Intel Core i7-14700K + GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Processor

Intel Core i7-14700K

53,060
CPU Mark
Faster than 99% of 1,255
18.93 % BOTTLENECK
Mild imbalance
Graphics card

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

23,764
G3D Mark
Faster than 91% of 268
Limiting part

The Intel Core i7-14700K paired with the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti produces a 18.93% bottleneck. The GPU 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.

Fortnite 275-459FPS
GPU-limited
CS:GO 409-681FPS
CPU-limited
GTA V 140-233FPS
CPU-limited
Apex Legends 141-236FPS
CPU-limited
PUBG 161-268FPS
CPU-limited

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 i7-14700K 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 229-382 CPU 275-459 GPU 194-324 GPU
CS:GO 330-551 CPU 409-681 CPU 315-524 GPU
PUBG 118-196 CPU 161-268 CPU 138-230 CPU
GTA V 109-182 CPU 140-233 CPU 120-200 GPU
Apex Legends - 141-236 CPU -
Overwatch - 271-451 GPU 194-324 GPU
League of Legends - 302-503 CPU -
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - 168-280 CPU -
Battlefield 1 - 181-301 GPU -
Battlefield 4 - 226-376 GPU -
Rust - 76-126 CPU -
Minecraft - 407-678 GPU -
World of Tanks - 112-187 CPU -
ARK: Survival Evolved - 128-213 GPU -

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 GPU-limited, which is exactly why the bars barely move.

Low 350-583FPS
Medium 334-557FPS
High 275-459FPS
Max 195-325FPS

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 18.0% bottleneck · balanced
Largest imbalance 7680x4620 35.7% bottleneck · GPU-limited

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

1280x720 18.0%
balanced
1366x768 18.2%
balanced
1600x900 18.4%
GPU-limited
1920x1080 your setting 18.9%
GPU-limited
2560x1440 19.3%
GPU-limited
3840x2160 23.2%
GPU-limited
5120x2880 26.8%
GPU-limited
7680x4620 35.7%
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 i7-14700K Faster than 99% of CPUs listed · #18 of 1,255
Graphics card GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Faster than 91% of GPUs listed · #25 of 268

Upgrade options

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

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