Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol with AMD Ryzen 5 4600G + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB produces a striking FPS profile in Lockdown Protocol, where the gap between Low and Ultra settings widens dramatically as resolution increases. At 1080p, the combo delivers 114.3 FPS on Low but drops to 49.3 FPS on Ultra — a 65 FPS swing. At 4K, the same settings span only 32.7 FPS (56.0 to 23.3), suggesting the GPU becomes the dominant constraint as pixel count rises. This combo ranks 1511th out of 1637 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom quarter of the database, yet the measured data shows it can still produce playable frame rates at lower settings.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals a GPU-bound system at higher resolutions. At Low settings, the average frame rate falls from 114.3 FPS at 1080p to 79.4 FPS at 1440p, then to 56.0 FPS at 4K. That is a 50.9% reduction from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, the decline is steeper in relative terms: 69.6 FPS at 1080p drops to 50.3 FPS at 1440p and then to 30.7 FPS at 4K — a 55.9% total loss. The Ultra preset shows the most severe scaling, going from 49.3 FPS at 1080p down to 36.4 FPS at 1440p and 23.3 FPS at 4K.

The pattern indicates that at 1080p, the Ryzen 5 4600G’s six cores and 12 threads can keep up with the RTX 3050 4 GB, but the GPU’s 128-bit memory bus and 192.0 GB/s bandwidth become limiting factors as resolution increases. The 4 GB GDDR6 frame buffer likely fills quickly at 4K, explaining why the Ultra preset collapses to 23.3 FPS — below the 30 FPS threshold often considered minimum playability. Interestingly, the Medium preset at 4K produces 38.6 FPS, which is only 7.9 FPS higher than High, suggesting diminishing returns as settings climb. The data implies that 1440p is the practical ceiling for this combo, with Low settings providing 79.4 FPS and Medium still holding at 58.3 FPS.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 4600G is a Zen 2 (Renoir) architecture part with six cores and 12 threads, base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost up to 4.20 GHz. Its 8 MB shared L3 cache is modest by modern standards, but the benchmark scores show a balanced performer. In Cinebench R23, the CPU scores 13593 multicore and 1919 single-core. The 3DMark single-thread score of 726 and 16-thread score of 4863 indicate that the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at lower resolutions, but the FPS data suggests it is not the primary bottleneck in Lockdown Protocol.

At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 114.3 FPS, which is close to what a 75th percentile CPU (relative to all CPUs) might enable. The Ryzen 5 4600G’s percentileVsAllCpus of 75 means it outperforms three-quarters of tested CPUs in aggregate benchmarks. However, the drop to 49.3 FPS at 1080p Ultra shows that the GPU takes over as the limiting factor. The CPU’s 65 W TDP and dual-channel DDR4 memory support (51.2 GB/s bandwidth) are adequate for this game, but the data does not show the CPU holding back performance at any resolution — the FPS drop from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 56.9%, which is too large to be CPU-bound. The nearest rivals — AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE (0% delta), Intel Core i5-12450H (0.1% delta), Intel Core i3-14100T (-0.8% delta), and Intel Core i3-13100F (-1% delta) — all have similar average benchmark scores, suggesting the 4600G is not uniquely positioned in CPU performance.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the Medium preset at 1440p offers the best balance for this combo. At 58.3 FPS, it clears the 60 FPS target by a narrow margin and provides better visual fidelity than Low. At 1080p, Medium delivers 79.6 FPS, which is smooth, while High at 69.6 FPS remains playable. The Ultra preset is only recommended for 1080p if the user tolerates 49.3 FPS, as 1440p Ultra (36.4 FPS) and 4K Ultra (23.3 FPS) fall below playable thresholds.

For 4K, the data shows only Low (56.0 FPS) is viable; Medium (38.6 FPS) and High (30.7 FPS) hover near the edge, and Ultra (23.3 FPS) is not recommended. The scaling from Low to Medium at 4K costs 17.4 FPS, while High to Ultra costs only 7.4 FPS — the latter being a poor trade for visual gains. The 1080p Low result of 114.3 FPS is the highest measured frame rate, which could be useful for competitive play, but the Medium preset at 79.6 FPS retains better image quality without sacrificing responsiveness.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1511th out of 1637 tested combinations, placing it in the 92nd percentile from the bottom — only 126 combos perform worse. This low rank is somewhat surprising given the individual component scores: the CPU sits at the 75th percentile, and the GPU at the 50th percentile. The combination of a mid-range CPU with an entry-level GPU (RTX 3050 4 GB with 2048 shading units and 7.127 TFLOPS FP32) appears to underperform in Lockdown Protocol specifically. The game’s FPS results at 4K Ultra (23.3 FPS) pull the average down significantly.

