Lockdown Protocol

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The measured FPS rows for Lockdown Protocol with the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB span four presets — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — across three resolutions. The data shows a clear pattern: the Medium preset delivers the most balanced experience, as it is the only setting tier where min and max FPS values were recorded, indicating the benchmark captured a stable frame window rather than a single average.

At 1920x1080, Medium produces an average of 154 FPS with a minimum of 131 and maximum of 178. This is 53 FPS above the High preset’s 135 average and 53 FPS below Low’s 217 average, but the presence of a recorded minimum suggests the frame pacing is consistent enough for competitive play. High at 1080p reaches 135 FPS, which is still smooth, but the gap to Ultra’s 101 FPS is significant — a 34 FPS drop that pushes the experience closer to the edge of high-refresh comfort.

Moving to 2560x1440, Medium again stands out with 113 FPS average, a 96 FPS minimum, and 130 FPS maximum. High at 1440p drops to 99 FPS, while Ultra falls to 74 FPS. Low at 1440p reaches 159 FPS, but the visual fidelity loss is substantial. For 1440p gaming, Medium offers the best compromise: it stays above 60 FPS at all times per the recorded minimum, and the 17 FPS gap from Medium to High is less punishing than the 39 FPS gap from High to Ultra.

At 3840x2160, the situation tightens considerably. Medium averages 73 FPS with a 62 FPS minimum and 84 FPS maximum. High averages 64 FPS, and Ultra drops to 48 FPS. Low at 4K reaches 103 FPS, which is the only preset that clears 100 FPS at this resolution. For 4K, Medium is the recommended preset because it maintains a minimum above 60 FPS — the other presets either lack recorded minimums or fall below the 60 FPS threshold on average.

The data suggests that the Medium preset is the sweet spot across all three resolutions. It is the only tier with full min/max data, which implies the test harness found it stable enough to report a frame range. At 1080p and 1440p, Medium delivers high refresh rates with headroom above 60 FPS minimums. At 4K, Medium is the only preset that keeps the minimum above 60 FPS. Players prioritizing maximum frame rates should consider Low at 1080p (217 FPS) or Low at 1440p (159 FPS), but those who want visual quality without sacrificing fluidity should select Medium.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a GB206 chip manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It has 4608 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output units. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2407 MHz and boosts to 2572 MHz. Memory consists of 8 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The memory clock is listed as 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity is a defining characteristic for Lockdown Protocol. The measured FPS data shows that the GPU handles all settings presets at all resolutions, but the frame rate deltas between presets reveal where the memory subsystem and compute resources become strained. At 1080p, Low produces 217 FPS, Medium 154 FPS, High 135 FPS, and Ultra 101 FPS. The 116 FPS spread from Low to Ultra indicates that the GPU has substantial headroom at lower settings, but Ultra’s increased shading and texture demands cut throughput nearly in half.

At 1440p, the pattern continues: Low 159 FPS, Medium 113 FPS, High 99 FPS, Ultra 74 FPS. The relative drop from Low to Ultra is 85 FPS, which is slightly less severe in absolute terms than at 1080p but still significant. At 4K, Low 103 FPS, Medium 73 FPS, High 64 FPS, Ultra 48 FPS. The 4K Ultra result — below 50 FPS — suggests the GPU is compute-bound or VRAM-limited at this extreme setting. The 8 GB frame buffer may be a contributing factor, though the data does not isolate VRAM usage.

The GPU’s 23.70 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 370.4 GTexel/s texture rate provide ample raw throughput for lower presets. The pixel rate of 123.5 GPixel/s becomes relevant at 4K, where the 48 ROPs must fill over 8 million pixels per frame. The benchmark results indicate that the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB is capable of high frame rates at 1080p and 1440p Medium, but 4K Ultra is beyond its comfortable operating range. The 29th percentile ranking among all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 4901, places this card in a mid-range position that aligns with its measured in-game behavior.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for 1080p gaming with this combo?

A: Medium is the recommended preset at 1920x1080. It produces an average of 154 FPS with a minimum of 131 FPS and maximum of 178 FPS. This is the only preset at 1080p where min and max values were recorded, indicating stable frame delivery. Low reaches 217 FPS but sacrifices visual quality, while High and Ultra drop to 135 FPS and 101 FPS respectively.

Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming in Lockdown Protocol?

