Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: What is the combo ranking of the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile in Lockdown Protocol?

A: This combination ranks 2043 out of 3714 tested combos for this game, placing it in the middle of the field. That percentile context matters because the CPU and GPU individually sit in the 95th and 73rd percentiles respectively, yet the game's performance profile pulls the overall combo rank lower.

Q: Which resolutions are fully playable at 60 FPS or above for this setup?

A: The data shows all four settings presets at 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 clear the 60 FPS threshold. At 3840x2160, only Low (89 FPS) and Medium (63 FPS) are playable, while High (55 FPS) and Ultra (41 FPS) fall short.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 4K for this combo?

A: The most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Medium, delivering an average of 63 FPS with a minimum of 54 FPS and maximum of 73 FPS. Low runs at 89 FPS but Medium offers the best visual quality that still meets the playable threshold.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 9 8945HX scores 76212 on average, sitting 0.1% above the Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX (76155), 0.6% above the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (75779), and 0.4% below both the AMD EPYC Embedded 8224P (76492) and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX (76513). These deltas are all within a single percentage point, indicating near-identical synthetic performance.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4070 Mobile averages 27435, which is effectively tied with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (27425, 0% delta). It sits 0.5% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (27565) and 1.5% below the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 (27839), while running 1.1% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell (27135).

Q: What is the FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, Low averages 189 FPS while Ultra averages 88 FPS, a difference of 101 FPS. The gap narrows at higher resolutions: at 2560x1440 the difference is 74 FPS (138 vs 64), and at 3840x2160 it is 48 FPS (89 vs 41).

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile lands at position 2043 out of 3714 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol. This places the combo in the 55th percentile overall, meaning roughly 45% of tested systems perform better. The raw hardware specs suggest a stronger showing — the CPU sits in the 95th percentile among all processors and the GPU in the 73rd percentile among all graphics cards — but the game's optimization profile appears to cap the achievable frame rates.

The ranking gap between the hardware percentiles and the combo percentile suggests that Lockdown Protocol does not scale perfectly with this particular pairing. The CPU's multi-core strength, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 42713 and a Passmark multi-thread score of 51405, does not translate into proportionally higher frame rates. Similarly, the GPU's Passmark G3D score of 19587 and DirectX 12 score of 85 indicate solid but not exceptional rasterization performance for this workload.

What matters for the ranking is not the synthetic ceiling but the measured in-game results. The combo clears 60 FPS at every preset in 1080p and 1440p, which is a strong practical outcome. At 4K, the system only manages Medium at 63 FPS, and the drop from Medium to High (63 to 55 FPS) is a steep 12.7% decline that pushes it below the playable threshold.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that maintains at least 60 FPS average is Medium, which delivers 63 FPS. Low runs at 89 FPS but sacrifices visual fidelity; High falls to 55 FPS and Ultra to 41 FPS, both below the playable line.

At 2560x1440, Ultra is the best playable preset with an average of 64 FPS. This is a narrow margin above the 60 FPS threshold, so users sensitive to frame drops should note that High (86 FPS) and Medium (98 FPS) offer more headroom. Low runs at 138 FPS for competitive play.

At 1920x1080, Ultra averages 88 FPS, which is comfortably above the threshold. Medium (134 FPS), High (117 FPS), and Low (189 FPS) all provide substantial margins, making this resolution the sweet spot for maximizing both quality and performance.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks are the Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX with an average score of 76155 (0.1% lower), the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D at 75779 (0.6% lower), and the AMD EPYC Embedded 8224P at 76492 (0.4% higher). Any of these processors would deliver nearly identical frame rates in Lockdown Protocol when paired with the same GPU, since the performance delta is under one percentage point.

The GPU's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT at 27425 (0% delta), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 at 27565 (0.5% higher), and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell at 27135 (1.1% lower). The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 at 27839 is 1.5% higher. Systems built with these GPU alternatives would produce FPS numbers within a few frames of the RTX 4070 Mobile in this title.

For users seeking similar in-game behavior, the closest match would be the RTX 4070 Mobile with any of the four rival CPUs, or the Ryzen 9 8945HX with the RX 6700 XT or RTX 3090. The performance envelopes are tight enough that the measured FPS table would shift by less than one percentage point.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data across resolutions and presets reveals which component carries the workload. At 1920x1080, the CPU is likely the primary driver: Low runs at 189 FPS, which is beyond what the GPU's raw compute would suggest, and the drop to Ultra at 88 FPS indicates the GPU becomes more relevant as settings increase. The CPU's Cinebench R23 single-core score of 6030 and Passmark single-thread score of 3907 point to strong per-thread performance that feeds the game's logic at lower graphical loads.

At 2560x1440, the GPU starts asserting dominance. Low runs at 138 FPS, a 27% reduction from 1080p Low (189 FPS), while Ultra drops from 88 to 64 FPS, a 27.3% reduction. The proportional declines suggest the GPU is the limiting factor at this resolution, with the CPU still having headroom. The RTX 4070 Mobile's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 256.0 GB/s bandwidth are adequate for these settings.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the bottleneck. Low runs at 89 FPS, Medium at 63, High at 55, and Ultra at 41. The steep falloff from Low to Medium (a 29.2% drop) and from Medium to High (a 12.7% drop) indicates pixel throughput becomes the constraint. The CPU's Passmark physics score of 2168 and data encryption score of 40836 remain available, but the GPU's FP32 throughput of 15.62 TFLOPS and pixel rate of 81.36 GPixel/s cannot sustain higher frame rates at this resolution.

The Verdict

This PC can run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS or above in every tested scenario except high and ultra settings at 4K. At 1920x1080, all four presets are playable with Ultra averaging 88 FPS. At 2560x1440, all four presets are also playable, with Ultra just clearing the threshold at 64 FPS. At 3840x2160, only Low (89 FPS) and Medium (63 FPS) meet the 60 FPS requirement; High falls to 55 FPS and Ultra to 41 FPS.

For users targeting the highest visual quality, 2560x1440 Ultra at 64 FPS is the recommended ceiling. At 4K, Medium at 63 FPS is the best playable option, though the minimum of 54 FPS suggests occasional dips below the threshold. The system's ranking at 2043 out of 3714 combos reflects this mixed result: strong at lower resolutions, constrained at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080:

• Low: 189 FPS average
• Medium: 134 FPS average, 114 FPS minimum, 154 FPS maximum
• High: 117 FPS average
• Ultra: 88 FPS average

At 2560x1440:

• Low: 138 FPS average
• Medium: 98 FPS average, 83 FPS minimum, 113 FPS maximum
• High: 86 FPS average
• Ultra: 64 FPS average

At 3840x2160:

• Low: 89 FPS average
• Medium: 63 FPS average, 54 FPS minimum, 73 FPS maximum
• High: 55 FPS average
• Ultra: 41 FPS average

The minimum FPS data is only recorded for Medium settings at each resolution, so the variance for other presets remains unspecified. The Medium preset at 1080p shows a 40 FPS spread between minimum and maximum, at 1440p a 30 FPS spread, and at 4K a 19 FPS spread, indicating that frame pacing becomes tighter as resolution increases. The average FPS figures are the primary metric for playability, and they confirm that this combo handles Lockdown Protocol well up to 1440p Ultra and 4K Medium.