Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol is a 2024 first-person shooter, and the pairing of AMD's Ryzen 7 9700F with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 handles it without breaking a sweat at every tested resolution and preset. Measured frame rates span from 83 FPS at 4K Ultra up to 370 FPS at 1080p Low, meaning even the most demanding configuration in the dataset clears the 60 FPS playability threshold by a wide margin. The CPU is an eight-core, sixteen-thread Zen 5 part on Socket AM5 with a 5.50 GHz boost clock and a 65 W TDP; the GPU is a Blackwell 2.0 flagship with 21,760 shading units, 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus, and 1.79 TB/s of memory bandwidth. Both sit in the top decile of their respective categories — the Ryzen at the 94th percentile versus all CPUs, the RTX 5090 at the 92nd percentile versus all GPUs — and the measured data below shows exactly what that means for this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures in this section are measured results, with average frame rates reported at every resolution and preset combination, and minimum/maximum values captured where available.

At 1920x1080, the combo is untouchable by the game's demands. Low settings average 370 FPS, Medium averages 268 FPS with a recorded minimum of 227 and a maximum of 308, High averages 234 FPS, and Ultra still averages 175 FPS. Even the slowest recorded moment at Medium — 227 FPS — is nearly four times the 60 FPS playability threshold, which tells you the frame-time consistency at 1080p is essentially flawless with this hardware.

At 2560x1440, the pattern holds with the expected GPU-bound falloff. Low averages 276 FPS, Medium averages 196 FPS with a minimum of 167 and a maximum of 226, High averages 171 FPS, and Ultra averages 128 FPS. Note the Medium maximum of 226 FPS at 1440p matches the 4K Low average of 178 FPS's neighbor territory: the data shows the resolution step costs roughly a third of the frame rate at equivalent presets, but every setting remains far above 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the flagship GPU finally starts to lean on its 1.79 TB/s of memory bandwidth. Low averages 178 FPS, Medium averages 127 FPS with a minimum of 108 and a maximum of 146, High averages 111 FPS, and Ultra averages 83 FPS. The Ultra figure is the lowest number in the entire dataset, yet it still sits 38 percent above the playability threshold in absolute terms. Minimum and maximum values are recorded only at Medium preset across all three resolutions; the remaining entries report averages only.

The scaling story in the numbers is clean. From 1080p to 4K at Ultra, the average drops from 175 to 128 to 83 FPS — a 53 percent reduction over the resolution climb, which is consistent with a GPU-limited profile at high settings rather than a CPU ceiling.

How This Combo Ranks

Across 3,714 tested hardware combinations in Lockdown Protocol, the Ryzen 7 9700F plus RTX 5090 ranks 46th. That places it in the top two percent of all tested pairings for this game, an outcome consistent with the component-level percentiles: the CPU's average benchmark score of 69,996 sits at the 94th percentile versus all CPUs, and the GPU's average score of 79,842 sits at the 92nd percentile versus all GPUs.

The rank also reflects balance. Neither component drags the other: the Ryzen 7 9700F posts a PassMark single-thread score of 4,691 and a multi-thread score of 36,470, while the RTX 5090 contributes a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 18,355 and a PassMark G3D score of 39,650. Combinations that pair this GPU with meaningfully slower CPUs would be the ones expected to fall behind it in the ranking, particularly at 1080p where processor throughput matters more.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 7 9700F + RTX 5090 run Lockdown Protocol at 4K Ultra?

A: Yes. The measured average at 3840x2160 Ultra is 83 FPS, comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold. Every preset at every tested resolution clears 60 FPS.

Q: What is the fastest frame rate this combo records in the game?

A: 370 FPS average, at 1920x1080 on Low settings. The highest recorded instantaneous maximum is 308 FPS at 1080p Medium.

Q: What is the lowest frame rate anywhere in the dataset?

A: The lowest average is 83 FPS at 4K Ultra. The lowest recorded minimum frame rate is 108 FPS, at 4K Medium.

Q: How much performance is lost going from 1440p to 4K?

A: At Ultra, the average drops from 128 to 83 FPS; at Medium, from 196 to 127 FPS. Roughly a third of the frame rate is sacrificed for the resolution increase.

Q: Where does this combo rank among tested pairings for this game?

