Do the Ryzen 5 5500 and GeForce GTX 1070 bottleneck each other?

Yes. At 1080p (1920 x 1080) the GeForce GTX 1070 is the limit and holds the Ryzen 5 5500 back by about 26.3%, for roughly 41 fps on High. High. 41 fps is below the 60 fps line, so this is worth fixing before anything else.

How many fps do the Ryzen 5 5500 and GeForce GTX 1070 get at 1080p (1920 x 1080)?

Around 41 fps on the High preset. The Ryzen 5 5500 tops out near 113 fps and the GeForce GTX 1070 near 41 fps, and the lower of the two sets the frame rate.

Ryzen 5 5500 + GeForce GTX 1070 Bottleneck Calculator

Whether the Ryzen 5 5500 and the GeForce GTX 1070 hold each other back, at every resolution, with the frame rate you can expect and the single upgrade that fixes it.

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Graphics card

Screen resolution

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Memory (RAM)

Primary usage

Estimates built from published benchmark data, not a test of your exact PC. How we calculate this.

The same pair at every resolution

A processor pushes roughly the same number of frames whatever the resolution. A graphics card pushes far fewer as pixels go up. That is why the limit moves as you climb this table, and why a bottleneck figure quoted without a resolution means nothing.

Resolution	Estimated fps	Limited by	Gap
720p (1280 x 720)	55 fps	Balanced	0%
1080p (1920 x 1080)	41 fps	GPU	26.3%
1440p (2560 x 1440)	30 fps	GPU	45.7%
Ultrawide 1440p (3440 x 1440)	20 fps	GPU	64.3%
4K (3840 x 2160)	12 fps	GPU	79.3%
8K (7680 x 4320)	5 fps	GPU	91.9%

What to do about it

The GeForce RTX 3060 12GB is the slowest card that puts this build back in balance at 1080p (1920 x 1080). Your Ryzen 5 5500 has the headroom to drive it, so the card is where the money should go.

Run the numbers on the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

Modelled from published benchmark data, not measured on this exact combination. The indexes behind these figures and the sources they come from are on how we calculate this.