Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol, a first-person shooter released in March of 2024, is undemanding by modern standards, and the pairing of AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 D handles it comfortably at every resolution in the database. The recorded measurements show this combination clearing the 60 FPS playability threshold at all four presets across 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160, with even the Ultra preset at 4K holding an average of 88 FPS. The following analysis walks through the exact numbers, the settings that make sense at each resolution, and how this pairing ranks against the other hardware combinations tested for this title.

Best Settings per Resolution

Because every preset clears 60 FPS at every tested resolution, the "best settings" question has a simple answer here: Ultra across the board.

• 1920x1080, Ultra: 152 FPS average, the most demanding preset, comfortably above the threshold.
• 2560x1440, Ultra: 137 FPS average, still more than double the playability line.
• 3840x2160, Ultra: 88 FPS average, a 28% step down from the same preset at 1440p but still well clear of 60 FPS.

There is no reason to compromise. Even the worst-case entry in the entire dataset, the Medium preset at 4K with a recorded minimum of 115 FPS, never approaches a frame rate that would interrupt play. Players targeting very high refresh rates at 1080p can drop to the Low preset, which averages 201 FPS, but for a standard 60 FPS target the maximum visual quality is available everywhere.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX 5090 D run Lockdown Protocol at 4K?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160 the Ultra preset averages 88 FPS, High averages 118 FPS, Medium averages 135 FPS, and Low averages 157 FPS. Every preset is above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Q: Does this PC reach high refresh rates at 1080p?

A: Yes. At 1920x1080 the Low preset averages 201 FPS, Medium averages 177 FPS, and even Ultra averages 152 FPS. Any of these presets can drive a high refresh display.

Q: Which component is the bottleneck in this pairing?

A: The CPU. The Ryzen 5 3600 sits in the 71st percentile of all CPUs in the database, while the RTX 5090 D sits in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs. The frame rate data confirms this: the gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is only 49 FPS, which is narrow for such a large GPU, indicating the processor caps the ceiling.

Q: How consistent are frame times at 4K?

A: Where minimum and maximum frames were recorded at 3840x2160 Medium, the range spans 115 to 155 FPS around a 135 FPS average, a tight spread with no dips near the playability threshold.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 3600 a weak CPU overall?

A: No, but it is mid-range. Its average benchmark score of 17035 places it in the 71st percentile, essentially tied with rivals like the Intel Core i7-1260P and Intel Core i5-11400, both within 0.2% of its score.

Q: How does this combination rank among tested pairings for this game?

A: It ranks 551 out of 3714 tested combinations, placing it in roughly the top 15% for Lockdown Protocol.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full set of measured averages, resolution by resolution, is as follows.

1920x1080:

| Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|

| Low | 201 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Medium | 177 | 150 | 204 |

| High | 169 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Ultra | 152 | not recorded | not recorded |

2560x1440:

| Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|

| Low | 181 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Medium | 160 | 136 | 184 |

| High | 152 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Ultra | 137 | not recorded | not recorded |

3840x2160:

| Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|

| Low | 157 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Medium | 135 | 115 | 155 |

| High | 118 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Ultra | 88 | not recorded | not recorded |

Several patterns stand out. First, the settings penalty is modest at lower resolutions: dropping from Ultra to Low at 1080p recovers 49 FPS, at 1440p it recovers 44 FPS, and at 4K it recovers 69 FPS. Second, resolution scaling is gentle at the low end of the preset ladder. The Low preset loses only 44 FPS going from 1080p to 4K, whereas the Ultra preset loses 64 FPS over the same span, showing that visual settings weigh more heavily on this GPU than pixel count does. Third, the Medium recording at each resolution includes min/max data, and in every case the minimum frame rate stays far above 60: 150 at 1080p, 136 at 1440p, and 115 at 4K. The 4K Medium spread of 115 to 155 FPS around a 135 average indicates stable delivery rather than an average propped up by occasional spikes.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3600's average score of 17035 is virtually indistinguishable from its nearest rivals. The Intel Core i7-1260P averages 17007, just 0.2% below. The Intel Core i5-11400 averages 17067, 0.2% above. Two server parts, the AMD EPYC 7573X (17070, 0.2% above) and AMD EPYC 7742 (16998, 0.2% below), also match its aggregate score, though they are impractical desktop substitutes. In practical terms, a system built around the Core i5-11400 or Core i7-1260P would be expected to produce nearly identical Lockdown Protocol results when paired with the same GPU.

