Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol with AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

This combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers a fundamentally balanced 1080p and 1440p gaming experience in Lockdown Protocol, with the data showing that the Medium preset at 1440p represents the sweet spot for sustained frame rates. The combo ranks 1514th out of 2828 tested configurations, placing it in the upper-middle tier of all tested systems for this FPS title. Benchmark results indicate that the RTX 4060's 8 GB VRAM and 272.0 GB/s memory bandwidth are sufficient for the game's demands, while the CPU's 96 MB shared L3 cache provides the compute headroom needed to maintain high frame rates even at lower resolutions where the processor becomes the primary bottleneck.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data across all four settings presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) at three resolutions reveals a clear pattern: Medium settings offer the most favorable balance between visual fidelity and frame rate consistency. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 134 average FPS with a minimum of 114 FPS and maximum of 154 FPS, representing a 45 FPS improvement over High settings while staying 55 FPS below the Low preset's 189 FPS ceiling. This frame buffer provides enough headroom for competitive play without sacrificing the visual quality that makes the game's environments readable.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset maintains 98 average FPS with a range of 83 to 113 FPS, which remains above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay on standard 144Hz monitors. The High preset at this resolution drops to 86 average FPS, still playable but with less margin for demanding scenes. The Ultra preset at 1440p falls to 64 average FPS, which is borderline for fast-paced FPS action where consistent frame pacing matters more than peak visual effects.

For 4K gaming, the data shows that Medium settings at 3840x2160 produce 63 average FPS with a minimum of 54 FPS, which is technically playable but dips below the ideal 60 FPS floor during intense moments. Low settings at 4K jump to 89 average FPS, making this the recommended configuration for players who prioritize frame rate over resolution-specific graphical details. The High preset at 4K (55 average FPS) and Ultra preset at 4K (42 average FPS) both fall below the smoothness threshold and should be avoided for competitive play.

The optimal recommendation is Medium settings at 1440p for most users, as this configuration provides 98 average FPS with a minimum of 83 FPS — a stable experience that takes advantage of the RTX 4060's capabilities without pushing the GPU into territory where frame drops become noticeable. For 1080p users, Medium settings at 134 average FPS offers the best combination of smoothness and visual quality, while competitive players seeking maximum frame rates can utilize Low settings at 189 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's position at rank 1514 out of 2828 tested combinations places it in the 46th percentile of all systems tested for Lockdown Protocol, meaning roughly half of all tested configurations perform better and half perform worse. This ranking reflects the balanced nature of the Ryzen 5 5500X3D paired with the RTX 4060 — neither component is a top-tier performer, but their combination produces consistent results across the resolution spectrum.

The CPU's benchmark profile shows it performs nearly identically to its nearest rivals, with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F scoring 36945 (0.2% ahead of the 5500X3D's 37018 average), the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 scoring 37093 (0.2% behind), the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 scoring 36938 (0.2% ahead), and the Intel Core i9-12900T scoring 37112 (0.3% behind). This clustering indicates that the 5500X3D delivers performance squarely within the expected range for its segment, with no significant outlier characteristics that would dramatically shift game performance in either direction.

The GPU's benchmark positioning follows a similar pattern, with the RTX 4060's 17639 average benchmark score placing it 0.2% ahead of the AMD Radeon HD 7790 (17666), 0.3% behind the AMD Radeon 780M (17588), 0.5% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 560 (17551), and 0.7% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 460 (17509). These marginal differences suggest that the RTX 4060's raw compute capabilities are well-established, and its performance in Lockdown Protocol is driven more by the game's specific engine optimizations than by any unusual hardware characteristics.

The 1514th rank out of 2828 combos indicates that while this system is not among the elite configurations for Lockdown Protocol, it sits comfortably in the upper half of all tested systems. Players using this combo should expect performance that handles the game's core mechanics smoothly, though they may need to adjust settings at higher resolutions to maintain consistent frame rates.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 brings 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering 272.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1830 MHz and boosts to 2460 MHz, with memory running at 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective). These specifications are directly relevant to Lockdown Protocol's performance profile, as the game's texture streaming and geometry processing demands are well-served by this memory configuration.

The GPU's 3072 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 48 ROPs provide the compute foundation for the measured frame rates. With 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores, the RTX 4060 is equipped for ray-traced workloads, though the measured FPS data does not indicate whether ray tracing is enabled in the tested presets. The card's 15.11 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 15.11 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1 ratio) deliver the raw processing power that translates into the observed 42 to 189 FPS range across all tested configurations.

