Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol’s measured frame rates for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination show a clear pattern: the game is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions but becomes increasingly CPU-sensitive as resolution drops. The data set contains 12 measured rows covering four settings presets across three resolutions, all reporting average FPS without minimum or maximum values.

Settings Recommendations

The Ultra preset produces the lowest frame rates at every resolution, while the Low preset produces the highest. At 3840x2160, Ultra averages 62.5 FPS, which is playable but leaves little headroom for demanding scenes. The Medium preset at 4K delivers 98.4 FPS, a substantial improvement of 35.9 FPS over Ultra. High at 4K reaches 82.6 FPS, sitting between Medium and Ultra. For a 4K display, Medium is the recommended preset because it provides a 57.4% higher frame rate than Ultra while still maintaining visual fidelity above Low.

At 2560x1440, the situation shifts. High delivers 132.7 FPS, Medium delivers 152.3 FPS, and Ultra delivers 96.8 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p offers the best balance, exceeding 150 FPS while remaining visually richer than Low. The Low preset at 1440p reaches 213.4 FPS, which is useful for competitive play but sacrifices visual quality. For most users on 1440p, Medium provides the highest frame rate that remains smooth on high-refresh displays without dropping to the Low preset.

At 1920x1080, all presets exceed 137 FPS. Ultra averages 137.1 FPS, High averages 182.1 FPS, Medium averages 203.9 FPS, and Low averages 254.9 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1080p is the only configuration below 180 FPS, indicating that the CPU begins to limit performance at this resolution. The Medium preset at 1080p achieves 203.9 FPS, which is 66.8 FPS higher than Ultra. Given that the gap between Medium and Low at 1080p is 51.0 FPS, Medium is the recommended preset for 1080p users who want high refresh rates without the visual penalty of Low.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset consistently delivers the most balanced experience. It outperforms High by 15.8 FPS at 4K, 19.6 FPS at 1440p, and 21.8 FPS at 1080p, while remaining well below the Low preset’s visual compromises.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination ranks 286th out of 1,637 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the 82.5th percentile of all tested configurations, meaning it outperforms roughly eight out of every ten combinations in the database. The rank reflects the combination’s overall capability across all measured settings and resolutions.

The CPU itself holds the 79th percentile versus all CPUs in the database, while the GPU holds the 84th percentile versus all GPUs. This alignment suggests that neither component is dramatically stronger than the other in this pairing. The combo rank of 286 out of 1,637 is slightly better than what either component’s individual percentile would predict, indicating that the pairing works harmoniously for this game.

The CPU’s nearest rivals in average benchmark score are the Intel Xeon D-1746TER at 21,635 (0.6% lower), the AMD EPYC 9554P at 21,899 (0.6% higher), and the AMD EPYC 9534 at 21,900 (0.6% higher). The Intel Core i7-11700F scores 21,957, which is 0.9% higher than the Ryzen 5 5600’s 21,765 average. These deltas are small, meaning the Ryzen 5 5600 sits in a tightly packed performance cluster where no rival exceeds it by more than 1%.

The GPU’s nearest rivals tell a similar story. The NVIDIA RTX A6000 scores 42,653 (0.2% higher), the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE scores 42,723 (0.3% higher), while the AMD Radeon Pro 580X and NVIDIA Tesla M40 score 41,991 and 41,897 respectively (1.4% and 1.6% lower). The RTX 4070 SUPER’s average benchmark score of 42,576 places it within 0.3% of its closest competitors, showing that this GPU is well-positioned among its peers.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER carries 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective speed. The GPU’s base clock is 1980 MHz with a boost clock of 2475 MHz. These specifications support the measured frame rates across all resolutions.

The GPU’s role in Lockdown Protocol becomes evident when comparing frame rates across settings at the same resolution. At 3840x2160, the spread from Low to Ultra is 77.6 FPS (140.1 down to 62.5), showing that the GPU’s rendering load scales strongly with preset. At 2560x1440, the spread is 116.6 FPS (213.4 down to 96.8), and at 1920x1080, the spread is 117.8 FPS (254.9 down to 137.1). The widening spread at lower resolutions indicates that the GPU is less likely to be the bottleneck, but the GPU still dictates the difference between presets.

