Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 paired with the Intel Arc B580 delivers a wide spread of frame rates across Lockdown Protocol, but the data clearly identifies a single standout configuration for the best balance of visual fidelity and performance. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset produces 109.8 FPS average, which is a substantial 58% improvement over the Ultra preset’s 69.4 FPS while still offering a significant upgrade in visual quality over the Low preset’s 153.6 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440, the Medium preset maintains a playable 78.4 FPS, whereas High drops to 68 FPS and Ultra falls to 49.8 FPS. At 3840x2160, even Medium struggles at 52.1 FPS, making it a marginal choice for 4K gaming. The data suggests that Medium is the optimal preset for this combination, as it consistently provides the highest frame rates that remain above the 60 FPS threshold at both 1080p and 1440p, while High offers a minor visual upgrade at a steep performance cost—a 13% drop from Medium at 1440p and a 10% drop at 1080p.

How This Combo Ranks

The benchmark results position this specific CPU-GPU pairing in a crowded field. The combo ranks 1300 out of 1637 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the bottom 20% of all systems tested. This ranking is somewhat surprising given the individual component performance. The Ryzen 7 5700 sits in the 84th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 27220. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i9-9900K (0.7% faster), the Intel Core i7-12700H (0.8% faster), and the Intel Core i7-1370P (0.8% faster), showing that the CPU is competitive with older high-end desktop parts and newer mobile chips. The Intel Arc B580, however, is less dominant in its field, sitting in the 66th percentile among all GPUs with an average score of 23021. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, is actually 0.7% faster, while the AMD Radeon 760M is just 0.1% slower. This suggests the GPU is the limiting factor in this pairing, and the low combo rank reflects the B580’s mid-pack positioning rather than any CPU bottleneck. The measured FPS data reinforces this: the system achieves a maximum of 153.6 FPS at 1080p Low, which is respectable but far from top-tier.

FAQ

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

A: The data indicates 1920x1080 is the sweet spot. At this resolution, the system achieves 153.6 FPS on Low, 109.8 FPS on Medium, and 95.9 FPS on High, with even the Ultra preset hitting 69.4 FPS. At 2560x1440, only the Low and Medium presets remain above the 60 FPS threshold (113.9 and 78.4 FPS respectively), while 3840x2160 sees all presets drop below 70 FPS, with Ultra falling to 34.1 FPS.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 1440p?

A: The performance penalty varies by preset. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 153.6 to 113.9, a 26% reduction. At Medium, it drops from 109.8 to 78.4, a 29% reduction. At High, it drops from 95.9 to 68, a 29% reduction. At Ultra, it drops from 69.4 to 49.8, a 28% reduction. The consistent 26-29% drop across all presets suggests a uniform scaling pattern.

Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming in Lockdown Protocol?

A: Marginal at best. At 3840x2160, the system manages 69.5 FPS on Low, 52.1 FPS on Medium, 46.6 FPS on High, and 34.1 FPS on Ultra. Only the Low preset achieves a playable frame rate above 60 FPS, and even that is below the 70 FPS mark. The 4K Ultra experience at 34.1 FPS would be noticeably stuttery in a fast-paced FPS.

Q: Which preset provides the highest frame rates at 1080p?

A: The Low preset delivers the highest average FPS at 153.6. This is 40% faster than Medium (109.8 FPS), 60% faster than High (95.9 FPS), and 121% faster than Ultra (69.4 FPS). The massive gap between Low and the next preset suggests that the Low preset may be disabling significant visual effects that heavily tax the GPU.

