CPU GPU bottleneck calculator

Check if a PC build is balanced

Choose a CPU, GPU, resolution, and workload to estimate whether performance is more likely CPU-limited, GPU-limited, or balanced.

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This tool estimates balance from relative CPU and GPU performance classes, resolution, and workload type.

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How each limiter behaves and why resolution changes the answer.

Settings, background tasks, cooling, and upgrade paths that actually matter.

Why 1440p or 4K can move load away from the CPU in many games.

Popular pairs

A practical 1080p pairing with mostly balanced midrange behavior.

Why this pair is stronger at 1440p than high-refresh 1080p.

Where the CPU can limit and where the GPU still makes sense.