The RTX 4070 SUPER’s 84th percentile ranking versus all GPUs places it above the majority of tested graphics cards. Its average benchmark score of 42,576 is within 0.3% of the NVIDIA RTX A6000 and AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE, which are its closest rivals. The GPU’s 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores support modern rendering features, though the measured data does not isolate their specific impact in Lockdown Protocol.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 254.9, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low preset.

Q: How much faster is the Low preset compared to Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low averages 213.4 FPS versus Ultra’s 96.8 FPS, making Low 116.6 FPS faster, which is a 120.5% improvement.

Q: Does the Ultra preset ever reach 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Yes, Ultra at 3840x2160 averages 62.5 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold.

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

A: The combo ranks 286th out of 1,637 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol.

Q: Which preset provides the smallest FPS gain over the next lower preset?

A: At 3840x2160, High (82.6 FPS) is 15.8 FPS slower than Medium (98.4 FPS), which is the smallest absolute difference between adjacent presets in the data.

Q: How does the CPU’s percentile compare to the GPU’s percentile?

A: The CPU holds the 79th percentile versus all CPUs, while the GPU holds the 84th percentile versus all GPUs, a 5-point difference.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate data shows how performance scales from 1080p to 4K across each preset. At the Low preset, average FPS drops from 254.9 at 1080p to 213.4 at 1440p (a decrease of 41.5 FPS, or 16.3%), then to 140.1 at 4K (a further decrease of 73.3 FPS, or 34.3%). The total drop from 1080p to 4K at Low is 114.8 FPS, representing a 45.0% reduction.

At the Medium preset, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 51.6 FPS (203.9 down to 152.3, a 25.3% reduction), and from 1440p to 4K is 53.9 FPS (152.3 down to 98.4, a 35.4% reduction). The total reduction from 1080p to 4K at Medium is 105.5 FPS, or 51.7%.

At the High preset, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 49.4 FPS (182.1 down to 132.7, a 27.1% reduction), and from 1440p to 4K is 50.1 FPS (132.7 down to 82.6, a 37.7% reduction). The total reduction is 99.5 FPS, or 54.6%.

At the Ultra preset, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 40.3 FPS (137.1 down to 96.8, a 29.4% reduction), and from 1440p to 4K is 34.3 FPS (96.8 down to 62.5, a 35.4% reduction). The total reduction is 74.6 FPS, or 54.4%.

The pattern shows that the Low preset loses the smallest percentage of performance when scaling from 1080p to 4K (45.0%), while the High preset loses the largest (54.6%). This indicates that at lower settings, the CPU plays a larger role in maintaining frame rates, while at higher settings, the GPU becomes the limiting factor. The relatively consistent percentage drops across presets suggest that Lockdown Protocol scales predictably with resolution, with the GPU becoming more dominant as resolution increases.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 provides 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, running at a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR4 memory on a dual-channel bus with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth, and its 7 nm process node from TSMC houses 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die.

The CPU’s role in Lockdown Protocol is most visible at 1080p, where the frame rate differences between presets compress. At 1080p, the gap between Medium (203.9 FPS) and Low (254.9 FPS) is 51.0 FPS, while the gap between Ultra (137.1 FPS) and High (182.1 FPS) is 45.0 FPS. At 4K, the corresponding gaps are 42.3 FPS between Low and Medium, and 20.1 FPS between High and Ultra. The larger gaps at 1080p indicate that the CPU can feed frames faster at lower resolutions, but the GPU’s rendering load at higher presets limits the achievable frame rate.

The CPU’s benchmark scores show a single-thread score of 882 in 3DMark and 2,584 in Cinebench R23 single-core, with multicore scores of 5,659 and 18,309 respectively. These scores indicate strong per-core performance, which is relevant for a game like Lockdown Protocol that likely benefits from high single-thread throughput. The CPU’s 79th percentile ranking versus all CPUs and its average benchmark score of 21,765 place it within 1% of its nearest rivals, confirming that it is a solid mid-range processor.

At 4K, the CPU’s influence diminishes. The frame rate differences between presets at 4K are smaller in absolute terms than at 1080p, with the Low-to-Ultra spread being 77.6 FPS at 4K versus 117.8 FPS at 1080p. This suggests that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K, while the CPU becomes more relevant at 1080p where the GPU can render frames quickly enough to expose CPU limitations.