Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol with AMD Ryzen 7 5700G + AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

This combo ranks 923rd out of 3714 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the top 25% of all systems measured. The pairing of AMD's Zen 3-based Ryzen 7 5700G with the RDNA 4.0-powered RX 9070 XT produces a balanced platform that delivers strong frame rates across all resolution tiers, though the data reveals where the GPU carries the load and where the CPU's older architecture shows its limits.

How This Combo Ranks

The 923rd position out of 3714 combos represents a solid upper-quartile result for this game. This ranking reflects the synergy between a capable eight-core processor and a high-end graphics card, with the measured frame rates showing consistent performance that outperforms the majority of tested systems. The combo's standing is notable because the CPU occupies the 79th percentile among all processors, while the GPU sits at the 55th percentile among all graphics cards — the combined result exceeds what either component's individual percentile might suggest.

Benchmark data shows the Ryzen 7 570G delivers an average benchmark score of 27051, placing it in a tight cluster with its nearest rivals. The Intel Core i9-9900K scores 27097, just 0.2% higher, while the AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 trails by 0.4% with a score of 26936. The Intel Core i5-14400T leads the group at 27166, a 0.4% advantage, and the Intel Core i7-1370P follows at 26900, 0.6% behind. This grouping shows the 5700G punches at the level of much newer competition in synthetic workloads, though its gaming performance depends heavily on the GPU pairing.

The RX 9070 XT's average benchmark score of 13543 places it in an unusual competitive context. Its nearest rivals are significantly older or lower-tier cards: the AMD Radeon HD 7770M scores 13536 (0.1% behind), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 scores 13515 (0.2% behind), the NVIDIA P106-090 scores 13470 (0.5% behind), and the AMD Radeon Pro 555 scores 13407 (1% behind). These comparisons suggest the RX 9070 XT's raw compute benchmarks understate its gaming capability, as the measured Lockdown Protocol results demonstrate far stronger real-world performance than this rival grouping implies.

GPU Role

The RX 9070 XT brings substantial graphics resources to this pairing. Its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves ample for Lockdown Protocol's demands at every tested resolution. The GPU's clock behavior is notable: a base clock of 1660 MHz, a game clock of 2400 MHz, and a boost clock of 2970 MHz. This wide clock range allows the card to scale power delivery dynamically, which the frame data suggests works effectively.

The GPU's compute configuration includes 4096 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, and 128 render output units, with 64 ray tracing cores available. Its 48.66 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 760.3 GTexel/s texture rate provide the raw throughput needed for high-refresh gaming. The 380.2 GPixel/s pixel rate directly supports the resolution scaling observed in the measured results.

The card's architecture, RDNA 4.0 on a 4 nm TSMC process with 53,900 million transistors on a 357 mm² die, represents a modern design that handles Lockdown Protocol's rendering workload efficiently. The 304 W TDP and dual-slot form factor with 2x 8-pin power connectors indicate this is a high-power part, and the data shows it delivers accordingly. The PCIe 5.0 x16 interface ensures no bandwidth bottleneck at the system level.

Resolution Scaling

Frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the GPU as the primary performance driver. At 1080p High settings, the combo produces 161 FPS average, which drops to 118 FPS at 1440p and further to 76 FPS at 4K. This represents a 53% reduction from 1080p to 4K, a scaling pattern that indicates the RX 9070 XT is increasingly saturated as pixel count rises while the CPU maintains sufficient headroom.

The Low settings data shows even steeper scaling: 258 FPS at 1080p, 191 FPS at 1440p, and 123 FPS at 4K. The 52% drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings closely mirrors the High settings pattern, suggesting consistent GPU-bound behavior. The Medium settings tier shows 185 FPS at 1080p, 135 FPS at 1440p, and 87 FPS at 4K, again demonstrating the same proportional decline.

Ultra settings produce the most dramatic scaling: 121 FPS at 1080p, 89 FPS at 1440p, and 57 FPS at 4K. The 53% reduction from 1080p to 4K across all settings tiers strongly indicates that the GPU's rendering capacity, not CPU throughput, determines the frame rate ceiling. The Ryzen 7 5700G's eight cores and 16 threads provide enough processing power to feed the GPU at all tested configurations, with no evidence of CPU-induced plateaus in the data.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows point to High settings as the optimal balance for this combo. At 1080p High, the system achieves 161 FPS average, which comfortably exceeds the refresh rate of most high-refresh monitors while maintaining visual quality. The Medium preset at 1080p delivers 185 FPS, but the 24 FPS gain over High comes at a visual fidelity cost that most players would find unnecessary given the already high frame rate.