A: Yes, but with caveats. At 3840x2160, Medium averages 73 FPS with a 62 FPS minimum and 84 FPS maximum, which is playable. Low averages 103 FPS and is the only 4K preset above 100 FPS. High averages 64 FPS, and Ultra falls to 48 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score is 4901. Its nearest rival, the AMD FirePro W5130M, scores 4904, a delta of -0.1 percent. The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 scores 4893 with a +0.2 percent delta, and the AMD Radeon R7 M265 scores 4929 with a -0.6 percent delta. These are all within 1 percent of each other.

Q: What is the CPU’s single-thread performance relative to its multicore performance?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 scores 836 in 3DMark single-thread and 5386 in 3DMark 16-thread tests. In Cinebench R23, it scores 2319 single-core and 16429 multi-core. The multi-core score is roughly 7 times the single-core score, which is consistent with a 6-core, 12-thread processor scaling well across threads.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at any resolution?

A: The data suggests CPU limitations appear at lower resolutions and higher frame rates. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 217 FPS, and at 1440p Low it reaches 159 FPS. At 4K Low, it drops to 103 FPS. The frame rate scaling from 1440p to 4K Low (159 to 103 FPS, a 35 percent drop) aligns with GPU load increasing, while the smaller drop from 1080p to 1440p Low (217 to 159 FPS, a 27 percent drop) suggests the CPU is keeping pace but the GPU is starting to become the limiting factor.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 5500 rank among all CPUs?

A: The CPU has a percentile ranking of 73 among all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 19593. Its nearest rival is the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 with a score of 19617 and a delta of -0.1 percent. The Intel Core i5-12500 scores 19668 with a -0.4 percent delta, and the Intel Core i7-10700F scores 19499 with a +0.5 percent delta.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured FPS values cover all four presets. Low produces the highest average at 217 FPS. Medium follows with 154 FPS, and the recorded minimum of 131 FPS and maximum of 178 FPS provide a frame window. High averages 135 FPS, which is 19 FPS below Medium. Ultra averages 101 FPS, which is 34 FPS below High and 116 FPS below Low. The 1080p results show a clear linear progression: each preset tier down from Low costs roughly 30-40 FPS on average.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 159 FPS, which is 58 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result. Medium averages 113 FPS with a 96 FPS minimum and 130 FPS maximum. High averages 99 FPS, and Ultra averages 74 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra at 1440p is 85 FPS, compared to 116 FPS at 1080p. This narrower spread indicates that the GPU is becoming a more dominant factor as pixel count increases, compressing the performance gap between settings.

At 3840x2160, Low averages 103 FPS, which is the only 4K preset above 100 FPS. Medium averages 73 FPS with a 62 FPS minimum and 84 FPS maximum. High averages 64 FPS, and Ultra averages 48 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra at 4K is 55 FPS, the smallest absolute spread across all resolutions. This compression suggests that at 4K, even the Low preset is heavily GPU-bound, leaving less headroom for settings adjustments to improve frame rates.

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min/max data at all three resolutions: 1080p (154 avg, 131 min, 178 max), 1440p (113 avg, 96 min, 130 max), and 4K (73 avg, 62 min, 84 max). The minimum FPS at each resolution stays above 60, which is notable for a stable gaming experience. The other presets lack recorded minimums, which limits direct comparison of frame pacing stability.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K varies significantly by preset. At Low settings, 1080p produces 217 FPS, 1440p produces 159 FPS, and 4K produces 103 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 58 FPS, or 27 percent. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 56 FPS, or 35 percent. This shows that the GPU’s workload scales roughly linearly with pixel count at Low settings, with the 4K step being slightly more demanding per pixel.

At Medium settings, the progression is 154 FPS (1080p), 113 FPS (1440p), and 73 FPS (4K). The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 41 FPS, or 27 percent. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 40 FPS, or 35 percent. This mirrors the Low preset’s scaling pattern almost exactly, suggesting that the GPU is the primary limiter across Medium as well.

At High settings, the progression is 135 FPS (1080p), 99 FPS (1440p), and 64 FPS (4K). The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 36 FPS, or 27 percent. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 35 FPS, or 35 percent. The consistency of these percentage drops — 27 percent for the first step and 35 percent for the second — across Low, Medium, and High indicates that the limiting component is the GPU at all these settings. A CPU bottleneck would manifest as a smaller percentage drop when moving to higher resolutions, because the CPU work per frame stays constant while GPU work increases.

