in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The CPU's average benchmark score of 32508 places it within 0.2% of the Intel Core i7-12800H (32513) and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 (32446). It also sits 0.2% below the AMD Ryzen 7 250 (32584) and Intel Core i7-13705H (32586).

Q: Does the GPU's score align with any modern counterparts?

A: The RX 570's average benchmark score of 30158 puts it within 0.2% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (30109) and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (30097). The NVIDIA Tesla M60 (29969) is 0.6% behind, and the RTX 5070 Mobile (29928) is 0.8% behind.

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking among tested systems?

A: This pairing ranks 1626 out of 1733 tested combos for Minimum, placing it in the bottom 6% of configurations. This reflects the RX 570's age relative to modern GPUs.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured rows show a clear progression: Low leads with 85.2 FPS, followed by Medium at 66.1 FPS, then High at 54.4 FPS, and Ultra bringing up the rear at 39.6 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 45.6 FPS, indicating that the GPU has headroom at this resolution but that Ultra presets impose a severe penalty.

Moving to 2560x1440, the numbers compress. Low remains the leader at 56.1 FPS, but Medium drops to 38.8 FPS, High to 32.4 FPS, and Ultra to 26.2 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 29.9 FPS, and the percentage drop from Low to Medium is 30.8%. High is only 6.4 FPS behind Medium, suggesting diminishing returns as settings scale up.

At 3840x2160, performance collapses. Low produces 29.3 FPS, Medium 24 FPS, High 20.9 FPS, and Ultra 12.6 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra spread is 16.7 FPS, but the relative degradation is severe: Ultra runs at 43% of Low's frame rate. Interestingly, the difference between High and Medium at 4K is just 3.1 FPS, while at 1080p that same difference was 12.3 FPS. This confirms that resolution scaling flattens the settings hierarchy as the GPU becomes the dominant bottleneck.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 is built on the GCN 4.0 architecture with a Polaris 20 chip fabricated on a 14 nm process. Its 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs deliver a theoretical pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s. The base clock of 1168 MHz boosts to 1244 MHz, and memory runs at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus, yielding 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These figures explain why 4K performance is so poor: the chip's fill rate and bandwidth are insufficient for 8.3 million pixels per frame.

The 4 GB GDDR5 memory is another limiting factor. Modern games often exceed 4 GB at high resolutions, and while Minimum is a 2014 title, the Ultra preset at 4K still tanked to 12.6 FPS. The GPU's FP32 throughput of 5.095 TFLOPS (with FP16 at the same 1:1 ratio) is modest, and the data shows that even at 1080p Ultra, the card cannot maintain 40 FPS.

The GPU's benchmark percentile of 74 places it above 74% of all GPUs, but that statistic is misleading for gaming. Its nearest rivals in average score include the RTX 5060 (30109, 0.2% ahead) and RX 7700 XT (30097, 0.2% ahead), yet those modern cards would handle Minimum far better due to architectural improvements. The RX 570's DirectX 12 (12_0) support and Vulkan 1.3 API compatibility mean it can run the game, but the measured FPS reveals that its raw compute and memory resources are stretched thin at higher settings.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. Its cache hierarchy includes 80 KB L1 per core, 1.25 MB L2 per core, and 20 MB shared L3. The CPU scores 21914 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3093 in single-core, with a Geekbench multi-core score of 11209 and single-core of 2333. Its 88th percentile among all CPUs indicates strong general compute performance.

In Minimum, the CPU's role is secondary to the GPU. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo hits 85.2 FPS, but this is likely GPU-limited rather than CPU-limited. The i5-14400F can clearly sustain high frame rates — its Passmark single-thread score of 3723 and Cinebench R15 single-core score of 311 suggest ample headroom. The nearest CPU rivals include the Core i7-12800H (32513, 0% delta) and Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 (32446, 0.2% delta), all of which would behave similarly in this game.

The CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads are overkill for a 2014 shooter, which likely uses only a few threads. The data implies that even at 1080p, the RX 570 is the bottleneck, not the processor. This is evident from the 4K results: if the CPU were limiting, frame rates would remain relatively stable across resolutions, but they drop by 65% from 1080p Low to 4K Low, pointing squarely at GPU constraints.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of Intel Core i5-14400F and AMD Radeon RX 570 ranks 1626 out of 1733 tested combinations for Minimum. This places it in the bottom 6% of all systems, which is striking given that the CPU itself is quite capable — its 88th percentile ranking among CPUs is far above the combo's overall position. The discrepancy highlights how the GPU drags down the pairing's performance.

The data suggests that the i5-14400F is wasted in this configuration for Minimum, as the RX 570 cannot deliver frame rates that stress the CPU. The combo's rank reflects the GPU's age: the RX 570's 74th percentile among GPUs masks its poor gaming performance in this title, where it consistently fails to reach 60 FPS except at 1080p Low. The nearest GPU rivals in synthetic benchmarks — RTX 5060, RX 7700 XT, Tesla M60, RTX 5070 Mobile — are all within 0.8% in average score, but those modern cards would likely rank much higher in Minimum due to better driver optimization and newer architectures.

For players with this exact combo, the benchmark results indicate that 1080p Medium (66.1 FPS) is the ceiling for smooth gameplay. Anything beyond that sacrifices frame rate disproportionately. The rank of 1626 out of 1733 serves as a clear warning: this is not a high-performance gaming pairing, and the CPU's strength cannot compensate for the GPU's limitations in a title that scales heavily with resolution and settings.