Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700 sits within a tight performance cluster. Its average benchmark score of 25517 is effectively tied with the Intel Xeon D-2752TER (25530, -0.1% delta) and the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H (25550, -0.1% delta). It edges out the AMD Ryzen 5 7640U by 0.1% and leads the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U by 0.3%. The data shows a near four-way dead heat among these processors.

Q: What is the Intel Arc B390's performance percentile, and what does that indicate?

A: The Arc B390 sits in the 9th percentile of all GPUs, meaning roughly 91% of tested graphics cards perform better. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1482 places it just 1.3% above the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (1463) and 2.7% above the GeForce GT 710 (1443). This is decisively entry-level territory.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 1080p for this combo?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 88 FPS average, while Medium drops to 63 FPS. High yields 55 FPS, and Ultra falls to 41 FPS. For a smooth competitive experience, Low is the clear choice, with Medium still viable if the frame rate target is 60 FPS.

Q: How does the frame rate scale from 1080p to 1440p and 4K?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 55 at 1080p to 40 at 1440p (a 27% decrease) and further to 26 at 4K (a 53% decrease from 1080p). The scaling is steep and consistent, indicating the GPU is the limiting factor well before the CPU becomes relevant.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700 a bottleneck for the Arc B390 in this game?

A: No. The CPU's synthetic scores are strong (Cinebench R23 multicore of 20655, single-core of 2916), and the GPU sits at the 9th percentile. The measured frame rates are entirely consistent with a GPU-bound scenario, where the Arc B390's performance ceiling is reached before the Ryzen 7 5700's processing capacity is stressed.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested configurations for Lockdown Protocol?

A: This CPU-GPU pairing ranks 2512 out of 2828 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 11% of all configurations. This low ranking is driven almost entirely by the GPU's weak performance, not the CPU.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture (Cezanne codename) on a 7nm TSMC process. It runs on the AMD Socket AM4 platform with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. This is a 65W TDP desktop part with 16MB of L3 cache, 512KB of L2 per core, and 64KB of L1 per core. It supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration with a theoretical bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s.

For a game like Lockdown Protocol, which is an FPS title, the CPU's role is to handle game logic, physics, and the simulation of AI opponents. The Ryzen 7 5700's 8 cores and 16 threads provide substantial multi-threaded capacity. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 20655 and Geekbench multicore score of 9959 demonstrate that this processor can handle heavily threaded workloads. The single-thread performance is also respectable, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2916 and a Geekbench single-core score of 1907.

The processor sits at the 78th percentile of all CPUs, meaning it outperforms more than three-quarters of tested processors in general compute. Its nearest rivals are tightly clustered: the Intel Xeon D-2752TER (25530, -0.1% delta), the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H (25550, -0.1%), the AMD Ryzen 5 7640U (25485, +0.1%), and the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U (25446, +0.3%). These near-identical average scores indicate that the Ryzen 7 5700 is essentially interchangeable with these peers in multi-threaded performance.

In the context of Lockdown Protocol's measured results, the CPU's strong standing is notable. The frame rates achieved are far below what this processor could support if paired with a more powerful GPU. Benchmark results indicate that the Ryzen 7 5700 is not the performance constraint in this configuration. Even at 1080p Low, where the CPU load is relatively higher compared to GPU load, the system reaches 88 FPS, which is a modest figure given the CPU's capabilities. The data supports the conclusion that this processor has significant headroom left on the table.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B390 is a mobile-class integrated graphics solution based on the Xe3-LPG architecture (Panther Lake chip) on Intel's 3nm process. It features 1536 shading units, 48 texture mapping units, and 24 raster operation units. It has 12 ray tracing cores and a boost clock of 2500 MHz with a base clock of 300 MHz. The GPU's FP32 compute is rated at 7.680 TFLOPS, and its pixel rate is 60.00 GPixel/s with a texture rate of 120.0 GTexel/s.

Crucially, the Arc B390 uses System Shared memory, meaning it has no dedicated VRAM. The memory type, bus width, and bandwidth are all listed as "System Shared" or "System Dependent." This is a fundamental architectural limitation for gaming, as the GPU must contend with the CPU for memory access, and performance scales with the system's DDR4 memory configuration. The GPU runs at a TDP of 80W and interfaces via IGP (integrated graphics), with no power connectors required.

The Arc B390's benchmark results are poor by discrete GPU standards. Its single 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1482 places it at the 9th percentile of all GPUs. The nearest rivals are older, low-end NVIDIA parts: the GeForce GT 520MX (1463, +1.3% for Intel), the GeForce 800M (1460, +1.5%), the GeForce GT 625 OEM (1446, +2.5%), and the GeForce GT 710 (1443, +2.7%). The Arc B390 leads these, but the margins are razor-thin and the absolute performance is extremely low.