At 1440p, High settings produce 118 FPS, which remains above the 100 FPS threshold for smooth competitive play. The Medium preset at 1440p yields 135 FPS with a minimum of 115 FPS, providing a more substantial safety margin for frame-time consistency. For players prioritizing guaranteed smoothness over visual detail, Medium at 1440p offers the best measured compromise.

At 4K, High settings deliver 76 FPS average, which is playable but not ideal for fast-paced FPS action. The Medium preset at 4K produces 87 FPS with a minimum of 74 FPS, representing the highest measured frame rate that maintains a minimum above 70 FPS. Ultra settings at 4K drop to 57 FPS, which the data shows as the least favorable option for this resolution. Low settings at 4K reach 123 FPS, but the visual sacrifice is substantial.

The Ultra preset consistently delivers the lowest frame rates at every resolution, with 4K Ultra dropping to 57 FPS. Given that High settings at 4K only cost 19 FPS over Ultra while providing the same visual tier, players seeking maximum quality should select High over Ultra. The data supports High as the recommended preset for this combo across all resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings achieve 258 FPS average, representing the peak performance of this pairing. Medium settings produce 185 FPS with a minimum of 157 FPS and a maximum of 212 FPS, showing consistent frame delivery. High settings yield 161 FPS average, while Ultra settings drop to 121 FPS. The 1080p results demonstrate that this system can drive high-refresh displays at nearly any settings configuration.

The 2560x1440 results show a predictable step down from 1080p. Low settings maintain 191 FPS average, still comfortably above 144 Hz refresh rates. Medium settings deliver 135 FPS with a minimum of 115 FPS and a maximum of 156 FPS, providing a strong 1440p experience. High settings produce 118 FPS average, which remains smooth for most gaming scenarios. Ultra settings at 1440p drop to 89 FPS, a significant reduction that highlights the GPU load at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the system shows its limits while remaining playable. Low settings achieve 123 FPS average, proving the GPU's capability even at 4K with reduced visual detail. Medium settings produce 87 FPS with a minimum of 74 FPS and a maximum of 100 FPS, representing the most consistent 4K experience measured. High settings deliver 76 FPS average, while Ultra settings fall to 57 FPS, the lowest recorded performance in the dataset.

The minimum frame rate data for Medium settings shows tighter consistency at higher resolutions: 157 FPS minimum at 1080p, 115 FPS at 1440p, and 74 FPS at 4K. These minimums indicate that frame pacing remains stable even as average FPS declines, with the gap between average and minimum staying relatively constant across resolutions.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 5700G provides eight cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 7 nm process. Its base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 4.60 GHz, combined with 16 MB of L3 cache, deliver single-thread performance that the benchmark data shows is competitive with much newer processors. The CPU's synthetic scores include a Cinebench R23 multicore result of 12830.5 and single-core score of 1494, while Geekbench shows 9950 multicore and 1894 single-core.

The CPU's percentile rank of 79 among all processors places it above the majority of installed systems. Its average benchmark score of 27051 sits within 0.6% of its nearest rivals, demonstrating that the 5700G's performance envelope remains relevant despite its 2021 release. The 3DMark results show strong scaling from 2 threads (1758) to 8 threads (5648) and essentially flat scaling beyond that (6629 at 16 threads), indicating that eight physical cores provide the full gaming benefit for this title.

The Passmark results reinforce the CPU's balanced profile: multithread score of 24419, single-thread score of 3283, and physics score of 999. The integer math score of 91541 and floating-point score of 51296 show solid arithmetic throughput, while the data compression score of 318262 suggests strong memory subsystem performance. The CPU's 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth on dual-channel DDR4 is sufficient to feed the GPU, as the frame rate data shows no CPU-induced bottlenecks.

The 5700G's 65 W TDP and 10,700 million transistor count on a 180 mm² die highlight its efficiency, though the integrated Radeon Vega 8 graphics are irrelevant in this discrete GPU configuration. The CPU's socket AM4 platform with PCIe Gen 3 connectivity does not appear to limit the RX 9070 XT's performance, as the measured frame rates show the GPU operating at expected levels. The data indicates that while the CPU's architecture is older, its gaming performance with this GPU in Lockdown Protocol remains robust, with the GPU serving as the definitive performance ceiling across all tested settings and resolutions.