Lockdown Protocol

Resolution Scaling

The data shows a clear pattern: Lockdown Protocol scales heavily with resolution, but the scaling curve is not uniform across settings. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 211.1 FPS, which drops to 187.2 FPS at 1440p Low (a reduction of approximately 11%), and further to 125.3 FPS at 4K Low (a 41% drop from 1080p). This indicates that at lower settings, the GPU is still the primary limiter, but the CPU begins to matter more as resolution decreases.

For High settings, the scaling is steeper: 161 FPS at 1080p, 115.8 FPS at 1440p (28% drop), and 77 FPS at 4K (52% drop from 1080p). The Ultra preset shows the most dramatic scaling: 121.2 FPS at 1080p, 88 FPS at 1440p (27% drop), and 58.1 FPS at 4K (52% drop). The consistency of the percentage drop between High and Ultra at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU is the limiting component beyond 1080p, while the 1080p results across all settings are high enough that the Ryzen 7 3700X's 8 cores and 16 threads are keeping pace without becoming a bottleneck.

The Medium preset follows the same trend: 186.1 FPS at 1080p, 138.8 FPS at 1440p (25% drop), and 87.4 FPS at 4K (53% drop). The fact that the 4K-to-1080p ratio is consistently around 50% across all settings except Low (where it is 41%) indicates that Lockdown Protocol's rendering pipeline is heavily pixel-bound. The RTX 3080 Ti's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 912.4 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to feed the GPU at all tested resolutions, so the scaling is purely a function of pixel throughput.

Settings Recommendations

For 4K displays, the data shows that Medium is the sweet spot: 87.4 FPS is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold, while High drops to 77 FPS and Ultra falls to 58.1 FPS, which would introduce noticeable stutter on standard 60 Hz panels. Low at 4K produces 125.3 FPS, but the visual quality loss is severe enough that Medium offers a better balance. For 1440p, High delivers 115.8 FPS, which is excellent for high-refresh monitors, and even Ultra holds at 88 FPS — making Ultra viable for 120 Hz panels. At 1080p, the story is different: Medium produces 186.1 FPS, High produces 161 FPS, and Ultra produces 121.2 FPS. The jump from Medium to High costs 25 FPS, but the jump from High to Ultra costs 40 FPS, making High the best value for competitive play where frame rate matters most.

The data indicates that Low settings are rarely necessary: at every resolution, the FPS delta between Low and Medium is substantial (211.1 vs 186.1 at 1080p, 187.2 vs 138.8 at 1440p, 125.3 vs 87.4 at 4K), but the visual improvements from Medium are worth the performance cost for most users. For esports-focused players at 1080p, Low's 211.1 FPS is the only way to fully utilize a 240 Hz monitor, but for everyone else, Medium or High provides the best experience.

GPU Role

The RTX 3080 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing. Its benchmark data shows a percentile rank of 83 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41224. The nearest rival, the RTX 3090, scores 41441, a delta of -0.5%, making the two cards effectively identical in raw compute. The 3080 Ti's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory with a 384-bit bus and 912.4 GB/s bandwidth is more than sufficient for Lockdown Protocol, as evidenced by the fact that even at 4K Ultra, the game does not appear to hit a VRAM ceiling — the FPS drops are consistent with pixel-bound rendering rather than memory thrashing.

The GPU's clock behavior is notable: the base clock is 1365 MHz, boosting to 1665 MHz, and the memory runs at 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective). The 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is the key metric for this game's shader-heavy workloads. The fact that the GPU's average benchmark score of 41224 is only 0.5% below the RTX 3090 confirms that this card is near the top of the stack, and the measured FPS in Lockdown Protocol reflects that: even at 4K High, the combo maintains 77 FPS, which is a demanding resolution for any GPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the combo delivers 211.1 FPS on Low, 186.1 FPS on Medium, 161 FPS on High, and 121.2 FPS on Ultra. The delta between Low and Ultra is 89.9 FPS, showing that the preset choice has a massive impact at this resolution. The Medium-to-High gap is 25.1 FPS, while the High-to-Ultra gap is 39.8 FPS — the largest single-step drop in the entire dataset.

