Website terms
Last updated:
These Terms and Conditions explain the rules that apply when you use BottleneckLab.com, its PC bottleneck calculator, hardware guides, verification resources, and related website features.
By accessing or using BottleneckLab, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please stop using the website.
Important points before you continue
- BottleneckLab provides free PC hardware information and directional performance estimates.
- The calculator does not scan, inspect, or benchmark your computer.
- Calculator percentages are estimates, not measured FPS loss or a performance guarantee.
- You remain responsible for checking compatibility and making your own hardware decisions.
- Product purchases, payments, delivery, warranties, and returns are handled by third-party retailers.
About BottleneckLab
BottleneckLab is an independently operated online PC hardware information and estimation website available at BottleneckLab.com.
References to BottleneckLab, we, us, or our in these Terms refer to the operator of this website.
BottleneckLab provides a CPU and GPU bottleneck calculator, hardware-pairing research, troubleshooting guidance, verification resources, and educational information about PC performance and upgrade decisions.
BottleneckLab is not a hardware retailer. We do not directly sell, ship, install, repair, or manufacture PC components, and we do not process retailer payments through this website.
Accepting These Terms
You may use BottleneckLab only when you can lawfully agree to these Terms. If you use the website on behalf of an organization, you confirm that you are authorized to accept these Terms for that organization.
Some website features may also be subject to additional notices, disclosures, or instructions shown on the relevant page. Those notices form part of the conditions for using that feature.
Calculator Results Are Estimates
The BottleneckLab calculator uses the hardware and workload information selected by the visitor, together with maintained hardware reference data and reviewed performance patterns, to produce a directional estimate.
The calculator does not scan your computer, inspect installed hardware, read temperatures, detect drivers, monitor background software, or run a benchmark on your system.
A calculator percentage is not a measured loss of FPS. It is not a guarantee that one component will limit every game, application, scene, resolution, graphics setting, or frame-rate target by the displayed amount.
Real performance can change because of factors including:
- the game, application, scene, and software version;
- resolution, graphics settings, and target frame rate;
- ray tracing, upscaling, and frame-generation settings;
- RAM capacity, memory channel configuration, and memory speed;
- VRAM use, storage behavior, and background applications;
- drivers, operating-system settings, BIOS settings, and power limits;
- temperatures, cooling, clock speeds, and thermal throttling;
- streaming, recording, browser activity, and other workloads.
Treat a calculator result as a starting point for investigation, not as a replacement for repeatable monitoring on the actual computer.
Learn more in our Editorial Methodology and PC Bottleneck Verification Checklist .
Hardware Information and Purchase Decisions
Articles, pairing guides, upgrade suggestions, compatibility reminders, and calculator results on BottleneckLab are provided for general informational and educational purposes.
They are not individualized technical, financial, repair, or installation advice. A recommendation that is reasonable for one user may not suit another user with a different budget, platform, workload, monitor, case, power supply, cooling setup, or upgrade goal.
Before buying or installing hardware, confirm details including:
- the exact CPU, GPU, motherboard, and product model;
- socket, chipset, BIOS, and processor support;
- DDR4 or DDR5 memory compatibility;
- power-supply capacity and required connectors;
- case clearance, GPU dimensions, and cooler clearance;
- cooler mounting support and thermal requirements;
- current price, seller, warranty, return policy, and availability.
If you are not confident about installing, configuring, or troubleshooting hardware, seek help from a qualified technician.
You remain responsible for your purchasing, installation, configuration, repair, overclocking, undervolting, BIOS, and upgrade decisions.
Website Availability and Changes
We may update, correct, improve, replace, suspend, or remove parts of the website when reasonably necessary.
This can include changes to component data, calculator logic, result explanations, article recommendations, navigation, interactive features, third-party services, or supported hardware.
We do not guarantee that every page, feature, calculation, link, or third-party service will always be available, uninterrupted, current, or error-free.
We may correct factual, technical, formatting, database, or calculation errors after publication.
Acceptable Use
You agree to use BottleneckLab lawfully and in a way that does not damage the website, interfere with other visitors, or violate the rights of another person or organization.
