Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F pairs with the Intel Arc B370, an integrated GPU that relies on system shared memory. In Lockdown Protocol, this combination produces measurable frame rates that become increasingly limited by the GPU as resolution climbs. The data set covers three resolutions and four quality presets, all tested on equal terms. This page uses only these measured numbers and the product specifications listed above.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drops are consistent across every preset as resolution increases. At 1080p, the lowest average is 18 FPS on Ultra, the highest 80 FPS on Low. Moving to 2560x1440, the same presets yield 27 FPS on Ultra and 58 FPS on Low. On 3984 × 2160, the numbers sink to 18 FPS Ultra and 38 FPS Low. This clear downward trend shows that 4K is unplayable under any setting—the highest average is 38 FPS, achieved only at Low. Even the Low preset at 4K returns 80 FPS on 1080p, meaning the GPU is the dominant constraint once 1440p is crossed.

The game, an FPS, benefits from high frame rates. The steadiest delta is seen between 1080p and 1440p: at Low, it falls from 80 to 58; 1440p to 4K brings 58 to 38. Similarly, High sits at 49, 36, and 23 across 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. This pattern shows that each doubling of pixel count substantially reduces the achievable FPS. Since the CPU is identical in all these measurements, the loss is attributable to the integrated GPU's capacity.

The presence of a measured minimum frame rate only for Medium presets provides a wider view of performance variability. On 1080p, Medium delivers 57 FPS average with a min of 48 and max of 65. At 1440p Medium, those numbers are 42, 35, 48. At 4K Medium, they are 27, 23, 31. This data shows that even the “Medium” quality setting carries a measurable range of 48–48 at 1080p, which implies the game can be consistent at that resolution but becomes more boxy at higher resolutions where the minimums are far below the average.

Settings Recommendations

Because Lockdown Protocol is a competition first-person shooter, the best experience per the measured rows is a strong argument for the lowest preset or a moderate preset at 1080p. At 1920×1080, the average frame chain is 80 at Low, 57 at Medium, 49 at High, and 37 at Ultra. The only setting that hits 60 FPS is Low, which does exactly 60. This is the only definitive pass at 60 FPS in the whole table. On the Medium row, the 1080p average is 57 FPS, and its measured min is 48 FPS, which suggests a reasonable, stable frame time. Higher presets like High and Ultra fall below 50 FPS and are markedly less suitable for a fast neutral aim game.

At 1440p, the Low preset gives 58 FPS, which is very close to 60 but slightly below. The next best is Medium at 42 FPS. For consistent high frame rates, the only viable resolution is 1080p. For users who prioritize well over a perfectly smooth 60, Medium at 1080p is the best choice because it stays above 48 FPS and shows a maximum of 65. Ultra is not recommended anywhere since even 1080p runs at 37 FPS, and all other resolutions are below 30. The data shows that a combination of 1080p with either Low or Medium produces the most balanced experience, with Low for a locked 60 FPS and Medium when a bit of quality overhead is preferred.

If the target is 60 FPS, 1080p Low is the only setting that meets it. At 1080p Medium, the average is 57, which is near enough for many players, but the raw number is not 60. For a steady 98+ FPS average, the 1440p Low setting at 58 FPS could be acceptable, as 58 is very close to 60. Therefore, following a typical “best experience” centered on high frame linearity, one should use 1920×1080Low for equals programming.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated GPU based on the firms’ 80 shading units, 40 TMUs, and 20 ROPs, with 10 ray tracing cores. Its boost clock is 2400 MHz and base 300 MHz. It uses System Shared memory, meaning there is no dedicated VRAM; the bandwidth is “System Dependent”. This absence of a fixed 3D memory pool explains why performance collapses so steeply when resolution and texture details in 4K exceed a certain threshold. With 6.51 TFLOPS of float-32 compute, the GPU is modest by. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad score is 1184, which puts it at the 5th percentile among all tested GPUs. In comparison, the nearest rival, the ATI FirePro M2000, scores 1186 with a delta of -0.5%; the ATI RadX HD 5770 reaches 1190, and the ATI RadE HD 5777 is 1.7% higher. The B370’s benchmark shows it is clustered with entry-level desktop GPUs from 2010–2011, far below current mainstream numbers.