A: Rank 46 out of 3,714 tested combinations, with both components sitting in the 92nd–94th percentile of their respective hardware categories.

Q: Does the CPU have integrated graphics as a fallback?

A: No. The Ryzen 7 9700F's integrated graphics is listed as N/A, so the RTX 5090 is the sole rendering device in this build.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the nearestRivals data shows four processors clustered within one percent of the Ryzen 7 9700F's average score. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX averages 69,875 (0.2 percent behind), the Intel Core i7-14700KF averages 70,163 (0.2 percent ahead), the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X averages 69,515 (0.7 percent behind), and the Intel Core i7-14700K averages 69,355 (0.9 percent behind). Swapping any of these into this build would produce near-identical Lockdown Protocol behavior — the deltas are small enough that they would be indistinguishable at the frame rates this GPU delivers.

On the GPU side, the nearest rivals by average score are an unusual list: the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB at 79,605 (0.3 percent behind), the Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB at 79,396 (0.6 percent behind), the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT at 78,940 (1.1 percent behind), and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X at 80,959 (1.4 percent ahead). Per the ranking methodology, these are the GPUs whose aggregate benchmark scores land closest to the RTX 5090's 79,842 average, even though several are workstation- or mobile-class parts. In gaming-specific throughput the RTX 5090's PassMark G3D score of 39,650 and its 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 remain the reference points here; the rivals list simply identifies which hardware lands nearest on the composite metric.

CPU and GPU Roles

The measured scaling data makes the division of labor clear. At 1080p, frame rates run from 175 to 370 FPS depending on preset — a spread that wide, at a resolution where GPU load is light, indicates the CPU is meaningfully involved in setting the ceiling on lower presets. The Ryzen 7 9700F's single-thread score of 4,691 and 5.50 GHz boost clock are what keep those Low and Medium frame rates climbing past 268 and 370 FPS rather than flattening out.

As resolution rises, the GPU takes over. From 1080p to 4K, Ultra falls from 175 to 83 FPS and Low falls from 370 to 178 FPS — more than halving in both cases. That is the signature of a GPU-bound regime, where the RTX 5090's shading throughput and memory bandwidth, not the processor, determine the frame rate. Even so, the CPU is never a bottleneck at playable settings: the lowest recorded minimum in the dataset, 108 FPS at 4K Medium, is well above threshold, so the eight-core, sixteen-thread Zen 5 configuration provides ample headroom throughout.

The practical read: at 1080p this game rewards CPU speed, and the 9700F delivers it; at 1440p and 4K, the game leans on the GPU, and the RTX 5090 with its 512-bit GDDR7 bus absorbs the load without dropping below 83 FPS anywhere.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Lockdown Protocol at every tested resolution and every preset, with no exceptions. The verdict-by-resolution data confirms all four presets are playable at all three resolutions.

At 1920x1080, the best setting is Ultra at 175 FPS average. At 2560x1440, the best setting is Ultra at 128 FPS average. At 3840x2160, the best setting is Ultra at 83 FPS average. Even the single worst result in the dataset — 4K Ultra — exceeds the 60 FPS playability threshold by 23 FPS. There is no configuration in this dataset where the combo falls short, and the recorded minimum frame rates (227 at 1080p Medium, 167 at 1440p Medium, 108 at 4K Medium) show that frame-time dips stay well clear of the threshold too. For a fast-paced FPS released in 2024, this pairing is overqualified.

Best Settings per Resolution

The most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS is Ultra at all three resolutions — no compromise is needed anywhere in the tested matrix.

• 3840x2160 (4K): Ultra, 83 FPS average — the only configuration in the dataset that approaches the threshold, and still comfortably above it. Players wanting additional headroom can drop to High for 111 FPS or Medium for 127 FPS with a recorded minimum of 108.
• 2560x1440: Ultra, 128 FPS average — more than double the threshold. High offers 171 FPS and Medium 196 FPS with a minimum of 167 for high-refresh displays.
• 1920x1080: Ultra, 175 FPS average — nearly triple the threshold. High reaches 234 FPS, Medium 268 FPS with a minimum of 227, and Low 370 FPS for competitive high-refresh play.

In short, Ultra is the correct setting at every resolution for this hardware. The only reason to lower settings is chasing high-refresh output at 1080p and 1440p, not maintaining playability.