Lockdown Protocol

The pairing of AMD's Ryzen 5 7600 with the Radeon RX 6700 XT lands in a comfortable middle tier for Lockdown Protocol, a 2024 first-person shooter. The measured data shows this combination clearing the 60 FPS playability threshold at every resolution tested, provided settings are chosen sensibly at 4K. The Ryzen 5 7600 is a six-core, twelve-thread Zen 4 processor built on TSMC's 5 nm node, sitting in the 78th percentile of all CPUs in the database, while the RX 6700 XT is a Navi 22-based RDNA 2.0 card with 12 GB of GDDR6 that occupies the 72nd percentile among GPUs. Together they form a balanced gaming configuration whose frame rates in this title are recorded below.

How This Combo Ranks

Against the full set of tested configurations for Lockdown Protocol, this CPU/GPU pairing ranks 1925 out of 3714 combos. That places it almost exactly at the midpoint of the distribution — slightly below the median, in fact, since the halfway mark of 3714 combos sits near rank 1857. In practical terms, roughly half of the tested systems outrun it and slightly more than half trail it. For a game where the pairing already posts 90.3 FPS at 1080p Ultra, that mid-pack position says more about the strength of the upper end of the database than about any weakness in this build.

The rank is consistent with the component-level percentiles. The Ryzen 5 7600's 78th percentile among CPUs and the RX 6700 XT's 72nd percentile among GPUs describe solidly above-average hardware that is not in enthusiast territory. A combo composed of two upper-quartile parts producing a median-ish game rank indicates Lockdown Protocol scales well on high-end hardware and that this pairing is not being held back disproportionately by either component.

Best Settings per Resolution

Using 60 FPS average as the playability threshold, the optimal preset at each resolution is:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 90.3 FPS average. The most demanding preset clears the threshold by a wide margin, 30.3 frames above the cutoff. High (121.4), Medium (137.6), and Low (191.5) are all progressively faster.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 63.9 FPS average. Ultra still qualifies, but only barely, at 3.9 frames over the line. Players wanting headroom can drop to High at 87 FPS, a 23.1-frame cushion.
• 3840x2160 — Medium, 63.8 FPS average. Ultra (44.2) and High (57.2) fall short at 4K. Medium is the highest preset that stays at or above 60, edging it by 3.8 frames. Low delivers a comfortable 91.2.

The pattern is a classic resolution ladder: max settings everywhere up to 1440p, then one preset step down at 4K.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data points to the GPU as the limiting factor at higher resolutions. Moving from 1080p Ultra to 1440p Ultra cuts the average from 90.3 to 63.9 FPS — a drop of 26.4 frames, or roughly 29 percent — for a 78 percent increase in pixel count. Extending to 4K Ultra drops the average to 44.2 FPS, a further fall of 19.7 frames. When frame rates fall steeply as pixels increase, the graphics card is the bottleneck.

The CPU's influence shows at the low end of the settings range. At 1080p Low, the system averages 191.5 FPS; at 1440p Low it manages 138.8. That the frame rate does not climb higher than 191.5 even with the rendering load stripped down suggests the Ryzen 5 7600 and the game engine impose a ceiling in the vicinity of that figure — a ceiling that is never approached at High or Ultra presets, where the RX 6700 XT runs out of capacity first. The 7600's strong single-thread performance (a 999 3DMark single-thread score and 2521 Geekbench single-core score) means it is well matched to this shooter; the pairing spends its GPU budget before the CPU becomes relevant at realistic settings.

Notably, the gap between Medium and Ultra at 1080p — 137.6 versus 90.3 FPS — shows the preset choices cost 47.3 frames at that resolution, again a GPU-side trade rather than a CPU one.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 7600 and RX 6700 XT run Lockdown Protocol at 4K?

A: Yes, but not at maximum settings. At 3840x2160, only Low (91.2 FPS) and Medium (63.8 FPS) average at or above 60 FPS. High averages 57.2 and Ultra averages 44.2, both below the threshold.

Q: What is the fastest frame rate this combo records in the game?

A: 191.5 FPS average, at 1920x1080 on the Low preset.

Q: Does this combination handle 1440p at maximum settings?

A: Yes. At 2560x1440 Ultra it averages 63.9 FPS, clearing the 60 FPS threshold, though with only 3.9 frames of headroom.

Q: How much performance is lost going from 1080p Ultra to 4K Ultra?

A: The average falls from 90.3 FPS to 44.2 FPS — a loss of 46.1 frames, which is more than half the 1080p figure. This is why Ultra is not recommended at 4K.

Q: Where does this combo rank against other tested configurations for this game?

A: It ranks 1925 out of 3714 tested combos, placing it just below the middle of the field.

Q: Is either component in this pairing a bottleneck?

A: At High and Ultra presets the GPU is the limiter, as frame rates scale down sharply with resolution. The CPU side only comes into view at Low settings, where the 191.5 FPS result at 1080p implies a platform ceiling near that figure.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured averages for the Ryzen 5 7600 + RX 6700 XT pairing; minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured for these runs.

1920x1080

| Preset | Avg FPS |

|---|---|

| Low | 191.5 |

| Medium | 137.6 |

| High | 121.4 |

| Ultra | 90.3 |

1080p is fully solved. Even Ultra exceeds 90 FPS, and Low nearly triples the playability threshold.

2560x1440

| Preset | Avg FPS |

|---|---|

| Low | 138.8 |

| Medium | 101.7 |

| High | 87 |

| Ultra | 63.9 |

Three of the four presets deliver 87 FPS or better. Ultra squeezes past 60 at 63.9.

3840x2160

| Preset | Avg FPS |

|---|---|

| Low | 91.2 |

| Medium | 63.8 |

| High | 57.2 |

| Ultra | 44.2 |

Medium is the dividing line at 4K. Below it, Low provides ample headroom; above it, both High and Ultra fall short of the threshold.

Comparing across resolutions at a fixed preset quantifies the cost of pixels: Medium goes 137.6 → 101.7 → 63.8 from 1080p through 4K, and Ultra goes 90.3 → 63.9 → 44.2.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Lockdown Protocol at every resolution tested, with one caveat at 4K. The measured verdicts are:

• 1920x1080: playable on all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra); best settings Ultra at 90.3 FPS.
• 2560x1440: playable on all four presets; best settings Ultra at 63.9 FPS.
• 3840x2160: playable on Low and Medium only; best settings Medium at 63.8 FPS.

The sensible recommendation from the data: play at 1440p with Ultra if a tighter margin is acceptable, or at High for 87 FPS with room to spare. At 4K, settle on Medium. Any resolution up to 1440p is fully covered with maximum image quality.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For CPUs, the Ryzen 5 7600's nearest rivals by aggregate score are the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (within 0.2 percent), the AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS (-0.3 percent), the Intel Core i9-11900KF (0.4 percent), and the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U (0.5 percent). Any of these processors would deliver effectively identical aggregate performance, and given that Lockdown Protocol leans on the GPU at realistic settings, frame rates with these substitutes should be close to those recorded here.

For GPUs, the RX 6700 XT's neighbors are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile (delta of 0 percent), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (-0.5 percent), the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell (1.1 percent), and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 (-1.5 percent). A system built around any of these cards paired with a comparable CPU would be expected to land within a few percent of the RX 6700 XT's results in this game — meaning the same 4K Medium ceiling and the same comfortable Ultra playability at 1440p.