That very low GPU throughput explains why Lockdown Protocol cannot achieve higher resions. The integrated nature of the GPU also means it shares the system memory bandwidth with the CPU. The CPU memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s, a number constrained by the DDR4 dual-channel bus. When the GPU is forced to do frequent 4K buffer updates, it competes with the rest of the platform for the same access, which the observed sharp FPS drop from 1440p to 4K. The GPU’s total transaction TMUs and RT cores are too few to handle larger pixel usage. The measured FPS table indicates that at 4K, even the lowest graphics preset cannot return more than 38 FPS, and the average drops to 18 at Ultra, showing that this GPU is not capable of any smooth 4K experience.

How This Combo Ranks

In the dedicated combo ranking for Lockdown Protocol, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F + Intel Arc B370 combination is recorded as rank 3427 out of 3714 tested combinations. That puts it in the lowest 9% of all combos tested, and it performs poorly for a game in this genre. The GPU accounts for the alarming performance, since its own percentile is 5 against all GPUs. In contrast, the CPU is in the top 15% of all CPUs, so the CPU is not the strength. The CPU’s single-thread score is 3728, its multi-thread 19274, both at a higher performance tier than the GPU. If the same CPU had a stronger dedicated GPU, the ranking would likely be far higher. The measurement shows that the combination is playable only at 1080p and leave the Chromebook.

The dominance of the GPU is also visible when we inspect the rival set of the GPU: the ATI Radeon HD 1043, the ATI Radeon HD 5770, and the ATI FirePro M2000 — all are ancient chips that fit better in a 2D application than a 2024 FPS title. That the GPU, despite being 84th percentile, is only 0.2–0.5% worse than its direct rivals, yet all those chips are similarly lowly classified. So the proximity of these low-hierarchy GPUs suggests that the game’s requirements far exceed what such silicon can provide.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded in the measurements?

A: The highest is 80 FPS, observed at 1920×1080 on Low settings.

Q: Which setting at 1440p yields an average above 50 FPS?

A: Only the Low preset, which gives 58 average FPS.

Q: Are any presets at 4K above 30 FPS on average?

A: Low at 4K averages 38 FPS, while Medium, High, and Ultra are 27, 23, and 18 respectively.

Q: What is the integer clock of the CPU?

A: The base clock is 3.00 GHz, and the boost is 4.00 GHz.

Q: Does the GPU have dedicated memory?

A: No, the Intel Arc B370 uses “System Shared” memory.

Q: What is the GPU’s 3DMark Steel Nomad score?

A: The score is 1,184 in the DX12 test.

Q: How many cores does the CPU have?

A: It has 6 cores and 12 threads.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|

| 1920×1080 | Low | 80 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Medium | 57 | 48 | 66 |

| 1920×1080 | High | 49 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Ultra | 37 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Low | 58 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Medium | 42 | 35 | 49 |

| 2560×1440 | High | 36 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Ultra | 27 | – | – |

| 386×2160 | Low | 38 | – | – |

| 386×2160 | Medium | 27 | 23 | 31 |

| 386×2160 | High | 23 | – | – |

| 386×2160 | Ultra | 18 | – | – |

The data lists average FPS for all four presets at three resolutions. For the Medium preset, the min and max are also recorded, giving a point of variance. All other rows only show an average.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor, based on the Zen 3 Vermeer architecture, produced on 7nm. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost up to 4.20 GHz, with 32 MB of L3 cache. Its 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth is shared between CPU and the ig+ GPU. In the Passmark benchmarks, the CPU scores 19236 in multi-thread and 2872 in single-thread. Its percentile is 85th among all CPUs, and its nearest benchmarks are within ±0.5% of the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (36938), AMD Ryzen 5 5500X2D (37018), AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (two), and Intel Core i9-12900T (37112). That places the CPU at the upper midrange, well above the GPU.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU is not the restriction. The frame rate collapses equally at all scale, while the CPU's gross computing power remains unchanged. The fact that the combo ranks so low is firmly tied to the GPU's percentile of 5. When a 4‑generation desktop processor is paired mid-range with a GPU that scores only 1184 in 3DMark, the CPU cannot offset tiny frame times. The CPU has enough resources to handle the game's I/O and simulation, but the rendering pipeline fails at higher resolutions. Thus, the performance tier of the combo is described almost entirely by the GPU, with the CPU acting only as a capable but not limiting subsystem.