Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for Lockdown Protocol at 4K with this AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 combo?

A: The most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS at 3840x2160 is Ultra, which delivers an average of 83 FPS. All four presets—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—clear the 60 FPS threshold at this resolution.

Q: How does this CPU compare to its nearest rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT has an average benchmark score of 29879. It is effectively tied with the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (29868, 0% delta), sits 0.3% behind both the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS (both 29955), and is 0.6% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (29713).

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all GPUs, and what does that mean for this game?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 sits in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs. In Lockdown Protocol, that translates to 4K Ultra at 83 FPS, 1440p Ultra at 128 FPS, and 1080p Ultra at 175 FPS—all far above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: Does the RTX 5090's nearest rival list show similar performance?

A: Yes. The NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB is within 0.3% (avg score 79605 vs 79842), the Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB is within 0.6% (79396), and the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT is within 1.1% (78940). The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X is 1.4% ahead (80959).

Q: At which resolution does the frame rate exceed 200 FPS on average?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 278 FPS, Medium averages 244 FPS, and High averages 233 FPS. Only the Ultra preset at 1080p drops below 200, still delivering 175 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more likely to limit performance at 4K Ultra?

A: The data shows the RTX 5090 has a 92nd percentile GPU ranking versus the 5800XT's 81st percentile CPU ranking. The GPU is the more dominant component, but at 4K Ultra the combo still holds 83 FPS, indicating neither part bottlenecks the game below playable levels.

Best Settings per Resolution

1920x1080: Ultra preset delivers 175 FPS average. This is the most demanding setting tested, and it remains nearly triple the 60 FPS playable threshold. Low runs at 278 FPS, Medium at 244 FPS, and High at 233 FPS.

2560x1440: Ultra preset averages 128 FPS. Medium runs at 196 FPS, High at 171 FPS, and Low at 250 FPS. The gap between Medium and Ultra is 68 FPS, showing the scaling cost of the highest settings at this resolution.

3840x2160: Ultra preset averages 83 FPS. This is the only resolution where Ultra dips below 100 FPS, but it still clears 60 FPS with a 23 FPS margin. High runs at 111 FPS, Medium at 127 FPS, and Low at 178 FPS.

The verdict data confirms all four settings at all three resolutions are playable. The most demanding configuration—4K Ultra—is the only one that approaches the 60 FPS floor, but it stays above it comfortably.

How This Combo Ranks

This CPU-GPU combination ranks 132nd out of 3714 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. That places it in the top 3.6% of all tested systems, a strong position for a game that rewards both high frame rates and high resolutions.

The ranking is more impressive when considering the GPU's percentile. The RTX 5090 sits at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, meaning only 8% of GPUs outperform it. The 5800XT's 81st percentile CPU ranking is lower, but the combo still lands in the top 132 slots because the GPU carries most of the performance weight in this FPS title.

Compared to the nearest rival GPUs, the RTX 5090's performance is tightly clustered. The Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB (0.3% slower), Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB (0.6% slower), and RX 6850M XT (1.1% slower) all fall within a narrow band. The Radeon Pro Vega 64X is the only one ahead, at 1.4% faster. This means the 132nd rank is not an outlier; it reflects a GPU that performs consistently with its closest competitors.

The CPU side shows similar clustering. The 5800XT's rivals are all within 0.6% of its average score, so the CPU choice contributes less to the combo's rank than the GPU does. In practical terms, swapping the 5800XT for any of its nearest rivals would shift the combo's rank by only a few positions at most.

Similar Performance Alternatives

If the AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT were replaced with a nearby CPU, the benchmark data indicates minimal impact. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840H has an average score of 29868, essentially identical to the 5800XT's 29879. The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and 7840HS both score 29955, just 0.3% higher. The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X scores 29713, 0.6% lower. Any of these CPUs paired with the RTX 5090 would produce nearly identical frame rates in Lockdown Protocol.

On the GPU side, the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB is the closest match at 0.3% lower average score. The Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB sits 0.6% lower, and the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT is 1.1% lower. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X is 1.4% higher. These GPUs would deliver frame rates within a few percent of the RTX 5090 in this game, meaning the 4K Ultra experience would remain above 60 FPS with any of them.

