Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol with AMD Ryzen 5 7500F + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

The pairing of AMD's Zen 4-based Ryzen 5 7500F with NVIDIA's Pascal-era GTX 1050 Ti creates a stark imbalance in Lockdown Protocol, a 2024 FPS title. The CPU is a modern 6-core, 12-thread processor with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, built on TSMC's 5 nm process with 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The GPU, by contrast, is a 14 nm part from 2016 with a 1291 MHz base and 1392 MHz boost clock. Benchmark results show this combo ranks 1607 out of 1637 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 2% of all pairings. The data indicates the GPU is the overwhelming bottleneck, with the CPU's considerable headroom going largely unused across all tested resolutions.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Ryzen 5 7500F brings six physical cores and twelve threads to the table, operating within a 65 W TDP envelope. Its boost clock of 5.00 GHz is substantial for a mainstream desktop part, and the 32 MB shared L3 cache helps reduce memory latency in thread-heavy workloads. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 974 in 3DMark single-thread, 6376 in 3DMark 16-thread, and 22799 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, with a single-core score of 3218. These numbers place it at the 82nd percentile of all CPUs tested, with an average benchmark score of 24993.

However, in Lockdown Protocol, this processing power is largely irrelevant. The measured FPS figures show that even at 1080p Low settings — the least demanding configuration tested — the average frame rate is 63.6 FPS. That is a moderate result, but it does not reflect the CPU's capability; the GTX 1050 Ti's 2.138 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 112.1 GB/s memory bandwidth simply cannot feed frames fast enough. The CPU's nearest rivals — the Intel Core i7-11850H (0.1% higher average score), AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (-0.3%), and AMD Ryzen 5 8400F (-0.3%) — all sit within a fraction of a percent in aggregate benchmarks, yet none of that matters when the GPU saturates well before the processor does. The data suggests the Ryzen 5 7500F is waiting idle for the GPU to deliver frames, a classic CPU-bound-in-reverse scenario.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

With a combo rank of 1607 out of 1637, this pairing is in the 2nd percentile of all tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol. That places it alongside other heavily GPU-limited systems, where the processor's potential is squandered by an older graphics card. The GTX 1050 Ti's individual standing reinforces this: it sits at the 30th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 5316. Its nearest rivals — the NVIDIA GeForce 930A (0% delta), GeForce 940M (0.4%), AMD Radeon R7 240 (0.7%), and AMD Radeon R7 M445 (-0.8%) — are all entry-level or mobile parts, indicating the GPU is performing at the very bottom of the desktop hierarchy.

The combination rank reflects the sum of these parts, but the weak link is evident. A CPU ranked at the 82nd percentile paired with a GPU at the 30th percentile produces a system that ranks at the 2nd percentile in this game. That discrepancy is not a statistical anomaly; it is the direct result of the GPU's inability to translate the CPU's computational lead into rendered frames. In practical terms, this combo is closer in performance to systems built around the GTX 1050 Ti's contemporaries than to any modern pairing, and the data confirms that the CPU is doing almost none of the heavy lifting in this title.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The resolution scaling pattern in Lockdown Protocol reveals a GPU that is overwhelmed at every step. From 1080p to 1440p at Low settings, average FPS drops from 63.6 to 45.5, a reduction of 28.5%. Moving from 1440p to 4K at Low settings, the average falls again to 30.7, another 32.5% drop. The scaling is consistent with a GPU that is rendering at its absolute limits — each pixel increase imposes a nearly proportional cost because the 1050 Ti has no headroom to spare.

At High settings, the trend continues: 40.1 FPS at 1080p, 28.9 at 1440p (a 27.9% drop), and 19.8 at 4K (a 31.5% drop). The fact that these percentage drops are similar across settings suggests the limiting factor is pure rasterization throughput rather than memory bandwidth or texture fill. The GTX 1050 Ti's 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 112.1 GB/s, which is adequate for 1080p but becomes strained at higher resolutions. Yet the consistent scaling indicates the GPU's 768 shading units and 32 ROPs — providing a pixel rate of 44.54 GPixel/s — are the primary constraint. The CPU's role in this scaling is negligible; the Ryzen 5 7500F's performance does not vary with resolution, so any FPS change is attributable entirely to the GPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

The complete measured FPS dataset for this combo shows a narrow performance band across all settings. At 1920x1080, Low settings yield 63.6 FPS average, Medium produces 46.6, High drops to 40.1, and Ultra falls to 28.8. The spread from Low to Ultra is 34.8 FPS, with the step from Medium to High being notably small (6.5 FPS) compared to the drop from Low to Medium (17.0 FPS). This compression at higher settings indicates the GPU is hitting a performance ceiling.

At 2560x1440, the numbers are 45.5 FPS at Low, 32.0 at Medium, 28.9 at High, and 19.0 at Ultra. The gap between Low and Medium is 13.5 FPS, while High to Ultra costs 9.9 FPS. At 3840x2160, the results are 30.7 FPS at Low, 18.9 at Medium, 19.8 at High, and 15.5 at Ultra. Notably, Medium and High at 4K produce nearly identical averages (18.9 vs 19.8), which is within run-to-run variance and suggests the GPU is so constrained that settings changes have little effect. The 4K Low figure of 30.7 FPS is the only result above 30 FPS at this resolution, and even that is marginal for a fast-paced FPS. Across all twelve data points, only the 1080p Low result (63.6) approaches what might be considered a smooth experience, and even that falls short of high-refresh expectations.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the definitive bottleneck in this pairing. Its 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, 128-bit bus, and 112.1 GB/s bandwidth are meager by modern standards, but the more telling figures are the compute metrics. With 768 shading units, 48 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, the GPU delivers 2.138 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and a texture rate of 66.82 GTexel/s. In Lockdown Protocol, these specifications translate directly into the measured frame rates: the GPU cannot sustain 60 FPS at any resolution above 1080p Low, and even at that setting it barely manages 63.6 FPS.

The GPU's memory configuration is particularly problematic for a 2024 FPS title. The 4 GB frame buffer is likely exhausted at 1440p and certainly at 4K, but the FPS data shows that even at 1080p Ultra (28.8 FPS), the card is struggling with compute rather than bandwidth. The boost clock of 1392 MHz is modest, and the 75 W TDP with no power connectors indicates the card is thermally and electrically limited. The GPU's benchmark scores underscore its position: 6340 in Passmark G3D, 305 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, and 20638 in Geekbench OpenCL. These are all entry-level figures, consistent with a card that was end-of-life before Lockdown Protocol released. The GTX 1050 Ti's nearest rivals are the GeForce 930A, 940M, Radeon R7 240, and Radeon R7 M445 — all of which are mobile or low-end desktop parts — confirming that this GPU belongs to a performance class that cannot handle modern FPS titles at playable frame rates beyond the lowest settings.