Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X paired with the Intel Arc B370 produces a severely constrained experience in Lockdown Protocol, ranking 3427th out of 3714 tested combinations. The data shows this combo is positioned in the bottom 8% of all tested systems, making it unsuitable for smooth competitive play. The Arc B370, with its 5th percentile ranking among all GPUs, is the primary bottleneck, delivering playable frame rates only at 1080p with Low settings.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Lockdown Protocol?*

A: The only resolution where this combo achieves a consistent playable frame rate is 1920x1080. At this resolution, the Low preset delivers 80 FPS average, which is the only measured configuration to exceed the 60 FPS threshold.

*Q: How does this combo compare to other tested systems in Lockdown Protocol?*

A: This combination ranks 3427th out of 3714 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 7.7% of all systems. This indicates that nearly all other tested hardware configurations deliver better performance in this game.

Q: Is the Intel Arc B370 a discrete or integrated GPU?

A: The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated graphics processor (IGP) with a slot width of "IGP" and no power connectors. It uses System Shared memory, meaning its performance is heavily dependent on the system's main memory configuration.

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

A: The Low preset delivers an average of 80 FPS, while the Ultra preset delivers 37 FPS. This represents a 116% performance advantage for the Low preset, a massive difference that highlights the GPU's limitations at higher graphical loads.

Q: How much VRAM does the Intel Arc B370 have?

A: The Intel Arc B370 does not have dedicated VRAM. Its memory size, type, bus width, and bandwidth are all listed as "System Shared" or "System Dependent," meaning it draws from the system's main memory.

*Q: Is this combo better suited for 1080p or 1440p gaming in Lockdown Protocol?*

A: The data strongly indicates 1080p is the only viable option. At 2560x1440, even the Low preset only achieves 58 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target, while at 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 80 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data leaves little room for negotiation. The optimal experience for this hardware combination is the 1920x1080 resolution with the Low preset, which yields an average of 80 FPS. This is the only configuration in the entire dataset that provides a comfortable margin above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Selecting the Medium preset at 1080p drops the average to 57 FPS, which is marginally below the 60 FPS target. While this is technically playable, the data shows the minimum FPS for this setting is 48, indicating noticeable drops during intense scenes. The High preset at 1080p further reduces the average to 49 FPS, and the Ultra preset falls to 37 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the best-case scenario is the Low preset at 58 FPS, which is still below the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset at this resolution averages 42 FPS with a minimum of 35 FPS, which will result in visible stuttering. For 3840x2160, all presets produce averages below 40 FPS, with the Ultra preset at a paltry 18 FPS, rendering this resolution impractical for this combo.

The recommendation is unambiguous: use 1920x1080 with the Low preset. This configuration provides the only reliably playable frame rate, and the jump from Low to Medium costs 23 FPS, a 29% performance penalty that is not worth the marginal visual improvement given the hardware's limitations.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and the Intel Arc B370 ranks 3427th out of 3714 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol. This places the system in the bottom 7.7% of all tested hardware configurations, indicating that it is outperformed by the vast majority of systems in the benchmark database.

This poor ranking is driven almost entirely by the GPU. The Intel Arc B370 sits at the 5th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 1184 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. Its nearest rivals include the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (score 1186, 0.2% ahead), the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (score 1190, 0.5% ahead), and the AMD Radeon HD 7650M (score 1192, 0.7% ahead). These are all legacy or low-power parts, confirming the Arc B370's position at the very bottom of the performance hierarchy.

In contrast, the CPU is a much stronger component. The Ryzen 7 3700X sits at the 84th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 34260. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 (score 34222, 0.1% behind), the AMD EPYC 4244P (score 34220, 0.1% behind), and the Intel Core i5-13450HX (score 34333, 0.2% ahead). This indicates that the processor is capable of handling modern workloads, but it is being held back by the integrated graphics solution.

