Does the Core i7-8700K bottleneck the RX 7900 XTX?

Q: Does the Core i7-8700K bottleneck the RX 7900 XTX?

Well balanced — no meaningful bottleneck. Build score 55/100. Best-value upgrade: Ryzen 5 7600X (+16% performance, 267 €).

Well balanced — no meaningful bottleneck

At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 55/100. The CPU is the limiting side (CPU 49 vs GPU 64).

55/100

Build score for
Core i7-8700K + RX 7900 XTX

The pairing

CPU	Core i7-8700K — score 49
GPU	RX 7900 XTX — score 64
Bottleneck	CPU (équilibré)
Socket	LGA 1151

Best-value upgrade

Best value

Ryzen 5 7600X

+16% performance · from 267 € · build score 55 → 64

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