Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz + GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

Processor

Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz

9,657
CPU Mark
Faster than 75% of 1,255
Limiting part
22.89 % BOTTLENECK
One part is holding you back
Graphics card

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

22,738
G3D Mark
Faster than 90% of 268

The Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz paired with the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB produces a 22.89% 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 worth planning an upgrade around.

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 151-251FPS
CS:GO 234-389FPS
GTA V 79-132FPS
Apex Legends 104-173FPS
PUBG 97-162FPS

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 i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB: 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 129-215 CPU 151-251 CPU 140-233 CPU
CS:GO 212-353 CPU 234-389 CPU 239-399 CPU
PUBG 88-147 CPU 97-162 CPU 99-166 CPU
GTA V 74-123 CPU 79-132 CPU 79-131 CPU
Apex Legends - 104-173 CPU -
Overwatch - 144-239 CPU 142-236 CPU
League of Legends - 180-301 CPU -
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - 104-174 CPU -
Battlefield 1 - 93-155 CPU -
Battlefield 4 - 154-256 CPU -
Rust - 80-133 CPU -
Minecraft - 320-533 CPU -
World of Tanks - 95-159 CPU -
ARK: Survival Evolved - 74-124 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 193-322FPS
Medium 163-272FPS
High 151-251FPS
Max 117-195FPS

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 21.4% bottleneck · CPU-limited
Largest imbalance 7680x4620 42.4% bottleneck · GPU-limited

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

1280x720 21.4%
CPU-limited
1366x768 21.6%
CPU-limited
1600x900 21.8%
CPU-limited
1920x1080 22.5%
CPU-limited
2560x1440 your setting 22.9%
CPU-limited
3840x2160 27.6%
balanced
5120x2880 31.8%
GPU-limited
7680x4620 42.4%
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 i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz Faster than 75% of CPUs listed · #310 of 1,255
Graphics card GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB Faster than 90% of GPUs listed · #27 of 268

Upgrade options

ASUS ROG Strix NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 4070 Ti

$1050 Check price

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Intel Core i7-13700K

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