For Lockdown Protocol, the GPU role is entirely about rasterization throughput and memory bandwidth. The 7.680 TFLOPS FP32 figure is not competitive for modern FPS games at high resolutions. The System Shared memory means that the effective bandwidth is limited by the DDR4 bus, which is far slower than the dedicated GDDR6 or GDDR6X found on discrete GPUs. The measured FPS data confirms this: the Arc B390 struggles to maintain playable frame rates even at 1080p on higher presets.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific configuration of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 with the Intel Arc B390 ranks 2512 out of 2828 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the bottom 11.2% of all tested CPU-GPU pairings. The rank is catastrophically low, and the data indicates that the GPU is the sole reason for this poor standing.

The Ryzen 7 5700 alone sits at the 78th percentile of CPUs, which is a solidly above-average result. The Intel Arc B390, conversely, sits at the 9th percentile of GPUs, which is a firmly below-average result. The combination of an above-average CPU with a profoundly below-average GPU yields a system that is heavily imbalanced. The combo rank of 2512 out of 2828 reflects the weaker component's bottleneck, which is the GPU.

This rank suggests that in a database of 2828 different CPU-GPU combinations tested for this specific game, approximately 316 configurations performed worse. The bottom 11% of combos are typically those where the GPU is either an integrated solution, a very old discrete part, or a severely bandwidth-constrained chip like the Arc B390. The Ryzen 7 5700's strong multi-threaded scores (Cinebench R23 multicore of 20655) and solid single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core of 2916) cannot compensate for the GPU's 9th percentile standing.

Benchmark results indicate that if the same CPU were paired with even a mid-range discrete GPU, the combo rank would improve dramatically. The data shows a clear case of a processor being held back by its graphics counterpart.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS across resolutions reveals how this system scales and where the bottleneck lies. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 88 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low, the frame rate drops to 65 FPS, a 26% reduction. At 4K Low, it falls to 42 FPS, a 52% reduction from 1080p. These are steep drops that are characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario.

The pattern is similar at Medium settings: 63 FPS at 1080p, 46 FPS at 1440p (27% drop), and 30 FPS at 4K (52% drop). At High settings: 55 FPS at 1080p, 40 FPS at 1440p (27% drop), and 26 FPS at 4K (53% drop). At Ultra settings: 41 FPS at 1080p, 30 FPS at 1440p (27% drop), and 19 FPS at 4K (54% drop).

The consistency of the percentage drops across all settings is notable. Every resolution step from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 27% of the frame rate, and every step from 1440p to 4K costs another 35-37% of the 1440p value. This uniform scaling is the signature of a GPU that is fully saturated at all tested resolutions. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the frame rates would remain more constant when lowering resolution, but they do not.

The data shows that this system is GPU-limited at every resolution and every setting. The Ryzen 7 5700 has ample headroom, but the Arc B390 cannot push more frames regardless of the resolution or quality preset. This is a textbook case of a GPU bottleneck.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers an average of 88 FPS on Low settings. The Medium preset drops to 63 FPS average, with a minimum of 53 FPS and a maximum of 72 FPS. High settings yield 55 FPS average, and Ultra drops to 41 FPS. For a 60 FPS target, Low is the only setting that comfortably exceeds it, while Medium comes very close at 63 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates decline proportionally. Low settings average 65 FPS, which is still playable. Medium averages 46 FPS, with a minimum of 39 FPS and a maximum of 53 FPS. High settings drop to 40 FPS average, and Ultra falls to 30 FPS. At this resolution, only Low provides a smooth experience; Medium is borderline.

At 3840x2160, the Arc B390 struggles considerably. Low settings average just 42 FPS. Medium drops to 30 FPS average, with a minimum of 25 FPS and a maximum of 34 FPS. High settings yield only 26 FPS, and Ultra plummets to 19 FPS. None of these are playable for a competitive FPS title, and even the Low preset is marginal.

The measured data shows a clear hierarchy: the system is playable at 1080p Low (88 FPS), acceptable at 1080p Medium (63 FPS), borderline at 1440p Low (65 FPS) and 1080p High (55 FPS), and not viable at 4K beyond a slideshow. The minimum FPS figures recorded at Medium settings (53 FPS at 1080p, 39 FPS at 1440p, 25 FPS at 4K) indicate that even the average frame rates are not stable, with noticeable dips during intense gameplay. The Arc B390's System Shared memory and low compute throughput (7.680 TFLOPS) are the root causes of these limitations.