Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is a high-end desktop combination, and the measured data for Lockdown Protocol places it at rank 205 out of 3714 tested combos. That top 6% positioning reflects a system that handles the game’s FPS demands with considerable headroom, though the exact experience varies significantly across resolutions and presets. The following analysis breaks down the measured FPS data, component roles, and practical guidance for this specific configuration.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 205 out of 3714 tested combinations places it in the top percentile of systems evaluated for Lockdown Protocol. With the CPU sitting at the 86th percentile among all processors and the GPU at the 86th percentile among all graphics cards, both components are near the upper echelon of their respective categories. The data shows this is not a pairing where one part dramatically outclasses the other; instead, both hover at similar percentile levels, suggesting a balanced configuration that avoids obvious bottlenecks in either direction.

In practical terms, this rank means the system is positioned well above the median tested combo. For a game like Lockdown Protocol, which is an FPS title, the combination’s ranking indicates it can push high refresh rates at most settings, with only the most demanding ultra preset at 4K dropping below the 100 FPS mark. The measured FPS data confirms this: at 1920x1080, even the ultra preset averages 155 FPS, which is more than double the playable threshold of 60 FPS. At 2560x1440, ultra still averages 113 FPS, and at 3840x2160, ultra averages 73 FPS—above 60 but with less margin.

The rank also suggests that while this combo is strong, it is not the absolute top performer. There are 204 other combinations that score higher, likely involving newer or more specialized hardware. However, the gap between this combo and the very best is not enormous in terms of playability, since even the weakest measured preset (4K ultra at 73 FPS) clears the playable threshold. The data indicates a system that can run Lockdown Protocol smoothly across all tested configurations, making the rank more of a statement about raw performance ceiling than about playability concerns.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 333, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is followed closely by 244 FPS at 2560x1440 Low and 236 FPS at 1920x1080 Medium, showing the system’s ability to deliver very high frame rates at lower presets.

Q: Can this combo run Lockdown Protocol at 4K with Ultra settings?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo averages 73 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS playable threshold. The data confirms that all four tested settings at 4K—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—are playable, with Low averaging 157 FPS and Medium averaging 112 FPS.

Q: How does the combo perform at 2560x1440 compared to 1920x1080?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS ranges from 244 (Low) down to 113 (Ultra), while at 1920x1080, the range is 333 (Low) to 155 (Ultra). The drop from 1080p to 1440p is roughly 27% for Low settings (333 to 244), 27% for Medium (236 to 173), 27% for High (206 to 151), and 27% for Ultra (155 to 113). This consistent scaling suggests the GPU is the primary limiter as resolution increases.

Q: What are the minimum FPS values for Medium settings?

A: The measured data includes min FPS only for Medium settings at each resolution. At 1920x1080 Medium, the min FPS is 201, at 2560x1440 Medium it is 147, and at 3840x2160 Medium it is 95. These minimums are all well above the 60 FPS threshold, indicating stable frame pacing.

Q: Is the RTX 4080’s performance close to any other GPU in this game?

A: Based on average benchmark scores, the RTX 4080 (avg score 54247) is within 0.1% of the RTX 4080 SUPER (avg score 54209), with a deltaPct of 0.1. It is also close to the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (avg score 54828, deltaPct -1.1), meaning those GPUs would behave very similarly in this system.

Q: Does the CPU’s benchmark score suggest it could bottleneck the GPU?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700X has an avg benchmark score of 37943, ranking at the 86th percentile. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-14901E, scores 37911 (deltaPct 0.1), indicating near-identical CPU performance. Given that the GPU also sits at the 86th percentile, neither component dramatically outpaces the other, and the FPS scaling between resolutions (roughly 27% drops) suggests the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for Lockdown Protocol covers three resolutions—1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160—each with four settings presets: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. Not every preset includes min and max FPS values; only Medium settings report those additional metrics.

At 1920x1080, the lowest resolution tested, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings produce an average of 333 FPS, which is the single highest average in the entire dataset. Medium settings average 236 FPS, with a minimum of 201 FPS and a maximum of 272 FPS. High settings drop to 206 FPS average, and Ultra settings average 155 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 178 FPS, indicating that the GPU has ample headroom even at ultra settings for 1080p gaming.

