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It entirely depends on your situation. If you’re playing an AAA game at 1440p, your GPU will go up to 100% utilization meanwhile your processor might stay at about 40%. If you’re playing something like a simulation game or say Minecraft, your processor will shot up to 100% meanwhile your GPU might stay at like 30% or 70%

Bottlenecks are on every computer, you just gotta tweak to balance everything out if you want to use everything at it’s full capability. Otherwise just play how you want and forget about the bottlenecks with the current components you have. This is why I own a 13900k but a 4060 Ti, although I want a 4080 or a 4090 they are far too expensive currently, so I bought this graphics card at the moment just to substitute my old 1660 Ti.

An average of 150fps with a 4060 at 1080p means you’re not struggling, that card is being used pretty well, no your processor is not bottlenecking since a 4060 isn’t even that powerful, it’s a low-mid end card in 2023. The only issue here is your RAM being at 16GB since Windows takes like 25-40% of that depending on what motherboard and what stuff your Windows came with. I recommending getting 1 more stick of the same RAM.

See Intel, this is what happens when you an Engineer as a CEO.

I recommend the normal Ks rather than the KFs in case something happens with your Graphics Card at a random time in the future and you no longer get a visual on your display.

Anyways, the 14700K will be more futureproof than the 14600K by a small margin but it won’t matter much however the extra cores on the 700 is a great deal in certain scenarios.

Z790-E, been loving this motherboard ever since I got it. Only complaint I have is the ASUS software taking a lot of processes but other than that it’s an amazing motherboard desired for my needs.

!Also yes I know I could disable all those processes and make my system faster but I kinda like the aesthetics I’ve built into my room.!<

It should say in Task Manager on the GPU section in the performance tab (2nd tab) and it should be located all the way to the bottom right.

It’s possible your Laptop let’s you change the amount of video RAM (vRAM) that’s allocated on your iGPU through the BIOS menu.

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Be warned that the more vRAM you have the more it will take from your system memory as iGPUs only take system RAM rather than have designated vRAM in their unit

The difference between a dGPU and iGPU is that one is just a plain simple unit inside your processor (iGPU) meanwhile the other has the extra functions a GPU needs to maximize it’s workload (dGPU) as it’s also the only ones that can be Overclocked without problems on your main system.

Overclocking an iGPU would lead to a potential system crash

Overclocking a dGPU would lead to a video crash rather than a system one.

If you wanna maximize your RAM, you can get a 4x32GB Non-ECC DDR4 2933MHz

or you can just go for 2x16GB Non-ECC DDR4 4600MHz and try overclocking it to 5866MHz as it’s 10700k max bandwidth it’ll be able to handle.

I3 1215U:

I = Intel

3-9: 3 = The most affordable processors; 5 = Mid-range processors; 7 = High-end processors; 9 = Multi-Purpose Top of the Line processors

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• 12 = 12th Generation
• 15 = SKU Numeric Digits

F-Y: F + K = DESKTOP PROCESSORS | G1-7 + H + T + U + Y = LAPTOP/MOBILE PROCESSORS

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F = No iGPU (Integrated Graphics Card)

K = Unlocked Processor/Overclockable Processor + Best processor of the line

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G1-7 = iGPU performance level (Low to High)

H = High-Performance

T = Lower Power but for Power Efficiency

U = Lower Power but for Performance

Y = Lowest Power Draw possible of that processor line

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I3-1215U: Intel Core 3 12th Gen 15 Low Power Performance

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Intel UHD Graphics: Integrated Graphics Processing Unit ^((aka iGPU))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units

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Dedicated Graphics Card: On-board GPU/Graphics Card

GPU = Graphical Processing Unit

Graphics Card = Component that sits on your motherboard (Laptops/Mobile Devices do not have a Graphics Card)

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Storage: A component inside your motherboard that lets you store files

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Flash Storage Types: HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), USB Flash Drive (Universal Serial Bus Flash Drive), SD Card (Secure Digital Card).

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Optical Storage Types: CD (Compact Disks), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), Blu-ray Disc.

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Cloud Storage = Online Storage

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Temporary Storage Types: RAM (Random Accessed Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), Cache Memory.

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1215U Intel UHD Graphics Datasheet:

Name: Intel UHD Graphics

Year Released: 2021

Market: Mobile

Code Name: Alder Lake

Model: i3-1215U

Device ID: 46B3

Core Config: 512:64:8

Clock Rate Min/Max: 300/1100MHz

API Support;

Direct3D: 12 + FL12_1

OpenGL: 4.6

OpenCL: 3

Vulkan: 1.3 (Windows) 1.2 (Linux)

Memory Bandwidth: 76.8GB/s

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I3-1215U Specs;

Total Cores: 6 2P/4E (2 Performance/4 Efficiency)

Total Threads: 8

Max Performance/Efficiency Frequency: P-4.4GHz E-3.3GHz

Cache: 10MB

Total Draw Power: 15-55W

Max Memory Size: 64GB

Max Memory Speed: (LPDDR4) Laptop DDR4x = 4267MT/s (4267MHz)

(LPDDR5) Laptop DDR5 = 5200MT/s (5200MHz)

Max Memory Channels: 2

Error-Correcting Code Memory Support: No

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Processor Graphics;

Max Frequency: 1.1GHz

Output: Display port 1.4b or 1.4a | HDMI 2.1

Execution Units (Shaders/GPU Cores): 64

Max Resolution;

HDMI: 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz

DP: 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

eDP: 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (Integrated Flat Panel / Laptop Screen)

DirectX Support: 12.1

OpenGL Support: 4.6

OpenCL Support: 3.0

Multi-Format Codec Engines: 1 (Hardware Encoding/Decoding)

Intel Quick Sync Video: Yes

Display Amount Support: 4

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Processor Extras;

Intel Thunderbolt 4: Yes

Microprocessor PCIe Revision: Generation 4

Chipset / PCH PCIe Revision: Generation 3

Max Number of PCI Express Lanes: 20

Socket: 1744

Max Temperature: 100C

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As for the last part of your post:

Dedicated GPUs have completely different names from Integrated GPUs, they are less complex and obviously more powerful but only work on Desktops.

Dedicated GPUs are processors placed in a card that you plug into your Desktop based motherboard

Integrated GPUs are processors already integrated in your CPU (Central/Computing Processor Unit) and will always be weaker than dGPUs for obvious reasons.

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Hopefully this helped you understand more about how technology works.

You do know that only what cools it can be defective right?

Something heating up like that doesn’t mean it’s defective as what produces heat will always produce heat no matter what.

if it’s a 13th gen a 13900 if possible, simulation games like that require a lot of processing power when stuff gets crazy the more you add (especially The Sims).

If it’s a 14th gen, a 14700 will do you enough.

Make sure that the GPU also has enough VRAM or you’re gonna be bottlenecking your processor.

By that I also mean resolution, such as 4K, 8K, 16K

Turn up your graphics and you’ll see the major difference.

14700k if you don’t need to do work with software related stuff, 14900k if you just wanna do everything.

13th gen doesn’t have APO so forget about that.

Also 13700 is fine, no need for an upgrade at least for another 5-7 years.

Nothing should be bottlenecking generally either way unless you’re running a demanding game at 4k or doing some processor-heavy stuff.

14900K if you want to use your PC for multi-purpose

14700k if you are just using it for gaming