Gaming System -- What are the bottlenecks?

[TRITIUMNITR0X]

Hey all,

 

So.. this is my final product! (Aside from the desk that I'm currently in the process of changing).

1. What do you think?
2. What are your critiques?
3. Which hardware is a primary bottleneck? (According to TheBottleneck.com, my CPU needs to be upgraded to the i9-7980XE in order to keep up with my twin GTX1080Ti's. Is that seriously my best option? I know that the i7-8700k would technically be a good choice to upgrade to, but I'm not looking to buy it, due to how long it's been available. I'm just trying to play things smart and not buy anything that'll be topped within the next 6 months.)

 

Image of completed system:

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Build information

 

Case information:

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• Thermaltake’s The Tower 900

System information:

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• i7-7700k @4.7
• Gigabyte GTX 1080Ti Aorus 11Gb (O.C.) (x2)
• Asus Prime Z297-AR
• 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX @3000 mHz (x2)
• Stock Asus 2-way SLI bridge
• Samsung 860 EVO 250GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD
• Corsair HX850i

Water Cooling information:

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• Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut (all thermal pastes in system were substituted)
• Pacific PR22-D5 Silent Kit Reservoir/Pump Combo
• XSPC EX560 Radiator
• Corsair ML140 (x4) (on radiator); Corsair ML120 Pro LED (x2) (on side intake)
• EK-FB ASUS Z270/Z370 Strix RGB Monoblock - Nickel
• EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Aorus - Nickel (x2)
• EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Aorus Backplate - Black (x2)
• EK-HDC Fittings - 12mm - Nickel; EK-HD PETG Tube 10/12mm 500mm

Extra internal components:

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• CableMod RGB LEDs
• Thermaltake Commander F6 RGB fan controller

Monitor information:

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• Asus PG27UQ @144Hz

Peripheral information:

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• Corsair Void Pro Wireless
• Logitech G502 Gaming Mouse
• Razer Black Widow

 

Gathered information:

TheBottlenecker

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User Benchmarks 

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Game 133%, Desk 95%, Work 84%
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K - 90.5% (This is usually way above expectations. Might be low due to Chrome and some other background apps)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti - 178.9%
SSD: Samsung SSD 250GB - 108.9%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB - 86.7%
MBD: Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Aida64

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As I said before, your help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[r2724r16]

4 minutes ago, TRITIUMNITR0X said:

What do you think?

That's a really nice setup

4 minutes ago, TRITIUMNITR0X said:

What are your critiques?

If this system is for gaming, the i7 8700K would perform better in games than the i7 7700K. 

5 minutes ago, TRITIUMNITR0X said:

Which hardware is a primary bottleneck? (According to TheBottleneck.com, my CPU needs to be upgraded to the i9-7980XE in order to keep up with my twin GTX1080Ti's. Is that seriously my best option? I know that the i7-8700k would technically be a good choice to upgrade to, but I'm not looking to buy it, due to how long it's been available. I'm just trying to play things smart and not buy anything that'll be topped within the next 6 months.)

You spent a lot on the GPUs and I think this PC deserves a better CPU if you're gonna spend so much on your setup. TheBottleneck.com isn't really a website you want to be using, you can't really calculate a bottleneck. 

[TRITIUMNITR0X]

4 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

That's a really nice setup

If this system is for gaming, the i7 8700K would perform better in games than the i7 7700K. 

You spent a lot on the GPUs and I think this PC deserves a better CPU if you're gonna spend so much on your setup. TheBottleneck.com isn't really a website you want to be using, you can't really calculate a bottleneck. 

Thanks the compliment and input, man.

 

Should I really consider the 8700k? Seems to me like it's about time for a new Intel CPU release, and I'm nervous about spending money on another CPU/motherboard/monoblock because of another socket change.

[Pixel5]

i wouldnt bother changing anything in this setup, even with two 1080ti´s you will still be limited by the GPU´s when you play in 4K.

 

The CPU will be fine and you would probably not even notice the difference in games when you would switch to a faster one.

[Lathlaer]

2x1080ti will be bottlenecked by most CPU's in 1080p and sometimes in 1440p but not further so you don't have to worry about that.

 

The i7 7700k was a top gaming CPU during Pascal era at some point and as such was recommended left and right for gaming - this hasn't changed because suddenly we have 8700k.