Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Radeon RX 570 combination delivers playable frame rates in Lockdown Protocol only at 1080p with the lowest settings. The data shows a hard ceiling for this pairing, with the 4 GB Polaris GPU acting as the primary constraint. Below is a detailed breakdown of how this combo behaves across resolutions and presets, based on recorded measurements.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no settings preset reaches the 60 FPS playable threshold. The highest recorded average is 34.7 FPS at Low settings, which falls far short of playable. Ultra averages 15 FPS, High 20.9 FPS, and Medium 26.2 FPS. All four presets at 4K are below 35 FPS, indicating the GPU is overwhelmed by the pixel count.

At 2560x1440, the situation improves but still misses the 60 FPS target. Low settings produce an average of 57.1 FPS, which is the closest this combo gets to playable at 1440p. Medium averages 42.7 FPS, High 35.3 FPS, and Ultra 27.2 FPS. None of these reach the 60 FPS threshold, so the verdict for 1440p is no playable settings.

At 1920x1080, the only playable configuration is Low settings, which delivers an average of 75.3 FPS. This is the sole preset that clears the 60 FPS bar. Medium averages 54.4 FPS, just below playable, while High averages 47 FPS and Ultra 36.9 FPS. The best settings for 1080p are Low, providing a comfortable margin above the threshold.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU component of this combo, the Ryzen 7 5700X, sits at the 79th percentile among all tested CPUs. Its nearest rivals in the database are nearly identical in aggregate performance. The Intel Core i5-12600K matches the 5700X exactly with an average score of 27578 and a delta of 0%. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800 trails by just 0.2%, while the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X leads by 0.2%. The Intel Core Ultra 5 125H is 0.3% ahead. For Lockdown Protocol, any of these CPUs would deliver essentially the same CPU-side performance, meaning the frame rate differences would come entirely from the GPU.

The GPU side tells a different story. The Radeon RX 570 ranks at the 74th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6800M, which scores 0.4% higher, and the AMD Radeon RX 470, which scores 0.8% higher. The AMD Radeon R9 M295X is 0.7% lower, and the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 is 1.2% lower. These deltas are small, but the RX 470 is particularly relevant as a direct sibling card with the same Polaris architecture. In practice, swapping the RX 570 for an RX 470 would yield nearly identical frame rates in Lockdown Protocol, while moving to a significantly stronger GPU like a modern mid-range card would be required to unlock higher presets.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data provides average frame rates for every resolution and preset combination. Minimum and maximum FPS values are not available in the dataset, so the analysis relies on averages alone.

At 1920x1080, the progression across presets is consistent. Low settings average 75.3 FPS, Medium 54.4 FPS, High 47 FPS, and Ultra 36.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 20.9 FPS, which is the largest single-step drop in the entire dataset. This suggests that Medium enables effects that heavily tax the RX 570's 4 GB frame buffer. The drop from Medium to High is 7.4 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 10.1 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the same preset order yields lower averages. Low runs at 57.1 FPS, Medium at 42.7 FPS, High at 35.3 FPS, and Ultra at 27.2 FPS. The delta between Low and Medium is 14.4 FPS, smaller than at 1080p but still significant. The resolution increase from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 18 FPS at Low settings (75.3 to 57.1) and about 12 FPS at Ultra (36.9 to 27.2). This scaling indicates that the GPU is bandwidth and fill-rate limited, as the 1440p pixel count is 1.78 times that of 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the results drop sharply. Low averages 34.7 FPS, Medium 26.2 FPS, High 20.9 FPS, and Ultra 15 FPS. The 4K pixel count is 4 times 1080p, and the frame rates reflect that stress. Even Low settings cannot maintain 35 FPS, making 4K unplayable for this combo. The transition from 1440p to 4K at Low settings costs 22.4 FPS, and at Ultra it costs 12.2 FPS.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Lockdown Protocol at 1080p with Medium settings?

A: No. The measured average at 1080p Medium is 54.4 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS playable threshold. Only Low settings at 1080p achieve playable performance, with an average of 75.3 FPS.

Q: What is the best playable settings preset for 1440p?

