Old School Intel - Ran this for a few months before upgrading to an i7-870 (can't really call it an upgrade to be running this in 2022 but screw it, we ball) :
Intel Core i7-870 Bottleneck GTX 970? - CPUAgent
Core i7-970 and GeForce GTX 970 build in General Tasks | Bottleneck calculation | PC Builds
HP OMEN 870 i7 16GB DDR4, GTX970 Desktop
Core i7-870 and GeForce GTX 560 SE build in General Tasks | Bottleneck calculation | PC Builds
GTX 970 benchmark with i7-8700K 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K benchmarks at Ultra Quality - GPUCheck United States / USA
i7 870 + GTX 970 | GAMING BENCHMARKS!! | Shadow of the Tomb Raider +60FPS - YouTube
Pc Gamer Gtx 970 4g + Core I7 870 + 12gb 1600 + 1tb + Window | Cuotas sin interés
GTX 970 benchmark with i7-870 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K benchmarks at Ultra Quality - GPUCheck United States / USA
Core i7-2700K and GeForce GTX 970 build in General Tasks | Bottleneck calculation | PC Builds
GTX 970 Rainbow Six Siege benchmark with Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz at Ultra Quality: 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K Performance Benchmarks - GPUCheck United States / USA