Intel Core i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz + Radeon RX 7800 XT

Processor

Intel Core i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz

21,144
CPU Mark
Faster than 87% of 1,255
Limiting part
10.69 % BOTTLENECK
Mild imbalance
Graphics card

Radeon RX 7800 XT

23,685
G3D Mark
Faster than 90% of 268

The Intel Core i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz paired with the Radeon RX 7800 XT produces a 10.69% 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 219-366FPS
CS:GO 302-504FPS
GTA V 103-172FPS
Apex Legends 120-200FPS
PUBG 123-204FPS

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 i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz and Radeon RX 7800 XT: 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 168-280 CPU 219-366 CPU 175-291 CPU
CS:GO 260-433 CPU 302-504 CPU 280-466 CPU
PUBG 101-168 CPU 123-204 CPU 116-193 CPU
GTA V 88-147 CPU 103-172 CPU 96-159 CPU
Apex Legends - 120-200 CPU -
Overwatch - 200-333 CPU 168-280 CPU
League of Legends - 229-381 CPU -
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - 130-217 CPU -
Battlefield 1 - 129-215 CPU -
Battlefield 4 - 274-456 GPU -
Rust - 78-130 CPU -
Minecraft - 420-700 CPU -
World of Tanks - 103-171 CPU -
ARK: Survival Evolved - 100-167 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 292-487FPS
Medium 236-393FPS
High 219-366FPS
Max 168-280FPS

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 10.2% bottleneck · CPU-limited
Largest imbalance 7680x4620 20.2% bottleneck · GPU-limited

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

1280x720 10.2%
CPU-limited
1366x768 10.3%
CPU-limited
1600x900 10.4%
CPU-limited
1920x1080 your setting 10.7%
CPU-limited
2560x1440 10.9%
GPU-limited
3840x2160 13.1%
GPU-limited
5120x2880 15.1%
GPU-limited
7680x4620 20.2%
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 i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz Faster than 87% of CPUs listed · #159 of 1,255
Graphics card Radeon RX 7800 XT Faster than 90% of GPUs listed · #26 of 268

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