Does the Ryzen 5 9600X bottleneck the RTX 4070 Super?

Q: Does the Ryzen 5 9600X bottleneck the RTX 4070 Super?

Yes — the GPU is clearly holding this build back. Build score 51/100. Best-value upgrade: RTX 5080 (+33% performance, 1159 €).

Yes — the GPU is clearly holding this build back

At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 51/100. The GPU is the limiting side (CPU 71 vs GPU 49).

51/100

Build score for
Ryzen 5 9600X + RTX 4070 Super

The pairing

CPU	Ryzen 5 9600X — score 71
GPU	RTX 4070 Super — score 49
Bottleneck	GPU (limiting)
Socket	AM5

Best-value upgrade

Best value

RTX 5080

+33% performance · from 1159 € · build score 51 → 68

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