Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is an uneven combination on paper: a 2018 six-core Zen+ processor feeding a high-end Ampere graphics card. Lockdown Protocol, a first-person shooter released on 2024-03-11, is far from the most demanding title in the database, and the recorded data shows this pairing clears the 60 FPS playability threshold at every resolution tested, with only one preset falling short. Below is the full breakdown of the measurements and what they mean for anyone considering this hardware.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured average frame rates from the database; minimum and maximum values were not recorded for this configuration, so the analysis rests on averages.

At 1920x1080, the combo is comfortably fast across the board. Low settings deliver 178.2 FPS, Medium lands at 157.1 FPS, High at 148.9 FPS, and even Ultra holds 116.2 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is only about 62 FPS at this resolution, which tells you the RTX 3080 is not being stressed at 1080p and the frame rate is more likely gated by the CPU than the GPU at the lower presets.

At 2560x1440, the numbers scale down as expected: 158.2 FPS on Low, 127.8 FPS on Medium, 112.2 FPS on High, and 85.8 FPS on Ultra. The Ultra result is the key one here, sitting well above the 60 FPS threshold with headroom to spare. Even the most demanding preset leaves a margin of roughly 26 FPS over the playability line.

At 3840x2160, the picture tightens. Low settings still produce 120.3 FPS and Medium manages 82.3 FPS, High delivers 72.6 FPS, but Ultra drops to 58.1 FPS, falling just under the 60 FPS mark. That is a near miss rather than a failure: a single setting tier down restores a comfortable margin, and 4K High at 72.6 FPS is entirely playable for a fast FPS title.

The scaling pattern between presets is consistent. At 4K, moving from High to Ultra costs about 14.5 FPS, the single largest step between adjacent presets at any resolution, indicating Ultra pulls in heavier effects that bite hardest when the GPU is already working at high pixel counts.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the Lockdown Protocol results table, this pairing ranks 1291 out of 3714 tested configurations. That places it in the top third of all combinations measured for this game, which aligns with the component-level percentiles: the Ryzen 5 2600 sits in the 75th percentile versus all CPUs in the database, and the RTX 3080 sits in the 68th percentile versus all GPUs.

In practical terms, this is a mid-to-upper configuration for this title. It is not in the elite tier that competes for the top of the leaderboard, but it outranks roughly two-thirds of tested systems. The rank also reflects the pairing's character: the GPU is strong enough to carry the resolution scaling, while the older CPU likely caps the ceiling at 1080p, preventing the combo from ranking higher despite the RTX 3080's raw capability.

CPU and GPU Roles

The resolution scaling data makes the division of labor clear. At 1920x1080, frame rates range from 178.2 FPS down to 116.2 FPS. At 4K, the same presets range from 120.3 down to 58.1 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 4K is only about 58 FPS at Low settings, a notably small decline for a fourfold increase in pixel count. That flatness at the Low end is the classic signature of a CPU bottleneck: the Ryzen 5 2600 is setting the pace, and adding GPU load barely changes the result.

As the resolution climbs and the presets get heavier, the balance shifts toward the GPU. From 1080p Low to 4K Ultra, the frame rate falls from 178.2 to 58.1 FPS, so at the top of the demand curve the RTX 3080 is clearly the limiting factor. The 10 GB of GDDR6X on a 320-bit bus with 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth is doing real work at 4K, and the Ultra result of 58.1 FPS shows where its limit sits in this title.

For a competitive FPS like Lockdown Protocol, the practical takeaway is that the CPU governs your high-refresh ambitions at 1080p, while the GPU governs your visual ceiling at 1440p and 4K. The Ryzen 5 2600, with 6 cores and 12 threads and a 3.90 GHz boost clock, is adequate but clearly the older half of this pairing. Its database rivals include the Intel Core Ultra 5 228V (within 0.2 percent of its average benchmark score), the Intel Core i9-11900H (0.5 percent behind), the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (0.7 percent ahead), and the AMD EPYC 9454 (1.2 percent behind), a cluster that places it in capable but unexceptional company.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Lockdown Protocol, with one narrow exception. Per the verdict data:

• 1920x1080: playable on every preset, Low through Ultra. Best setting is Ultra at 116.2 FPS average.
• 2560x1440: playable on every preset, Low through Ultra. Best setting is Ultra at 85.8 FPS average.
• 3840x2160: playable on Low, Medium, and High. Best setting is High at 72.6 FPS average. Ultra at 58.1 FPS misses the 60 FPS threshold and is the only non-playable result in the entire dataset.

The short version: 1080p and 1440p are fully cleared at maximum settings, and 4K is cleared at everything except Ultra, where a one-step reduction to High restores a solid margin. For a shooter where frame rate consistency matters, 1440p Ultra at 85.8 FPS is arguably the sweet spot for this hardware, offering maximum visuals with a frame rate that stays comfortably above the playability line.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Based on the nearest-rivals data in the database, several nearby configurations would behave similarly in this title.

On the CPU side, the Ryzen 5 2600's average benchmark score of 21484 places it in a tight cluster. The Intel Core Ultra 5 228V averages 21440, just 0.2 percent off; the Intel Core i9-11900H averages 21367, 0.5 percent behind; the Intel Xeon D-1746TER averages 21635, 0.7 percent ahead; and the AMD EPYC 9454 averages 21223, 1.2 percent behind. Any of these processors would deliver effectively identical gaming results in Lockdown Protocol, since the differences are all within roughly a percent. If the CPU is your replacement target, these are the performance-equivalent options.

On the GPU side, the RTX 3080's average score of 23172 has its own rival cluster: the NVIDIA P106-100 at 23249 (0.3 percent ahead), the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 at 23250 (0.3 percent ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 6600M at 23273 (0.4 percent ahead), and the AMD Radeon R9 M290X at 23276 (0.4 percent ahead). All are within half a percent in aggregate benchmark terms, so the database indicates these cards would land in the same performance neighborhood in this game. Note that aggregate scores do not always translate one-to-one in a specific title, but the margins here are small enough that the expected behavior is similar.

If you are building toward this exact tier of Lockdown Protocol performance, swapping either component for one of its listed rivals should keep results within a fraction of the measured frame rates above.

Best Settings per Resolution

The most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS at each resolution, per the recorded data:

• 1920x1080: Ultra, 116.2 FPS average. No compromise needed; maximum settings clear the threshold by more than 56 FPS.
• 2560x1440: Ultra, 85.8 FPS average. Maximum settings remain comfortably playable with a margin of nearly 26 FPS.
• 3840x2160: High, 72.6 FPS average. Ultra (58.1 FPS) misses the cutoff, so High is the ceiling at 4K, still clearing 60 FPS by over 12 FPS.

For reference, the RTX 3080 carried a launch MSRP of 699 USD and the Ryzen 5 2600 launched at $199 MSRP, but neither figure affects the measured results. What the data shows is a configuration that handles Lockdown Protocol well at 1080p and 1440p at full settings, and does respectable work at 4K provided you accept High rather than Ultra. Gamers chasing higher 1080p frame rates will find the CPU is the component to upgrade; gamers happy at or below 1440p have nothing to change.