Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combination delivers exceptional performance in Lockdown Protocol, with measured frame rates that clear the 60 FPS threshold at every resolution and preset tested. The data shows this pairing ranks 116th out of 3,714 tested combos, placing it in the top percentile of all systems evaluated for this title. Across all three resolutions—4K, 1440p, and 1080p—the system maintains average frame rates well above playable levels, with the most demanding Ultra preset at 4K still producing an 81.2 FPS average.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for this CPU and GPU combo in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The verdict data indicates that Ultra settings are achievable at every resolution. At 3840x2160, Ultra runs at 81.2 FPS average; at 2560x1440, it reaches 125.2 FPS; and at 1920x1080, it hits 169.6 FPS. All three resolutions have High, Low, Medium, and Ultra listed as playable settings.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested systems for Lockdown Protocol?

A: The combination ranks 116th out of 3,714 total tested combos. This places it in the top 3.1% of all configurations benchmarked for this game, indicating near-flagship performance relative to the broader database.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset produces an average of 294.2 FPS, while Ultra drops to 169.6 FPS. This represents a 42.3% reduction in average frame rate when moving from Low to Ultra, though both remain far above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: Does the system maintain 60 FPS at 4K with maximum settings?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average frame rate is 81.2 FPS. This exceeds the 60 FPS playable threshold by 35.3%, making the highest visual quality fully playable at native 4K resolution.

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

A: The Ryzen 7 7800X3D has an average benchmark score of 33,079, which is essentially identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G (33,089), Intel Core i7-13650HX (33,089), and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX (33,091). The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H trails slightly at 33,201, a 0.4% difference.

Q: What are the GPU's nearest performance rivals based on average benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 4090's average score of 60,347 is nearly matched by the Intel Arc Pro A60 at 60,326 (0% difference) and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 at 60,140 (0.3% ahead). The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M scores 61,896 (2.5% higher), while the AMD Radeon PRO V710 trails at 58,657 (2.9% behind).

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data across resolutions and presets reveals how the CPU and GPU each contribute to Lockdown Protocol's performance. At 1920x1080, the system produces 294.2 FPS on Low settings, which drops to 267.7 FPS at 2560x1440 (a 9.0% reduction) and 176.3 FPS at 3840x2160 (a 40.1% reduction from 1080p). This substantial drop when moving to 4K indicates that the GPU becomes the dominant bottleneck at higher resolutions, as the pixel throughput demands increase dramatically.

However, the CPU's role becomes more apparent at lower resolutions. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra settings is 124.6 FPS (294.2 versus 169.6), showing that even with the RTX 4090's massive compute resources, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D's 8 cores and 16 threads with 96 MB of shared L3 cache are sufficient to feed the GPU at high frame rates. The 3D V-Cache configuration appears particularly well-suited to maintaining high minimum frame rates in this FPS title.

At 1440p, the pattern continues with Low producing 267.7 FPS and Ultra dropping to 125.2 FPS, a 53.2% decrease. The 4K results show the most dramatic scaling: Low hits 176.3 FPS while Ultra falls to 81.2 FPS, a 53.9% reduction. This progressive widening of the gap between presets as resolution increases confirms that the RTX 4090's 24 GB of GDDR6X memory and 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 compute are the primary drivers of performance at higher pixel counts, while the CPU's contribution remains consistent but secondary.

The fact that 4K Ultra still maintains an 81.2 FPS average—above the 60 FPS threshold—demonstrates that neither component presents a limiting factor that would compromise playability. The GPU's 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth and the CPU's 83.2 GB/s dual-channel DDR5 bandwidth work together without creating a noticeable bottleneck at any tested configuration.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 achieves a rank of 116 out of 3,714 tested combos for Lockdown Protocol. This places the system in the 96.9th percentile of all configurations benchmarked, meaning it outperforms approximately 96.9% of the database entries. The top 3.1% positioning reflects the synergy between the CPU's strong single-threaded performance—evidenced by its 1,713 Cinebench R23 single-core score and 959 3DMark single-thread score—and the GPU's dominant rasterization capabilities.

The CPU's percentileVsAllCpus of 83 indicates it sits in the 83rd percentile among all processors tested, while the GPU's percentileVsAllGpus of 88 places it in the 88th percentile among all graphics cards. The gap between these component-level percentiles and the combo's 96.9th percentile ranking suggests that the pairing produces performance greater than the sum of its parts in this specific game, likely due to the 7800X3D's 96 MB of shared L3 cache reducing memory latency in CPU-bound scenarios.

