Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti delivers a decisive performance profile for Lockdown Protocol: it clears the 60 FPS playable threshold at every tested resolution, but the margin of safety narrows sharply at 4K Ultra. At 1080p and 1440p, this combo is overkill for the game's demands, while 2160p requires dropping from Ultra to High to maintain a comfortable frame rate cushion.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data covers three resolutions—1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160—across four settings tiers (Low, Medium, High, Ultra). At 1080p, the combo produces frame rates that range from excellent to borderline absurd. Low settings yield an average of 259 FPS, which is the single highest average recorded in the entire dataset. Medium settings drop to 184 FPS average, with a minimum of 156 FPS and a maximum of 211 FPS, indicating tight frame pacing. High settings produce 161 FPS average, while Ultra still manages a robust 120 FPS average. No minimum or maximum values were recorded for the Low, High, or Ultra presets at 1080p, so only the Medium preset provides full frame-time visibility.

Moving to 1440p, the performance remains strong but scales downward predictably. Low settings deliver 190 FPS average, a 69 FPS drop from the 1080p Low result. Medium settings average 135 FPS, with a minimum of 115 FPS and a maximum of 155 FPS. High settings average 118 FPS, and Ultra drops to 88 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 102 FPS, which is substantial but still leaves the Ultra preset well above the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset at 1440p shows a 20 FPS spread between minimum and maximum, suggesting some scene-dependent variation but no concerning stutter.

At 4K (3840x2160), the picture changes significantly. Low settings average 122 FPS, which is still excellent. Medium settings average 87 FPS, with a minimum of 74 FPS and a maximum of 100 FPS. High settings average 76 FPS. Ultra is the only preset that falls below 60 FPS, averaging just 57 FPS. The step from High to Ultra at 4K represents a 19 FPS loss, which is the largest percentage drop between adjacent presets in the entire dataset. Notably, the 4K High result (76 FPS) is only 12 FPS below the 1440p Ultra result (88 FPS), highlighting how resolution scaling interacts with settings in this game.

The data shows a clear pattern: this combo prioritizes high refresh rates at mainstream resolutions, with 1080p Low hitting 259 FPS and 1440p Low reaching 190 FPS. Even the most demanding 4K Ultra preset, while below 60 FPS, is not a catastrophic failure—57 FPS is within 5% of the playable threshold.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions reveals which component dominates at each tier. At 1080p, the frame rates are so high (120-259 FPS) that the CPU becomes the limiting factor. The Ryzen 9 7900X, with its 12 cores and 24 threads, shows strong single-thread performance in benchmarks—a 3DMark single-thread score of 1093 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2016.5—but even this processor cannot fully feed the RTX 3080 Ti at 1080p Low. The evidence is in the scaling: dropping from 1080p Low (259 FPS) to 1440p Low (190 FPS) represents a 26.6% reduction, which is less than the 77.8% pixel count increase. This sub-linear scaling indicates the CPU is holding performance back at the lower resolution.

At 1440p, the balance shifts toward the GPU, but the CPU still matters. The RTX 3080 Ti's 34.10 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 912.4 GB/s memory bandwidth are being utilized more fully, yet the combo still delivers 88 FPS at Ultra—well above the 60 FPS threshold. The transition from 1440p to 4K at the same settings shows the GPU taking over as the primary constraint. At High settings, 1440p produces 118 FPS while 4K produces 76 FPS, a 35.6% drop. At Medium settings, the drop is from 135 FPS to 87 FPS, a 35.6% reduction. This consistent scaling across settings suggests that at 4K, the RTX 3080 Ti is the bottleneck, and the CPU's role diminishes.

The Ultra preset tells a similar story. At 1440p Ultra, the combo achieves 88 FPS; at 4K Ultra, it falls to 57 FPS. The 35.2% reduction mirrors the other settings, confirming that resolution scaling is the dominant factor at 4K. Conversely, at 1080p, the differences between settings are compressed: Low (259 FPS) to Ultra (120 FPS) is a 53.7% drop, whereas at 4K the same settings span from 122 FPS to 57 FPS, a 53.3% drop. This symmetry suggests that while the CPU matters more at 1080p, the game's settings scaling is consistent regardless of resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this AMD Ryzen 9 7900X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti combination ranks 936th out of 3,714 tested combos for Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the top 25% of all configurations tested. The percentile ranking for the CPU is 91st percentile among all processors, while the GPU sits at the 83rd percentile among all graphics cards. The combo rank of 936/3714 reflects a pairing where both components are above average, but neither is in the top tier.

