Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol is a demanding test of any mid-range pairing, but the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 handle it with room to spare. Benchmark results indicate this combination clears the 60 FPS threshold at every resolution measured, from 1920x1080 up to 3840x2160, with only the Ultra preset at 4K falling short. The Ryzen 5 7400F, a six-core, twelve-thread Zen 4 processor running on the AM5 platform, sits in the 83rd percentile of all tested CPUs, while the RTX 3070 — an Ampere-based GA104 card with 8 GB of GDDR6 — occupies the 61st percentile among GPUs. Together they rank 1588 out of 3714 tested combinations in this game, placing them in the upper half of configurations benchmarked for Lockdown Protocol.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the pairing is emphatically fast. The Low preset averages 214 FPS, Medium averages 152 FPS, High averages 133 FPS, and even Ultra holds a 99 FPS average. That means the RTX 3070 delivers roughly double the playable threshold at maximum settings in full HD — headroom that matters in a competitive FPS, where frame rates well beyond 60 translate directly into smoother aiming and lower input latency.

Moving to 2560x1440, the data shows measured averages of 157 FPS on Low, 111 FPS on Medium, 97 FPS on High, and 73 FPS on Ultra. The Medium run also recorded a minimum of 95 FPS and a maximum of 128 FPS, which is a notably tight spread — the floor never drops below the average by more than a modest margin, suggesting consistent frame delivery rather than spiky performance. Ultra at 1440p still clears 60 FPS with a 13-frame cushion.

At 3840x2160, the load of rendering four times the pixels of 1080p becomes visible. Low averages 101 FPS, Medium averages 72 FPS with a minimum of 61 and a maximum of 83, High averages 63 FPS, and Ultra drops to 47 FPS. The Medium min/max data is the most instructive here: the minimum of 61 FPS sits barely above the 60 FPS playable threshold, so while the average is comfortable, the worst moments at 4K Medium are marginal. High at 4K, averaging 63 FPS, is playable on average but leaves almost no margin for dips. Ultra at 4K is the single configuration in the dataset that fails the threshold, at 47 FPS.

Across all twelve measured configurations, the only min/max data captured were for the Medium preset at each resolution: 129–175 at 1080p, 95–128 at 1440p, and 61–83 at 4K. The remaining runs report averages only.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 7400F + RTX 3070 run Lockdown Protocol at 4K?

A: Yes, at three of the four presets. Low averages 101 FPS, Medium 72 FPS, and High 63 FPS — all at or above the 60 FPS playable threshold. Ultra averages 47 FPS and does not clear the bar.

Q: What is the fastest configuration measured?

A: 1920x1080 on the Low preset, averaging 214 FPS. Even Ultra at 1080p reaches a 99 FPS average.

Q: Is the processor a bottleneck for this game?

A: Nothing in the data suggests so. The Ryzen 5 7400F scores 21765 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3072 in single-core, sits in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs, and posts a PassMark single-thread score of 3689. Frame rates scale smoothly with resolution and settings, which points to GPU-bound behaviour — the hallmark of a balanced pairing.

Q: How does the RTX 3070 compare to rival GPUs in the database?

A: Its average benchmark score of 17208 places it within roughly a percent of the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT (0.7% delta), the NVIDIA GTX 690 (1%), the AMD Radeon HD 7970M (1.1%), and the NVIDIA Tesla K40c (-1.5%).

Q: Where does this CPU/GPU combo rank in Lockdown Protocol specifically?

A: It ranks 1588 out of 3714 tested combinations — inside the top half of the database for this game.

Q: Does the frame rate ever dip below 60?

A: The lowest recorded figure in the dataset is the minimum of 61 FPS at 3840x2160 on Medium. Every other recorded minimum — 129 at 1080p and 95 at 1440p, both on Medium — is well clear of the threshold.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 99 FPS average. Every preset is playable at full HD, so there is no reason to compromise. Ultra's 99 FPS average still offers over 60% headroom above the threshold.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 73 FPS average. All four presets clear 60 FPS at 1440p. Ultra's 13-frame cushion over the threshold makes it the demanding preset of choice, though players chasing higher refresh rates can drop to High for 97 FPS.
• 3840x2160 — High, 63 FPS average. Ultra fails at 47 FPS, so High is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS. It is a tight fit; players sensitive to dips should consider Medium at 72 FPS, whose recorded minimum of 61 FPS confirms the floor holds.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the database identifies four chips whose aggregate benchmark scores are essentially identical to the Ryzen 5 7400F's 32750 average. The Intel Core i5-14600T sits 0.1% behind, the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H is 0.2% off the pace, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H is 0.2% ahead, and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 trails by 0.3%. Any of these processors should produce indistinguishable results in Lockdown Protocol, assuming the same GPU — the deltas are fractions of a percent.

On the GPU side, the RTX 3070's nearest rivals cluster just as tightly around its 17208 average score. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is 0.7% behind, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 is 1% behind, the AMD Radeon HD 7970M trails by 1.1%, and the NVIDIA Tesla K40c is 1.5% ahead. Swapping the RTX 3070 for any of these cards would be expected to shift Lockdown Protocol frame rates by only a few percent in either direction — meaning the 4K High result of 63 FPS could easily flip to marginal territory with a marginally slower card, a point worth noting given how little headroom exists at that setting.

It is also worth noting the production status of each part. The RTX 3070 is flagged as end-of-life in the database, while the Ryzen 5 7400F remains an active product. Neither status affects measured performance, but it contextualises where each part sits in its product cycle — the RTX 3070 belongs to the GeForce 30 series, superseded by the GeForce 40 generation.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Lockdown Protocol, and runs it well. At 1920x1080 and 2560x1440, every preset from Low through Ultra averages at least 60 FPS: 99 FPS at 1080p Ultra and 73 FPS at 1440p Ultra are the headline maximum-settings figures. At 3840x2160, three of four presets are playable — Low at 101 FPS, Medium at 72 FPS, and High at 63 FPS — while Ultra, at 47 FPS, is the lone failure. The verdict for 4K players is therefore "yes, but tune down": High is the ceiling, and Medium is the safer choice given the 61 FPS recorded minimum on that preset.

For a game released in March 2024, this is a strong showing from a pairing that combines a 65 W six-core Zen 4 desktop CPU with a 220 W Ampere GPU. The 8 GB of GDDR6 on the RTX 3070 did not prevent it from averaging over 60 FPS at 4K High in this title, though the tight margins at that resolution suggest the card's limits are being approached.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the Lockdown Protocol leaderboard, the Ryzen 5 7400F + RTX 3070 pairing ranks 1588 out of 3714 tested combinations. That places it above the median — a mid-field-to-upper-half result that matches the character of the hardware: an 83rd-percentile CPU paired with a 61st-percentile GPU. The CPU is the stronger half of this duo on paper, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21765 and a single-core score of 3072, but the game data indicates the GPU is the component defining the ceiling, as frame rates fall predictably with resolution and preset intensity.

Context matters here. The RTX 3070's average benchmark score of 17208 sits within 1.5% of four rival cards, and the Ryzen 5 7400F's 32750 is within 0.3% of four rival CPUs — meaning a large band of alternative builds should land within a few frames of these results at every setting. Combinations ranking above 1588 in this game would need meaningfully faster graphics hardware to pull away at 1440p and 4K, where the measured averages of 73 and 63 FPS at Ultra and High respectively represent the practical limits of this configuration. At 1080p, with 99 FPS at Ultra, the pairing already delivers everything the game's highest preset asks for.