Built by builders, for builders.
A bottleneck calculator that doesn’t lie. No vague percentages, no opaque scoring — just real benchmarks anchored to real games.
WHY THIS EXISTS
Most bottleneck calculators online were written years ago and never updated. They output a single opaque percentage that nobody trusts — Reddit threads about "your bottleneck calculator says my build is 90% bottlenecked, is that real?" are a daily occurrence.
We built this because PC builders deserve better. Every answer here is anchored on real measured benchmarks — PassMark, TechPowerUp, manufacturer datasheets — and every prediction carries a confidence score so you can tell which answers are measured and which are estimated.
WHAT WE’RE BUILDING
Bench-anchored bottleneck verdicts, FPS predictions, and PSU sizing.
52 CPUs and 54 GPUs indexed with specs, perf indices, and best pairings.
22 games tracked with measured FPS data per popular CPU + GPU combo.
Open-source engine with the full algorithm explained on the methodology page.
WHO’S BEHIND IT
Made by Salman Ahmed — a freelance web developer and designer with 4+ years of experience and 120+ websites shipped (WordPress, Shopify, Elementor). He’s also been building his own gaming PCs since 2014 — roughly 40 builds and repairs for friends, family, and clients — which is where the “why isn’t there a bottleneck calculator that doesn’t lie” itch came from.
I own, build, and run this project solo. I write the engine, curate the benchmark data, fact-check every CPU and GPU spec against manufacturer datasheets, and personally verify the prediction accuracy on the 36 measured FPS rows in the CI test (21.6% MAE, 72% within ±35%). No editorial board, no ghostwriters.
I’m reachable through my portfolio site, on LinkedIn, or by email at [email protected]. I answer every message that isn’t SEO spam.
EDITORIAL STANCE
Recommendations are driven by the engine, not affiliate margin — which I’ve laid out in the affiliate disclosure. I’ve never accepted payment, free hardware, or any other compensation from NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, board partners (ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, EVGA, Sapphire, etc.), game publishers, or any other commercially-interested party. If that ever changes, I’ll disclose it on this page first.
This site is independent and not affiliated with NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, or any game publisher. Every benchmark cited belongs to its original source — see the data sources page for full attribution.