Lockdown Protocol

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The measured frame rate data for Lockdown Protocol with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 shows a clear hierarchy across the four quality presets, and the Medium preset delivers the most balanced experience. At 1920x1080, Medium produces an average of 124 FPS with a minimum of 106 FPS and a maximum of 143 FPS. This is 15 FPS higher than the High preset's 109 FPS average, while the visual quality gap between Medium and High is typically modest for a competitive FPS title. The Low preset reaches 175 FPS, which is undeniably faster, but it sacrifices the visual fidelity that many players expect from a modern shooter.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset again emerges as the sweet spot. The average of 91 FPS with a minimum of 77 FPS and maximum of 105 FPS keeps the experience comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, while High drops to 80 FPS average and Ultra falls to 60 FPS average. The Medium preset at 1440p also maintains a higher minimum frame rate than the High preset's unspecified minimum, suggesting more consistent frame pacing.

The Ultra preset is the least attractive option across all resolutions. At 1080p it manages 81 FPS average, at 1440p it drops to 60 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 39 FPS. These numbers represent significant performance penalties relative to Medium: 43 FPS lower at 1080p, 31 FPS lower at 1440p, and 20 FPS lower at 4K. For a game in the FPS genre, where frame rate consistency often matters more than maximum graphical detail, the Ultra preset's cost is difficult to justify.

The data indicates that the Medium preset provides the best experience per measured row. It offers the most favorable balance between frame rate headroom and visual quality, with the minimum frame rates at both 1080p (106 FPS) and 1440p (77 FPS) remaining well above the point where frame drops become noticeable. Players with 144Hz displays will find the Medium preset at 1080p to be the only setting combination that consistently approaches that refresh rate ceiling, while High and Ultra fall short of it.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 brings 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's base clock is 1700 MHz, with a game clock of 2400 MHz and a boost clock of 2990 MHz. These clock speeds are relevant because the measured frame rates in Lockdown Protocol show that the GPU has sufficient headroom to push well beyond 100 FPS at 1080p, particularly at the Low and Medium presets.

The GPU's benchmark profile places it at the 59th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 16014. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, scores 16129, which is 0.7% higher. The AMD Radeon R9 370X and AMD Radeon RX 7700 score 15862 and 15852 respectively, both 1% lower. This puts the RX 9060 in a competitive mid-range position, which aligns with the observed 1080p performance: 175 FPS on Low and 124 FPS on Medium.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for Lockdown Protocol at the resolutions tested. At 4K Ultra, the average drops to 39 FPS, suggesting that memory bandwidth or capacity constraints may be limiting at the highest settings, but the more moderate presets show no indication of VRAM-induced stuttering or texture pop-in. The 288.0 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for the game's demands at 1080p and 1440p, where the GPU delivers 109 FPS and 80 FPS on High respectively.

The RDNA 4.0 architecture with 1792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 64 ROPs provides the raw compute throughput needed for this title. The pixel rate of 191.4 GPixel/s and texture rate of 334.9 GTexel/s are more than sufficient for the frame rates observed. The GPU's FP32 performance of 21.43 TFLOPS supports the notion that the RX 9060 is not the bottleneck at lower resolutions, where the CPU's capabilities become more relevant.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how the balance between CPU and GPU load shifts as resolution increases. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 175 FPS average. Moving to 1440p Low, the average drops to 128 FPS, a 47 FPS reduction. At 4K Low, the average falls to 83 FPS, another 45 FPS reduction. This pattern shows that the GPU is progressively becoming the limiting factor as pixel count rises, but the CPU still contributes meaningfully at 1080p.

The High preset tells a similar story: 109 FPS at 1080p, 80 FPS at 1440p, and 51 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 26.6% from 1080p to 1440p, and another 36.3% from 1440p to 4K. This nonlinear scaling suggests that the GPU's memory bandwidth and compute resources are increasingly strained at higher resolutions, particularly at 4K where the 51 FPS average on High is only marginally playable.

The Medium preset, which has complete data including minimum and maximum frame rates, shows the most detailed scaling picture. At 1080p, the average is 124 FPS with a minimum of 106 FPS. At 1440p, the average drops to 91 FPS with a minimum of 77 FPS. At 4K, the average falls to 59 FPS with a minimum of 50 FPS and a maximum of 68 FPS. The minimum frame rates scale proportionally with the averages, indicating that the game maintains consistent frame pacing without sudden spikes or drops at any resolution.

