Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol launched in March 2024 as a first-person shooter that rewards high frame rates, and the pairing of AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D with Intel's Arc B370 produces results that are heavily defined by the graphics side of the equation. The CPU is a strong desktop part, an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 4 processor built on TSMC's 5 nm node with a 96 MB shared L3 cache and boost clocks reaching 5.00 GHz. The Arc B370, by contrast, is a 25 W integrated-class GPU on Intel's 3 nm Panther Lake silicon with 1280 shading units and 6.144 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput. The recorded data shows this asymmetry clearly: the 7800X3D sits in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs in the database, while the B370 lands in just the 5th percentile of all GPUs. That gap shapes everything that follows.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The database holds measured frame rates at three resolutions and four presets, and the numbers tell a consistent story of a GPU-limited configuration.

At 1920x1080, Low settings deliver an average of 80 FPS, the only result in the entire dataset that clears the 60 FPS playability threshold. Stepping up to Medium drops the average to 57 FPS, with recorded minimums of 48 and maximums of 65, meaning the frame rate oscillates across the threshold rather than holding it. High averages 49 FPS at 1080p, and Ultra falls to 37 FPS.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 58 FPS, just short of the threshold. Medium at this resolution averages 42 FPS with a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 48, High averages 36 FPS, and Ultra averages 27 FPS. Even the fastest 1440p configuration sits below a locked 60.

At 3840x2160, the situation deteriorates further. Low averages 38 FPS, Medium averages 27 FPS with a minimum of 23 and a maximum of 31, High averages 23 FPS, and Ultra averages 18 FPS. Ultra at 4K delivers less than a quarter of the frame rate of Low at 1080p.

The spread between presets is instructive. At every resolution, moving from Low to Ultra costs roughly half the frame rate: 80 to 37 at 1080p, 58 to 27 at 1440p, and 38 to 18 at 4K. That pattern indicates the render load of the preset, not a CPU ceiling, is the binding constraint in every tested case.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3714 CPU and GPU combinations measured in Lockdown Protocol, this pairing ranks 3427. That places it in the bottom tenth of the tested field for this specific game, a direct consequence of the GPU's position rather than the processor's.

The Ryzen 7 7800X3D carries an average benchmark score of 33079 across the database, sitting in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals by aggregate score are effectively peers: the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Intel Core i7-13650HX both average 33089 (a delta of 0 percent), the AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX averages 33091 (also 0 percent), and the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H averages 33201, a margin of just 0.4 percent. In raw compute terms this is a top-tier desktop CPU, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 16817, a single-core score of 1713, a Geekbench multi-core result of 15610, and a 3DMark max-threads score of 7967.

The Intel Arc B370 tells the opposite story. Its sole recorded synthetic result is a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184, placing it in the 5th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are all much older discrete and mobile parts: the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 averages 1186 (0.2 percent ahead), the ATI Radeon HD 5770 averages 1190 (0.5 percent ahead), the AMD Radeon HD 7650M averages 1192 (0.7 percent ahead), and the AMD FirePro M2000 averages 1168, which the B370 beats by 1.4 percent. In other words, the strongest component in this build is being held back by a graphics solution that competes with hardware from a much earlier era of GPU performance.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data makes the division of labor unambiguous: this game is GPU-bound on this configuration at every resolution and preset tested.

Consider the resolution scaling at Low settings. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 cuts the average from 80 to 58 FPS, and moving to 3840x2160 cuts it again to 38 FPS. A CPU-limited scenario would show roughly flat frame rates as pixel counts rise, because the processor's work per frame stays similar. Here the frame rate falls steadily as the pixel load increases, the classic signature of graphics saturation.

Preset scaling reinforces the point. At 1080p, going from Low to Ultra nearly halves the average frame rate, from 80 to 37 FPS. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D, with its 8 cores, 16 threads, and 96 MB of shared L3 cache, has substantial headroom that the Arc B370 cannot exploit. Its synthetic results support this: a single-thread Passmark score of 3759, a Geekbench single-core score of 2426, and a 3DMark single-thread score of 959 describe a processor with strong per-frame computation capability that goes underused.

The one nuance worth noting is that even the fastest result in the dataset, 80 FPS at 1080p Low, does not climb far beyond that figure. Whether that reflects an engine-side ceiling for this title or the modest 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 48 GPixel/s pixel rate of the B370 is not separable from the recorded data, but either way, no configuration tested here pushes the CPU hard.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Arc B370 run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS?

A: Yes, but only at 1920x1080 on Low settings, where the measured average is 80 FPS. Every other resolution and preset combination in the database falls below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How close is 1440p to being playable?

A: Very close but not quite. At 2560x1440 on Low settings, the average is 58 FPS, two frames short of the threshold. Medium at 1440p averages 42 FPS with minimums of 35.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the bottleneck in this pairing?

A: The GPU. Frame rates drop sharply as resolution and preset demands rise, from 80 FPS at 1080p Low to 18 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is the pattern of a graphics-bound system. The 7800X3D ranks in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs, while the Arc B370 ranks in the 5th percentile of all GPUs.

Q: What is the frame rate at 4K?

A: Between 18 and 38 FPS depending on preset. Ultra averages 18, High averages 23, Medium averages 27 with a minimum of 23 and a maximum of 31, and Low averages 38. None of these reach 60 FPS.

Q: How does the Arc B370 compare to other GPUs in the database?

A: Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184 puts it within a narrow band of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5770, AMD Radeon HD 7650M, and AMD FirePro M2000, all within roughly one percent of each other in average score.

Q: What does the 7800X3D bring to this build?

A: Eight Zen 4 cores and 16 threads on the AM5 platform, a 4.20 GHz base clock with a 5.00 GHz boost, 96 MB of shared L3 cache, DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth, and PCIe Gen 5 with 24 CPU lanes. It is strong silicon that this game pairing leaves largely untapped.

Best Settings per Resolution

Using a 60 FPS average as the playability bar, the recommended preset at each resolution is as follows.

At 1920x1080: Low settings, averaging 80 FPS. This is the only resolution where the threshold is met, and there is margin to spare, nearly 20 frames above 60. Medium at 1080p averages 57 FPS and does not qualify.

At 2560x1440: no preset qualifies. Low is the closest at 58 FPS, two frames below the threshold, so players determined to use this resolution must accept sub-60 performance.

At 3840x2160: no preset qualifies. The best result is 38 FPS on Low, well below the threshold, with the Ultra preset averaging just 18 FPS.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Lockdown Protocol, but only in one specific configuration. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the measured average of 80 FPS provides a playable, above-threshold experience. That is the single qualifying combination in the recorded data.

At 2560x1440, the verdict is negative across the board: even Low settings fall short at 58 FPS, and higher presets drop to 42, 36, and 27 FPS for Medium, High, and Ultra respectively. At 3840x2160 the game is firmly out of reach, topping out at 38 FPS on Low and bottoming out at 18 FPS on Ultra.

The fundamental issue is balance. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is an 83rd-percentile desktop processor that trades average-score blows with the Ryzen 7 8700G, Core i7-13650HX, and Ryzen 7 7745HX, all within a fraction of a percent. The Arc B370 is a 5th-percentile, 25 W integrated graphics solution whose synthetic results place it alongside the ATI Radeon HD 5770 and AMD Radeon HD 7650M. For an FPS title where frame rate matters, the GPU drags the whole combo to rank 3427 of 3714 tested pairings in this game. Anyone running this hardware should treat 1080p Low as the operating point, and treat any higher resolution or preset as a compromise below the playability line.