Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate for this combo at 1080p with Low settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + AMD Radeon RX 570 combination produces an average of 77 FPS. This is the highest measured average across all settings at this resolution.

Q: How does the RX 570 compare to its nearest rival in overall GPU benchmark scores?

A: The RX 570 has an average benchmark score of 28,766. Its closest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6800M, scores 28,874, which is 0.4% higher. The RX 570 sits 0.7% above the AMD Radeon R9 M295X (28,580) and 0.8% below the AMD Radeon RX 470 (28,996).

Q: What is the best measured average FPS at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the highest average frame rate is 36 FPS, achieved with Low settings. The Medium preset drops to 26 FPS average, with a minimum of 22 FPS and maximum of 30 FPS.

Q: What is the CPU's percentile ranking among all tested processors?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 falls in the 78th percentile versus all CPUs. Its average benchmark score is 26,324, placing it very close to rivals like the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (26,274, 0.2% difference) and AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS (26,402, -0.3% difference).

Q: Does the RX 570 have ray tracing hardware?

A: The FACT PACK does not list any RT cores for the AMD Radeon RX 570. The GPU is built on the GCN 4.0 architecture with a Polaris 20 chip and supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3.

Q: How many combinations were tested for Lockdown Protocol, and where does this combo rank?

A: This specific combo ranks 3,544 out of 3,714 total tested combinations. This places it in the lower portion of the overall ranking for Lockdown Protocol.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data for Lockdown Protocol shows a clear trade-off between visual quality and frame rate across all three resolutions. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 77 FPS average, which is the only setting that reaches beyond the 60 FPS threshold commonly associated with smooth gameplay. The Medium preset drops to 54 FPS average with a minimum of 46 FPS, while High falls to 47 FPS and Ultra bottoms out at 36 FPS.

For players prioritizing responsiveness in this FPS title, the Low preset at 1080p is the only configuration that consistently provides a comfortable margin above 60 FPS. The Medium preset at 1080p, with its 54 FPS average and 46 FPS minimum, may still be playable for those who tolerate occasional dips, but the data suggests that the RX 570 is already stretched at this level.

At 2560x1440, the situation becomes more constrained. Low settings yield a 56 FPS average, which is close to but slightly below the 60 FPS target. Medium drops to 40 FPS average, High to 35 FPS, and Ultra to 26 FPS. The 1440p Low preset represents the best balance for users with 1440p displays, though the frame rate is not ideal for competitive play.

At 3840x2160, no setting reaches even 40 FPS on average. The Low preset produces 36 FPS, Medium 26 FPS, High 22 FPS, and Ultra 17 FPS. These numbers indicate that 4K gaming with this combo is not a viable experience for a fast-paced FPS, regardless of settings. The recommendation is clear: use 1080p Low for the best measured experience, or 1080p Medium if visual fidelity matters more than the 23 FPS difference in average frame rate.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 features 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its memory clock runs at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective), while the GPU core operates at a base of 1168 MHz and boosts to 1244 MHz. The card contains 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 render output units, producing a pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s.

In Lockdown Protocol, the GPU's 4 GB VRAM capacity appears to be a limiting factor at higher settings and resolutions. The measured frame rates at 4K Ultra (17 FPS average) suggest that the card is overwhelmed both by pixel throughput demands and memory capacity constraints. The 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 compute performance is modest by modern standards, which aligns with the observed performance drops as settings increase.

The RX 570's percentile ranking of 74 versus all GPUs places it in the mid-range of tested hardware. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6800M (0.4% higher average score) and the AMD Radeon RX 470 (0.8% higher). The small deltas between these scores indicate that the RX 570 performs consistently with its direct competitors, and the game's results reflect this tier of GPU capability.

The 150 W TDP and dual-slot design suggest a power-hungry card for its performance class, but the data does not indicate thermal throttling as a factor in the measured FPS. Instead, the frame rates scale predictably with resolution and settings, pointing to raw compute and memory bandwidth as the primary constraints.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RX 570 with the Ryzen 5 7600 produces the following averages: Low at 77 FPS, Medium at 54 FPS (minimum 46, maximum 63), High at 47 FPS, and Ultra at 36 FPS. The step from Low to Medium represents a 23 FPS drop, while the Medium to High step costs 7 FPS, and High to Ultra costs another 11 FPS. The minimum FPS at Medium (46) stays above the Ultra average (36), demonstrating a wide performance gap between presets.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 56 FPS, Medium at 40 FPS (minimum 34, maximum 46), High at 35 FPS, and Ultra at 26 FPS. The resolution increase from 1080p to 1440p costs 21 FPS at Low settings (77 to 56), 14 FPS at Medium (54 to 40), 12 FPS at High (47 to 35), and 10 FPS at Ultra (36 to 26). The proportional impact of resolution decreases as settings increase, suggesting that GPU load becomes the dominant factor at higher presets.