You must not:
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, server, administrative area, account, database, or connected service;
- introduce malware, malicious scripts, harmful code, automated attacks, or deliberately excessive requests;
- bypass security controls, access restrictions, rate limits, or technical protections;
- use the website for fraud, impersonation, abuse, or unlawful activity;
- copy, scrape, harvest, or republish substantial website content or structured data in bulk without permission;
- misrepresent BottleneckLab content, estimates, or recommendations as your own testing or measured benchmark results;
- use BottleneckLab branding in a way that falsely suggests sponsorship, partnership, certification, or endorsement.
This section does not prohibit normal search-engine crawling that follows the website’s published crawling instructions.
We may restrict access when reasonably necessary to protect the website, its users, its infrastructure, or our legal rights.
Website Content and Intellectual Property
To the extent protected by applicable law, BottleneckLab’s original written content, page design, calculator interface, original graphics, original data organization, and original website materials belong to BottleneckLab or its licensors.
You may share links to BottleneckLab pages and quote short passages for legitimate commentary, reporting, education, or reference when BottleneckLab is clearly attributed as the source.
You may not copy or republish full articles, substantial page sections, complete tool outputs at scale, original graphics, or organized data collections for commercial or competing use without written permission.
Product names, company names, trademarks, logos, and third-party materials mentioned on BottleneckLab remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on the website does not imply that the manufacturer or rights holder sponsors or endorses BottleneckLab.
External Links, Retailers, Affiliate Links, and Advertising
BottleneckLab may link to hardware manufacturers, software providers, benchmark sources, monitoring tools, retailers, affiliate partners, and other third-party websites.
Third-party websites are controlled by their own operators and are subject to their own terms, privacy policies, prices, availability, warranties, delivery conditions, return policies, and security practices.
BottleneckLab does not control third-party product listings, sellers, stock, prices, shipping, payment processing, warranties, returns, refunds, downloads, or website availability.
Some buying guides contain affiliate links. BottleneckLab may earn a commission when a visitor follows an eligible link and completes a qualifying purchase.
Affiliate relationships do not guarantee that a product is suitable, available, correctly described, or offered at the lowest price.
Read our Affiliate Disclosure for more information.
BottleneckLab may also display advertising supplied by third-party advertising services. The advertising provider may apply its own technologies and policies when serving or measuring advertisements.
Privacy and Website Data
Our Privacy Policy explains what information may be handled when you visit the website, use website features, follow affiliate links, or contact BottleneckLab.
By using the website, you acknowledge that standard hosting, security, analytics, advertising, contact-form, and affiliate services may process limited technical or submitted information as described in that policy.
Do not send passwords, payment-card details, account credentials, private authentication information, or other unnecessary sensitive information through the contact form.
Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, BottleneckLab is provided on an as-is and as-available basis without warranties that every result, article, feature, link, or recommendation will be complete, current, suitable, uninterrupted, or error-free.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, BottleneckLab and its operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or similar losses arising from use of the website or reliance on its content.
This can include losses connected with hardware purchases, compatibility problems, installation errors, unsuccessful upgrades, system instability, lost data, downtime, configuration changes, or performance that differs from an estimate.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits a right, remedy, warranty, or liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
Additional limitations are explained in our Disclaimer .
Errors, Corrections, and Feedback
PC hardware information changes over time. New products, BIOS updates, driver changes, software updates, price changes, and revised specifications can affect previously published guidance.
If you find an incorrect specification, outdated recommendation, broken link, missing component, calculator problem, or other error, please send the affected page URL and a clear description through our Contact page .
We may investigate and correct confirmed errors in accordance with our Editorial Methodology .
Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms when the website, calculator, services, business relationships, legal requirements, or operating practices change.
When a material change is published, the Last updated date at the top of this page will be changed to reflect the real publication date of that revision.
The latest published version applies to use of BottleneckLab from that point forward.
Applicable Law and Disputes
These Terms are interpreted under the laws that apply to the website operator and the person using the website.
Nothing in these Terms removes mandatory legal rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be removed.
If a concern or dispute arises, please contact BottleneckLab first and provide enough information for the matter to be reviewed.
Severability and No Waiver
If a provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.
A delay or failure to enforce a provision does not automatically waive the right to enforce it later.
Contact BottleneckLab
Contact us if you have a question about these Terms, want to report an error, or need to raise a concern about the website.