Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol presents a demanding workload for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 + AMD Radeon RX 570 combination. The measured frame rates across resolutions and presets reveal a system that is consistently GPU-limited, with the Polaris 10 architecture struggling to maintain smooth gameplay at higher settings. The data indicates a clear hierarchy where resolution and preset scaling directly impact performance, with the CPU showing sufficient headroom to avoid becoming a bottleneck in most scenarios.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent across all settings presets, confirming that the AMD Radeon RX 570 is the primary limiting component. At Low settings, the average frame rate falls from 77.9 FPS at 1920x1080 to 54.7 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of 23.2 FPS, and then further down to 38.3 FPS at 3840x2160. This scaling pattern indicates that pixel throughput is the dominant constraint, as the GPU's 224.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 compute are saturated by the increasing pixel count.

Moving from Medium to High settings at 1080p shows a drop from 52.7 FPS to 46.6 FPS, which is a relatively modest 6.1 FPS penalty. However, at 4K, the same preset change yields a drop from 25.1 FPS to 22.9 FPS, a smaller absolute but proportionally similar reduction. The Ultra preset at 4K produces just 18 FPS, which is below playable thresholds, while the same preset at 1080p reaches 37.7 FPS. This suggests that the game's visual effects at Ultra scale heavily with resolution, and the RX 570's 4 GB GDDR5 frame buffer is likely a limiting factor at 4K, where memory capacity and bandwidth are both taxed heavily.

The data shows that the Ryzen 5 5600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, does not appear to be the bottleneck at any resolution. The CPU's boost clock of 4.40 GHz provides adequate single-thread performance, and its 3DMark single-thread score of 882 indicates it can handle the game's logic. The consistent FPS scaling across resolutions suggests that lowering resolution provides near-linear performance gains, which is typical of a GPU-bound scenario. At 1440p, the system delivers playable frame rates on Low (54.7 FPS) but falls short on High (35.4 FPS), indicating that 1440p is viable only with reduced visual settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achievable with this CPU and GPU combination?

A: The maximum measured average FPS is 77.9, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. This is the only configuration in the measured data that exceeds 60 FPS.

Q: Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 bottlenecking the AMD Radeon RX 570 in Lockdown Protocol?

A: No. The FPS scaling pattern, where performance drops consistently as resolution increases, indicates the GPU is the limiting factor. The Ryzen 5 5600's 3DMark max threads score of 5659 and single-thread score of 882 suggest it has enough processing power for this title.

Q: How does the RX 570 compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RX 570 has an average benchmark score of 30158, which is 0.2% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (30109) and 0.2% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (30097). It also leads the NVIDIA Tesla M60 by 0.6% and the RTX 5070 Mobile by 0.8%.

Q: What is the playable frame rate target for 1080p gaming?

A: At 1920x1080, the system achieves 46.6 FPS on High, 52.7 FPS on Medium, and 37.7 FPS on Ultra. Only the Low preset (77.9 FPS) provides a consistently smooth experience above 60 FPS.

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

A: No. At 3840x2160, the highest average FPS is 38.3 on Low settings, with High at 22.9 FPS and Ultra at 18 FPS. These results are below acceptable playability standards, indicating the RX 570 is insufficient for 4K in this game.

Q: How does the CPU's performance rank among all processors?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600 has a percentile rank of 79 among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 21765. It is 0.6% faster than the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (21635) and 0.9% faster than the Intel Core i7-11700F (21957), but 0.6% slower than the AMD EPYC 9554P.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual quality and frame rate, the data points to 1920x1080 with Medium settings as the optimal configuration. This preset delivers 52.7 FPS, which is noticeably smoother than the 46.6 FPS of High settings, while still providing a better visual experience than Low at 77.9 FPS. The jump from Medium to High at 1080p costs 6.1 FPS, which may be acceptable for some users, but the Medium preset offers a more stable baseline.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset is the only viable option, producing 54.7 FPS. Medium drops to 39.2 FPS, which is borderline, and High falls to 35.4 FPS. For 1440p users, sticking to Low settings is recommended to maintain frame rates near 60 FPS. The Ultra preset at any resolution below 1080p is not advisable, as it yields 26.5 FPS at 1440p and 37.7 FPS at 1080p, both of which are suboptimal for a fast-paced FPS.

The 4K resolution is effectively unplayable across all presets, with the highest result being 38.3 FPS on Low. Given the RX 570's 4 GB memory capacity and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth, the game's texture and shader demands at 4K exceed what this GPU can deliver. Users should avoid 4K entirely with this configuration, as even the lowest preset fails to reach 40 FPS. The measured data strongly suggests that 1080p Medium is the "sweet spot" for this hardware combination.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system produces its best results. Low settings yield 77.9 FPS, Medium settings achieve 52.7 FPS, High settings reach 46.6 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 37.7 FPS. The delta between Low and Medium is 25.2 FPS, which is the largest gap between any consecutive presets at this resolution, indicating that the Medium preset introduces significant graphical effects that tax the GPU.

At 2560x1440, performance diminishes across the board. Low settings deliver 54.7 FPS, Medium drops to 39.2 FPS, High falls to 35.4 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 26.5 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings is a loss of 23.2 FPS, while at Ultra it is a loss of 11.2 FPS. This suggests that the Ultra preset is already heavily constrained at 1080p, so the resolution increase has a smaller absolute impact.

At 3840x2160, the results are the weakest. Low settings produce 38.3 FPS, Medium achieves 25.1 FPS, High drops to 22.9 FPS, and Ultra yields just 18 FPS. The difference between Low and High at 4K is 15.4 FPS, showing that the GPU's compute and memory resources are severely strained. The 4K data shows a consistent trend where each preset step reduces frame rate by roughly 3-4 FPS, reflecting the linear scaling of the GPU's workload.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570, built on the 14 nm Polaris 20 chip with GCN 4.0 architecture, is clearly the performance limiter in this configuration. Its 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for 1080p but becomes a bottleneck at higher resolutions. The GPU's boost clock of 1244 MHz and base clock of 1168 MHz are modest by modern standards, and its 2048 shading units and 32 ROPs determine the fill rate limits observed in the data.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark scores place it in the 74th percentile among all graphics cards, with an average score of 30158. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, scores 30109 (0.2% lower), showing that the RX 570 holds its own in aggregate benchmarks. However, in Lockdown Protocol, the RX 570's performance is constrained by its memory capacity and bandwidth, as evidenced by the steep FPS drops at 4K.

The GPU's FP32 performance of 5.095 TFLOPS and texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s are the theoretical limits that the measured FPS values reflect. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 77.9 FPS, which suggests the GPU is not fully saturated. As settings increase, the workload scales with shading complexity and memory pressure, causing the FPS to drop. The 4 GB VRAM is particularly problematic for Ultra settings at 1440p and above, where the game likely exceeds the available memory, leading to the low frame rates observed. The RX 570's end-of-life production status and 150 W TDP are consistent with its performance tier, making it a capable 1080p card but inadequate for higher resolutions in this title.