A: There is no playable preset at 1440p. The closest is Low settings at 57.1 FPS, which still falls short of the 60 FPS threshold. All other presets at 1440p average below 43 FPS.

Q: How does the RX 570 compare to its nearest GPU rival in this game?

A: The RX 570's closest rival, the RX 470, scores 0.8% higher in aggregate benchmarks. In Lockdown Protocol, this translates to a negligible frame rate difference, so users with an RX 470 would see nearly identical performance at every resolution and preset.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700X a bottleneck for the RX 570 in this game?

A: The benchmark data shows that the GPU is the limiting factor. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 75.3 FPS, but the CPU has a 79th percentile ranking and matches the Intel Core i5-12600K exactly. The frame rate drops are consistent with GPU load scaling across resolutions, not CPU limitations.

Q: Does raising the resolution from 1080p to 1440p halve the frame rate?

A: No. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 75.3 FPS at 1080p to 57.1 FPS at 1440p, a 24% reduction. At Ultra, it drops from 36.9 to 27.2 FPS, a 26% reduction. The losses are significant but not proportional to the 1.78x pixel increase.

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The highest average is 75.3 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is the only configuration that clears the 60 FPS threshold across all tested resolutions.

CPU and GPU Roles

The division of labor between the Ryzen 7 5700X and the RX 570 is clear from the resolution scaling. At 1080p, the combo reaches 75.3 FPS on Low, which suggests the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at that level. The 5700X has 8 cores and 16 threads, and its 3dmark max threads score of 6850 indicates strong multi-threaded capacity. In a fast-paced FPS like Lockdown Protocol, the CPU handles game logic and physics, while the GPU renders the scene.

The GPU becomes the dominant constraint as resolution rises. At 1440p, the best average is 57.1 FPS, and at 4K it drops to 34.7 FPS, both on Low settings. The RX 570 has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s. These figures are modest by modern standards, and the 4 GB GDDR5 frame buffer on a 256-bit bus provides 224 GB/s of bandwidth. The 4K results, where even Low averages only 34.7 FPS, show that the GPU cannot sustain the fill rate required for 8.3 million pixels.

The CPU's role is more prominent at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the GPU has less pixel work, so the CPU must deliver frames quickly enough to avoid stalling. The 5700X's Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1499 and passmark single-thread score of 3385 indicate solid per-core performance, which helps maintain the 75.3 FPS average. At 1440p and 4K, the GPU load increases, and the CPU has more idle time between frames, making the RX 570 the clear bottleneck.

Preset scaling reinforces this interpretation. At 1080p, moving from Low to Medium costs 20.9 FPS, while at 4K the same transition costs 8.5 FPS. The larger absolute drop at 1080p suggests that at lower resolution, the GPU has headroom to attempt more complex shading, but the frame buffer limit kicks in. At 4K, the GPU is already saturated at Low, so enabling Medium has a smaller marginal impact.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested hardware combinations for Lockdown Protocol, this pairing ranks 3541 out of 3714 combos. That places it in the bottom 5% of all tested configurations. The rank reflects the combined capability of the Ryzen 7 5700X and the RX 570, and the measured FPS data confirms that this is a low-end setup for this game.

The CPU alone is competitive, ranking at the 79th percentile among all CPUs. But the GPU, at the 74th percentile among all GPUs, is older and slower relative to the field. The RX 570's end-of-life production status and its 2017 release date mean it lacks the modern features and raw throughput of newer cards. In Lockdown Protocol, which appears to favor GPU throughput, the combo falls far behind the median.

The 4K results are particularly damning. With Ultra settings averaging 15 FPS and even Low averaging only 34.7 FPS, this combo cannot approach playable performance at that resolution. The 1440p results are better but still sub-60 across all presets. Only at 1080p Low does the combo exceed the playable threshold, and even then, the margin is 15.3 FPS above the 60 FPS line.

For context, the combo rank of 3541 means that 173 other tested combinations perform worse in this game. That is a small minority, indicating that most hardware pairings in the database handle Lockdown Protocol better. The RX 570's 4 GB memory and GCN 4.0 architecture are the limiting factors, and no amount of CPU headroom from the 5700X can compensate for the GPU's inability to render the game at higher settings or resolutions.