Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS in 1080p?

A: Yes, but only with Low settings. The recorded data shows 76 FPS average at 1920x1080 with Low settings, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. Medium settings drop to 54.6 FPS, so they miss the mark.

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo?

A: Based on the measurements, 1920x1080 is the only resolution where any preset reaches the 60 FPS threshold. At 2560x1440, even Low settings only average 56 FPS, and at 3840x2160, the best recorded result is 37.5 FPS on Low.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 1440p?

A: At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 76 at 1920x1080 to 56 at 2560x1440. That is a reduction of roughly 26%. At Medium settings, the drop is from 54.6 to 38.9, a reduction of about 29%.

Q: Is Ultra settings playable at any resolution?

A: No. The highest recorded FPS with Ultra settings is 37.4 at 1920x1080. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 23.4 FPS, and at 3840x2160, it averages 15 FPS. None of these approach the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Which component is holding this combo back?

A: The GPU is the primary constraint. The Radeon RX 570 scores in the 74th percentile of all GPUs and sits near the Radeon RX 6800M in average benchmark score, but its 4 GB GDDR5 memory and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth limit high-resolution performance. The Ryzen 7 9700X, by contrast, ranks in the 86th percentile of CPUs and has ample headroom.

Q: How does this combo rank among tested systems?

A: This configuration ranks 3616 out of 3714 tested combos for Lockdown Protocol. That places it in the bottom tier of systems capable of running the game at all, with only 98 tested combos performing worse.

How This Combo Ranks

The recorded data places this CPU and GPU pairing at rank 3616 out of 3714 tested combinations for Lockdown Protocol. That is the 97.4th percentile from the bottom, meaning this system sits in the lowest 3% of tested hardware for this specific game. The Ryzen 7 9700X is a strong processor, scoring in the 86th percentile of all CPUs, but the Radeon RX 570 drags the overall result down.

The gap between the CPU's capability and the GPU's output is stark. The 9700X posts an average benchmark score of 37943, which puts it within 0.1% of the Intel Core i9-14901E and the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. That is top-tier processing power. The RX 570, however, has an average benchmark score of 28766, sitting in the 74th percentile of GPUs. When paired together, the GPU becomes the bottleneck in almost every scenario.

The ranking reflects this imbalance. In Lockdown Protocol, the combo's rank of 3616 means the system is barely above the minimum viable hardware. It runs the game, but only at the lowest settings and only at 1080p. The FPS data confirms this: at 1920x1080, the jump from Low to Medium costs 21.4 FPS (from 76 to 54.6), and from Medium to High costs another 4.6 FPS (from 54.6 to 50). The system has no headroom for higher presets at any resolution.

What makes this ranking notable is that the CPU is not the issue. The 9700X's 3dmark single-thread score of 1280 and its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2211 indicate strong per-core performance, which matters for FPS titles. But the RX 570's 5.095 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 39.81 GPixel/s pixel rate simply cannot push enough frames at higher settings. The data shows a system where the processor is waiting on the graphics card at every preset.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Ryzen 7 9700X are all within 0.4% of its average benchmark score. The Intel Core i9-14901E matches at 0.1% delta, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 also sits at 0.1%, and the Intel Core 5 211E trails by 0.3%. The AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P132 rounds out the group at 0.4% behind. Any of these CPUs would behave nearly identically in Lockdown Protocol when paired with the same GPU, since the processor is not the limiting factor.

For the Radeon RX 570, the nearest rivals show a tighter performance cluster. The AMD Radeon RX 6800M scores 0.4% higher, the AMD Radeon RX 470 scores 0.8% higher, and the AMD Radeon R9 M295X scores 0.7% lower. The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 is 1.2% lower. What this means in practice: swapping the RX 570 for any of these GPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in Lockdown Protocol. The RX 470, in particular, is a close architectural cousin (both GCN-based) and would track within a few FPS at every resolution and preset.

