Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol Performance Analysis: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

The measured data for Lockdown Protocol with the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti combination shows a system that performs strongly across all tested configurations, with the highest average frame rate recorded at 303.2 FPS at 1080p Low settings. The GPU sits at the 85th percentile among all tested graphics cards, while the CPU holds the 83rd percentile among all processors, placing this pairing in the 169th position out of 1,637 tested combinations for this game. The benchmark results reveal a system capable of delivering high refresh rate gameplay at 1080p and 1440p, with 4K Ultra remaining playable but requiring settings adjustments for smoother performance.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for Lockdown Protocol demonstrates that the optimal settings choice depends heavily on the target resolution and refresh rate. At 1920x1080, all four settings presets deliver playable results, with Low achieving 303.2 FPS, Medium reaching 217 FPS, High producing 191.3 FPS, and Ultra maintaining 145.3 FPS. For players with 144Hz or 165Hz monitors, the High preset at 1080p provides a significant visual quality improvement over Medium while still exceeding the refresh rate threshold by a comfortable margin of 26.3 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the High preset delivers 137.7 FPS, which remains above the 120Hz threshold but falls short of 144Hz. The Medium preset at this resolution achieves 162.1 FPS, creating an interesting trade-off where Medium enables full 144Hz utilization with only a moderate visual quality reduction. For 1440p gaming, the data suggests Medium as the balanced choice, as it maintains a 24.4 FPS advantage over High while closing the gap to Ultra's 106.6 FPS to a 55.5 FPS difference.

The 3840x2160 resolution presents the most demanding scenario, with Ultra dropping to 69.1 FPS and High reaching 89 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K produces 104.4 FPS, which represents the best experience for 60Hz displays while providing headroom for minor frame time fluctuations. Low at 4K achieves 146.3 FPS, but the visual compromise is substantial. The data indicates that Medium at 4K offers the optimal balance of visual fidelity and performance, delivering a 15.4 FPS improvement over High and a 35.3 FPS improvement over Ultra.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achievable with this hardware combination?

A: The maximum measured average FPS is 303.2, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. This represents the least demanding tested configuration and shows the system's peak throughput capability.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 Ti compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti has an average benchmark score of 44,900, placing it just 0.6% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (45,152), 1.5% behind the Intel Arc A730M (45,592), and 1.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (44,195).

Q: Can this system maintain 60 FPS at 4K with maximum settings?

A: Yes, but barely. The Ultra preset at 3840x2160 produces an average of 69.1 FPS, which exceeds the 60 FPS threshold by 9.1 FPS. However, the High preset at 89 FPS provides a more comfortable margin.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, Low achieves 303.2 FPS while Ultra produces 145.3 FPS, representing a 157.9 FPS difference. This means Low delivers approximately 2.09 times the frame rate of Ultra at this resolution.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 7600X perform in single-threaded versus multi-threaded benchmarks?

A: The CPU scores 3,406 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 24,128 in multi-core, while 3DMark results show 1,060 for single-thread and 6,879 for 16-thread tests. The PassMark single-thread score is 4,135 with a multi-thread score of 28,390.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 7600X significantly faster than its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600X has an average benchmark score of 26,272, which is essentially tied with the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U (26,262, 0% delta) and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (26,214, 0.2% ahead). The differences are negligible at under 0.2%.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti brings substantial graphics processing capability to Lockdown Protocol, with its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus providing 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The Ada Lovelace architecture GPU features 7,680 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 80 raster output units, with 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores supporting advanced rendering features. The base clock runs at 2,310 MHz with a boost clock of 2,610 MHz, while memory operates at 1,313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective throughput.

The GPU's performance in synthetic benchmarks shows a PassMark G3D score of 31,624 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5,024. The Geekbench OpenCL result reaches 205,028, with Vulkan scoring 186,784. These figures place the RTX 4070 Ti at the 85th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 44,900. The nearest competitor, the RTX 5090 Mobile, scores 45,152, a margin of only 0.6%, indicating that the desktop RTX 4070 Ti performs nearly identically to a top-tier mobile GPU in aggregate testing.

In Lockdown Protocol specifically, the GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant at higher resolutions. The frame rate progression from 1080p to 1440p to 4K at identical settings shows the GPU's workload scaling with pixel count. The 12 GB VRAM capacity proves sufficient across all tested settings, with no indication of memory capacity limiting performance at any resolution or preset combination. The boost clock of 2,610 MHz helps maintain consistent frame delivery, particularly noticeable in the 4K Medium result of 104.4 FPS, which keeps the system viable for high-resolution play.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values show a clear hierarchy across settings. The Low preset achieves 303.2 FPS, representing the absolute ceiling for this configuration. Medium produces 217 FPS, High reaches 191.3 FPS, and Ultra drops to 145.3 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra spans 157.9 FPS, with each settings tier imposing a measurable performance cost.

