Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB lands at rank 868 out of 1,637 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol. That places this combo in the middle of the pack, with 53% of tested configurations delivering higher average frame rates and 47% delivering lower ones. The pairing is balanced enough to avoid being a bottleneck in either direction, but it does not threaten the top-tier configurations that dominate the leaderboard. For a mid-range desktop setup, the data shows a consistent performer that tracks closely with expectations for its hardware class.

The CPU side of this combo is the more established component. The Ryzen 5 7600 sits at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 26,617. Its nearest rivals are separated by fractions of a percent: the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D scores 26,574 (0.2% ahead), the Intel Core i9-12900HK scores 26,672 (0.2% behind), and the AMD EPYC 8024P sits at 26,555 (0.2% ahead). The Intel Core i9-11900K trails by 0.3% with a score of 26,546. These margins are negligible in real-world gaming, meaning the 7600 is effectively on par with those processors in synthetic workloads. The CPU’s 6 cores and 12 threads, with a 3.80 GHz base clock and 5.10 GHz boost clock, provide ample headroom for the game’s logic, but in Lockdown Protocol the frame rate is rarely CPU-bound at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB is the primary driver of frame rates in this configuration. It carries 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering a memory bandwidth of 322.3 GB/s. The GPU’s base clock is 1700 MHz, with a game clock of 2530 MHz and a boost clock of 3130 MHz. Memory runs at 2518 MHz, which translates to 20.1 Gbps effective. The memory capacity is the limiting factor at higher resolutions and quality presets, as the data shows a steep drop in performance when moving from Medium to Ultra settings.

The GPU’s 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units are configured for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but the 8 GB frame buffer constrains Ultra presets at 4K. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the combo averages 45.5 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth play. The GPU’s RDNA 4.0 architecture, built on a 4 nm process, supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4, but the card’s 32 ray tracing cores are not heavily utilized in this title. The pixel rate of 200.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 400.6 GTexel/s are sufficient for the game’s visual effects at lower presets, but the VRAM ceiling becomes apparent when texture quality is pushed higher.

Settings Recommendations

Benchmark results indicate that the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual fidelity and playable frame rates across all resolutions. At 1920x1080 Medium, the combo delivers 141.0 FPS, which is 48.2% higher than the High preset’s 120.3 FPS and 52.6% higher than Ultra’s 92.4 FPS. The jump from Medium to High costs 17.2% of frame rate at 1080p, while the jump from High to Ultra costs an additional 23.2%. For competitive play, the Low preset at 1080p yields 196.1 FPS, which is 39.1% higher than Medium and provides the highest refresh rate potential.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset averages 99.5 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold and only 10.9% behind the High preset’s 89.7 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p drops to 65.9 FPS, which is still playable but leaves little headroom for frame time spikes. At 3840x2160, the Medium preset is the only viable option for consistent play, averaging 66.9 FPS. The High preset at 4K drops to 58.8 FPS, which is borderline, while Ultra falls to 45.5 FPS and should be avoided. The data suggests that Medium is the sweet spot for this combo, delivering frame rates that are 17.7% higher than High at 4K and 47.0% higher than Ultra at 1080p.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions and four settings each, providing a clear picture of scaling behavior. At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 196.1 FPS, Medium averages 141.0 FPS, High averages 120.3 FPS, and Ultra averages 92.4 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a cumulative drop of 52.9%, with the steepest single-step decline occurring between Medium and High at 14.7%. The transition from High to Ultra costs 23.2%, which is the largest percentage loss at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 145.8 FPS, which is 25.7% lower than the 1080p Low result. Medium averages 99.5 FPS, a 29.4% drop from 1080p Medium. High averages 89.7 FPS, a 25.4% drop from 1080p High. Ultra averages 65.9 FPS, a 28.7% drop from 1080p Ultra. The resolution penalty is fairly consistent across settings, ranging from 25.4% to 29.4%, indicating that the GPU is the limiting component at this resolution rather than the CPU.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 94.2 FPS, which is 35.4% lower than the 1440p Low result. Medium averages 66.9 FPS, a 32.8% drop from 1440p Medium. High averages 58.8 FPS, a 34.4% drop from 1440p High. Ultra averages 45.5 FPS, a 31.0% drop from 1440p Ultra. The 4K penalty is slightly larger than the 1440p penalty, but the pattern remains consistent: each doubling of pixel count reduces frame rates by roughly a third across all settings.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the limiting component in this combo. At Low settings, the 1080p result is 196.1 FPS, which drops to 145.8 FPS at 1440p and 94.2 FPS at 4K. That is a 52.0% reduction from 1080p to 4K. At Medium settings, the 1080p result is 141.0 FPS, dropping to 99.5 FPS at 1440p and 66.9 FPS at 4K, a 52.6% reduction. At High settings, the 1080p result is 120.3 FPS, dropping to 89.7 FPS at 1440p and 58.8 FPS at 4K, a 51.1% reduction. At Ultra settings, the 1080p result is 92.4 FPS, dropping to 65.9 FPS at 1440p and 45.5 FPS at 4K, a 50.8% reduction.

These percentages are remarkably consistent, hovering around 50% across all four settings. This uniformity indicates that the GPU is the sole bottleneck when moving from 1080p to 4K. If the CPU were limiting, the percentage drop would diminish at higher resolutions as the GPU becomes more saturated. Instead, the frame rate scales almost exactly with the pixel count increase, which is a hallmark of GPU-bound performance. The 8 GB VRAM capacity does not appear to cause a cliff at 4K, but the average frame rates at Ultra (45.5 FPS) and High (58.8 FPS) suggest that texture streaming is already straining the memory bus. The 322.3 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K the combination of higher resolution and higher quality presets pushes the GPU to its limits.

The data shows that this combo is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, where it delivers smooth frame rates at Medium and High settings. At 4K, the Medium preset is the only option that maintains an average above 60 FPS, and even that result is close to the line. The CPU’s performance headroom, as evidenced by its 83rd percentile ranking and near-identical scores to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Core i9-12900HK, means it will not hold back the GPU at any resolution. Instead, the RX 9060 XT’s 8 GB frame buffer and 128-bit memory interface define the performance ceiling. For users targeting 1440p High, the combo delivers 89.7 FPS, which is a strong result. For 4K enthusiasts, the Medium preset at 66.9 FPS is the practical limit.