Does the Core i7-8700K bottleneck the RTX 5080?

Q: Does the Core i7-8700K bottleneck the RTX 5080?

Slight CPU bottleneck — not dramatic. Build score 60/100. Best-value upgrade: Ryzen 5 7600X (+17% performance, 267 €).

Slight CPU bottleneck — not dramatic

At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 60/100. The CPU is the limiting side (CPU 49 vs GPU 73).

60/100

Build score for
Core i7-8700K + RTX 5080

The pairing

CPU	Core i7-8700K — score 49
GPU	RTX 5080 — score 73
Bottleneck	CPU (léger)
Socket	LGA 1151

Best-value upgrade

Best value

Ryzen 5 7600X

+17% performance · from 267 € · build score 60 → 70

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