Lockdown Protocol

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no tested preset reaches the 60 FPS playable threshold. The closest is Low, which averages 41.1 FPS, followed by Medium at 29.9 FPS, High at 26.3 FPS, and Ultra at 18.1 FPS. The data shows a steep drop as settings rise, but even the least demanding preset falls well short of smooth play at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the situation improves slightly but still misses the mark. Low averages 59.4 FPS, just below the 60 FPS threshold, while Medium drops to 42.7 FPS, High to 38 FPS, and Ultra to 30.1 FPS. None of these presets can be called playable under the database standard, although Low is close enough that minor adjustments outside the measured set could plausibly cross the line.

At 1920x1080, the best settings that maintain at least 60 FPS are Medium, which averages 63.9 FPS. Low runs faster at 84.3 FPS, but Medium is the most demanding preset that still clears the threshold. High falls to 52.4 FPS and Ultra to 38.5 FPS, so those are not viable for consistent 60 FPS play.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU portion of this combo, the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, sits at the 85th percentile among all tested processors. Its nearest rivals in the database are closely grouped: the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 scores 35,802, just 0.3% lower; the Intel Core 7 250H scores 35,728, 0.5% lower; the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 scores 35,719, 0.5% lower; and the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H scores 35,670, 0.7% lower. Any of these CPUs would deliver effectively identical CPU-bound behavior in Lockdown Protocol, since the performance gap is under one percent across the entire cluster.

The GPU portion, the AMD Radeon RX 580, ranks at the 53rd percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are similarly tight: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile scores 12,940, which is 0.1% higher; the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER scores 12,986, 0.4% higher; the AMD Radeon 740M scores 12,870, 0.5% lower; and the AMD FirePro W5100 scores 12,847, 0.6% lower. In practice, a system swapping the RX 580 for any of these GPU alternatives would show nearly indistinguishable frame rates in this game, as the aggregate benchmark deltas are all under one percent.

For the full combo, benchmark results indicate that the CPU is far stronger than the GPU relative to their respective hardware pools. The CPU's 85th percentile placement contrasts sharply with the GPU's 53rd percentile, meaning the RX 580 is the limiting component in most scenarios.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data covers four settings presets at each of three resolutions. All values are average FPS; minimum and maximum frame times were not captured in the measured set.

At 1920x1080, Low averages 84.3 FPS, Medium averages 63.9 FPS, High averages 52.4 FPS, and Ultra averages 38.5 FPS. The progression from Low to Medium costs about 24% of the frame rate, while moving from Medium to High costs another 18%, and High to Ultra costs a further 27%. The gap between Low and Ultra is substantial: Ultra delivers less than half the frame rate of Low.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 59.4 FPS, Medium averages 42.7 FPS, High averages 38 FPS, and Ultra averages 30.1 FPS. Compared to 1080p, the resolution jump reduces Low by roughly 30%, Medium by 33%, High by 27%, and Ultra by 22%. The relative ordering stays consistent, but the absolute numbers confirm that 1440p is too demanding for this GPU at any preset.

At 3840x2160, Low averages 41.1 FPS, Medium averages 29.9 FPS, High averages 26.3 FPS, and Ultra averages 18.1 FPS. The 4K results are uniformly below the playable threshold. The delta between Low and Ultra is 23 FPS, which is the largest spread of any resolution in the dataset. Interestingly, the percentage drop from Low to Ultra is steeper at 4K (56%) than at 1080p (54%) or 1440p (49%), suggesting that the GPU's memory bandwidth and shading resources are increasingly strained as pixel count grows.

The pattern across all resolutions is that Low is the only preset that comes close to 60 FPS at 1440p, and no preset does so at 4K. At 1080p, both Low and Medium clear the threshold, with Medium being the highest playable setting.

FAQ

Q: Can this system run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS on a 4K monitor?

A: No. At 3840x2160, the highest average FPS recorded is 41.1 on Low settings. Medium, High, and Ultra all fall further behind, at 29.9, 26.3, and 18.1 FPS respectively. No 4K preset reaches the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the best preset for 1080p gameplay?

A: Medium is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, with an average of 63.9 FPS. Low runs at 84.3 FPS, but Medium offers higher visual quality while still clearing the threshold. High and Ultra drop to 52.4 and 38.5 FPS, so they are not recommended for consistent 60 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to nearby alternatives?

A: The Ryzen 7 7700X ranks in the 85th percentile of all CPUs. Its closest rivals, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5845, Core 7 250H, Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, and Core Ultra 9 185H, are all within 0.7% of its average benchmark score, so any of them would produce nearly identical results in CPU-bound scenarios.

Q: How does the GPU compare to nearby alternatives?

A: The RX 580 ranks in the 53rd percentile of all GPUs. The nearest rivals, including the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, GTX 1660 SUPER, Radeon 740M, and FirePro W5100, are all within 0.6% of its average score. Swapping to any of these would yield similar frame rates in Lockdown Protocol.

