Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol with AMD Ryzen 7 5700G + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

This combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 produces strong, but not top-tier, results in Lockdown Protocol. The combo ranks 77th out of 1,637 tested configurations, placing it in the top 4.7% of all combos. The data shows a system that is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions, with the CPU becoming a more prominent factor only at 1080p and low settings. The RTX 4090's immense graphics horsepower is often held back by the 5700G's mid-range processing capabilities, leading to a performance profile that is excellent in absolute terms but not representative of the GPU's full potential when paired with a stronger processor.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 77 out of 1,637 tested combos indicates a top-tier performance tier. This places the system ahead of approximately 95% of all configurations tested for Lockdown Protocol. However, the rank also reveals a significant gap from the very top of the leaderboard. The RTX 4090 is an end-of-life flagship GPU, and its pairing with the 5700G in this game context yields results that are strong but not dominant.

The data suggests that the CPU is a limiting factor in this pairing. The Ryzen 7 5700G's average benchmark score of 25,626 places it at the 83rd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U with a score of 25,706, which is 0.3% higher, and the Intel Xeon D-2752TER at 25,532, which is 0.4% lower. These are relatively small deltas, indicating the 5700G sits in a dense cluster of similarly performing processors. In the context of Lockdown Protocol, this mid-pack CPU performance constrains the overall combo rank, preventing the system from reaching the upper echelons where the RTX 4090 would typically be found with a faster processor.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the dominant component in this configuration. Its specifications are exceptional: 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus provides a bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2235 MHz and boosts to 2520 MHz, with memory clocked at 1313 MHz, achieving 21 Gbps effective. The sheer scale of the chip is notable, with 16,384 shading units, 512 TMUs, and 176 ROPs, supported by 128 RT cores and 512 tensor cores.

These specifications translate into a GPU that ranks in the 91st percentile of all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 66,473. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark database are somewhat unexpected: the NVIDIA Tesla T4 scores 66,733, which is 0.4% higher, while the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 scores 67,097, which is 0.9% higher. The RTX 4090's benchmark results include a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 9,223 and a Passmark G3D score of 38,194, demonstrating its raw compute power.

In Lockdown Protocol, the GPU's role is to deliver high frame rates across all settings. The 24 GB VRAM capacity is more than sufficient for this game, even at 4K Ultra settings, where the average frame rate remains above 85 FPS. The GPU's bandwidth and texture rate (1,290.2 GTexel/s) ensure that high-resolution textures and complex scenes are rendered without memory bottlenecks. The data indicates that the GPU is not the primary constraint until the game is pushed to 4K Ultra, where the frame rate drops to 85 FPS, suggesting the card is being utilized to a significant degree.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K. At 1080p High settings, the combo achieves 217 FPS, which rises to 261.2 FPS at Low settings. Moving to 1440p, the High settings frame rate falls to 166.2 FPS, and at 4K it drops further to 107.1 FPS. This represents a 50.7% reduction from 1080p High to 4K High, indicating that the GPU is increasingly loaded as resolution increases.

The scaling pattern suggests a shift in the bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the frame rate of 261.2 FPS is likely CPU-limited, as the RTX 4090 is capable of far higher frame rates in less demanding scenarios. The 5700G's single-thread performance, evidenced by a Geekbench single-core score of 2,016 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,930, becomes the limiting factor at this resolution and settings combination. As resolution increases to 4K, the GPU becomes the primary constraint, with the frame rate dropping to 85 FPS at Ultra settings, which is a 67.5% reduction from the 1080p Low result.

The data shows that the combo delivers playable frame rates at all tested resolutions and settings. Even at 4K Ultra, the 85 FPS average is sufficient for smooth gameplay in this FPS title. The transition from Medium to Ultra at each resolution shows a consistent frame rate penalty, with the largest absolute drop occurring at 1080p where the difference between Low and Ultra is 88.4 FPS. This indicates that the CPU's limitations are most exposed at lower resolutions, while the GPU's capabilities are more fully utilized at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces its highest frame rates. Low settings yield 261.2 FPS, Medium settings produce 225.1 FPS, and High settings achieve 217 FPS. Ultra settings at 1080p result in 172.8 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 88.4 FPS, showing a significant performance cost for maximum visual quality at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show a clear reduction. Low settings deliver 233.6 FPS, Medium settings produce 195.8 FPS, and High settings achieve 166.2 FPS. Ultra settings at 1440p result in 127.1 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at High settings is 50.8 FPS, which represents a 23.4% reduction. This scaling is consistent with the increased pixel count and GPU load.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more moderate but remain playable. Low settings produce 177.7 FPS, Medium settings deliver 126.6 FPS, and High settings achieve 107.1 FPS. Ultra settings at 4K result in 85 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 92.7 FPS, which is the largest absolute spread across all resolutions. This suggests that at 4K, the GPU's workload scales heavily with settings, and the RTX 4090's 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is being fully exercised at Ultra settings.

The measured data shows a consistent pattern: the combo is capable of exceeding 200 FPS at 1080p and 1440p on lower settings, while 4K Ultra remains above 60 FPS. The minimum frame rates are not provided in the data, so only average performance can be assessed. The frame rate deltas between settings are relatively uniform, indicating a stable performance profile without unexpected bottlenecks.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, built on a 7 nm process with a codename of Cezanne. It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU features a total of 16 MB of L3 cache, with 64 KB of L1 cache per core and 512 KB of L2 cache per core. Its memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s through a dual-channel DDR4 interface.

In terms of multi-threaded performance, the 5700G achieves a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20,755 and a Geekbench multi-core score of 8,970. Its 3DMark 16-thread score is 6,629, while the max-thread score is 6,627, showing near-linear scaling up to 16 threads. The Passmark multithread score of 24,419 and an average benchmark score of 25,626 place it in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs. However, its nearest rivals include the Intel Core 5 210H with a delta of 0.5% and the AMD Ryzen 5 7640U with a delta of 0.6%, indicating that the 5700G is competitive with but not superior to more modern mid-range mobile and desktop parts.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role is most apparent at 1080p with lower settings, where the frame rates approach 261 FPS. This suggests a CPU-bound scenario, as the RTX 4090 would typically be capable of higher frame rates. The processor's single-thread performance, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,930 and a Passmark single-thread score of 3,283, is adequate for this game but not exceptional. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration provides sufficient multi-threading for modern game engines, with the 3DMark 8-thread score of 5,648 indicating solid scaling.

The data shows that the CPU is a secondary factor at higher resolutions, where the GPU's workload dominates. However, the 5700G's limitations are evident in the frame rate ceiling at 1080p. The gap between 1080p Low (261.2 FPS) and 1440p Low (233.6 FPS) is 27.6 FPS, which is smaller than the gap between 1440p Low and 4K Low (233.6 FPS to 177.7 FPS, a 55.9 FPS drop). This indicates that the CPU constraint at 1080p is lessened at 1440p, and the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck at 4K. The 5700G's performance in this game is adequate for high-refresh-rate 1080p and 1440p gaming, but it prevents the RTX 4090 from reaching its maximum potential in CPU-bound scenarios.