Minimum

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is the top-ranked combination among 2,939 tested setups for Minimum, a Third-Person Shooter released on 2014-06-25. This combo achieves a rank of 1 in the game, meaning no other tested hardware pairing delivers higher average frame rates in the measured scenarios. The data shows this is a system built for extreme refresh rates and maximum visual fidelity, though the specific balance between CPU and GPU performance creates some interesting decisions for users targeting different resolutions and settings.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for this combo covers four settings presets—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—across three resolutions. The results reveal a clear hierarchy, but the "best" experience depends heavily on your display's refresh rate and resolution. At 1920x1080, the Low preset produces an average of 430 FPS, which is exceptionally high and far beyond what most monitors can display. The Medium preset still delivers 329 FPS average, with a minimum of 280 FPS and a maximum of 379 FPS. High at 1080p drops to 276 FPS average, while Ultra sits at 210 FPS. For 1080p users with a 240Hz or even 360Hz monitor, the Medium preset offers the best balance between visual quality and frame rate headroom—the 329 FPS average ensures you will rarely, if ever, drop below the refresh rate, and the minimum of 280 FPS still exceeds all but the most extreme display refresh rates.

At 2560x1440, the story shifts. Low produces 277 FPS average, Medium 212 FPS, High 178 FPS, and Ultra 136 FPS. For 1440p, the High preset is the sweet spot for most gamers with high-refresh monitors. The 178 FPS average is comfortably above 144Hz, and while the minimum is not reported, the Medium preset's minimum of 180 FPS suggests High will stay well within playable territory. If you have a 240Hz 1440p panel, the Medium preset at 212 FPS is the better choice, as it keeps the average above 200 FPS. Ultra at 1440p drops to 136 FPS, which is still smooth but may not fully saturate a 144Hz display's maximum refresh rate.

At 3840x2160, the data shows a more significant performance drop. Low averages 149 FPS, Medium 114 FPS (minimum 97, maximum 131), High 96 FPS, and Ultra 73 FPS. For 4K gaming, the Medium preset offers the best overall experience—the 114 FPS average exceeds 100 FPS, and the 97 FPS minimum ensures consistent smoothness on a 120Hz display. High at 4K dips to 96 FPS, which is still playable but leaves less margin for demanding scenes. Ultra at 4K, at 73 FPS, is only suitable for 60Hz monitors or users who prioritize visual quality over frame rate. The data suggests that for this combination, Medium at 4K is the recommended preset, as it delivers the highest frame rate that still maintains a minimum above 90 FPS.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is a Blackwell 2.0 architecture GPU built on TSMC's 5 nm process, featuring 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die. The GPU has 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing 1.79 TB/s of memory bandwidth. Core clocks are 2017 MHz base and 2407 MHz boost. The GPU includes 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 raster output units, along with 170 RT cores and 680 tensor cores. Pixel rate is 423.6 GPixel/s, texture rate is 1,636.8 GTexel/s, and FP32 performance is 104.8 TFLOPS. The TDP is 575 W, with a suggested PSU of 950 W.

In Minimum, the GPU's massive memory bandwidth and shading throughput directly drive the frame rates at higher resolutions and settings. The transition from Low to Ultra at each resolution shows the GPU's scaling under load. At 1080p, the difference between Low (430 FPS) and Ultra (210 FPS) is 220 FPS, a 51% drop from the Low preset. At 1440p, the drop is from 277 FPS (Low) to 136 FPS (Ultra), a 141 FPS or 51% reduction. At 4K, Low produces 149 FPS while Ultra yields 73 FPS, a 76 FPS drop, also roughly 51%. This consistent percentage reduction across resolutions indicates that the GPU's performance scales predictably with settings, and the RTX 5090 D's strengths in raw compute and memory bandwidth are being utilized effectively. The 32 GB VRAM is more than sufficient for Minimum, a game from 2014, so VRAM capacity is not a limiting factor in any measured scenario. The 1.79 TB/s memory bandwidth ensures that texture streaming and memory-intensive effects at Ultra settings do not bottleneck the GPU's compute units.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks 1st out of 2,939 tested combos in Minimum. This is a decisive top placement, indicating that no other CPU-GPU pairing in the database achieves higher average frame rates in this game. The rank is based on measured average FPS across the tested settings and resolutions, and this combo leads the field. The nearest rival combos are not specified in the data, but the rank of 1 with 2,939 total combos means this setup outperforms 99.97% of all tested configurations. For context, the CPU itself has a percentile of 91 among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53,620, while the GPU has a percentile of 92 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 77,712. The combination of two high-percentile components produces the top result in this specific game.

The CPU's nearest rivals in general benchmarks include the Intel Xeon 6505P (avg score 53,701, delta -0.2%), Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (avg score 53,469, delta 0.3%), AMD Ryzen 9 7900X (avg score 53,288, delta 0.6%), and AMD EPYC 7313P (avg score 53,206, delta 0.8%). These deltas are tiny, all within 1% of the i7-14700F's average score, showing that the CPU is competitive with high-end server and desktop parts. The GPU's nearest rivals include AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (avg score 76,904, delta 1.1%), AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (avg score 78,940, delta -1.6%), NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB (avg score 79,396, delta -2.1%), and NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB (avg score 79,605, delta -2.4%). These deltas indicate the RTX 5090 D is within a few percent of these rival GPUs in synthetic benchmarks, but in Minimum specifically, the combo still secures the top rank.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of performance across all nine combinations of three resolutions and four settings.

