Minimum

Settings Recommendations

For this combination of Intel Core i5-14600KF and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT in Minimum, the measured data reveals a clear trade-off between visual fidelity and frame rate consistency. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 165.7 FPS, which is the highest measured value across all settings and resolutions. This represents a substantial margin over the Medium preset's 127.9 FPS, making Low the optimal choice for high-refresh-rate displays.

However, the Medium preset at 1080p still produces 127.9 FPS, which remains comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The High preset at 1080p yields 106.6 FPS, while Ultra drops to 83.8 FPS. Given that the game is a Third-Person Shooter, the data suggests that Medium at 1080p offers the best balance, since it maintains well over double the 60 FPS baseline while providing improved visual quality over Low.

At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. Low delivers 107.4 FPS, which is the only setting at this resolution to exceed triple-digit frame rates. Medium produces 84.7 FPS, High follows at 68.1 FPS, and Ultra falls to 55.1 FPS. For players prioritizing frame rate at 1440p, Low is the recommended preset, as it stays above 100 FPS. Those willing to accept 60-85 FPS can consider Medium, but High and Ultra dip closer to the 60 FPS boundary.

At 3840x2160, all settings struggle to maintain high frame rates. Low produces 61.1 FPS, which is the only 4K preset that stays above 60 FPS. Medium drops to 42.8 FPS, High to 40.1 FPS, and Ultra to 31.1 FPS. The recommendation at 4K is unambiguous: Low is the only playable preset, and even then, the margin above 60 FPS is slim.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-14600KF paired with the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT ranks 1295th out of 1733 tested combinations in Minimum. This places the combo in the lower-middle portion of the database, indicating that while it can run the game, many other configurations achieve higher frame rates. The percentile position reflects the GPU's age relative to the CPU's capabilities.

The CPU itself performs exceptionally well in synthetic benchmarks. The Core i5-14600KF scores 32889 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 4643 in single-core, with a percentile of 93 against all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the Core i5-14600K with a deltaPct of 0.4, the AMD EPYC 4345P at -0.5, the Ryzen 9 5950X at 0.6, and the Xeon Gold 5318H at 1.4. These deltas are all within 1.5%, showing the CPU is competitive with its direct peers.

The GPU, however, tells a different story. The Radeon RX 5700 XT holds a percentile of 68 against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 24731. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile at -0.1 deltaPct, the Intel Arc A350M at 0.3, the GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile at 0.6, and the Quadro RTX 5000 at 0.9. These tight deltas indicate the GPU sits in a crowded performance band, but its age (released in 2019) shows in the Minimum results.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is built on the Navi 10 chip using RDNA 1.0 architecture on a 7 nm process from TSMC. It contains 10,300 million transistors on a 251 mm² die, with a transistor density of 41.0M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 1605 MHz, a game clock of 1755 MHz, and a boost clock of 1905 MHz. Memory runs at 1750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective speed across an 8 GB GDDR6 interface with a 256-bit bus, yielding 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

The GPU's 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units produce a pixel rate of 121.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 304.8 GTexel/s. Compute performance reaches 9.754 TFLOPS FP32 and 19.51 TFLOPS FP16. In Minimum, the VRAM capacity of 8 GB appears sufficient even at 4K Ultra, since the bottleneck manifests as frame rate drops rather than texture streaming issues.

The measured FPS data shows a consistent pattern: lowering settings has a stronger impact on performance than lowering resolution. For instance, at 1080p, moving from Ultra to Low improves frame rate by 81.9 FPS (from 83.8 to 165.7). At 1440p, the same settings change yields a 52.3 FPS improvement (from 55.1 to 107.4). At 4K, the improvement is 30.0 FPS (from 31.1 to 61.1). This suggests the GPU's compute and memory subsystems are the limiting factors at higher settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a complete progression across all four settings. Low delivers 165.7 FPS, Medium drops to 127.9 FPS, High settles at 106.6 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 83.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 37.8 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 21.3 FPS. The High to Ultra transition costs 22.8 FPS. Every preset at 1080p exceeds 60 FPS, with even Ultra maintaining 83.8 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the measured averages are 107.4 FPS on Low, 84.7 FPS on Medium, 68.1 FPS on High, and 55.1 FPS on Ultra. The step from Low to Medium costs 22.7 FPS, Medium to High costs 16.6 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 13.0 FPS. Notably, Ultra falls below the 60 FPS mark at 1440p, while all other presets remain above it.

At 3840x2160, performance drops significantly across the board. Low produces 61.1 FPS, Medium 42.8 FPS, High 40.1 FPS, and Ultra 31.1 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 18.3 FPS, while Medium to High only costs 2.7 FPS. The High to Ultra transition costs 9.0 FPS. Only Low maintains playable frame rates at 4K, and even that preset barely clears the 60 FPS threshold.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gameplay with this combo?

A: The Medium preset delivers 127.9 FPS at 1920x1080, which provides a strong balance between visual quality and performance. Low achieves 165.7 FPS for maximum frame rate, while High yields 106.6 FPS and Ultra 83.8 FPS.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, only the Low preset exceeds 60 FPS with an average of 61.1 FPS. Medium produces 42.8 FPS, High 40.1 FPS, and Ultra 31.1 FPS, making these presets less suitable for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Core i5-14600KF scores 49367 in average benchmark, with a deltaPct of 0.4 against the Core i5-14600K, -0.5 against the AMD EPYC 4345P, 0.6 against the Ryzen 9 5950X, and 1.4 against the Xeon Gold 5318H. It ranks in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration?

A: The Radeon RX 5700 XT features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, running at 1750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective speed. This provides 448.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Q: How does the GPU rank against its nearest competitors?

A: The RX 5700 XT has an average benchmark score of 24731, placing it in the 68th percentile of all GPUs. Its deltaPct values are -0.1 against the RTX A5000 Mobile, 0.3 against the Arc A350M, 0.6 against the RTX 5060 Mobile, and 0.9 against the Quadro RTX 5000.

Q: What is the combo's overall rank in this game?

A: This CPU-GPU combination ranks 1295th out of 1733 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the lower-middle range of all configurations tested.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14600KF brings substantial processing power to this pairing. It features 14 cores and 20 threads based on Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. The CPU includes 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 2 MB of L2 cache per core, and 24 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration, with ECC memory support enabled.

The CPU's benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance: 3315 in Cinebench R15 multi-core, 13813 in Cinebench R20 multi-core, and 32889 in Cinebench R23 multi-core. Single-core scores are equally impressive at 468 in R15, 1950 in R20, and 4643 in R23. In Geekbench, it scores 15636 multi-core and 2778 single-core. PassMark results include 38697 in multi-thread, 4273 in single-thread, and a physics score of 2449.

Given that Minimum is a 2014 title, the CPU's capabilities far exceed what the game requires. The measured FPS data shows that even at 1080p Ultra, the frame rate reaches 83.8 FPS, which suggests the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher settings. The CPU's high single-thread performance (4643 in Cinebench R23 single-core) ensures it does not bottleneck the RX 5700 XT in most scenarios.

However, the combo rank of 1295 out of 1733 indicates that the overall system performance is held back by the GPU. The CPU's 93rd percentile ranking among all CPUs contrasts sharply with the GPU's 68th percentile, confirming that the Radeon RX 5700 XT is the performance ceiling in this configuration. At 1080p Low, the 165.7 FPS result shows the CPU can push the GPU to high frame rates, but at 4K, even the Low preset only manages 61.1 FPS, illustrating the GPU's limitations at higher resolutions.