Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol is a demanding FPS released on March 11, 2024, and the pairing of AMD's Ryzen 7 5700 with Intel's Arc B570 lands in an interesting spot for it. This is a mid-tier combination: a Zen 3 eight-core CPU sitting at the 78th percentile of all processors, and a Battlemage GPU at the 65th percentile of all graphics cards. Out of 3714 hardware combinations measured for this game, this pairing ranks 2987th — near the back of the field. That ranking, however, needs context, because the measured frame rates tell a more nuanced story: the combo clears the 60 FPS playability threshold at every resolution with the right settings, and at 1080p it does so even on the Ultra preset.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Starting at 1920x1080, the data shows a clean sweep across the preset ladder. Low settings deliver an average of 136 FPS, the highest figure recorded for this combination in the entire dataset. Medium raises visual fidelity while still averaging 96 FPS, with a measured minimum of 82 and a maximum of 111 — a tight frame-time envelope that indicates consistent delivery rather than an average propped up by sporadic spikes. High settings average 84 FPS, and even Ultra holds a 63 FPS average, which sits just above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

At 2560x1440, the numbers shift down accordingly. Low averages 100 FPS, Medium 71 FPS with a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 81, and High lands at 62 FPS — barely clearing the bar but clearing it. Ultra at 1440p averages 46 FPS, which falls short of playable by a wide margin.

At 3840x2160, the Arc B570 runs out of headroom. Low averages 64 FPS, the only 4K preset above the threshold. Medium averages 46 FPS with a minimum of 39 and a maximum of 52; High drops to 40 FPS; and Ultra manages just 30 FPS, half the playable rate. The pattern is consistent and predictable: each step up in resolution costs roughly a third of the frame rate, and each step up in preset quality trims a further slice.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data points clearly at the GPU as the limiting component in this pairing. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings drops the average from 136 to 100 FPS, and moving again to 4K drops it further to 64 FPS. That steady decline as pixel count rises — while the Ryzen 7 5700 stays constant — is the signature of GPU-bound behavior. If the CPU were the bottleneck, frame rates would flatten across resolutions instead of falling.

The preset scaling reinforces this. At 1080p, going from Low to Ultra costs 73 FPS of average frame rate (136 down to 63), a change driven entirely by graphics workload, since geometry, draw calls, and shader complexity are preset-dependent while the CPU-side simulation load is not.

None of this means the CPU is weak. The Ryzen 7 5700 posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20655 and a single-core score of 2916, plus a Geekbench single-core result of 1907 — figures that place it comfortably ahead of what Lockdown Protocol needs to feed the Arc B570. Its 3DMark CPU thread-scaling results (901 single-thread, 3382 at four threads, 6628 at sixteen threads) show near-linear scaling into its sixteen threads, and the eight Zen 3 cores with 16 MB of L3 cache handle modern game workloads without strain. The GPU, with 2304 shading units, 10 GB of GDDR6 on a 160-bit bus, and 380 GB/s of memory bandwidth, is simply the component that gives out first — especially at 4K, where the memory subsystem and rasterization throughput are pushed hardest.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 7 5700 + Arc B570 run Lockdown Protocol at 1080p?

A: Yes, at every preset. The measured averages are 136 FPS on Low, 96 on Medium, 84 on High, and 63 on Ultra — all at or above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What about 1440p?

A: Yes, on three of four presets. Low averages 100 FPS, Medium 71, and High 62. Only Ultra falls short at 46 FPS.

Q: Is 4K playable at all?

A: Only on Low settings, which average 64 FPS. Medium (46), High (40), and Ultra (30) all sit below 60 FPS.

Q: Which component is the bottleneck?

A: The GPU. Frame rates fall steadily as resolution rises (136 to 100 to 64 FPS on Low), which is the classic profile of a GPU-limited configuration. The CPU's benchmark scores — including a 20655 Cinebench R23 multi-core result — indicate ample processor headroom.

Q: How does this combination rank against others measured for this game?

A: It ranks 2987th out of 3714 combinations. That is a low rank driven by the number of stronger combos in the database, not by unplayability — the pairing still clears 60 FPS at every resolution with appropriate settings.

Q: What is the frame-rate range at 1080p Medium?

A: The measured minimum is 82 FPS and the maximum is 111, around the 96 FPS average — a narrow spread that indicates stable frame delivery.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Lockdown Protocol, with settings adjustments at the top end of the resolution ladder. At 1920x1080, every preset from Low through Ultra is playable, with Ultra averaging 63 FPS — the best setting for this resolution according to the verdict data. At 2560x1440, Low, Medium, and High are all playable, and High at 62 FPS is the recommended ceiling. At 3840x2160, only Low clears the bar at 64 FPS.

The short version: 1080p Ultra, 1440p High, 4K Low. A player who wants a consistent 60-plus experience without touching settings sliders should stay at 1440p Medium or below, where the 71 FPS average and 60 FPS minimum provide real margin. Chasing maximum visuals means accepting 4K Medium's 46 FPS average or stepping the resolution down.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the Ryzen 7 5700's nearest rivals are effectively interchangeable for this game. The Intel Xeon D-2752TER (average benchmark score 25530, within 0.1 percent), AMD Ryzen 5 7640U (25485, 0.1 percent), Ryzen 5 6600H (25550, 0.1 percent), and Ryzen 7 5825U (25446, 0.3 percent) all sit statistically level with the 5700's average score of 25517. Since the CPU is not the limiting factor here, any of these processors would produce near-identical Lockdown Protocol results when paired with the Arc B570.

On the GPU side, where the swap actually matters, the closest matches are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (average score 20534, deltaPct 0.1), the Intel Arc A750 (20582, -0.1), the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480, 0.4), and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X (20662, -0.5) — all within half a percent of the B570's 20556 average. Substituting any of these for the Arc B570 should yield effectively the same frame-rate profile: roughly 60 FPS at 1080p Ultra, borderline 60 at 1440p High, and Low-settings-only play at 4K.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080 — Ultra: 63 FPS average. The most demanding preset still clears 60 FPS, so there is no reason to drop below Ultra at this resolution.
• 2560x1440 — High: 62 FPS average. Ultra at 46 FPS is out of reach, but High sits just above the threshold. Players wanting more margin can drop to Medium for 71 FPS with a 60 FPS minimum.
• 3840x2160 — Low: 64 FPS average. The only 4K preset above the threshold; Medium at 46 FPS averages below playable, with minimums dipping to 39 FPS.