Does the Core Ultra 9 285K bottleneck the RTX 4070 Super?

Q: Does the Core Ultra 9 285K bottleneck the RTX 4070 Super?

Well balanced — no meaningful bottleneck. Build score 54/100. Best-value upgrade: RX 9070 XT (+20% performance, 669 €).

Well balanced — no meaningful bottleneck

At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 54/100. The GPU is the limiting side (CPU 88 vs GPU 49).

54/100

Build score for
Core Ultra 9 285K + RTX 4070 Super

The pairing

CPU	Core Ultra 9 285K — score 88
GPU	RTX 4070 Super — score 49
Bottleneck	GPU (équilibré)
Socket	LGA 1851

Best-value upgrade

Best value

RX 9070 XT

+20% performance · from 669 € · build score 54 → 64

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