Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT combination delivers a robust 1080p and 1440p experience in Lockdown Protocol, with performance scaling that clearly identifies the GPU as the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions and quality presets. The data shows a measured average FPS that ranges from 191.5 at 1080p Low to 44.2 at 4K Ultra, indicating a wide performance envelope that depends heavily on the workload presented to the graphics card.

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

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor built on the Zen 4 architecture, using the Raphael codename on the AMD Socket AM5 platform. It operates with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz, which provides strong single-threaded performance that is critical for FPS game logic and frame pacing. The CPU features a 32 MB shared L3 cache and 1 MB L2 cache per core, alongside a 64 KB L1 cache per core, which helps reduce memory latency in compute-heavy scenes.

In synthetic benchmarks, the processor achieves a single-thread score of 999 in 3dmark_single_thread and a multi-thread score of 6503 in 3dmark_max_threads. The Cinebench R23 results show a multicore score of 22992 and a singlecore score of 3246, indicating a balanced performance profile that favors both lightly-threaded and fully-threaded workloads. The PassMark single-thread score of 3910 further confirms its strong single-core capabilities, while the PassMark multithread score of 27058 demonstrates that the 12 threads can handle concurrent background tasks without compromising game performance.

The CPU's percentile ranking stands at 83 among all tested CPUs, placing it ahead of a substantial majority of processors. When compared to its nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 7600 shows a deltaPct of 0.2 against the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, meaning it is effectively equivalent in average benchmark score (26617 versus 26574). It also edges out the Intel Core i9-12900HK by a 0.2 deltaPct margin (with the rival scoring 26672), and leads the AMD EPYC 8024P by 0.2 deltaPct as well. The Intel Core i9-11900K trails by 0.3 deltaPct, confirming that the 7600 holds its own against both older and newer competition in raw compute terms.

For Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient to feed the GPU at 1080p, where the measured FPS reaches 121.4 on High settings. The fact that the 1080p Low preset yields 191.5 FPS suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions, as the frame rate scales dramatically with reduced GPU load. However, the CPU's 65 W TDP and 5 nm process node indicate an efficient design that can sustain high boost clocks without excessive thermal overhead, which is beneficial for maintaining consistent frame delivery in a fast-paced FPS environment.

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 22 chip, manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC. It features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2321 MHz, with a game clock of 2424 MHz and a boost clock of 2581 MHz, while the memory runs at 2000 MHz with 16 Gbps effective speed. This configuration yields a pixel rate of 165.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 413.0 GTexel/s, along with 13.21 TFLOPS of FP32 compute performance.

The GPU's 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs are well-suited for rasterized rendering in Lockdown Protocol. The 12 GB VRAM capacity is ample for the game's texture demands, even at 4K Ultra settings, where the measured FPS drops to 44.2. The memory bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s ensures that texture streaming and geometry data can be fed to the compute units efficiently, which is critical for maintaining frame rates in densely populated FPS environments.

In the PassMark G3D benchmark, the RX 6700 XT scores 19786, placing it in the 77th percentile among all GPUs. Its average benchmark score of 33721 is slightly above the AMD Radeon RX 6800's 33493, yielding a deltaPct of 0.7 in favor of the 6700 XT. The comparison to the AMD Radeon HD 7950 shows a deltaPct of -1, with the HD 7950 scoring 34050, which is surprising given the generational gap but reflects the aggregate benchmark methodology. Similarly, the AMD Radeon RX 480 scores 34059, also showing a -1 deltaPct relative to the 6700 XT, while the NVIDIA RTX A5000 trails by 1.3 deltaPct with a score of 33294.

For Lockdown Protocol, the GPU's performance is the dominant factor in determining frame rates across all tested configurations. The measured FPS at 1080p High is 121.4, which drops to 90.3 at 1080p Ultra, showing a 25.6% performance penalty for the highest quality preset. At 1440p, the High preset yields 87 FPS, while the Ultra preset falls to 63.9 FPS, and at 4K, the High preset delivers 57.2 FPS versus 44.2 FPS on Ultra. These figures illustrate that the GPU's compute and memory resources are progressively saturated as resolution and quality increase.