The 2560x1440 results follow the same pattern but with reduced absolute values. Low delivers 222.7 FPS, Medium achieves 162.1 FPS, High produces 137.7 FPS, and Ultra settles at 106.6 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 116.1 FPS, showing a proportionally similar performance drop to the 1080p results.

At 3840x2160, the performance curve compresses further. Low runs at 146.3 FPS, Medium maintains 104.4 FPS, High produces 89 FPS, and Ultra falls to 69.1 FPS. The total spread at 4K is 77.2 FPS, representing the smallest absolute difference between settings tiers. This compression indicates that at 4K, the GPU is becoming the limiting factor across all settings, reducing the relative impact of graphical preset changes.

The data shows consistent scaling ratios between settings at each resolution. At 1080p, Medium delivers 71.6% of Low's performance, High achieves 63.1%, and Ultra reaches 47.9%. At 1440p, these percentages shift to 72.8%, 61.8%, and 47.9% respectively. At 4K, Medium hits 71.4% of Low, High reaches 60.8%, and Ultra manages 47.2%. This consistency suggests the settings presets scale similarly regardless of resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 reveals how resolution affects frame rates across all settings. At Low settings, the drop from 303.2 FPS at 1080p to 222.7 FPS at 1440p represents a 26.5% reduction, while moving from 1440p to 4K (146.3 FPS) costs another 34.3%. The cumulative drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 51.8%.

Medium settings show similar scaling behavior. The 217 FPS at 1080p decreases to 162.1 FPS at 1440p, a 25.3% reduction, then to 104.4 FPS at 4K, another 35.6% reduction. The total loss from 1080p to 4K at Medium is 51.9%. High settings experience a 28.0% drop from 191.3 FPS at 1080p to 137.7 FPS at 1440p, followed by a 35.4% drop to 89 FPS at 4K, totaling 53.5% from 1080p.

Ultra settings demonstrate the steepest scaling curve. From 145.3 FPS at 1080p, the frame rate falls 26.6% to 106.6 FPS at 1440p, then another 35.2% to 69.1 FPS at 4K. The total reduction from 1080p to 4K at Ultra is 52.4%. The consistent 50-53% total reduction across all settings indicates that resolution scaling is primarily GPU-bound, with the RTX 4070 Ti's rendering throughput determining the performance ceiling at each resolution.

The similar percentage drops across settings suggest that Lockdown Protocol's resolution scaling is not significantly affected by the graphical preset. The GPU workload increases roughly proportionally with pixel count regardless of visual complexity, pointing to fill-rate and shading limitations as the primary bottlenecks at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X provides the processing foundation for this configuration, built on the Zen 4 architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. This 6-core, 12-thread processor operates with a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, featuring 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR5 memory through a dual-channel interface with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth, and its 105 W TDP reflects the balance between performance and power efficiency.

In synthetic benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X demonstrates strong single-threaded capability with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3,406 and a Geekbench single-core result of 2,892. Multi-threaded performance is equally robust, with Cinebench R23 multi-core reaching 24,128, Geekbench multi-core scoring 12,905, and PassMark multi-thread achieving 28,390. The 3DMark tests show scaling from 1,060 in single-thread to 6,879 in 16-thread workloads, while 2-thread, 4-thread, and 8-thread scores of 2,028, 3,796, and 5,715 respectively demonstrate linear scaling up to 8 threads.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 83 among all processors places it above most alternatives, though its nearest rivals show remarkable parity. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U matches at 0% delta, the Ryzen 7 7735U trails by 0.1%, and the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655GE is 0.2% behind, while the Ryzen 7 5700X comes in 0.2% ahead. This clustering suggests that for Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's raw computing power is not a differentiating factor among these comparable processors.

In the context of Lockdown Protocol's measured FPS, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU at higher resolutions. The consistent performance scaling across settings and resolutions, combined with the CPU's strong single-thread scores, indicates that the Ryzen 5 7600X provides sufficient processing headroom to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 4070 Ti. The high frame rates at 1080p Low (303.2 FPS) demonstrate that even at extreme levels of GPU throughput, the CPU can keep pace, though the diminishing returns at 4K suggest the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor.