Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol with AMD Ryzen 5 7400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Lockdown Protocol, the 2024 FPS title, shows a fascinating performance landscape when paired with the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. The measured data reveals a component pairing that delivers exceptionally high frame rates across all tested configurations, with the RTX 5080's 16 GB of GDDR7 memory and the Ryzen 5 7400F's six Zen 4 cores combining to produce results that place this combo at rank 157 out of 2,828 tested combinations. The benchmark rows provide a clear picture of how settings and resolution interact, and the patterns suggest a system that is well-balanced for competitive play while still offering headroom for visual fidelity at higher resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for this combination reveals a clear hierarchy across the four settings presets, with the most compelling experience depending on the user's display resolution and refresh rate priorities. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 289 FPS, which is the highest measured result in the entire dataset, while High produces 214 FPS and Medium sits at 245 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1080p yields 160 FPS, which remains highly playable but represents a 45% reduction from the Low preset's peak. For competitive FPS play at 1080p, the Medium preset at 245 FPS offers an excellent balance, as it maintains a substantial frame rate advantage over High while presumably delivering improved visual quality over Low.

Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern shifts slightly. Low produces 253 FPS, Medium delivers 180 FPS, High achieves 157 FPS, and Ultra drops to 118 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p stands out as the sweet spot, offering 180 FPS average with a minimum of 153 FPS, which keeps frame times consistent enough for smooth gameplay. The gap between High and Medium at this resolution is 23 FPS, suggesting that the visual improvements from Medium to High come at a measurable performance cost. At 3840x2160, the settings hierarchy compresses significantly: Low yields 163 FPS, Medium produces 116 FPS, High achieves 101 FPS, and Ultra falls to 76 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 76 FPS is the only measured configuration that dips below the 100 FPS threshold, making it less ideal for high-refresh-rate displays.

The best overall experience per the measured rows appears to be the Medium preset across all resolutions. At 1080p, Medium's 245 FPS average with a 208 FPS minimum provides a substantial buffer above typical 144Hz or 165Hz refresh rates. At 1440p, Medium's 180 FPS average with a 153 FPS minimum remains comfortably above 144Hz. At 4K, Medium's 116 FPS average with a 99 FPS minimum still clears 100 FPS, making it the only preset at 4K that maintains triple-digit averages. The data indicates that Medium offers the most consistent performance-to-visual-quality trade-off, with the minimum FPS figures only available for the Medium preset across all three resolutions, suggesting the benchmark captured more stable frame pacing at this setting.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 serves as the primary driver of Lockdown Protocol's performance, and its specifications from the FACT PACK explain much of the observed behavior. The GPU features 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 960.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth. This memory configuration appears well-suited to the demands of a modern FPS title, as the 4K results show the GPU maintaining respectable averages even at Ultra settings. The RTX 5080's boost clock of 2617 MHz, combined with its 10,752 shading units, provides the raw compute throughput necessary for the high frame rates observed at lower resolutions.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its position as a high-end part. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 8,637 and the Geekbench Vulkan score of 255,450 indicate strong DirectX 12 and Vulkan performance, which are relevant for a modern FPS title. The PassMark G3D score of 36,565 places the RTX 5080 at the 87th percentile among all GPUs, with its average benchmark score of 56,083 putting it 0.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon 8060S and 2.3% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X, while trailing the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE by 2.2%. The GPU's 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores suggest it has dedicated hardware for ray tracing and AI-enhanced features, though the measured FPS data does not specify whether these features were enabled during testing.

The VRAM capacity of 16 GB appears to be a non-limiting factor in Lockdown Protocol, as the measured results do not show any anomalous frame rate drops that would indicate memory capacity constraints. The memory clock of 1875 MHz (30 Gbps effective) and the 960.0 GB/s bandwidth provide ample headroom for texture streaming and geometry data at 4K resolution. The GPU's pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 879.3 GTexel/s suggest that fill-rate limitations are unlikely to be the bottleneck at the settings tested, given the observed FPS figures.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how Lockdown Protocol scales across the three tested resolutions, and the patterns indicate a system that transitions from CPU-bound at 1080p to increasingly GPU-bound at 4K. At Low settings, the progression from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 to 3840x2160 shows averages of 289, 253, and 163 FPS respectively. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at Low is only 12.5%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 35.6%. This suggests that at Low settings, the CPU is providing a significant portion of the performance ceiling at lower resolutions, with the GPU only becoming the limiting factor when pixel count increases substantially.

The Medium preset shows a similar scaling pattern: 245 FPS at 1080p, 180 FPS at 1440p, and 116 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 26.5% from 1080p to 1440p, and 35.6% from 1440p to 4K. The High preset exhibits 214 FPS at 1080p, 157 FPS at 1440p, and 101 FPS at 4K, with drops of 26.6% and 35.7% respectively. The Ultra preset shows 160 FPS at 1080p, 118 FPS at 1440p, and 76 FPS at 4K, with drops of 26.3% and 35.6%. The consistency of these percentage drops across all presets is notable, suggesting that the resolution scaling behavior is largely independent of the graphics settings applied.

The data implies that the RTX 5080's performance scales predictably with pixel count, and the uniformity of the scaling percentages across presets indicates that the GPU's compute resources are being utilized consistently. The 4K results, while lower, remain playable even at Ultra with 76 FPS, and the Medium preset at 4K with 116 FPS average demonstrates that this combination can handle high-resolution gaming without requiring significant settings compromises. The resolution scaling data also suggests that at 1080p, the system is likely hitting a CPU-imposed ceiling, as evidenced by the relatively small performance gain from 1440p to 1080p at Low settings compared to the larger gains at higher settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset provides a detailed view of this combination's performance across all nine tested configurations. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 289 FPS, the Medium preset produces 245 FPS with a minimum of 208 FPS and maximum of 282 FPS, the High preset achieves 214 FPS, and the Ultra preset yields 160 FPS. The 1080p results show a spread of 129 FPS between the lowest and highest settings, demonstrating that the RTX 5080 has substantial performance headroom even at the most demanding settings.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 253 FPS, the Medium preset averages 180 FPS with a minimum of 153 FPS and maximum of 207 FPS, the High preset averages 157 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 118 FPS. The 1440p results show a spread of 135 FPS between Low and Ultra, with the Medium preset's minimum of 153 FPS indicating that even the lowest frame times remain well above standard 144Hz refresh rates. This resolution appears to be the optimal balance for the combination, as the GPU is sufficiently loaded to produce meaningful differences between settings while still delivering high averages.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 163 FPS, the Medium preset averages 116 FPS with a minimum of 99 FPS and maximum of 133 FPS, the High preset averages 101 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 76 FPS. The 4K results show a spread of 87 FPS between Low and Ultra, which is narrower than at lower resolutions. The Medium preset at 4K is the only configuration that provides both a triple-digit average and a minimum FPS figure, with its 99 FPS minimum just barely missing the 100 FPS mark. The Ultra preset at 4K, with its 76 FPS average, represents the only measured configuration that falls below the 80 FPS threshold, suggesting that Ultra settings at 4K are only suitable for displays with lower refresh rates.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS measured for this combination?

A: The highest average FPS measured is 289, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next highest results are 253 FPS at 2560x1440 Low and 245 FPS at 1920x1080 Medium.

Q: Does the RTX 5080's 16 GB VRAM become a limiting factor at 4K?

A: The data does not indicate VRAM limitations. The 4K Ultra preset still achieves 76 FPS average, and the 4K Medium preset maintains 116 FPS average, suggesting that the 16 GB GDDR7 memory with 960.0 GB/s bandwidth provides sufficient capacity and bandwidth for this game at 4K.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to High at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset averages 118 FPS while the High preset averages 157 FPS. This represents a 39 FPS difference, meaning High is approximately 33% faster than Ultra at this resolution.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded across all tested configurations?

A: The only minimum FPS figures provided are for the Medium preset: 208 FPS at 1080p, 153 FPS at 1440p, and 99 FPS at 4K. The 4K Medium configuration has the lowest minimum at 99 FPS.

