Will a Ryzen 5 1600 be enough not to bottleneck?

[2DPrinter]

Hello all, 

So, the most fancy graphics card I would ever want to buy right now (especially because of these bad prices) would be an RTX 3060. 
My brother got a Ryzen 5 1600 new for $80 on Amazon a year or two ago. Sadly, it's more expensive, but according to bottleneck calculator, it can even run 4k on a RTX 3070 without much of a bottleneck. https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Ryzen_5_1600/GeForce_RTX_3070/0M81758A/8/100/

My main question is, will the Ryzen 5 1600 be good enough not to bottleneck an RTX 3060 or below on 1080p ~60 FPS? 
Also, bottleneck calculator doesn't make sense to me. How come there is more of a bottleneck on 1080p gaming for 3070 (1.62%) and none for 1440p (0%)? 

[samcool55]

if you go higher in resolution, the load on the GPU increases while the CPU load stays the same.

The buildings that you see at 1080p in a game are the same at 1440p. It's just that at 1440p they look nicer because the GPU renders them at a higher resolution.

 

But a 1600 will be plenty for now, nothing to worry about.

If you are lucky it's an 1600AF which means it's more of a 2600 and a 1600.

Also overclocking is an option if you have a motherboard with a B-series of X-series chipset which can help as well.

[Tan3l6]

Ryzen 1600 is not a good option for RTX 3070.

 

  

10 minutes ago, 2DPrinter said:

My main question is, will the Ryzen 5 1600 be good enough not to bottleneck an RTX 3060 or below on 1080p ~60 FPS?

That it will achieve, but RTX 3070 is able so much more...

 

Edit: actually it's decent, considering:

https://www.techspot.com/article/2201-four-years-of-ryzen-5-gpu-scaling/

[Herman Mcpootis]

you'd be more GPU limited at higher resolutions, so CPU bottlenecks aren't as heavy when you increase resolutions. apparently nvidia has some driver overhead issues with weaker CPUs, so i'd recommend going with a 6700XT or upgrading the CPU with it.

[Kyras]

All tho there might be a bottleneck you still would be able to play AAA games at 1440p at 60 to 50 fps, also depends if you have good power delivery, and ram. but later down the line you defensively upgrade CPU and ram.

[2DPrinter]

10 hours ago, Tan3l6 said:

Ryzen 1600 is not a good option for RTX 3070.

 

  

That it will achieve, but RTX 3070 is able so much more...

 

Edit: actually it's decent, considering:

https://www.techspot.com/article/2201-four-years-of-ryzen-5-gpu-scaling/

Thanks!! I think if i buy a CPU i will go with the 1600 because I only need 60 frames. The website helped thx!

[Mister Woof]

My 3.9ghz 1600 bottlenecked a Vega 64 pretty hard at 1080p in a lot of games. 3070 will be rough.

[Mister Woof]

25 minutes ago, 2DPrinter said:

Thanks!! I think if i buy a CPU i will go with the 1600 because I only need 60 frames. The website helped thx!

Depends on what games you play. FF14 brings my 1600 down to its knees in populated areas (think 40fps) where the 8700k did 80+

 

I retired it. A $145 i5-10400F will run circles around it.