Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol on the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER combo delivers its most balanced experience at Medium settings across all resolutions, with frame rates that remain fluid while preserving visual fidelity. The data shows that the jump from Medium to High costs roughly 30-40% performance at every resolution, while the drop from Medium to Low yields diminishing returns for the visual sacrifice. For 1080p, Medium produces an average of 124.9 FPS, which is high enough for competitive play. At 1440p, Medium still holds at 94.2 FPS, comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold. Even at 4K, Medium manages 57.5 FPS, making it the only preset besides Low that approaches playability at that resolution. Ultra is the least efficient preset, with 4K dipping to 38.9 FPS and 1080p falling to 80.7 FPS, so it should be avoided unless visual quality is the sole priority.

Settings Recommendations

The optimal preset for this combination is Medium. The measured data shows that Medium at 1080p delivers 124.9 FPS, which is 13% faster than High’s 110.3 FPS while still offering a substantial visual upgrade over Low’s 175.5 FPS. At 1440p, Medium’s 94.2 FPS is nearly 20% faster than High’s 78.4 FPS, and the gap widens to over 27% at 4K (57.5 vs. 54 FPS). Low is the only preset that breaks 60 FPS at 4K, scoring 80.9 FPS, but it does so by sacrificing most of the game’s lighting and texture detail. High is a viable option only for 1080p users with high-refresh monitors, since it stays above 100 FPS. Ultra is not recommended: its 80.7 FPS at 1080p is barely above Medium’s 124.9 FPS in practical terms, and at 4K it falls to a stutter-prone 38.9 FPS. The sweet spot is Medium, which provides smooth gameplay at all three resolutions and leaves headroom for competitive scenarios.

FAQ

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

A: Yes, but only at Low or Medium settings. The data shows Low averaging 80.9 FPS and Medium averaging 57.5 FPS at 3840x2160. High drops to 54 FPS, and Ultra falls to 38.9 FPS, both below the ideal smoothness threshold.

Q: What is the best settings preset for competitive play at 1080p?

A: Medium is the best balance, delivering 124.9 FPS. Low provides 175.5 FPS, which is faster but sacrifices visual clarity that can help spot enemies. High at 110.3 FPS is acceptable, but Medium offers the best compromise between frame rate and image quality.

Q: How much performance does Ultra cost compared to Medium?

A: At 1080p, Ultra’s 80.7 FPS is 35% lower than Medium’s 124.9 FPS. At 1440p, the drop is 35% (61.6 vs. 94.2 FPS). At 4K, Ultra’s 38.9 FPS is 32% slower than Medium’s 57.5 FPS.

Q: Is the GPU or CPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: The data suggests the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. At 4K, the FPS drops significantly across all settings (from 175.5 at 1080p Low to 80.9 at 4K Low), indicating the RTX 2070 SUPER’s 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are stretched. The CPU’s 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient for this FPS title, as frame rates scale predictably with resolution.

Q: What is the highest FPS achievable with this combo?