At 1920x1080, the results are as follows: Low averages 430 FPS. Medium averages 329 FPS, with a minimum of 280 FPS and a maximum of 379 FPS. High averages 276 FPS. Ultra averages 210 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 220 FPS, and the Medium preset's minimum of 280 FPS is higher than the High preset's average of 276 FPS, showing that the jump from Medium to High costs more than half the frame rate gain from Low to Medium.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 277 FPS. Medium averages 212 FPS, with a minimum of 180 FPS and a maximum of 244 FPS. High averages 178 FPS. Ultra averages 136 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 180 FPS is only 2 FPS higher than the High preset's average of 178 FPS, indicating that Medium provides a more stable experience than High at this resolution. The drop from Low to Ultra is 141 FPS, a 51% reduction.

At 3840x2160, Low averages 149 FPS. Medium averages 114 FPS, with a minimum of 97 FPS and a maximum of 131 FPS. High averages 96 FPS. Ultra averages 73 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 97 FPS is just above the High preset's average of 96 FPS, meaning Medium maintains a more consistent frame rate than High. The drop from Low to Ultra is 76 FPS, also a 51% reduction from the Low preset.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset consistently provides the most balanced performance, with minimum FPS values that are close to the averages of the next higher preset. The data shows that this combo can handle 1080p at any setting with frame rates above 200 FPS, 1440p above 136 FPS, and 4K above 73 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals how the performance burden shifts between the CPU and GPU. At the Low preset, 1080p yields 430 FPS, 1440p yields 277 FPS, and 4K yields 149 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 153 FPS (36% reduction), and from 1440p to 4K is 128 FPS (46% reduction). At the Medium preset, 1080p yields 329 FPS, 1440p yields 212 FPS, and 4K yields 114 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 117 FPS (36% reduction), and from 1440p to 4K is 98 FPS (46% reduction). At the High preset, 1080p yields 276 FPS, 1440p yields 178 FPS, and 4K yields 96 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 98 FPS (36% reduction), and from 1440p to 4K is 82 FPS (46% reduction). At the Ultra preset, 1080p yields 210 FPS, 1440p yields 136 FPS, and 4K yields 73 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 74 FPS (35% reduction), and from 1440p to 4K is 63 FPS (46% reduction).

The consistent 36% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and 46% reduction from 1440p to 4K across all settings indicates that the GPU is the primary scaling factor. If the CPU were limiting, the percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p would be smaller, since lower resolutions put more relative load on the CPU. Instead, the FPS scales nearly uniformly with pixel count: 1440p has 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p, and 4K has 2.25 times the pixels of 1440p. The observed reductions are in line with GPU-bound scaling, though not perfectly linear due to memory bandwidth and other factors. The RTX 5090 D's 1.79 TB/s memory bandwidth and 104.8 TFLOPS FP32 performance are being pushed progressively harder as resolution increases, and the frame rates reflect this. The CPU's role is more evident at 1080p, where the 430 FPS Low preset approaches the limits of what even a high-end processor can feed to the GPU, but the scaling pattern shows the GPU is the dominant limiting factor at all resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a Raptor Lake Refresh part from the Core 14th Gen series, featuring 20 cores and 28 threads. Base clock is 2.10 GHz, boost clock is 5.40 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The CPU uses Intel Socket 1700, supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration, and has 80 KB L1 cache per core, 2 MB L2 cache per core, and 33 MB shared L3 cache. It is built on Intel's 10 nm process with a die size of 257 mm². The CPU supports ECC memory and has PCIe Gen 5 with 16 lanes. It does not have integrated graphics. The launch MSRP is $359.

In Minimum, the CPU's performance is most relevant at 1080p, where frame rates are extremely high. At the Low preset, the 430 FPS average suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough draw calls and game logic updates to sustain very high frame rates. The boost clock of 5.40 GHz and 20 cores provide ample single-thread and multi-thread performance for this game, which is from 2014 and likely not heavily multi-threaded. The CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35,122 and single-core score of 4,958 indicate strong performance, but Minimum likely relies more on single-core speed due to its age. The i7-14700F's high boost clock is the key factor here.

The data shows that at 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 220 FPS, while at 4K, the same settings difference is 76 FPS. This indicates that at lower resolutions, the CPU has more influence on the frame rate ceiling, as the GPU is less burdened and the CPU must keep up with the frame generation. At 4K, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, so CPU performance matters less. The i7-14700F's 28 threads and 20 cores are more than sufficient for Minimum, and the CPU is not a limiting factor at any resolution or setting in the measured data. The fact that this combo ranks 1st out of 2,939 suggests that the i7-14700F pairs exceptionally well with the RTX 5090 D for this game, likely due to its high boost clock and strong single-thread performance, which prevents it from becoming a bottleneck even at the extremely high frame rates seen at 1080p. The CPU's 91st percentile among all CPUs and average benchmark score of 53,620 confirm it is a top-tier processor, and its performance in Minimum validates that position.