For a system builder looking for similar performance, the data suggests the RTX 5090's nearest rivals are all workstation or mobile parts, not typical gaming GPUs. The Tesla P100 variants are compute-focused, while the RX 6850M XT is a laptop GPU. This highlights how far ahead the RTX 5090 is in the consumer gaming space—its closest benchmark neighbors are not mainstream gaming cards.

The CPU alternatives are more conventional. The Ryzen 7 7840H and 8845HS are mobile processors, but the Ryzen 5 9600X is a desktop part with nearly identical average score. Pairing the 9600X with the RTX 5090 would likely yield the same Lockdown Protocol performance as the 5800XT, given the 0.6% score difference.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark results for Lockdown Protocol show clear scaling patterns across resolutions and presets. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo delivers 278 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops that to 250 FPS, and 3840x2160 Low falls to 178 FPS. This 100 FPS spread between 1080p and 4K at Low settings indicates the GPU is the primary driver, since Low settings reduce CPU load and expose raw rendering throughput.

The CPU's role becomes more visible at higher presets. At 1080p Ultra, the combo hits 175 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, it drops to 128 FPS. At 4K Ultra, it falls to 83 FPS. The percentage drop from 1440p to 4K at Ultra is 35%, while the drop from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra is 27%. This non-linear scaling points to the GPU's pixel throughput becoming the limiting factor at higher resolutions, rather than the CPU's 8-core, 16-thread Zen 3 architecture.

Comparing preset scaling at a fixed resolution further isolates the CPU's influence. At 1440p, Low runs at 250 FPS, Medium at 196 FPS, High at 171 FPS, and Ultra at 128 FPS. The gap from Low to Ultra is 122 FPS, a 49% reduction. At 4K, Low runs at 178 FPS and Ultra at 83 FPS, a 95 FPS gap or 53% reduction. The larger relative drop at 4K confirms that the GPU's rendering load increases more steeply with preset quality than the CPU's workload does.

For Lockdown Protocol, the RTX 5090's 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are the decisive factors at 4K Ultra. The 5800XT's 51.2 GB/s DDR4 bandwidth and 32 MB shared L3 cache are sufficient for this game, as evidenced by the CPU remaining within 0.6% of its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks. The GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate align with the observed 4K performance.

At 1080p, the CPU matters more relative to the GPU. The 5800XT's single-thread score of 959 in 3dMark and 3359 in Cinebench R23 single-core contribute to the 278 FPS Low result. At this resolution, the GPU is underutilized, and the CPU's boost clock of 4.80 GHz helps maintain high frame rates. The data shows the 5800XT is not a bottleneck even at 1080p Low, where 278 FPS exceeds what most displays can show.

The Verdict

This PC can run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS or higher across every tested resolution and preset. The verdict data lists all four settings—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—as playable at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160.

At 1920x1080, the best setting is Ultra with 175 FPS average. This is 115 FPS above the playable threshold, leaving enormous headroom for future patches or more demanding scenes. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 128 FPS, still more than double the 60 FPS floor. At 3840x2160, Ultra averages 83 FPS, which is 23 FPS above the threshold—the narrowest margin but still comfortably playable.

The combo's 132nd rank out of 3714 tested systems places it in the top percentile, and the RTX 5090's 92nd GPU percentile confirms this is a high-end configuration. The 5800XT's 81st CPU percentile is lower but sufficient, as the CPU never becomes the limiting factor in this game.

For players targeting 4K, the Ultra preset at 83 FPS is the recommended choice. The Medium preset at 127 FPS offers a smoother experience if frame rate is prioritized over visual fidelity, but the 83 FPS Ultra result already exceeds the 60 FPS threshold. At 1440p and 1080p, Ultra is the clear choice, with 128 FPS and 175 FPS respectively.

The measured data shows no configuration falls below 60 FPS. The lowest recorded result is 4K Ultra at 83 FPS, and the Medium presets include min FPS values of 108 FPS at 4K, 167 FPS at 1440p, and 208 FPS at 1080p—all well above the threshold. This system delivers a playable experience in Lockdown Protocol at any resolution and setting combination tested.