A: The highest measured average is 175.5 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The lowest is 38.9 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER compare to its nearest GPU rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 22206, which is 0.5% lower than the NVIDIA RTX A400 (22307) and 2.5% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (21670). Its percentile rank of 65 places it above most GPUs but below the RTX 4060 Mobile’s score of 22729.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is the dominant component in this pairing, and its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth directly shapes the game’s performance curve. The measured FPS data shows that resolution scaling is steep: dropping from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings cuts the average from 124.9 to 57.5 FPS, a 54% reduction. This is classic GPU-bound behavior, where the render load overwhelms the card’s 2560 shading units and 64 ROPs. The card’s boost clock of 1770 MHz and base 1605 MHz are modest by modern standards, but the Turing architecture’s 9.062 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is enough for 1080p and 1440p gaming. At 4K, the card’s 113.3 GPixel/s pixel rate becomes the limiting factor, as evidenced by the 38.9 FPS at Ultra. The 8 GB VRAM is adequate for this game, as the data does not show a catastrophic drop between High and Ultra that would indicate memory swapping, but the 1750 MHz memory clock (14 Gbps effective) struggles to feed the 4K render target. The GPU’s percentile rank of 65 versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 22206, confirms it is a mid-to-upper-tier part, but its end-of-life status means it is outclassed by newer cards like the RTX 4060 Mobile, which scores 22729.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces a wide spread of results: Low averages 175.5 FPS, Medium 124.9 FPS, High 110.3 FPS, and Ultra 80.7 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 40%, while Medium to High is 12%, and High to Ultra is 27%. This indicates that the game’s Ultra preset imposes heavy shading and post-processing costs that the GPU cannot fully absorb. At 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but with lower absolute numbers: Low hits 130.1 FPS, Medium 94.2 FPS, High 78.4 FPS, and Ultra 61.6 FPS. The Medium to High drop at 1440p is 17%, and High to Ultra is 21%, showing that the GPU’s fill rate becomes more strained as pixel count rises. At 3840x2160, the results compress: Low averages 80.9 FPS, Medium 57.5 FPS, High 54 FPS, and Ultra 38.9 FPS. Notably, the difference between High and Medium at 4K is only 6%, while the jump to Ultra is 29% lower than High. This suggests that at 4K, the GPU is so saturated that settings differences have diminishing impact, except for Ultra which pushes the card past its limits. The data shows no min or max FPS values, so the averages represent the overall experience, but the trend is clear: the card is most comfortable at 1080p and 1440p, and only Low settings make 4K playable.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent across all settings, confirming the GPU as the bottleneck. At Low settings, 1080p yields 175.5 FPS, 1440p yields 130.1 FPS (a 26% drop), and 4K yields 80.9 FPS (a 54% drop from 1080p). At Medium, the progression is 124.9 → 94.2 → 57.5 FPS, with the 1440p to 4K drop being 39%. At High, it is 110.3 → 78.4 → 54 FPS, and at Ultra it is 80.7 → 61.6 → 38.9 FPS. The consistent halving of performance from 1080p to 4K indicates that the render resolution is the primary driver of frame time, not the CPU. The Ryzen 5 2600’s 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient to feed the GPU at these resolutions, as evidenced by the fact that 1080p Low (175.5 FPS) does not show a CPU-imposed ceiling that would flatten the scaling curve. If the CPU were the limit, we would expect 1080p and 1440p to be closer together, but the data shows a linear relationship with pixel count. The 4K Ultra result of 38.9 FPS is particularly telling: it represents a 78% drop from 1080p Ultra, and the gap between 1440p and 4K Ultra (61.6 to 38.9 FPS, a 37% reduction) is nearly identical to the Medium preset’s drop, reinforcing that the GPU’s computational throughput is the limiting factor.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600, with 6 cores and 12 threads, provides adequate processing power for Lockdown Protocol, but its age is visible in the synthetic benchmarks. Its passmark multithread score is 13160 and single-thread is 2239, which places it at the 77th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-11600KF, scores 19740 (0.6% higher), while the AMD Ryzen 5 7530U scores 19508 (0.6% lower). The CPU’s base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost of 3.90 GHz are modest, and its 16 MB of shared L3 cache is limited by modern standards. However, the game’s FPS data shows that the CPU is not the primary bottleneck at any resolution or setting. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 175.5 FPS, which is high enough to indicate the GPU is still the limiting factor. If the CPU were struggling, we would see the high-refresh 1080p results plateau, but the 175.5 FPS figure is well within the CPU’s capability. The CPU’s Cinebench R23 multicore score of 11186 and single-core of 1579 are below modern mid-range parts, but for a fast-paced FPS like Lockdown Protocol, the game logic and physics are light enough to avoid a CPU bottleneck. The 46.9 GB/s memory bandwidth on dual-channel DDR4 is adequate, and the PCIe Gen 3 x16 interface does not impede the RTX 2070 SUPER. The CPU’s launch MSRP was $199, but its current value is best assessed by its benchmark performance, which shows it trading blows with mobile and older desktop chips.

How This Combo Ranks

In the global database of tested combos for Lockdown Protocol, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 1031 out of 1637 combinations. This places it in the 37th percentile, meaning it outperforms roughly 37% of all tested systems. The rank reflects the GPU’s mid-tier standing (65th percentile among GPUs) and the CPU’s older architecture (77th percentile among CPUs). The combo’s strongest showing is at 1080p, where it delivers high frame rates across all settings, but it falls behind newer combinations at higher resolutions. The RTX 2070 SUPER’s nearest GPU rival, the NVIDIA RTX A400, scores nearly identically (22307 vs. 22206), suggesting that this combo would rank similarly with that GPU swapped in. The CPU’s nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-10700F, scores 19485 (0.7% lower), meaning a system with that CPU and the same GPU would likely rank slightly lower. The rank of 1031 is not a poor result, but it indicates that this is a mid-pack system: capable of smooth 1080p and playable 1440p, but not competitive at 4K Ultra. The data shows that the combo is well-balanced for its era, with neither component being a severe drag on the other, but both are outclassed by newer hardware. For a game released in 2024, this pairing is at the edge of its comfort zone, and the rank reflects that it will require settings compromises at higher resolutions to maintain playable frame rates.