The Ultra preset exhibits the steepest resolution scaling: 81 FPS at 1080p, 60 FPS at 1440p, and 39 FPS at 4K. The 4K figure is particularly telling — it falls below the 40 FPS mark, which would be considered borderline unplayable for a competitive FPS. The data indicates that the limiting component shifts from the CPU at 1080p to the GPU at higher resolutions, with the RX 9060's 8 GB memory and 128-bit bus becoming constraining factors at 4K Ultra.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 ranks 1647 out of 2828 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. This places the system in the 58th percentile of all combinations tested, which is a position that reflects the mid-range nature of both components. The ranking indicates that while this combo is not at the top of the performance charts, it outperforms a majority of tested systems.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 74 among all CPUs is notably higher than the GPU's percentile of 59 among all GPUs. This discrepancy suggests that the GPU is the more significant limiting factor in this pairing, which is consistent with the resolution scaling analysis. The CPU has more headroom relative to its peers than the GPU does, meaning that a GPU upgrade would likely yield larger frame rate improvements than a CPU upgrade.

The combo's rank of 1647 out of 2828 places it in the upper-middle portion of the distribution. For context, being in the 58th percentile means that 1,181 tested combos performed worse, while 1,646 performed better. This is a solid position for a system built around a 6-core processor and a mid-range GPU, particularly given that the game is a recent FPS title that can benefit from higher-end hardware.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 provides 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. The processor's 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are adequate for feeding the GPU in Lockdown Protocol. The CPU's benchmark results show a single-thread score of 882 in 3DMark and 2584 in Cinebench R23, which are relevant because FPS titles often rely heavily on single-thread performance.

The CPU's overall benchmark profile shows an average score of 20468, placing it at the 74th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, scores 20454, a 0.1% difference. The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G and AMD EPYC 9454P score 20425 and 20422 respectively, both 0.2% lower. These tightly clustered scores indicate that the Ryzen 5 5600 is competitive with several newer and more expensive processors in general compute workloads.

In Lockdown Protocol specifically, the CPU's role becomes most apparent at 1080p where frame rates are highest. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 175 FPS, which suggests the CPU has enough single-thread throughput to drive high frame rates. The multi-threaded performance, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 18309 and a PassMark multithread score of 21541, ensures that background tasks and game engine threads do not create bottlenecks.

The 6-core, 12-thread configuration is well-suited for this game. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5641 and max-thread score of 5659 show that the CPU scales effectively with additional threads, though the game likely does not utilize all 12 threads simultaneously. The single-thread 3DMark score of 882 and PassMark single-thread score of 3256 indicate that the 4.40 GHz boost clock provides the per-core performance needed for consistent frame delivery.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full range of settings produces the following averages: Low delivers 175 FPS, Medium delivers 124 FPS with a minimum of 106 FPS and maximum of 143 FPS, High delivers 109 FPS, and Ultra delivers 81 FPS. The spread of 94 FPS between Low and Ultra is substantial, giving players a wide range of options depending on their preference for frame rate versus visual quality.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 128 FPS, Medium at 91 FPS with a minimum of 77 FPS and maximum of 105 FPS, High at 80 FPS, and Ultra at 60 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 77 FPS is particularly notable because it remains above the 75 Hz refresh rate that many 1440p monitors support, ensuring smooth gameplay even during demanding scenes.

At 3840x2160, the averages drop considerably: Low at 83 FPS, Medium at 59 FPS with a minimum of 50 FPS and maximum of 68 FPS, High at 51 FPS, and Ultra at 39 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K is the only setting that maintains an average above 60 FPS, and even then, the minimum of 50 FPS indicates that frame drops will be noticeable in intense firefights.

The complete data shows that the Medium preset has the most detailed measurements, with minimum and maximum values recorded at all three resolutions. This suggests that the Medium settings produce the most stable frame delivery, with the gap between minimum and maximum averaging 37 FPS at 1080p, 28 FPS at 1440p, and 18 FPS at 4K. The narrowing gap at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU becomes the dominant limiting factor, reducing the variance between frames.

For players targeting 144 Hz at 1080p, only the Low preset's 175 FPS average provides sufficient headroom. The Medium preset's 124 FPS average will still deliver a strong experience on 120 Hz displays, and the minimum of 106 FPS ensures that even the most demanding scenes remain fluid. At 1440p, the Medium preset's 91 FPS average is the best balance, while the High preset's 80 FPS is acceptable for 75 Hz monitors. At 4K, the Medium preset's 59 FPS average is the only viable option for playable frame rates, though the Low preset's 83 FPS provides additional headroom at the cost of visual fidelity.