Q: How does this combo's rank in Lockdown Protocol compare to its overall GPU percentile?

A: The combo ranks 157 out of 2,828 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the top 5.5% of all tested combos. The RTX 5080's GPU percentile is 87, meaning it outperforms 87% of all GPUs in the benchmark database.

Q: Which settings preset shows the most consistent frame pacing?

A: The Medium preset is the only configuration with minimum FPS data provided for all three resolutions. At 1080p, the minimum is 208 FPS against a 245 FPS average; at 1440p, the minimum is 153 FPS against a 180 FPS average; at 4K, the minimum is 99 FPS against a 116 FPS average. The ratio of minimum to average FPS is consistent at approximately 85% across all resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F plays a crucial role in the lower-resolution performance of this combination, though its influence diminishes as resolution increases. This six-core, twelve-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture with a 5 nm process features a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. Its 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth provide the memory subsystem necessary for feeding the RTX 5080 in a modern FPS title. The CPU's 65 W TDP suggests efficient power usage, and its socket compatibility with AMD Socket AM5 indicates it is part of the current desktop platform.

The CPU's benchmark results demonstrate its positioning among contemporary processors. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21,765 and single-core score of 3,072 indicate strong multi-threaded and single-threaded performance. The PassMark single-thread score of 3,689 and multi-thread score of 25,645 further reinforce this assessment. The Ryzen 5 7400F's average benchmark score of 32,750 places it at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, with its nearest rivals being the Intel Core i5-14600T at 32,707 (0.1% slower), the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H at 32,697 (0.2% slower), and the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H at 32,812 (0.2% faster). The AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 at 32,662 is 0.3% slower.

The measured FPS data reveals the CPU's impact most clearly at 1080p Low settings, where the system achieves 289 FPS. This high frame rate at a relatively low resolution suggests that the CPU is capable of keeping pace with the RTX 5080's output capabilities. The smaller performance difference between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings (289 vs 253 FPS, a 12.5% drop) compared to the larger drop from 1440p to 4K (253 vs 163 FPS, a 35.6% drop) indicates that the CPU maintains sufficient headroom at 1080p and 1440p, with the GPU becoming the primary bottleneck at 4K. The CPU's boost clock of 4.70 GHz and its single-thread performance scores suggest it can handle the game logic and draw call processing demands of an FPS title, while its six cores provide adequate multi-threading for background tasks and game engine threads.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 achieves a rank of 157 out of 2,828 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the 94.5th percentile of all tested combinations. This ranking reflects the system's ability to deliver high frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings, with the measured data showing that even the most demanding configuration (4K Ultra at 76 FPS) remains playable. The rank is particularly impressive given that the database includes a wide range of CPU and GPU combinations, and this pairing demonstrates that a mid-range CPU combined with a high-end GPU can produce excellent results in this title.

The component-level percentiles provide context for this ranking. The Ryzen 5 7400F sits at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, while the RTX 5080 sits at the 87th percentile among all GPUs. The combo's 94.5th percentile ranking in Lockdown Protocol exceeds both individual component percentiles, suggesting that this specific game benefits from the combination's characteristics. The CPU's strong single-thread performance and the GPU's high memory bandwidth appear to complement each other well in this FPS title. The nearest GPU rivals in the database, including the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE (2.2% faster in average benchmark score) and the AMD Radeon 8060S (0.6% slower), would likely produce different results in this game, though their specific Lockdown Protocol performance is not part of the measured data.

The rank of 157 out of 2,828 indicates that there are 156 tested combinations that outperform this pairing in Lockdown Protocol, representing approximately 5.5% of the database. Given the RTX 5080's position near the top of the GPU hierarchy and the Ryzen 5 7400F's mid-range CPU positioning, this rank suggests that the CPU is not significantly limiting the overall performance in this title. The data implies that users with higher-end CPUs paired with this GPU might see marginal improvements at 1080p Low settings, but the performance at 1440p and 4K would likely be similar, as the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor at those resolutions. The uniform resolution scaling percentages across all settings presets further support this interpretation, indicating that the system's performance profile is well-balanced for Lockdown Protocol's demands.