Does the Core i7-8700K bottleneck the RTX 4060?

Q: Does the Core i7-8700K bottleneck the RTX 4060?

Yes — the GPU is clearly holding this build back. Build score 28/100. Best-value upgrade: RX 9070 XT (+97% performance, 679 €).

Yes — the GPU is clearly holding this build back

At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 28/100. The GPU is the limiting side (CPU 49 vs GPU 25).

28/100

Build score for
Core i7-8700K + RTX 4060

The pairing

CPU	Core i7-8700K — score 49
GPU	RTX 4060 — score 25
Bottleneck	GPU (limiting)
Socket	LGA 1151

Best-value upgrade

Best value

RX 9070 XT

+97% performance · from 679 € · build score 28 → 54

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