If a builder were looking for a system that behaves like this one, they could substitute the CPU with any of the four rivals and expect the same 76 FPS at 1080p Low. Similarly, swapping the GPU for an RX 470 or RX 6800M would not meaningfully change the outcome. The bottleneck is the GPU class, not the specific model.

The Verdict

This system cannot run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS in 4K or 1440p under any tested preset. The verdict data shows no playable settings at 3840x2160 or 2560x1440. At 4K, the best average is 37.5 FPS on Low, and at 1440p, the best is 56 FPS on Low. Both fall short of the 60 FPS threshold.

At 1920x1080, the system clears the threshold with Low settings only. The measured 76 FPS average gives a comfortable margin above 60, and this is the sole configuration that qualifies as playable. Medium settings at 1080p average 54.6 FPS, which misses the mark by 5.4 FPS. High settings drop to 50 FPS, and Ultra falls to 37.4 FPS.

The practical verdict: this PC is a 1080p Low-settings machine for Lockdown Protocol. It will hold 60 FPS in that configuration, but any attempt to raise visual quality will push it below the playable line. For a competitive FPS, that might be acceptable if the player prioritizes frame rate over visuals. The 76 FPS average on Low leaves enough overhead that dips in busy scenes should stay above 60, though the database does not record minimum FPS values to confirm this.

At 1440p, the 56 FPS average on Low is tantalizingly close to 60, but it is still below the threshold. Players with 1440p monitors would need to accept sub-60 performance or drop the resolution to 1080p. At 4K, the system is not viable for this game, with even Low settings averaging only 37.5 FPS.

CPU and GPU Roles

The division of labor in this pairing is clear: the GPU carries the load in Lockdown Protocol, and the CPU has significant spare capacity. Evidence comes from the scaling between resolutions. At Low settings, dropping from 1080p to 1440p reduces FPS from 76 to 56, a 20 FPS loss. Dropping from 1440p to 4K reduces FPS from 56 to 37.5, another 18.5 FPS loss. This consistent degradation with resolution is classic GPU-bound behavior.

The CPU's role becomes visible at lower resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 76 FPS, and the 9700X's single-thread performance (3dmark single-thread score of 1280, Cinebench R23 single-core of 2211) is more than sufficient. If the CPU were the constraint, we would see the FPS stay flat across resolutions or the gap between Low and Ultra widen dramatically. Instead, the data shows the GPU struggling more as pixel count rises.

Preset scaling reinforces this. At 1080p, going from Low to Medium costs 21.4 FPS, and from Medium to High costs another 4.6 FPS. At 1440p, Low to Medium costs 17.1 FPS, and Medium to High costs 6.2 FPS. The GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s) are the limiting factors, not the CPU's 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth or its 8 cores.

For players at 1080p, the CPU matters more than at higher resolutions, but still not critically. The 9700X can feed the RX 570 without issue. At 1440p and 4K, the GPU is almost entirely responsible for the frame rate, and the CPU's performance becomes irrelevant to the outcome. The data suggests that upgrading the GPU would yield large gains, while upgrading the CPU would yield near-zero gains for this game.

Best Settings per Resolution

3840x2160: No preset reaches 60 FPS. The best recorded average is 37.5 FPS on Low, which is 22.5 FPS below the threshold. Medium averages 25.1 FPS, High averages 20.9 FPS, and Ultra averages 15 FPS. This resolution is not viable for this game with this hardware.

2560x1440: No preset reaches 60 FPS. Low settings average 56 FPS, which is the closest result at 4 FPS below the threshold. Medium averages 38.9 FPS, High averages 32.7 FPS, and Ultra averages 23.4 FPS. Players at 1440p would need to accept a sub-60 experience or drop to 1080p.

1920x1080: Low settings are the only playable preset, averaging 76 FPS. This clears the 60 FPS threshold by 16 FPS. Medium settings average 54.6 FPS, missing by 5.4 FPS. High averages 50 FPS, and Ultra averages 37.4 FPS. The recommended configuration is 1080p with Low settings, which provides the best balance of playability and visual clarity for this hardware.