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How much can we/should we trust bottleneck calculators? According to this calculator Bottleneck Calculator | PC Builds (pc-builds.com) ... Jumptocontent Existinguser?SignIn  SignIn Rememberme Notrecommendedonsharedcomputers SignIn Forgotyourpassword? Orsigninwithoneoftheseservices SigninwithTwitter SigninwithMicrosoft SigninwithGoogle SigninwithSteam SigninwithDiscord LinusMediaGroupisnotassociatedwiththeseservices SignUp Forums CommunityStandards AllActivity MyActivityStreams StatusUpdates RecentTopics More Blogs Gallery Calendar Downloads OnlineUsers Staff ForumSubscriptions RecentTopics Home VideoGames PCGaming PCBuildsBottleneckCalculator PCBuildsBottleneckCalculator By Andy-Aech August19inPCGaming  Share Moresharingoptions... Followers 2 Andy-Aech Member 34 PostedAugust19 Howmuchcanwe/shouldwetrustbottleneckcalculators?   Accordingtothiscalculator BottleneckCalculator|PCBuilds(pc-builds.com) playingNoMan'sSkyat1440pwithanR53600anda3070willgiveaprocessorbottleneckofover20%??   Doesthatseemabitofftoanyoneelse?BecauseI'vewatchedvideosofsomeoneplayingNoMan'sSkywitha3600andthecpuwasonlyworkingbetween12and55%max.SohowcanthiscalculatorsayplayingNMSisgoingtobottlenecka3600?   IsmellBSbutifanyonehasanyclueastowhythatcalculatorissayingthatthen,pleasedoshare.       Linktocomment Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... Linktopost Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... bmx6454 Member 3.2k 116 PostedAugust19 bottleneckcalculatorsarejunkinmyexperience. FakeKGB, Andy-Aechand Fasauceome 3 Linktocomment Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... Linktopost Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... Fasauceome BronzeContributor 32k 781 PostedAugust19 10minutesago,Andy-Aechsaid: willgiveaprocessorbottleneckofover20%?? Here'sourtestofwhetherthat'sbunkornot    Whatdoes20%mean?DoesthatmeantheGPUwillberestrictedby20%?Doesthatmeanyou'llget20%lessperformance?Howonearthcanwemeasurea20%processorbottlenecktoverifythisfigure?   Ultimately,bottleneckcalculatorsprovideanumberthathasnorealinterpretation. IWILLfindyourITXbuildthread,andIWILLrecommendtheSIlverstoneSugoSG13B   PrimaryPC: i78086k-EVGAZ370ClassifiedK-G.SkillTridentZRGB-WDSN750-JediOrderTitanXp-Hyper212Black (withRGBRiingflair)-EVGAG3650W-dualbootingWindows10andLinux -Blackandgreentheme,Razerbrainwashedme. Draws400wattsundermaxload,forreference.   LinuxProliantML150G6: DualXeonX5560-24GBECCDDR3-GTX750TI-oldSeagate1.5TBHDD -darkmode Ubuntu(andWin7,cuzwhynot)   Trashbeauty: XeonX5550- RX5704GB(defective)-FattydoveRacing240GB -WDBlue320GB- HPZ400 -6x2GBDDR31066 -EVGA450W3   HowmanywattsdoIneed? ATX3.0&PCIe5.0spec,PSUmisconceptions,protectionsexplained, groupregisbad Andy-Aech 1 Linktocomment Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... Linktopost Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... Andy-Aech Member 34 PostedAugust19 Author 1hourago,Fasauceomesaid: Here'sourtestofwhetherthat'sbunkornot    Whatdoes20%mean?DoesthatmeantheGPUwillberestrictedby20%?Doesthatmeanyou'llget20%lessperformance?Howonearthcanwemeasurea20%processorbottlenecktoverifythisfigure?   