Intel Core i3-13100F + GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Processor

Intel Core i3-13100F

14,645
CPU Mark
Faster than 81% of 1,255
Limiting part
18.99 % BOTTLENECK
Mild imbalance
Graphics card

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

23,764
G3D Mark
Faster than 91% of 268

The Intel Core i3-13100F paired with the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti produces a 18.99% bottleneck. The CPU is the limit, so it finishes its share of each frame last and the other component waits. A gap this size is usually recoverable through resolution and settings rather than new hardware.

Every build has a bottleneck; the question is only whether it sits where you want it. Read the figure alongside the limiting part, because the same percentage means different things at 1080p and at 4K.

Estimated FPS at 1080p, high preset

Ranges, not exact figures: identical builds vary by roughly a quarter in real use depending on drivers, thermals and background load. Bars are scaled against the fastest title here, and each row states which component sets its ceiling.

Every title here is CPU-limited on this pairing.

Fortnite 184-307FPS
CS:GO 268-446FPS
GTA V 91-152FPS
Apex Legends 112-187FPS
PUBG 110-183FPS

Method: estimated from measured GPU baseline framerates and PassMark CPU scores, capped by whichever component limits first. Workload factors derived from the OpenML "fps-in-video-games" dataset (CC-BY, Sven Peeters).

Intel Core i3-13100F and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti: FPS by game and resolution

High preset. Each cell is a range; the label marks which component sets the ceiling. Blank cells mean this pairing has no measured data for that combination, and nothing is estimated in.

Game 720p 1080p 1440p
Fortnite 149-248 CPU 184-307 CPU 157-262 CPU
CS:GO 236-394 CPU 268-446 CPU 260-433 CPU
PUBG 95-158 CPU 110-183 CPU 108-180 CPU
GTA V 81-135 CPU 91-152 CPU 87-145 CPU
Apex Legends - 112-187 CPU -
Overwatch - 171-285 CPU 155-259 CPU
League of Legends - 205-341 CPU -
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - 117-196 CPU -
Battlefield 1 - 110-184 CPU -
Battlefield 4 - 210-351 CPU -
Rust - 79-131 CPU -
Minecraft - 370-616 CPU -
World of Tanks - 99-165 CPU -
ARK: Survival Evolved - 87-145 CPU -

How quality settings affect this build: Fortnite at 1080p

Dropping settings only helps while the GPU is the limit. Once the label reads CPU, lowering quality stops buying frames on this pairing.

Every preset here is CPU-limited, which is exactly why the bars barely move.

Low 241-401FPS
Medium 198-331FPS
High 184-307FPS
Max 142-237FPS

Bottleneck by resolution

Raising resolution shifts load from the CPU to the GPU, so the balance of this pairing changes with the display it drives. Note this measures imbalance, not speed: the lowest figure is usually the lowest resolution, which is not the one to play at. Read it alongside the limiting part.

Smallest imbalance 1280x720 14.8% bottleneck · CPU-limited
Largest imbalance 7680x4620 29.2% bottleneck · GPU-limited

On this chart a longer bar is worse: it measures imbalance, not speed.

1280x720 14.8%
CPU-limited
1366x768 14.9%
CPU-limited
1600x900 15.0%
CPU-limited
1920x1080 15.5%
CPU-limited
2560x1440 15.8%
balanced
3840x2160 your setting 19.0%
CPU-limited
5120x2880 21.9%
GPU-limited
7680x4620 29.2%
GPU-limited

How these parts rank

Position within the 1,255 processors and 268 graphics cards in our database, by the same benchmark scores this calculator runs on.

Processor Intel Core i3-13100F Faster than 81% of CPUs listed · #235 of 1,255
Graphics card GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Faster than 91% of GPUs listed · #25 of 268

Upgrade options

ASUS ROG Strix NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 4070 Ti

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Intel Core i7-13700K

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