At 3840x2160, the averages fall to: Low at 36 FPS, Medium at 26 FPS (minimum 22, maximum 30), High at 22 FPS, and Ultra at 17 FPS. Moving from 1440p to 4K costs 20 FPS at Low, 14 FPS at Medium, 13 FPS at High, and 9 FPS at Ultra. The Ultra preset at 4K (17 FPS) is less than half the 1080p Low result (77 FPS), illustrating the compounding effect of resolution and settings on this hardware.

The Medium preset at each resolution provides the only min/max data points. At 1080p, the range is 46 to 63 FPS; at 1440p, it is 34 to 46 FPS; at 4K, it is 22 to 30 FPS. These ranges show that frame pacing is relatively consistent, without severe spikes, but the absolute values remain low at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + AMD Radeon RX 570 ranks 3,544 out of 3,714 tested combinations for Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the bottom 5% of all tested configurations, which is consistent with the measured FPS data showing sub-60 averages at most settings and resolutions.

The CPU's 78th percentile ranking (versus all CPUs) indicates that the Ryzen 5 7600 is a capable processor, but the GPU's 74th percentile ranking (versus all GPUs) does not compensate for the demands of this FPS title. The combination of a strong mid-range CPU with an older, lower-tier GPU creates a bottleneck that the frame rate data confirms.

Given that the combo sits at rank 3,544 of 3,714, there are only 170 tested combinations that perform worse. This positioning suggests that for Lockdown Protocol, this hardware pairing is near the bottom of the performance spectrum, and users should expect significant compromises in settings or resolution to achieve playable frame rates.

The deltas between the RX 570 and its nearest GPU rivals (ranging from -0.8% to 1.2%) are small, indicating that swapping to any of those cards would not dramatically change the combo's ranking. The CPU's nearest rivals also show minimal score differences (between -0.3% and 0.5%), reinforcing that the overall ranking is driven by the GPU's limitations in this game rather than the CPU.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture (Raphael) built on a 5 nm process. It runs at a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boosts to 5.10 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU includes 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support is DDR5 with dual-channel capability and 83.2 GB/s bandwidth.

In benchmark tests, the Ryzen 5 7600 scores 12,735 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1,852 in single-core. Its Geekbench scores are 13,413 multi-core and 2,521 single-core. The 3DMark results show strong scaling: 1,938 for 2 threads, 3,686 for 4 threads, 5,508 for 8 threads, and 6,499 for 16 threads. This scaling pattern indicates that the CPU can utilize additional threads effectively, which matters for games that leverage multi-threading.

For Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU based on the frame rate data. The Ryzen 5 7600's single-thread performance (3DMark single-thread score of 999, PassMark single-thread of 3,910) is more than adequate for most game logic and physics calculations. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (77 FPS) does not approach the CPU's theoretical limits, suggesting that the RX 570 is the primary constraint even at lower settings.

The CPU's 78th percentile ranking versus all CPUs, combined with its nearest rivals showing very small score deltas (0.2% to 0.5%), confirms that the Ryzen 5 7600 is not the weak link in this combo. The 6-core, 12-thread configuration with a 5.10 GHz boost clock provides ample headroom for the game's requirements, and the data does not indicate any CPU-bound scenarios at the measured frame rates.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drops from 1080p to 4K reveal how this combo scales with resolution and where the bottleneck lies. At Low settings, the average FPS goes from 77 at 1080p to 56 at 1440p (a 27.3% drop) and then to 36 at 4K (a 35.7% drop from 1440p). At Medium settings, the progression is 54 to 40 to 26, with drops of 25.9% and 35.0% respectively. High settings show 47 to 35 to 22 (25.5% and 37.1% drops), while Ultra goes from 36 to 26 to 17 (27.8% and 34.6% drops).

The consistency of these percentage drops across settings—all falling between 25% and 37%—indicates that the GPU is the limiting component at every resolution and preset. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the FPS would remain relatively flat as resolution increases, since the CPU's workload does not scale with pixel count. Instead, the proportional decreases align with the GPU's fill-rate and bandwidth constraints.

The RX 570's memory bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s and pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s are modest for 4K workloads, which explains why the 4K results (17 to 36 FPS) are consistently below playable thresholds. The 4 GB VRAM capacity also becomes a factor at 4K, where texture data and frame buffers demand more memory than at 1080p.

At 1080p, the data shows a 23 FPS difference between Low (77 FPS) and Medium (54 FPS), indicating that the GPU is sensitive to setting changes even at the lowest resolution. This sensitivity persists at higher resolutions, though the absolute differences shrink: 20 FPS at 1440p (56 to 36) and 19 FPS at 4K (36 to 17). The shrinking delta suggests that pixel throughput becomes the dominant cost at higher resolutions, reducing the relative impact of settings.

The resolution scaling analysis points to the RX 570 as the primary limiting factor. The Ryzen 5 7600's strong multi-threaded and single-threaded scores, combined with its 78th percentile ranking, show that the CPU is not holding back performance. Upgrading the GPU would yield substantial FPS gains across all resolutions, while upgrading the CPU would provide minimal benefit for this game.