At Ultra settings, the progression is 101 FPS (1080p), 74 FPS (1440p), and 48 FPS (4K). The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 27 FPS, or 27 percent. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 26 FPS, or 35 percent. Ultra follows the same pattern, confirming that the GPU is the limiting component across the board. The consistent 27 percent and 35 percent scaling factors suggest that Lockdown Protocol’s rendering load scales predictably with resolution, and the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB is the bottleneck at every preset.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on Zen 3 architecture (Cezanne codename) on a 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.20 GHz. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB L1 per core, 512 KB L2 per core, and 16 MB L3 cache. Memory support is DDR4 with dual-channel bus and 51.2 GB/s bandwidth. The CPU connects via PCIe Gen 3.

The CPU’s synthetic benchmarks show a balanced profile. In 3DMark, it scores 836 single-thread, 1645 for 2 threads, 3151 for 4 threads, 4593 for 8 threads, 5386 for 16 threads, and 5411 for max threads. The scaling from 8 threads (4593) to 16 threads (5386) is modest at 17 percent, indicating that the additional threads beyond 8 provide diminishing returns in synthetic workloads. In Cinebench R23, the multi-core score of 16429 is 7.1 times the single-core score of 2319, showing good multicore scaling for its core count.

The PassMark tests show a strong integer performance of 65001 and floating point math at 36815. Data compression scores 245533, while encryption scores 14851. The CPU’s percentile ranking of 73 among all CPUs places it above the median. Its average benchmark score of 19593 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals: the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 at 19617 (-0.1 percent delta), Intel Core i5-12500 at 19668 (-0.4 percent), and Intel Core i7-10700F at 19499 (+0.5 percent).

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU’s role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 217 FPS, which is a high frame rate that requires strong per-thread performance. The CPU’s single-thread score of 836 in 3DMark and 2319 in Cinebench R23 suggests it can sustain such frame rates. However, the consistent 27 percent FPS drop from 1080p to 1440p across all presets indicates that the CPU is not the primary limiter — if it were, the drop would be smaller because the CPU workload per frame does not increase with resolution.

The CPU’s 12 threads provide sufficient parallelism for modern game engines. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5386 is only 0.5 percent higher than the max-thread score of 5411, meaning the CPU is fully utilized at 16 threads. This suggests that Lockdown Protocol, being an FPS title, likely uses fewer than 16 threads, leaving headroom for background tasks. The 65 W TDP and 7 nm process node indicate efficient operation, which helps sustain boost clocks during extended gaming sessions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB ranks 1091 out of 2828 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the 38th percentile of all combos, meaning roughly 62 percent of tested configurations perform better in this game. The ranking reflects the GPU’s mid-range position (29th percentile among all GPUs) and the CPU’s slightly above-median position (73rd percentile among all CPUs).

The combo’s rank of 1091 suggests that while neither component is top-tier, their pairing produces a coherent experience for Lockdown Protocol. The CPU’s 73rd percentile ranking is notably higher than the GPU’s 29th percentile, which indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor in this pairing. The measured FPS data supports this: at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 217 FPS, which is high but not exceptional for a 6-core CPU paired with a modern GPU. The CPU could likely push higher frame rates with a more powerful GPU.

Among the CPU’s nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 5500’s average benchmark score of 19593 is within 1 percent of the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (19617), Intel Core i5-12500 (19668), and Intel Core i7-10700F (19499). This means that swapping the CPU for any of these alternatives would likely produce nearly identical in-game performance, given the same GPU. The GPU’s nearest rivals — AMD FirePro W5130M, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, AMD Radeon R7 M265, and AMD Radeon R7 M360 — are all older or lower-tier parts, with average scores within 1 percent of the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB’s 4901.

The combo rank of 1091 out of 2828 puts this system in the upper-middle range of tested configurations. It is not a top performer, but it is far from the bottom. The data indicates that this pairing is well-balanced for 1080p and 1440p gaming at Medium settings, where it delivers average frame rates above 113 FPS. At 4K, it remains playable at Medium (73 FPS average) but falls below 60 FPS at Ultra (48 FPS). The rank reflects this versatility: the combo handles a wide range of settings and resolutions, though it does not excel at the highest extremes.