For GPUs, the RTX 5090 D's average score of 77712 places it 1.1% above the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (76904), 1.6% below the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78940), 2.1% below the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB (79396), and 2.4% below the Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB (79605). While the database lists these as its closest aggregate-score rivals, aggregate scores mix compute and graphics workloads, and the Tesla parts in particular are compute cards rather than gaming products, so frame rate behavior in this title would not necessarily transfer. The mobile Radeon parts are the more meaningful comparisons for expected in-game behavior.

CPU and GPU Roles

This is an unambiguously GPU-strong, CPU-middling pairing, and the game's data shows it. The RTX 5090 D ranks in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs, built on the GB202 chip with 21760 shading units, 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, and 1.79 TB/s of memory bandwidth. The Ryzen 5 3600, a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 2 processor, ranks in the 71st percentile of CPUs.

At 1920x1080, the CPU is clearly the limiter. The frame rate only moves from 201 FPS on Low to 152 FPS on Ultra, a spread of 49 FPS across the entire visual quality range. A GPU of this class, if unconstrained, would typically show a much wider settings sensitivity at 1080p; the narrow gap indicates the processor's per-core performance, reflected in its single-thread scores of 696 in 3DMark and 2124 in Cinebench R23, is setting the ceiling. Moving to 2560x1440 shifts only 15 to 25 FPS off each preset, further evidence that the GPU is underutilized and the CPU governs the upper end.

At 3840x2160 the balance finally tips toward the GPU, and even then only partially. Ultra drops to 88 FPS, 15 FPS below the same preset at 1440p, while Low manages 157 FPS at 4K, a frame rate many mid-range GPUs cannot reach at that resolution even on minimal settings. For this specific title, the practical takeaway is that upgrading the CPU would raise the ceiling at 1080p and 1440p, while the GPU has headroom to spare at every resolution tested.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC runs Lockdown Protocol without qualification. According to the verdict data, all four presets are playable at all three resolutions:

• 1920x1080: best settings are Ultra at 152 FPS average.
• 2560x1440: best settings are Ultra at 137 FPS average.
• 3840x2160: best settings are Ultra at 88 FPS average.

No tested combination of resolution and preset falls below the 60 FPS threshold, and the only min/max data recorded, Medium at each resolution, shows minimums of 150, 136, and 115 FPS from 1080p to 4K. For a fast-paced FPS where consistent frame delivery matters, the recorded spread indicates stable performance. The 4K Ultra average of 88 FPS sits closest to the threshold, but with a 28 FPS margin it remains a comfortable result. Players wanting additional headroom at 4K can step down to High, which averages 118 FPS at a modest visual cost.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database's testing for Lockdown Protocol, the Ryzen 5 3600 plus RTX 5090 D combination ranks 551 out of 3714 tested pairings, placing it in roughly the top 15% of configurations measured for this game. That ranking is consistent with the component percentiles: a 71st-percentile CPU holding back a 92nd-percentile GPU lands the pairing solidly above average but not at the top of the charts. The rank also explains the shape of the results. This combination beats the playability requirement everywhere by wide margins, yet its 1080p ceiling, capped near 201 FPS by the processor rather than the graphics card, is what separates it from higher-ranked pairings that can exploit the RTX 5090 D's full capability in less CPU-bound scenarios. For this particular title, that ceiling is academic: the game simply is not demanding enough for the gap to matter.