The data paints a clear picture: this is a system where a competent CPU is paired with a GPU that is fundamentally not designed for gaming at competitive frame rates. The 3427th rank is a direct consequence of this imbalance.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data reveals a consistent pattern of performance degradation as resolution and settings increase. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 80 FPS average, which is the highest score in the entire dataset. The Medium preset at this resolution delivers 57 FPS average, with a minimum of 48 FPS and a maximum of 65 FPS. The High preset drops to 49 FPS, and the Ultra preset falls to 37 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset achieves 58 FPS average, a 27.5% decrease from the 1080p Low result. The Medium preset at 1440p delivers 42 FPS average, with a minimum of 35 FPS and a maximum of 48 FPS. The High preset at this resolution averages 36 FPS, and the Ultra preset drops to 27 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the performance becomes untenable. The Low preset achieves 38 FPS average, the Medium preset delivers 27 FPS average with a minimum of 23 FPS and a maximum of 31 FPS, the High preset drops to 23 FPS, and the Ultra preset falls to 18 FPS.

The data shows that the gap between Low and Ultra settings widens at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the difference is 43 FPS (80 vs 37), while at 4K, the difference narrows to 20 FPS (38 vs 18). This suggests that at higher resolutions, the GPU is so heavily saturated that even reducing settings yields diminishing returns. The minimum FPS data, available only for the Medium preset, shows that at 1080p the minimum is 48 FPS, at 1440p it is 35 FPS, and at 4K it is 23 FPS, indicating that frame pacing becomes increasingly erratic as resolution increases.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is the decisive limiting factor in this configuration. It is an integrated graphics processor built on Intel's 3 nm process with the Xe3-LPG architecture, part of the Arc Graphics-M generation for Panther Lake. Its benchmark data is stark: a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184, placing it at the 5th percentile among all GPUs.

The GPU's clock speeds are a study in contrast. Its base clock is a very low 300 MHz, which boosts to 2400 MHz. This aggressive boost behavior suggests that the chip is designed for power efficiency rather than sustained high-performance operation, consistent with its 25 W TDP. The pixel rate is 48.00 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 96.00 GTexel/s, with a FP32 throughput of 6.144 TFLOPS.

The memory configuration is the most critical weakness. The Arc B370 has no dedicated VRAM; its memory size, type, and bus width are all listed as "System Shared." This means the GPU relies on the system's main memory, with bandwidth described as "System Dependent." This architecture is fundamentally detrimental to gaming performance, as the shared memory bus becomes a bottleneck when the GPU needs to access textures and frame buffers concurrently with the CPU.

The measured FPS data confirms this limitation. The GPU's nearest rivals, such as the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1190 score, 0.5% ahead), are all legacy parts from over a decade ago. This is not a GPU designed for modern gaming, and the Lockdown Protocol results reflect this. The fact that the Ultra preset at 4K averages only 18 FPS highlights the GPU's inability to handle the memory bandwidth requirements of high-resolution textures.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X provides a solid foundation that the Arc B370 cannot fully utilize. This processor features 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It is built on TSMC's 7 nm process using the Zen 2 architecture (Matisse), and it sits at the 84th percentile among all CPUs.

The CPU's benchmark scores demonstrate its capability. It scores 2092 in Cinebench R15 multicore and 204 in single-core, 8899 in Geekbench multicore and 1593 in single-core, and 22458 in Passmark multithread. Its Passmark single-thread score is 2656. These results place it in the upper echelon of processors, with its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-13450HX, being only 0.2% ahead in average score.

The CPU has a 32 MB L3 cache and 512 KB L2 cache per core, along with a dual-channel DDR4 memory interface with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth. It supports PCIe Gen 4 with 24 lanes. This is a well-rounded processor that should be capable of handling the CPU demands of Lockdown Protocol.

However, the data indicates that the CPU is not the bottleneck in this system. The performance scaling across resolutions shows that the GPU is the limiting factor. For instance, at 1080p Low, the system achieves 80 FPS, but at 4K Low, it drops to 38 FPS. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the frame rates would remain more consistent across resolutions. The fact that the CPU is operating at the 84th percentile while the GPU is at the 5th percentile creates a massive imbalance, confirming that the processor has plenty of headroom that the integrated GPU simply cannot exploit.