Our Best pick for Minecraft at 1440p for $1,500 or less, a cheaper PC if you'd rather spend less, and one worth stretching for, from our own benchmark numbers: Justin's measured results, or estimated from them and labeled “est.”.
FPS in Minecraft at 1440p. Highest preset, native (no DLSS/FSR). Prices as of Oct 2, 2026.
20% below similar PCs (same graphics card and CPU class)
About 110–170 FPS in Minecraft at 1440p (estimate from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews)Estimated from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews: Justin's RTX 5070 and RX 9070 XT runs, the closer counting more, scaled by the performance index (the RX 9070 is about 11% faster than the RTX 5070 and about 11% slower than the RX 9070 XT at 1440p), then held to what a Core i5-14400F can keep up with in this game.
About 95–150 FPS in Minecraft at 1440p (estimate from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews)Estimated from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews: Justin's RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and RTX 5070 runs, the closer counting more, scaled by the performance index (the RTX 4070 is about 10% faster than the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and about 16% slower than the RTX 5070 at 1440p), then held to what a Ryzen 5 5600X can keep up with in this game.
17% below similar PCs (same graphics card and CPU class)
About 147 FPS average in Minecraft at 1440p (Max settings, native; Justin's own testing)Measured in Justin's own testing: RX 9070 XT with a Core i7 / Ryzen 7 class CPU, highest preset, native (no DLSS/FSR).
About 100–155 FPS in Minecraft at 1440p (estimate from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews)Estimated from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews: Justin's RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB runs, the closer counting more, scaled by the performance index (the RTX 4070 Super is about 3% slower than the RTX 5070 and about 26% faster than the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at 1440p), then held to what a Core i5-14400F with DDR4 can keep up with in this game.
Only new PCs that clear our quality bar, at stores we link to. Picked as our chat picks: the most FPS in Minecraft for the money, a PC sold by the store or a known brand first when it is about as fast. 4,092 different PCs in stock today have an FPS number for this game; each model is one card, with the other stores that sell it.
Questions
What's the best gaming PC for Minecraft for $1,500 or less?
On sale today, the RX 9070, Core i5 14400F PC at $1,499.99: 140 FPS (est.) in Minecraft at 1440p, our Best pick at this budget (the most FPS for the money in our numbers).
Are these Minecraft FPS numbers measured?
1 of the 4 PCs listed have Justin's own measured number for their parts; the others are estimated from his results on similar hardware and labeled "est.".
How many PCs on sale have an FPS number for Minecraft?
4,092 different PCs in stock today at 1440p, at any price, from our benchmark table (each model counted once, however many stores sell it).
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