Moving to 2560x1440, the average FPS decreases across all presets. Low settings average 244 FPS, Medium averages 173 FPS (min 147, max 199), High averages 151 FPS, and Ultra averages 113 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra is 131 FPS, smaller than at 1080p, which suggests that resolution scaling is starting to tax the GPU more heavily. The minimum FPS at Medium (147) remains comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold.

At 3840x2160, the highest resolution tested, the performance drops further but remains playable across all settings. Low settings average 157 FPS, Medium averages 112 FPS (min 95, max 129), High averages 98 FPS, and Ultra averages 73 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 84 FPS, and the Ultra preset’s 73 FPS is the lowest average in the dataset, though it still clears the playable threshold by 13 FPS.

The min FPS data for Medium settings shows a clear trend: 201 FPS at 1080p, 147 FPS at 1440p, and 95 FPS at 4K. These minimums indicate that even in demanding scenes, the frame rate does not dip below 95 FPS, which is critical for maintaining smooth gameplay in an FPS title. The max FPS values follow a similar pattern, with 272 FPS at 1080p, 199 FPS at 1440p, and 129 FPS at 4K.

The Verdict

The benchmark data indicates that this PC can run Lockdown Protocol with no playability issues at any of the tested resolutions or settings. The playable threshold is 60 FPS, and the verdictByResolution field confirms that all four settings presets—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—are playable at each resolution. The best settings at 3840x2160 is Ultra, with an average FPS of 73. At 2560x1440, Ultra also qualifies as the best settings, averaging 113 FPS. At 1920x1080, Ultra averages 155 FPS, again the highest preset tested.

In clearer terms: at 4K, the system clears 60 FPS even on Ultra, which is the most demanding preset. At 1440p, Ultra delivers 113 FPS, nearly double the threshold. At 1080p, Ultra delivers 155 FPS, more than 2.5 times the playable threshold. For users targeting 60 FPS as a baseline, every measured configuration exceeds that number, with the lowest average being 73 FPS (4K Ultra). The data suggests that the system has enough performance headroom that even future patches or more demanding scenes are unlikely to push the frame rate below 60 FPS, given that the min FPS values for Medium settings at 4K are 95 FPS.

There is no resolution or preset combination where the system fails to reach 60 FPS. This makes the verdict straightforward: the PC runs Lockdown Protocol exceptionally well, with the only caveat being that 4K Ultra leaves less margin (73 FPS) compared to lower resolutions or settings.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking at the nearest rivals for both the CPU and GPU provides insight into what other hardware would behave similarly in Lockdown Protocol. The Ryzen 7 9700X has an avg benchmark score of 37943, and its closest rival is the Intel Core i9-14901E, which scores 37911 with a deltaPct of 0.1. This means the i9-14901E is essentially identical in CPU performance—a system with that chip would produce nearly the same FPS in CPU-bound scenarios. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 also scores 37904 (deltaPct 0.1), and the Intel Core 5 211E scores 37829 (deltaPct 0.3). The AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P132 rounds out the list with 37804 (deltaPct 0.4). All four rivals are within 0.4% of the 9700X’s score, so any of them paired with the RTX 4080 would yield very similar frame rates.

For the GPU, the RTX 4080 has an avg benchmark score of 54247. The nearest rival is the RTX 4080 SUPER, scoring 54209 with a deltaPct of 0.1—essentially a tie. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X scores 54828 (deltaPct -1.1), meaning it is slightly faster by 1.1%. The AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB scores 55698 (deltaPct -2.6), and the AMD Radeon 8060S scores 55757 (deltaPct -2.7). The negative deltaPct values indicate that these AMD cards have higher average scores, but the differences are small (under 3%). In practice, swapping the RTX 4080 for any of these rivals would result in FPS differences of a few percentage points, which translates to roughly 2-5 FPS at 4K Ultra (73 FPS baseline) and 4-8 FPS at 1080p Ultra (155 FPS baseline).

A system with the Ryzen 7 9700X and any of the four rival GPUs would produce nearly identical gameplay experiences in Lockdown Protocol. Similarly, pairing the RTX 4080 with any of the four rival CPUs would maintain the same overall performance profile. The data indicates that this combo sits in a tight cluster of hardware where performance differences are marginal, making any of these alternatives viable for achieving the same FPS numbers within a small margin of error.

