Does the Core i7-8700K bottleneck the RX 7800 XT?

Q: Does the Core i7-8700K bottleneck the RX 7800 XT?

Well balanced — no meaningful bottleneck. Build score 42/100. Best-value upgrade: Ryzen 5 7600X (+12% performance, 267 €).

Well balanced — no meaningful bottleneck

At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 42/100.

42/100

Build score for
Core i7-8700K + RX 7800 XT

The pairing

CPU	Core i7-8700K — score 49
GPU	RX 7800 XT — score 43
Bottleneck	None — balanced
Socket	LGA 1151

Best-value upgrade

Best value

Ryzen 5 7600X

+12% performance · from 267 € · build score 42 → 47

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