Q: How does the CPU’s performance compare to its direct rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700’s average benchmark score of 27220 places it 0.7% ahead of the Intel Core i9-9900K, 0.8% ahead of the Intel Core i7-12700H, and 0.8% ahead of the Intel Core i7-1370P. It is 1.2% ahead of the AMD Ryzen AI 5 340. This shows the 5700 is a solid, if not spectacular, performer in its class, with margins that are within a rounding error of its nearest competitors.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data reveals a consistent hierarchy across all resolutions. At 1920x1080, the system produces 153.6 FPS on Low, 109.8 FPS on Medium, 95.9 FPS on High, and 69.4 FPS on Ultra. The spread between Low and Ultra is 84.2 FPS, indicating a heavy reliance on the GPU for visual effects. At 2560x1440, the scores are 113.9 FPS on Low, 78.4 FPS on Medium, 68 FPS on High, and 49.8 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 64.1 FPS, suggesting that resolution scaling is beginning to strain the GPU. At 3840x2160, the results are 69.5 FPS on Low, 52.1 FPS on Medium, 46.6 FPS on High, and 34.1 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra compresses further to 35.4 FPS, a sign that the GPU is now the primary bottleneck across all settings. The data shows a clear pattern: as resolution increases, the absolute frame rates drop, but the relative difference between presets also shrinks, pointing to the GPU being saturated at 4K regardless of the quality settings.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 represents a 78% increase in pixel count, and the FPS drops accordingly. At Low settings, the system loses 39.7 FPS (from 153.6 to 113.9). At Medium, it loses 31.4 FPS (from 109.8 to 78.4). At High, it loses 27.9 FPS (from 95.9 to 68). At Ultra, it loses 19.6 FPS (from 69.4 to 49.8). The absolute FPS loss decreases as settings increase, which is expected since higher presets are already more GPU-bound. Moving from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160, a 125% increase in pixel count, the system loses 44.4 FPS at Low (from 113.9 to 69.5), 26.3 FPS at Medium (from 78.4 to 52.1), 21.4 FPS at High (from 68 to 46.6), and 15.7 FPS at Ultra (from 49.8 to 34.1). The percentage drops are telling: at Low, the 1440p to 4K transition costs 39% of the frame rate, while at Ultra it costs 32%. This relatively flat percentage loss across settings indicates that the Intel Arc B580 is the limiting component at higher resolutions, as the CPU’s role diminishes when the GPU is fully engaged.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 provides a solid foundation for this gaming configuration. With 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, it offers a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. The CPU’s benchmark results show strong multithreaded performance: its 3DMark 16-thread score is 6628, while its single-thread score is 901. In Cinebench R23, it achieves 20655 points multicore and 2916 points singlecore. The 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs indicates that it is well above average, and its 16 MB of L3 cache helps with gaming workloads. In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU’s role appears secondary to the GPU. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p Low, the system hits 153.6 FPS, which is likely near the CPU’s practical limit for this game. However, the fact that the combo ranks 1300 out of 1637 suggests that the CPU is not the primary constraint—if it were, the ranking would likely be higher given its 84th percentile CPU score. The 16 threads allow the CPU to handle background tasks and game logic without becoming a bottleneck, but the data implies that the Arc B580 is what holds this system back from higher rankings.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580 is the defining component in this pairing, and its performance characteristics explain the overall system behavior. With 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, it offers 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for 1080p and 1440p gaming. The GPU has 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 80 ROPs, with a base and boost clock of 2670 MHz. Its FP32 performance is 13.67 TFLOPS, and it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4. The GPU’s benchmark scores show a mixed picture: its Passmark G3D score is 15748, and its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 3068. Its 66th percentile ranking among all GPUs places it in the mid-range, and its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, is 0.7% faster. The measured FPS data clearly shows the GPU struggling at 4K, where even Low settings only achieve 69.5 FPS. At 1440p, the GPU manages 113.9 FPS on Low but drops to 49.8 FPS on Ultra, indicating that the memory bandwidth and shading units are sufficient for lower resolutions but are overwhelmed by the pixel count at 4K. The B580’s 190W TDP and 12 GB VRAM are not the issue; rather, the raw compute power is insufficient for high-resolution, high-quality rendering in this title. The GPU’s role as the limiting factor is confirmed by the resolution scaling data, which shows consistent FPS drops as pixel count increases.