Best Settings per Resolution

The most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS at each resolution is Ultra across the board, based on the measured data. At 3840x2160, Ultra settings yield an average FPS of 73, which is 13 FPS above the playable threshold. This is the highest preset available, and it clears 60 FPS, so it is the best settings for 4K. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 113 FPS, more than 50 FPS above the threshold, making it the clear choice for 1440p. At 1920x1080, Ultra averages 155 FPS, which is well above 60 FPS and also the highest preset tested.

For users who prefer to maximize visual quality without sacrificing the 60 FPS floor, the answer is simple: use Ultra settings at every resolution. The data does not show any preset that fails to reach 60 FPS, so there is no need to drop to High or Medium for playability reasons. However, the margin at 4K Ultra (73 FPS) is thinner than at lower resolutions, so users with high-refresh-rate 4K displays (e.g., 120 Hz or 144 Hz) might consider High settings (98 FPS) or Medium (112 FPS) to better utilize their display’s capabilities. At 1440p and 1080p, Ultra settings provide enough headroom for high-refresh-rate displays, with 113 FPS and 155 FPS respectively.

It is importantly Medium settings at each resolution provide additional headroom and lower min FPS values: 201 FPS at 1080p, 147 FPS at 1440p, and 95 FPS at 4K. For competitive FPS play where frame consistency matters more than visual fidelity, Medium could be a strategic choice, but the data shows Ultra is the best settings for staying above 60 FPS at all resolutions.

CPU and GPU Roles

The measured FPS data allows for an analysis of how the CPU and GPU each contribute to performance in Lockdown Protocol, particularly by examining scaling across resolutions and presets. The CPU, AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, has 8 cores and 16 threads with a boost clock of 5.50 GHz, while the GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, has 9728 shading units and 16 GB of GDDR6X memory. The benchmark scores place both in the 86th percentile, suggesting neither is a weak link.

The scaling from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 shows a consistent drop of approximately 27% in average FPS across all settings. From 1440p to 4K, the drops are larger: Low settings drop from 244 to 157 FPS (36% reduction), Medium from 173 to 112 (35%), High from 151 to 98 (35%), and Ultra from 113 to 73 (35%). This pattern indicates that as resolution increases, the GPU becomes the dominant factor, since the rendering load scales directly with pixel count. The CPU’s role is more prominent at lower resolutions where frame rates are higher; at 1080p Low (333 FPS), the CPU must feed frames fast enough to keep up, which the Ryzen 7 9700X’s single-thread score of 1280 (3dmark single-thread) and multi-thread score of 9771 (3dmark max threads) support.

Preset scaling within a resolution also reveals component roles. At 1080p, going from Low (333 FPS) to Ultra (155 FPS) reduces average FPS by 53%, which is a larger relative drop than at 4K, where Low (157 FPS) to Ultra (73 FPS) is a 53% reduction as well. The consistency of this percentage across resolutions suggests that the GPU is the primary limiter for higher presets, as more demanding settings (shadows, textures, effects) increase GPU load more than CPU load. The CPU’s impact is more visible at lower presets, where the high FPS values (333 FPS at 1080p Low) push the CPU closer to its limits, though the 9700X’s strong single-thread performance (3dmark single-thread score of 1280) keeps it from bottlenecking.

At 4K, the GPU is clearly the dominant component. The RTX 4080’s 716.8 GB/s memory bandwidth and 48.74 TFLOPS FP32 performance are heavily utilized at this resolution, and the FPS values (73-157) reflect that. The CPU’s role diminishes because the frame rate is lower, giving the processor more time to prepare frames. Conversely, at 1080p, the CPU matters more because the GPU can render frames so quickly that any CPU delay would show up as a bottleneck. The data shows no such bottleneck, as the 333 FPS at 1080p Low is exceptionally high, and the min FPS at 1080p Medium (201 FPS) confirms the CPU keeps up. In summary, the GPU is the primary performance driver at 1440p and 4K, while the CPU becomes more relevant at 1080p, but both components perform their roles without introducing playability issues.