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

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combination produces 191.5 FPS, which serves as the upper bound of the tested configurations. Moving to 1440p Low, the FPS drops to 138.8, representing a 27.5% reduction, and at 4K Low, the FPS falls to 91.2, a 52.4% reduction from the 1080p baseline. This scaling is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario, where the CPU has enough headroom to issue draw calls while the GPU's pixel throughput becomes the constraint.

At High settings, the drop from 1080p (121.4 FPS) to 1440p (87 FPS) is a 28.3% decrease, and further to 4K (57.2 FPS) is a 52.9% decrease from 1080p. The Ultra preset shows a similar pattern: 1080p Ultra runs at 90.3 FPS, 1440p Ultra at 63.9 FPS (29.2% lower), and 4K Ultra at 44.2 FPS (51.1% lower than 1080p). These consistent percentage drops across presets indicate that the scaling factor is primarily resolution-driven, not settings-driven, which points squarely at the GPU as the limiting component.

The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is capable of driving the GPU to near its maximum output, as evidenced by the 191.5 FPS at Low settings. However, as resolution increases, the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth become the bottleneck, causing the frame rate to scale proportionally with the pixel count. The 4K Ultra result of 44.2 FPS is below the 60 FPS threshold that many players consider playable, while the 1440p High result of 87 FPS is comfortably above it. This indicates that for smooth gameplay, users should target 1440p or lower with this combination, or dial back quality settings at 4K to achieve playable frame rates.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT ranks 914th out of 1637 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the middle of the distribution, at roughly the 55.8th percentile of all tested configurations. The rank reflects the balanced nature of this pairing, where the CPU and GPU are well-matched for 1080p and 1440p gaming but fall behind higher-end combinations that can sustain 4K Ultra frame rates above 60 FPS.

The rank of 914 out of 1637 suggests that while this combo is not at the top tier, it outperforms a majority of the tested systems. The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking and the GPU's 77th percentile ranking both contribute to a combined system that sits above the median performer. However, the gap to top-tier combos is significant, as those systems likely pair higher-end CPUs with GPUs that have substantially more compute resources and memory bandwidth.

Given that the measured FPS at 1080p High is 121.4 and at 1440p High is 87, this combo is well-suited for competitive play where high refresh rates are prioritized. The 4K Ultra performance of 44.2 FPS places it in the lower quartile of combos for that scenario, but the data indicates that this is an expected trade-off given the GPU's specifications. The combo's rank reflects its positioning as a mid-range performer that excels at mainstream resolutions rather than extreme 4K fidelity.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum measured FPS for this combo in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 191.5, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. The lowest measured average FPS is 44.2, at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in benchmark scores?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 has an average benchmark score of 26617, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D's score of 26574. It also leads the Intel Core i9-12900HK by 0.2% (which scores 26672) and the AMD EPYC 8024P by 0.2% (scoring 26555), while beating the Intel Core i9-11900K by 0.3% (scoring 26546).

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking and which rival is closest in score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT ranks in the 77th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 33721. Its closest rival is the AMD Radeon RX 6800, which scores 33493, showing a deltaPct of 0.7 in favor of the 6700 XT.

Q: How does the frame rate scale from 1080p to 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, the combo produces 121.4 FPS at 1080p, 87 FPS at 1440p, and 57.2 FPS at 4K. This represents a 28.3% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 52.9% drop from 1080p to 4K.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: The data indicates the GPU is the limiting factor. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 191.5 FPS, showing the CPU can feed the GPU adequately. As resolution increases, frame rates drop proportionally with pixel count, demonstrating GPU-bound behavior.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations in this game?

A: The combo ranks 914th out of 1637 tested combinations. This places it in the upper-middle portion of the distribution, above the median but below top-tier systems that can sustain higher 4K frame rates.