At 1440p, the results are 187.2 FPS on Low, 138.8 FPS on Medium, 115.8 FPS on High, and 88 FPS on Ultra. The drop from Low to Medium is 48.4 FPS, which is the steepest percentage decline (26%) among all resolutions. The High-to-Ultra drop is 27.8 FPS, which is proportionally similar to 1080p's 33% decline.

At 4K, the numbers are 125.3 FPS on Low, 87.4 FPS on Medium, 77 FPS on High, and 58.1 FPS on Ultra. The Low-to-Medium drop is 37.9 FPS (30%), the Medium-to-High drop is 10.4 FPS, and the High-to-Ultra drop is 18.9 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 58.1 FPS is the only sub-60 result in the entire dataset, making it the sole configuration that fails to hit standard display refresh rates.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 469th out of 1637 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the top 29% of all systems. This ranking is slightly surprising given the GPU's 83rd percentile standing, but it reflects the CPU's more modest position: the Ryzen 7 3700X sits at the 85th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 28631. The nearest CPU rivals are the Intel Core i5-12600 (28654, delta -0.1%), the Intel Core i5-12600H (28666, delta -0.1%), the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT (28591, delta 0.1%), and the AMD EPYC 7203P (28583, delta 0.2%). These deltas are all within 0.2%, meaning the 3700X is performance-identical to its immediate rivals.

The 469th rank out of 1637 means that roughly 1168 other combos outperform this pairing. Given that the GPU is near-flagship tier, the ranking is likely dragged down by the CPU's 2019-era architecture. The fact that the combo still achieves 211 FPS at 1080p Low suggests that the 3700X is not a severe bottleneck in this game, but the rank indicates that newer CPUs paired with the same GPU would achieve higher scores.

FAQ

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

A: The data shows that 1440p High provides 115.8 FPS, which is the best balance of visual quality and performance. 4K is playable but only at Medium (87.4 FPS) or Low (125.3 FPS).

Q: Does the combo ever drop below 60 FPS?

A: Yes. The only sub-60 result is 4K Ultra, which averages 58.1 FPS. Every other tested configuration maintains at least 58.1 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 3080 Ti compare to its nearest rival?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti's average benchmark score is 41224, which is 0.5% below the RTX 3090's 41441. The delta versus the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 is -0.9% and versus the RTX 5070 is -1.1%.

Q: Is the CPU a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo hits 211.1 FPS, which is very high. Given that the CPU's nearest rivals are within 0.2% in average score, the 3700X is sufficient for this game at all tested settings.

Q: What is the ranking of this combo among all tested systems?

A: The combo ranks 469th out of 1637 total combinations, placing it in the top 29% of all tested systems in Lockdown Protocol.

Q: How much FPS is gained by dropping from Ultra to Low at 4K?

A: At 4K, Low produces 125.3 FPS versus Ultra's 58.1 FPS, a gain of 67.2 FPS (116% improvement).

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 3700X provides 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its benchmark data shows a Cinabench R23 multi-core score of 19087 and a single-core score of 2694, with a Geekbench multi-core score of 8083 and single-core of 1672. The CPU's percentile rank of 85 places it above the majority of processors, and its average benchmark score of 28631 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals — the Core i5-12600 (28654, -0.1%), Core i5-12600H (28666, -0.1%), Ryzen 5 5600XT (28591, +0.1%), and EPYC 7203P (28583, +0.2%).

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role is evident from the 1080p results. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 211.1 FPS, which is high enough that the GPU is still the primary limiter — if the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect to see FPS plateaus across different settings at the same resolution. Instead, the data shows a 89.9 FPS spread between Low and Ultra at 1080p, indicating that the GPU is doing the heavy lifting. The 3700X's 32 MB of L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth are adequate for the game's data streaming demands, and the fact that the CPU's nearest rivals are all within 0.2% of its average score suggests that this processor is not holding back the RTX 3080 Ti in any meaningful way. The combo's 469th rank out of 1637 is more a reflection of the GPU's age (2021 release) and the CPU's 2019 architecture than any specific weakness in this game.