Both the minimum and required specs are every time, all the time, bullshit.
What you need to know.
All games will run if you have a DirectX11 GPU. Basically all GPUs from the past 6 years.
All games will run if you have at least a dual core CPU released in the past 4 years or any Intel Core CPU from the past 5 years.
All games will run if you have 4 GBs of ram (doesn't matter what ram) and Windows 7/8.1/10 x64.
All games will run if you have your Windows OS up to date.
All games will run properly if you always have the latest GPU driver.
If a game states it requires an i5 minimum, that is a lie. Certain CPU power is required only in direction proportion to how powerful your GPU is.
If a game states it requires a GPU for maximum, that is a lie. There is no "maximum". You may play the game in 720, 1080p, 1440P or 4K. Recommended GPU doesn't tell you if the game will run at what resolution, at what FPS or at what AA level.
The only thing a game requirements will REALLY tell you is how much HDD space is requires to be install (and not even that, all install from Steam are at least 25% smaller than recommended specs) AND how much VRAM your GPU needs to run the game. That is usually something you can't dodge.