A Bottleneck Calculator

[Nyadu]

are they accurate they ask for cpu gpu ram and then say %

[Haro]

Why is this in news ?

And no 

[5x5]

As accurate as antivax mom's posting shit from the shitter

[Eigenvektor]

12 minutes ago, Nyadu said:

are they accurate they ask for cpu gpu ram and then say %

Whether there's a bottleneck also depends on the software you use. A single average % value is pretty meaningless.

[Drama Lama]

I think some people are too much concerned about bottlenecking and should focus on not buying firecrackers as power supplies 

[LogicalDrm]

-> Moved to Programs, Apps and Websites

[FlappyBoobs]

Bottle neck calculation is easy. Have you got a shitty CPU? Then thats the bottleneck. Shitty GPU then that's the bottleneck. 

 

Got a decent CPU and GPU and want to know what's the bottleneck? Why? Just play your games, they all run great. 

[PianoPlayer88Key]

A way I often think of bottlenecks is something like...

 

If the game performance doesn't improve with a better GPU, then the CPU is the bottleneck.  (It could also be the other way around.)

 

Example 1:  You're getting 45 fps average, 8 fps 1% low, with frequent 500+ms stutters, in a recent AAA game at 1440p ultra, with a Ryzen 3 3xxx or i5-4/5/6/7xxx, and a GTX 970.

You upgrade to an RTX 2080 SUPER.

You're still getting 45 fps average, 8 fps 1% low, with frequent 500+ms stutters in the same game.

Your bottleneck is the CPU.

 

Example 2:  You're getting 60 fps average, 20 fps 1% low, with occasional 150ms+ stutters, in a few years old esports game at 1080p high, with a Celeron G5900T paired with a GT 1030.

You upgrade to an i9-10900K.

You're still getting 60 fps average, 20 fps 1% low, with occasional 150ms+ stutters in the same game.

In this example, your bottleneck would be the GPU, since you upgraded the CPU and the performance did not change.

[nanopone]

in short: no, they're not.

 

bottlenecking heavily depends on what program or game you're running. some games might demand more from the cpu than the gpu, like cs:go. some games might demand more from the gpu than the cpu, like fortnite.