Does the Ryzen 7 9700X bottleneck the RTX 4060?
Yes — the GPU is clearly holding this build back
At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 30/100. The GPU is the limiting side (CPU 83 vs GPU 25).
30/100
Build score for
Ryzen 7 9700X + RTX 4060
Ryzen 7 9700X + RTX 4060
The pairing
| CPU | Ryzen 7 9700X — score 83 |
|---|---|
| GPU | RTX 4060 — score 25 |
| Bottleneck | GPU (limiting) |
| Socket | AM5 |
Best-value upgrade
Best value
RTX 5070
+85% performance · from 549 € · build score 30 → 55
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