Minimum

The Intel Core i9-14900K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 delivers outstanding performance in Minimum, a Third-Person Shooter released on 2014-06-25. The benchmark data shows this combination achieves high frame rates across all tested configurations, positioning it as a top-tier setup for this title. With a combo rank of 67 out of 1733 tested combinations, this pairing sits comfortably in the upper echelon of systems evaluated for this game.

FAQ

*Q: What is the overall performance rank of this CPU and GPU combination in Minimum?*

A: The combo ranks 67th out of 1733 tested combinations in the game, placing it in the top 4% of all systems benchmarked for this title.

Q: How does the Intel Core i9-14900K compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The i9-14900K has an average benchmark score of 79824, which is 0.3% behind the AMD EPYC 7413 (score 80041) and 0.7% ahead of both the Intel Core i9-14900KF (score 79245) and the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF (score 79240).

Q: What is the best average frame rate recorded for this combo at 1920x1080 resolution?

A: The highest average frame rate at 1920x1080 is 379.2 FPS, achieved with Low settings. At Ultra settings, the average drops to 188.1 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 5080 compare to its nearest rivals in average GPU benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 5080 scores 59188 on average, which is 1.6% higher than the Intel Arc A570M (score 58239) and 2.5% higher than the Intel Arc A580 (score 57756), but 1.9% lower than the Intel Arc Pro A60 (score 60326).

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 2560x1440 resolution?

A: At 2560x1440, the average frame rate drops from 245.5 FPS on Low settings to 116.3 FPS on Ultra settings, representing a performance reduction to less than half.

Q: Does the CPU's performance percentile indicate it is a strong processor overall?

A: Yes, the Intel Core i9-14900K ranks in the 97th percentile against all CPUs, with a strong multi-core Cinebench R23 score of 49872 and a single-core score of 7040.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is the primary driver of frame rates in Minimum, and the data confirms its substantial impact across settings. Built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, this GPU packs 10752 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, and 112 raster output units. The 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves sufficient for this game's demands even at 3840x2160 resolution.

Clock speeds matter here. The base clock of 2295 MHz and boost clock of 2617 MHz allow the GPU to maintain high throughput, reflected in the measured results. At 3840x2160 with Low settings, the average frame rate is 132.2 FPS, but this falls to 65.4 FPS at Ultra settings. The scaling is not linear; moving from Low to Medium at 4K costs roughly 23% of performance (from 132.2 to 101.6 FPS), while Ultra demands another 36% reduction. This suggests that the higher settings introduce effects that stress the GPU's compute and memory subsystems more heavily.

The RTX 5080's synthetic scores corroborate its gaming strength. It achieves 36565 in Passmark G3D and 8637 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, with a Passmark GPU Compute score of 21789. The GPU sits in the 89th percentile against all GPUs, and its nearest rivals include the Intel Arc Pro A60 (1.9% higher average score) and the Intel Arc A570M (1.6% lower average score). In practice, the RTX 5080's 56.28 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 879.3 GTexel/s texture rate ensure that Minimum's visuals are rendered without bottlenecking the CPU at most settings.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i9-14900K provides the computational backbone for this combo, and in Minimum, its role becomes more pronounced at lower resolutions and higher frame rates. This processor features 24 cores and 32 threads, with a base clock of 3.20 GHz and a boost clock of 6.00 GHz. The hybrid architecture of Raptor Lake-R includes 36 MB of shared L3 cache, with 2 MB L2 per core and 80 KB L1 per core, which helps feed the GPU efficiently.

Benchmark data shows the i9-14900K excels in multi-threaded workloads, scoring 49872 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 20946 in Cinebench R20 multi-core. Single-core performance is equally strong, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 7040 and a Geekbench single-core score of 3064. The Passmark multi-thread score of 58674 and integer math score of 210622 indicate robust processing power that prevents CPU-bound scenarios in most games.

In Minimum, the CPU's influence is visible when comparing frame rates across resolutions. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo reaches 379.2 FPS, which is likely near the engine's ceiling. At 2560x1440 Low, it drops to 245.5 FPS, and at 3840x2160 Low, it hits 132.2 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows a 35% reduction, while 1440p to 4K shows a 46% reduction, indicating that the GPU becomes the limiting factor as resolution increases. The CPU's 97th percentile ranking against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 79824, confirms it is not the bottleneck in this pairing.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates reveal consistent performance scaling across three resolutions and four settings tiers. At 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 65.4 on Ultra to 132.2 on Low. Medium settings yield 101.6 FPS, and High settings produce 81.8 FPS. The step from Low to Medium is a 23% reduction, from Medium to High is a 19% reduction, and from High to Ultra is a 20% reduction. This suggests that each settings tier adds a near-uniform load on the GPU at 4K.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates increase substantially. Low settings achieve 245.5 FPS, Medium reaches 187 FPS, High hits 158.6 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 116.3 FPS. The relative differences tighten here: Low to Medium is a 24% drop, Medium to High is a 15% drop, and High to Ultra is a 27% drop. At 1920x1080, the combo pushes even higher: Low settings deliver 379.2 FPS, Medium achieves 288.3 FPS, High produces 243.7 FPS, and Ultra maintains 188.1 FPS.

Cross-resolution analysis shows that 1080p Low is nearly three times faster than 4K Ultra (379.2 vs 65.4 FPS). The data also indicates that High settings at 1440p (158.6 FPS) are comparable to Low settings at 4K (132.2 FPS), suggesting users seeking high refresh rates should favor lower resolutions. The 1080p Ultra result of 188.1 FPS exceeds the 1440p High result by 19%, highlighting how resolution scaling impacts performance more than settings scaling at higher frame rates.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i9-14900K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 combination ranks 67th out of 1733 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the top 3.9% of all systems. This rank reflects the synergy between a 97th-percentile CPU and an 89th-percentile GPU, both of which are active production parts. The CPU's average benchmark score of 79824 places it just 0.3% below the AMD EPYC 7413 and 0.7% above the Intel Core i9-14900KF, indicating that minor silicon variations have negligible impact on real-world gaming.

The GPU's average score of 59188 positions it 1.6% above the Intel Arc A570M and 2.5% above the Intel Arc A580, though it trails the Intel Arc Pro A60 by 1.9%. These deltas are small, but the RTX 5080's measured performance in Minimum shows it utilizes its resources effectively. The combo's rank of 67 suggests that only 66 other combinations deliver higher average frame rates across the tested settings, which is an impressive feat given the game's age and the hardware's modern architecture.

Within the context of all tested combos, this pairing excels at 1080p and 1440p, where the CPU's high boost clock and the GPU's bandwidth keep frame rates well above 100 FPS at Ultra settings. At 4K Ultra, the 65.4 FPS average is still playable, but the rank could be higher if the GPU had more headroom for the most demanding settings. Overall, the data shows this combo is a balanced, high-performance choice for Minimum, with no significant bottlenecks detected at any tested configuration.