Ultimately,bottleneckcalculatorsprovideanumberthathasnorealinterpretation. Verytrue.IthoughtitwasBSreally.Ijustwantedotherpeopletakeonit. Fasauceome 1 Linktocomment Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... Linktopost Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... PDifolco Member 1.9k 44 PostedAugust19 Calculatorsareseeminglyjustalgorithmsthatdon'trepresentRLexperience What*is*agoodindicationofCPUbottleneckiswhenyouplayagame,aren't limitedbyrefreshrateorsync,andhaveyourgPUbelow100%usage (thoinsomecasesit'sduetogameenginelimitations,likeinGTA5) System:AMDR95900X /X570AORUSPRO/2x16GBCorsairVengeance3600CL18(OCedtoCL16)/RTX3080GigabyteEAGLEGPU/PhanteksP600Scase/CustomizedWatercoolingEisbaer280mm+Eiswolf2360mm+VPP755pump and150mmreservoir/ 0.5TBSabrentRocket+ 2TBWDSN850NVmeGen4+4TBToshibaX300HDD drives/CorsairRM850xPSU/34"120Hz 3440x1440pAlienwareAW3420DWmonitor/LogitechG915TKLkeyboard(wireless)/LogitechGPROXSuperlight mouse Linktocomment Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... Linktopost Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... rikitikitavi Member 752 7 PostedAugust20 Firsttimehearingsuchswexistslol Linktocomment Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... Linktopost Shareonothersites Moresharingoptions... jones177 Member 3.6k 51 PostedAugust21 Itissilly. Iranmy5900x,i911900kandi910900kwithaRTX3090at4kanditsaidthe3090ittooweakfortheCPUs.   Inrealityitistheotherwayaround.IneedmoreCPUtogetmoreframesoutofa3090at4k.  On8/19/2022at5:53PM,Fasauceomesaid: Here'sourtestofwhetherthat'sbunkornot    Whatdoes20%mean?DoesthatmeantheGPUwillberestrictedby20%?Doesthatmeanyou'llget20%lessperformance?Howonearthcanwemeasurea20%processorbottlenecktoverifythisfigure?   Ultimately,bottleneckcalculatorsprovideanumberthathasnorealinterpretation. IusegamestogetanideawhenaCPUisnolongercapableofgettingthemostframesoutofaGPUsincetheir%meanssomthing.   IusethegameShadowoftheTombRaidertocompareCPUswithanequalamountofcores. Lookslikethis.   5800XwithSOTTRatthehighestpreset. GPUBound    1080p  1440p    4k RTX2080ti     48%    98%   100% RTX3080ti     38%    84%   100%    Withani99900k RTX2080ti     36%    86%   100% RTX3080ti      2%    48%   100%     ThenwhenIaddframesitbecomesmoreclear. RTX2080ti   1080p   1440p    4k i99900k     168fps      123fps      67fps 5800x       160fps      122fps      73fps RTX3080ti  i99900k     169fps      154fps      96fps 5800x       198fps      163fps      96fps   Sowiththisgameanupgradefroma2080titoa3080tiwithani999000kat1080pispointless.At 1440pislivablebutnotidleandat4kitisstilldoingfine.   SOTTRisattheextremewhenitcometoCPUbottleneckssoitistheworstcase.TherearegameslikeHorizonZeroDawnthatareGPUboundevenat1080psoitisthebestcase.   RIG#1CPU:AMD,R95900X|Motherboard:X570AORUSMaster |RAM:CorsairVengeanceRGBPro 32GBDDR43200|GPU:EVGA FTW3ULTRA RTX3090ti|PSU:EVGA1000G+|Case:LianLiO11Dynamic|Cooler:EK360mmAIO|SSD#1:CorsairMP6001TB |SSD#2:CrucialMX5002.5"2TB |Monitor:LG55"4kB9OLEDTV   RIG#2CPU:Inteli911900k|Motherboard:Z590AORUSMaster |RAM:CorsairVengeanceRGBPro 32GBDDR43600|GPU:EVGA FTW3ULTRA RTX3090ti|PSU:EVGA1300G+|Case:LianLiO11DynamicEVO|Cooler:NoctuaNH-D15|SSD#1:SSD#1:CorsairMP6001TB |SSD#2:CrucialMX3002.5"1TB|Monitor:LG55"4kB9OLEDTV   RIG#3CPU:Inteli910900kf|Motherboard:Z490AORUSMaster |RAM:CorsairVengeanceRGBPro 32GBDDR44000|GPU:MSIGamingXTrio3090|PSU:EVGA1000G+|Case:LianLiO11Dynamic|Cooler:EK360mmAIO|SSD#1:CrucialP11TB |SSD#2:CrucialMX5002.5"1TB|Monitor:LG55"4kC1OLEDTV   RIG#4 CPU:Inteli99900k|Motherboard:AORUSZ390Ultra|RAM:RipjawsVSeries32GBDDR43200|GPU:EVGAXC3Ultra3080ti |PSU:EVGA1000G+ |Case:CoolerMasterH500|Cooler:NoctuaNH-D15|SSD:CrucialP21TB  |SSD#2:Samsung860QVO2TB |Monitor:LG38"3840X160075hzmonitor. 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