You have to be a bit of a masochist to love Paradox which might be why I love Dwarf Fortress too.

I ran medium to high with 2080 super, 32 gigs of ram, and a ryzen 3600. Frames stayed above 60 in most cases drops in the 40s happened in populated areas.

It took me about 40 hours of jumping between playing, videos, and guides before I was functional at CK2 but I loved that game. I’ve got over 1000 hours in CK2/3 and Stellaris. As much as I love them I can easily see why a lot of people hate Paradox grand strategy games.