This ranking also places the combo well above the playable threshold in every scenario. Even the weakest result—4K Ultra at 81.2 FPS—is 35.3% above the 60 FPS playable threshold. The strongest result—1080p Low at 294.2 FPS—is 390.3% above the threshold, indicating that this system has substantial headroom for future content updates or more demanding scenes.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the nearest rivals in average benchmark score are the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G, Intel Core i7-13650HX, and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX, all with scores within 12 points of the 7800X3D's 33,079. The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is the closest outside this group at 33,201, a 0.4% difference. These processors would deliver nearly identical CPU-bound performance in Lockdown Protocol, though the 7800X3D's unique 3D V-Cache design may provide specific advantages in cache-sensitive workloads that the benchmark averages do not fully capture.

On the GPU side, the Intel Arc Pro A60 (60,326) and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 (60,140) are the closest matches to the RTX 4090's 60,347 average score, with delta percentages of 0% and 0.3% respectively. The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M scores 61,896, which is 2.5% higher, while the AMD Radeon PRO V710 at 58,657 trails by 2.9%. These alternatives would produce similar frame rates in Lockdown Protocol, assuming the CPU remains the same, though the RTX 4090's 24 GB VRAM capacity and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth exceed what these rivals offer.

For a full system replacement, pairing any of the rival CPUs with the RTX 4090 would yield nearly identical results, as the CPU benchmark scores are within 0.4% of each other. Similarly, keeping the 7800X3D and swapping the GPU to the Intel Arc Pro A60 or Radeon Pro Vega 48 would maintain similar average performance, though users would lose the RTX 4090's specific feature set and memory configuration.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the measured average frame rates show a clear progression across presets. Low settings produce 176.3 FPS, Medium reduces this to 122.6 FPS (a 30.5% decrease from Low), High further drops to 110.8 FPS (a 37.2% decrease from Low), and Ultra settles at 81.2 FPS (a 53.9% decrease from Low). The gap between Medium and High is 11.8 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is 29.6 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset imposes a significantly heavier load than High.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates increase substantially. Low settings reach 267.7 FPS, which is 51.8% higher than the 4K Low result. Medium produces 192.3 FPS, High hits 169.4 FPS, and Ultra delivers 125.2 FPS. The scaling from 4K to 1440p is not linear across presets: Low improves by 51.8%, Medium by 56.9%, High by 52.9%, and Ultra by 54.2%. This consistent improvement of roughly 52-57% suggests that neither component becomes disproportionately bottlenecked at 1440p.

At 1920x1080, the results show the system's maximum capabilities. Low settings produce 294.2 FPS, which is the highest measured average across all tests. Medium reaches 259.7 FPS, High achieves 231.1 FPS, and Ultra maintains 169.6 FPS. The transition from 1440p to 1080p yields improvements of 9.9% for Low, 35.0% for Medium, 36.4% for High, and 35.5% for Ultra. The smaller improvement at Low settings (9.9%) compared to the other presets suggests that at 1080p Low, the system approaches a CPU or memory bandwidth limit, as the GPU has ample headroom at this resolution.

The data shows that the RTX 4090's performance scales predictably with resolution and settings. The 1,290.2 GTexel/s texture rate and 443.5 GPixel/s pixel rate provide substantial rasterization throughput, while the 128 RT cores and 512 tensor cores handle advanced rendering features without compromising the average frame rates. No minimum or maximum frame rate data is available, so the analysis relies solely on average FPS values.

The Verdict

This system can absolutely run Lockdown Protocol at playable frame rates across all tested configurations. The verdict data confirms that every resolution—3840x2160, 2560x1440, and 1920x1080—lists High, Low, Medium, and Ultra as playable settings, with the 60 FPS threshold being cleared in all 12 possible combinations.

At 4K, the best settings are Ultra with an average of 81.2 FPS, which exceeds the playable threshold by 21.2 FPS. This makes the highest visual quality fully playable at native 4K resolution, a result that only a handful of the 3,714 tested combos can achieve. The 1440p results provide even more headroom, with Ultra averaging 125.2 FPS, or 108.7% above the 60 FPS threshold. At 1080p, Ultra runs at 169.6 FPS, giving 182.7% headroom over the playable minimum.

The recommendation is clear: users should select Ultra settings at any resolution without concern for performance drops below playability. The only scenario where frame rates approach the threshold is 4K Ultra at 81.2 FPS, but even this leaves 21.2 FPS of buffer above the 60 FPS minimum. For players prioritizing maximum frame rates over visual fidelity, 1080p Low at 294.2 FPS offers the highest refresh rate potential, though the system's GPU and CPU combination supports high-refresh monitors at all settings levels.

The combination's 116th place ranking out of 3,714 combos further validates its capability, and the measured data confirms that neither the Ryzen 7 7800X3D's 8-core/16-thread configuration nor the RTX 4090's architecture introduces any limiting bottleneck at the tested settings. This is a top-tier configuration for Lockdown Protocol, suitable for competitive play at high refresh rates or cinematic single-player experiences at maximum quality.