Probably a noob question.

Why are low settings preferred by a lot of people? I can see the reasons if you’re playing on a low spec pc and need the horsepower for frames, but I’ve seen a lot of people who I know have top end PCs, that could max out their monitor on max settings, but still have everything on low?

What’s the benefit if it’s not for frame rate? I play on a 144hz monitor, and I get over 200 fps on max settings, so how could I possibly benefit from lowering the settings?