Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: What is the best playable setting for Lockdown Protocol at 1920x1080 with this hardware?

A: The database shows Medium settings deliver 63 FPS average, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. Low settings reach 88 FPS, but Medium is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS at this resolution.

Q: Can this PC run Lockdown Protocol at 4K?

A: No. At 3840x2160, the highest recorded average is 42 FPS on Low settings, with High at 26 FPS, Medium at 30 FPS, and Ultra at 19 FPS. None of these meet the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F compare to its nearest rivals in CPU benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700F scores 69,996 average in database benchmarks, placing it within 0.2% of the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69,875), 0.2% behind the Intel Core i7-14700KF (70,163), 0.7% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69,515), and 0.9% ahead of the Intel Core i7-14700K (69,355). The differences are minor, meaning these CPUs perform nearly identically in aggregate.

Q: What GPU performance class does the Intel Arc B390 belong to?

A: The Arc B390 sits at the 9th percentile among all GPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (1.3% faster), NVIDIA GeForce 800M (1.5% faster), NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM (2.5% faster), and NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 (2.7% faster). These are low-end mobile and entry-level desktop parts, indicating the Arc B390 is a very limited performer.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 2560x1440?

A: Low settings produce 65 FPS average, which is the only preset at this resolution that clears the 60 FPS threshold. Medium drops to 46 FPS, High to 40 FPS, and Ultra to 30 FPS.

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

A: This CPU and GPU pairing ranks 3,302 out of 3,714 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 11% of all configurations in the database for this game.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that remains at or above 60 FPS is Medium, with a recorded 63 FPS average and a minimum of 53 FPS. Low settings run at 88 FPS, but Medium provides the highest visual quality while maintaining playable frame rates.

At 2560x1440, Low settings are the only option that clears the 60 FPS threshold, delivering 65 FPS average. Medium falls to 46 FPS, which is below the playable threshold, so stepping up from Low comes at a significant performance cost.

At 3840x2160, no preset reaches 60 FPS. The closest is Low at 42 FPS, followed by Medium at 30 FPS, High at 26 FPS, and Ultra at 19 FPS. The hardware simply lacks the GPU throughput for 4K playability in this title.

CPU and GPU Roles

The recorded data across resolutions reveals a GPU-bound pattern for Lockdown Protocol. At 1920x1080, the frame rate drops from 88 FPS on Low to 41 FPS on Ultra, a 53% reduction driven entirely by graphics load. At 2560x1440, the same preset sweep falls from 65 FPS to 30 FPS, and at 3840x2160, from 42 FPS to 19 FPS. These steep declines as settings increase indicate the Intel Arc B390 is the limiting factor.

Resolution scaling further confirms this. Comparing Low settings across resolutions, the system goes from 88 FPS at 1080p to 65 FPS at 1440p to 42 FPS at 4K. That is a 52% drop from 1080p to 4K even at the lowest graphics preset, which is characteristic of a GPU that cannot keep up with pixel throughput demands.

The CPU, an AMD Ryzen 7 9700F with 8 cores and 16 threads based on Zen 5 architecture, ranks in the 94th percentile among all CPUs in the database. Its aggregate benchmark score of 69,996 places it near the top of desktop processors. In this game, the CPU is not the bottleneck. The 9700F's single-thread score of 4,691 and multithread score of 36,470 are far beyond what a game at these frame rates would require.

At 1080p, where CPU load is typically highest relative to GPU load, the system still shows a 53% drop from Low to Ultra. If the CPU were the constraint, the gap between presets would be much smaller. The data indicates the Arc B390's 7.680 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 60.00 GPixel/s pixel rate are simply insufficient for heavier settings.

The GPU's 9th percentile ranking among all GPUs, contrasted with the CPU's 94th percentile ranking, makes the imbalance clear. This is a system where the processor has substantial headroom, but the graphics solution cannot translate that into higher frame rates in Lockdown Protocol.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F sits in a tight cluster of high-end processors. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX scores within 0.2% of the 9700F, making it effectively interchangeable for this game. The Intel Core i7-14700KF is 0.2% faster, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is 0.7% slower and the Intel Core i7-14700K is 0.9% slower. Any of these four CPUs would produce nearly identical results in Lockdown Protocol when paired with the same GPU, since the game is not CPU-limited with this class of processor.

For the GPU, the Intel Arc B390's nearest rivals are all entry-level NVIDIA parts. The GeForce GT 520MX is 1.3% faster, the GeForce 800M is 1.5% faster, the GeForce GT 625 OEM is 2.5% faster, and the GeForce GT 710 is 2.7% faster. These deltas are small enough that swapping between any of these GPUs would yield similar frame rates in Lockdown Protocol. The practical takeaway is that the Arc B390 behaves like a very low-end graphics solution, and users should expect performance in line with these older entry-level parts.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3,714 tested combinations in the database, this pairing of AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and Intel Arc B390 ranks 3,302nd for Lockdown Protocol. That places the combo in the bottom 11% of all configurations. The ranking reflects the extreme mismatch between the high-performing CPU and the low-performing GPU. While the processor is in the top 6% of all CPUs, the graphics card is in the bottom 9% of all GPUs, and the game's frame rates are dictated by the weaker component.

The rank also explains the playability pattern. At 1080p, the combo manages playable frame rates on Medium and Low, which is a modest result for a system with a top-tier CPU. At 1440p, only Low is playable, and at 4K, nothing is playable. A more balanced pairing, one with a stronger GPU, would rank substantially higher because the CPU would not be the limiting factor.

The Verdict

This PC can run Lockdown Protocol, but only under specific conditions. At 1920x1080, the system clears the 60 FPS threshold on Low (88 FPS) and Medium (63 FPS), with Medium being the best playable preset. At 2560x1440, Low settings achieve 65 FPS, which is playable, but Medium drops to 46 FPS and is not recommended. At 3840x2160, no preset reaches 60 FPS; the best result is 42 FPS on Low.

The data shows a system that is severely GPU-limited. The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F is a 94th percentile CPU, but the Intel Arc B390 sits at the 9th percentile among GPUs. For Lockdown Protocol, the GPU holds the entire system back. Players who want higher settings or higher resolutions would need a substantially stronger graphics solution. With the current configuration, the practical limit is Medium at 1080p or Low at 1440p, and 4K is entirely out of reach.