The rank suggests that many other CPU-GPU pairs deliver higher frame rates in this title, likely due to the GPU’s 4 GB VRAM being insufficient for high-resolution textures. The RTX 3050 4 GB’s memory bandwidth of 192.0 GB/s is the same as the 8 GB variant in some configurations, but the smaller frame buffer at 4K likely causes texture thrashing. The data shows that at 1080p, the combo performs respectably (114.3 FPS on Low), but the rank of 1511 indicates that the overall experience across all settings and resolutions is below average for this database.

FAQ

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

A: The highest measured average is 114.3 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: Is 4K playable with this combo?

A: At 4K, only Low settings (56.0 FPS) exceed 60 FPS. Medium (38.6 FPS) and High (30.7 FPS) are marginal, while Ultra (23.3 FPS) is below playable thresholds.

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

A: The Ryzen 5 4600G has an average benchmark score of 17489, which is within 1% of the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE (17482) and Intel Core i5-12450H (17475), and about 1% slower than the Intel Core i3-14100T (17636) and Core i3-13100F (17665).

Q: What settings give the best frame rate at 1440p?

A: Low settings produce 79.4 FPS at 1440p, while Medium yields 58.3 FPS. High (50.3 FPS) and Ultra (36.4 FPS) are progressively lower.

Q: Does the GPU’s 4 GB VRAM affect performance?

A: The data shows a steep drop from Low to Ultra at all resolutions, with the 4K Ultra result of 23.3 FPS suggesting VRAM capacity is a constraint at high settings and high resolution.

Q: What is the combo’s rank among all tested combinations?

A: This combo ranks 1511th out of 1637 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces 114.3 FPS on Low, 79.6 FPS on Medium, 69.6 FPS on High, and 49.3 FPS on Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra is 65.0 FPS, with the largest single-step drop being 30.3 FPS from Low to Medium. At 2560x1440, Low delivers 79.4 FPS, Medium 58.3 FPS, High 50.3 FPS, and Ultra 36.4 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium at 1440p is 21.1 FPS, and High to Ultra is 13.9 FPS. At 3840x2160, Low achieves 56.0 FPS, Medium 38.6 FPS, High 30.7 FPS, and Ultra 23.3 FPS. The step from Medium to High at 4K is only 7.9 FPS, while High to Ultra is 7.4 FPS, showing diminishing returns.

The 1080p results indicate the GPU can push high frame rates when settings are low, but the 4K results show a hard ceiling. The ratio of 1080p Low to 4K Low is 2.04x, while the ratio for Ultra is 2.12x, meaning the resolution penalty is consistent across settings. The 1440p results sit almost exactly halfway between 1080p and 4K for Low (79.4 vs 114.3 and 56.0) but slightly closer to 4K for Ultra (36.4 vs 49.3 and 23.3), suggesting the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth become more critical at higher settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB uses the GA107 chip on Samsung’s 8 nm process, with 8,700 million transistors on a 200 mm² die. It has 2048 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with base and boost clocks of 1545 MHz and 1740 MHz respectively. The memory configuration — 4 GB GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 192.0 GB/s bandwidth — is the likely bottleneck in Lockdown Protocol at high resolutions. The GPU’s 90 W TDP and PCIe 4.0 x8 interface are modest, and the 7.127 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is entry-level.

The measured FPS data shows that the GPU is the primary limiter above 1080p. At 4K Ultra, the 23.3 FPS result is only 47% of the 1080p Ultra score, which aligns with the pixel count increase (3840x2160 has 4x the pixels of 1920x1080, but the frame rate doesn’t drop by 4x, indicating other limits like memory bandwidth). The 16 RT cores and 64 tensor cores are present but not heavily utilized in this FPS title, based on the settings scaling. The GPU’s percentileVsAllGpus of 50 places it exactly in the middle of all GPUs, yet the combo rank of 1511 suggests that Lockdown Protocol is particularly demanding on this GPU’s 4 GB VRAM — at 4K, the difference between Low (56.0 FPS) and Ultra (23.3 FPS) is 32.7 FPS, a 58% penalty that points to memory capacity rather than compute throughput being the constraint. The data implies that users should keep settings at Medium or below for any resolution above 1080p to stay within the GPU’s comfortable operating range.