The CPU's nearest rivals help contextualize its contribution. The AMD EPYC 7313P scores 53,206 in average benchmarks, a 0.2% delta from the Ryzen 9 7900X's 53,288. The Intel Xeon Phi 7290 scores 53,469, which is 0.3% higher. The Intel Xeon 634 scores 52,974, 0.6% lower. The Intel Core i7-14700F scores 53,620, 0.6% higher. These deltas are all within 1%, meaning the CPU's performance is tightly clustered with these alternatives.

On the GPU side, the RTX 3080 Ti's average benchmark score is 41,187. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 scores 40,870 (0.8% lower), the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB scores 41,707 (1.2% higher), the NVIDIA Tesla M40 scores 41,897 (1.7% higher), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 scores 40,377 (2% lower). These rivals are all within 2% of the RTX 3080 Ti, indicating that the GPU's performance level is well established in this range.

The Verdict

The verdict is unambiguous: this PC can run Lockdown Protocol at playable frame rates across nearly all tested configurations. At 1920x1080, all four settings—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—clear the 60 FPS threshold. The best settings are Ultra, which averages 120 FPS. At 2560x1440, the same holds true: all four presets are playable, with Ultra averaging 88 FPS as the best setting. At 3840x2160, three of four presets are playable—Low (122 FPS), Medium (87 FPS), and High (76 FPS)—but Ultra falls short at 57 FPS average.

The verdict data explicitly lists the playable settings per resolution. For 4K, High is the best playable setting with an average of 76 FPS, which provides a 16 FPS cushion over the 60 FPS threshold. For 1440p, Ultra is the best playable setting at 88 FPS, and for 1080p, Ultra is again the best at 120 FPS. The only configuration that fails the 60 FPS test is 4K Ultra, which misses by just 3 FPS. This suggests that minor tweaks or a slight resolution scale could make 4K Ultra viable, but the data as measured does not support it.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the nearest rivals are all within 0.6% of the Ryzen 9 7900X's average benchmark score, meaning they would behave nearly identically in Lockdown Protocol. The AMD EPYC 7313P (0.2% lower score) and the Intel Xeon 634 (0.6% lower) are marginally slower, while the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (0.3% higher) and the Intel Core i7-14700F (0.6% higher) are marginally faster. Any of these processors paired with the RTX 3080 Ti would produce frame rates within the margin of measurement error of the results shown here. The practical difference between a 0.6% faster or 0.6% slower CPU is negligible for this game, as the frame rates are already well above 60 FPS in most configurations.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals are similarly close. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (0.8% lower score) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (2% lower) would produce slightly lower frame rates, while the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB (1.2% higher) and the NVIDIA Tesla M40 (1.7% higher) would produce slightly higher frame rates. The RTX 5070, despite being a newer generation, scores 2% lower in the average benchmark, which would translate to roughly 1-2 FPS difference at 4K Ultra—not enough to change the playability verdict. The Tesla M40 variants, while scoring higher in synthetic benchmarks, are data-center cards without the same gaming driver optimizations, so real-world performance could differ from the benchmark score alone.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS on 4K Ultra?

A: No. The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra is 57 FPS, which is 3 FPS below the 60 FPS playable threshold. The best playable 4K setting is High, which averages 76 FPS.

Q: What is the highest FPS this combo can achieve?

A: The highest measured average is 259 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. No other configuration in the dataset exceeds this value.

Q: How does the RTX 3080 Ti compare to the RTX 5070 in this context?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti has an average benchmark score of 41,187, which is 2% higher than the RTX 5070's 40,377. The RTX 5070 would produce slightly lower frame rates, but the difference is small enough that playability verdicts would remain unchanged.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important at 1440p?

A: At 1440p, the GPU becomes the dominant factor. The frame rate drops from 190 FPS at Low to 88 FPS at Ultra, a 53.7% reduction, which reflects the increasing GPU load. The CPU's role is more prominent at 1080p, where frame rates exceed 120 FPS.

Q: Which settings should be used for a 4K display?

A: For 4K, the High preset is recommended, as it averages 76 FPS with a 16 FPS margin over the 60 FPS threshold. Medium averages 87 FPS and Low averages 122 FPS, but High provides the best visual quality among playable options.

Q: What are the recorded minimum and maximum FPS values?

A: Full min/max data is only available for the Medium preset at each resolution. At 1080p Medium, the range is 156-211 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the range is 115-155 FPS. At 4K Medium, the range is 74-100 FPS. Other presets lack min/max data.