Does the Core i5-8400 bottleneck the RX 7900 XTX?

Q: Does the Core i5-8400 bottleneck the RX 7900 XTX?

Slight CPU bottleneck — not dramatic. Build score 53/100. Best-value upgrade: Ryzen 5 7600X (+21% performance, 267 €).

Slight CPU bottleneck — not dramatic

At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 53/100. The CPU is the limiting side (CPU 43 vs GPU 64).

53/100

Build score for
Core i5-8400 + RX 7900 XTX

The pairing

CPU	Core i5-8400 — score 43
GPU	RX 7900 XTX — score 64
Bottleneck	CPU (léger)
Socket	LGA 1151

Best-value upgrade

Best value

Ryzen 5 7600X

+21% performance · from 267 € · build score 53 → 64

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