The RTX 4060's 115 W TDP and dual-slot design with a single 12-pin power connector make it a power-efficient option for this game. The suggested 300 W PSU is modest, and the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface provides sufficient bandwidth for the game's data transfer requirements. The GPU's 5 nm process node from TSMC, with 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die, contributes to its efficiency and thermal characteristics during extended gaming sessions.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its mid-range positioning: the passmark G3D score of 19545 and G2D score of 1037 indicate solid rasterization performance, while the passmark GPU compute score of 9213 shows reasonable compute capability. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2302 and Geekbench scores of 95057 (OpenCL) and 48643 (Vulkan) provide additional context for how the GPU handles modern API workloads in games like Lockdown Protocol.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured results span a wide range based on settings. Low settings produce 189 average FPS, which is the highest measured result in the entire dataset and indicates that the game is well-optimized for lower-end visual configurations. Medium settings deliver 134 average FPS with a minimum of 114 and maximum of 154 FPS, providing a stable experience with only a 40 FPS variance between minimum and maximum. High settings drop to 117 average FPS, while Ultra settings reduce performance to 88 average FPS — a 101 FPS difference between Low and Ultra at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the scaling pattern is consistent but with reduced absolute values. Low settings achieve 138 average FPS, Medium settings deliver 98 average FPS with a range of 83 to 113 FPS, High settings produce 86 average FPS, and Ultra settings fall to 64 average FPS. The 74 FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p is proportionally similar to the 1080p gap, indicating that the GPU is handling the increased pixel count without introducing additional bottlenecks.

At 3840x2160, the performance impact of 4K resolution becomes apparent. Low settings maintain 89 average FPS, which is still playable. Medium settings produce 63 average FPS with a minimum of 54 and maximum of 73 FPS, representing a tight range that suggests consistent performance. High settings drop to 55 average FPS, and Ultra settings fall to 42 average FPS — the lowest measured result. The 47 FPS gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is smaller in absolute terms than at lower resolutions, but the relative impact is more significant because the baseline frame rates are already lower.

The Medium preset consistently shows the most stable frame time behavior across all resolutions, with the minimum FPS values being closest to the averages. This stability suggests that Medium settings avoid the GPU stress points that cause frame drops at High and Ultra settings, while providing better visual quality than Low settings.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 1440p to 4K reveals how the system's performance scales with pixel count. At Medium settings, the FPS drops from 134 at 1080p to 98 at 1440p (a 36 FPS decrease, or roughly 27%) and then to 63 at 4K (a further 35 FPS decrease, or about 36% from 1440p). This scaling pattern is consistent with GPU-bound behavior, where each resolution increase requires proportionally more pixel processing.

At Low settings, the scaling is more dramatic in absolute terms: 189 FPS at 1080p drops to 138 FPS at 1440p (a 51 FPS decrease) and then to 89 FPS at 4K (a 49 FPS decrease). The fact that Low settings still show significant frame rate reductions as resolution increases indicates that even at minimal visual quality, the GPU's pixel throughput is a limiting factor rather than the CPU.

The High settings show a similar pattern with 117 FPS at 1080p, 86 FPS at 1440p, and 55 FPS at 4K. Ultra settings produce 88 FPS at 1080p, 64 FPS at 1440p, and 42 FPS at 4K. The consistent performance degradation across all settings presets as resolution increases points to the GPU being the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, while the CPU's role becomes more significant at lower resolutions where frame rates are higher.

The data indicates that the system is well-balanced for 1080p and 1440p gaming, where the CPU and GPU workloads are more evenly distributed. At 4K, the GPU becomes clearly the limiting component, with even Low settings failing to reach the frame rates that would fully utilize the CPU's capabilities. This suggests that players targeting 4K should accept lower settings or consider a more powerful GPU, while players at 1080p or 1440p can expect a well-rounded experience.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer codename) built on TSMC's 7 nm process. It operates at a base clock of 3.00 GHz and boosts to 4.00 GHz, with a 105 W TDP. The CPU's defining feature is its 96 MB shared L3 cache, which is substantial for a 6-core part and likely contributes to game performance in scenarios where cache hit rates are critical.

The CPU's benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance with a passmark multithread score of 20363, while single-thread performance is measured at 2941. The floating point math score of 34511 and integer math score of 60033 indicate solid arithmetic capabilities, while the data encryption score of 13967, data compression score of 230392, and extended instructions score of 15925 round out the compute profile. The find prime numbers score of 170 and random string sorting score of 23675 provide additional context for the CPU's general-purpose performance.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role is most apparent at 1080p with Low settings, where the 189 FPS average suggests that the processor is capable of feeding the GPU with enough frames to saturate its rendering capacity. The 5500X3D's 96 MB L3 cache is particularly relevant for FPS games, where game world data and entity state information can benefit from larger on-chip caches. The 12 threads provide adequate parallelism for the game's physics and AI workloads, though the data does not isolate CPU-specific bottlenecks.

The CPU's 85th percentile ranking among all tested CPUs and its average benchmark score of 37018 place it slightly above the median for modern desktop processors. Its nearest rivals — the Ryzen 5 5600F, Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450, Core Ultra 5 225, and Core i9-12900T — all score within 0.3% of the 5500X3D, indicating that this processor delivers performance that is essentially interchangeable with its direct competitors. The 5500X3D's memory support for DDR4 with dual-channel configuration and 51.2 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for the game's memory access patterns, though not exceptional by modern standards.

The CPU's socket AM4 compatibility and PCIe Gen 4 support with 20 lanes provide a solid foundation for the RTX 4060's PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. The lack of integrated graphics (N/A) means the system relies entirely on the discrete GPU, which is appropriate for a gaming-focused configuration. The CPU's active production status and release date of 2025-06-04 indicate it is a current-generation part, ensuring ongoing driver and game optimizations.