Q: Is 1440p playable with this combo?

A: Not at 60 FPS. The best 1440p result is Low at 59.4 FPS, which is just under the threshold. Medium, High, and Ultra average 42.7, 38, and 30.1 FPS respectively. The verdict data records no playable settings at 2560x1440.

Q: Which component is the bottleneck?

A: The GPU. The CPU sits at the 85th percentile while the GPU sits at the 53rd percentile, a gap of 32 percentage points. The frame rate scaling across resolutions also points to GPU limitation, as dropping resolution from 4K to 1080p roughly doubles the Low preset frame rate (41.1 to 84.3 FPS), which is characteristic of a GPU-bound workload.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data shows a clear division of labor in this game. The Ryzen 7 7700X is a high-end desktop processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, a 5.40 GHz boost clock, and an 85th percentile ranking. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 19,088 and single-core score of 1,987 suggest ample headroom for game logic, physics, and draw call processing. The RX 580, by contrast, is an older GCN 4.0 GPU from the Polaris generation, with a 53rd percentile ranking and a PassMark G3D score of 8,813. It has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus and 6.175 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput, figures that were competitive at its release but are modest by current standards.

Resolution scaling is the key indicator of where the bottleneck lies. When the resolution drops from 3840x2160 to 1920x1080, the Low preset frame rate rises from 41.1 to 84.3 FPS, a 105% improvement. This near-doubling with a quarter of the pixels is a classic sign of GPU-limited rendering. If the CPU were the constraint, the frame rate would stay roughly flat across resolutions. The fact that it changes so dramatically means the GPU is doing the heavy lifting in determining final FPS.

Settings scaling reinforces this conclusion. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra cuts the frame rate from 84.3 to 38.5 FPS, a 54% reduction. At 4K, the same settings change cuts from 41.1 to 18.1 FPS, a 56% reduction. These large percentage drops are driven by increased shading, texture, and memory pressure, all of which fall on the GPU. The CPU's role remains constant across these changes, so the GPU's limitations dominate.

At 1440p, the CPU continues to provide consistent frame pacing, but the GPU cannot keep up. The best result is 59.4 FPS on Low, which is just below the threshold. The fact that even the lowest settings cannot hit 60 FPS at 1440p indicates that the RX 580's raw rasterization throughput is the limiting factor, not the CPU's ability to feed it. At 1080p, however, the CPU has enough headroom that the GPU can reach playable rates on Medium, with Low exceeding 80 FPS.

The percentile gap between the two components is the simplest summary: the CPU is an 85th percentile part, the GPU a 53rd percentile part. In Lockdown Protocol, the recorded measurements show the GPU dictating performance across every resolution and preset combination.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of the Ryzen 7 7700X and RX 580 ranks 3,417 out of 3,714 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. That places it in the lower 8% of all system pairings in the database. The ranking reflects the GPU's age and modest compute resources; the CPU's high percentile placement does little to lift the combo when the graphics card cannot sustain high frame rates at higher resolutions.

For context, the combo's GPU is at the 53rd percentile, meaning roughly half of all tested GPUs are stronger. The CPU, by contrast, is at the 85th percentile, meaning only 15% of CPUs are faster. A combo rank near the bottom quartile despite having a top-quartile CPU indicates that the GPU is dragging the overall result down. In games that are lighter on the GPU, this pairing would rank higher, but Lockdown Protocol's rendering demands are significant enough to expose the RX 580's limits.

The rank also implies that many systems with weaker CPUs but stronger GPUs would outperform this combo in this specific game. Since the game's frame rate scales heavily with resolution and settings, and since the CPU is not the bottleneck at any tested configuration, the GPU's 53rd percentile standing is the primary determinant of the combo's 3,417th place finish.

The Verdict

The recorded verdict data is unambiguous. At 3840x2160, there are no playable settings; the best average is 41.1 FPS on Low, and the database records no playable configuration at this resolution. At 2560x1440, the same applies: no preset reaches 60 FPS, with Low at 59.4 FPS being the closest but still below the threshold.

At 1920x1080, the system clears the bar. Low and Medium are both playable, with Medium being the highest playable preset at 63.9 FPS. Low runs at 84.3 FPS, which provides extra headroom for demanding scenes. High and Ultra are not playable, averaging 52.4 and 38.5 FPS respectively.

Ultimately that this PC can run Lockdown Protocol only at 1080p, and only on Low or Medium settings. For 1440p or 4K, the RX 580 lacks the necessary performance, regardless of the CPU's strength. Users targeting 1080p with medium visual quality will get a stable experience above 60 FPS. Anyone expecting higher resolutions or maxed-out settings will need a more powerful GPU, as the Ryzen 7 7700X is clearly not the limiting factor in this pairing.