Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and AMD Radeon RX 570 pairing in Lockdown Protocol delivers a playable but firmly entry-level experience, with the data showing a system that is almost entirely constrained by its graphics processor. The combination ranks 1580th out of 1637 tested configurations, placing it in the bottom 4% of all combos, a position that reflects the GPU's age and 4 GB memory buffer rather than any deficiency in the eight-core processor.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Ryzen 7 5700X is a Zen 3 (Vermeer) part built on TSMC's 7 nm process, featuring 8 cores and 16 threads. Its base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost clock of 4.60 GHz, combined with 32 MB of shared L3 cache, make it a capable modern processor for a 2024 FPS title. The CPU's benchmark scores reinforce this: a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22620 and a single-core score of 3193 indicate strong headroom for gaming workloads, which typically rely on fewer threads but higher per-core performance.

In the context of Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The 3DMark scores show a healthy scaling curve: 1821 in the 2-thread test, 3512 in 4-thread, 5768 in 8-thread, and 6858 in 16-thread. This demonstrates that the processor can handle both lightly-threaded and heavily-threaded scenarios without a dramatic drop-off, meaning it is unlikely to be the bottleneck in this pairing. The PassMark multi-thread score of 26612 and single-thread score of 3385 further confirm that the CPU sits in the 83rd percentile of all processors, a far stronger position than the GPU's 74th percentile.

The nearest CPU rivals show how balanced this chip is: the Intel Core i9-11900KF scores 26196 (0.1% ahead), the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U scores 26262 (0.2% behind), and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X scores 26272 (0.2% behind). These deltaPct values are negligible, meaning the 5700X is effectively tied with those parts in aggregate performance. For Lockdown Protocol, the data indicates the CPU is more than sufficient; at 1080p Low, the system reaches 75.3 FPS, and the fact that this drops to 47 FPS at High settings points to GPU limitation, not CPU starvation. The processor's 65 W TDP and DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are adequate to sustain frame delivery without throttling.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Radeon RX 570 is a Polaris 20 chip on GlobalFoundries' 14 nm process, with a base clock of 1168 MHz and a boost clock of 1244 MHz. Its memory runs at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus, yielding 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The 4 GB GDDR5 frame buffer is the most critical limitation here, as Lockdown Protocol at higher resolutions and settings will easily exceed that capacity, causing frame time spikes and reduced average FPS.

The GPU's compute specifications include 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s. The FP32 throughput of 5.095 TFLOPS places it firmly in the lower mid-range of modern GPUs, and its benchmark scores confirm this: a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 880, a Geekbench Vulkan score of 42752, and an OpenCL score of 32084. The GPU's 74th percentile ranking versus all GPUs is misleading for gaming, as that percentile is bolstered by compute-heavy workloads; in practice, the 4 GB VRAM and GCN 4.0 architecture struggle with modern FPS geometry and texture streaming.

The nearest GPU rivals are far more modern parts: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 scores 30109 (0.2% ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT scores 30097 (0.2% ahead), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile scores 29928 (0.8% ahead). These deltaPct values are tiny in aggregate benchmarks, but the architectural gulf is vast — the RX 570 lacks hardware ray tracing and relies on older driver optimizations. In Lockdown Protocol, the GPU's role is to rasterize scenes and manage texture memory; the data shows it can deliver 75.3 FPS only at 1080p Low, where the 4 GB buffer is less stressed. At Ultra settings, the GPU's 2048 shaders are simply outmatched, resulting in sub-40 FPS at 1080p.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data reveals a steep resolution penalty that is characteristic of a GPU-bound system. At 1080p High, the combo achieves 47 FPS; at 1440p High, it drops to 35.3 FPS (a 25% reduction); at 4K High, it falls to 20.9 FPS (a further 41% reduction). This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the limiting component — a CPU-bound scenario would show much flatter frame rates across resolutions because the processor's workload does not change with pixel count.

The Low settings data is even more telling. At 1080p Low, the system hits 75.3 FPS, which is the only resolution/settings combination that approaches smooth gameplay. Dropping to 1440p Low yields 57.1 FPS (a 24% drop), and 4K Low yields 34.7 FPS (a 39% drop from 1440p). These percentage declines are consistent with a GPU that is constrained by both fill rate and memory bandwidth — the 224.0 GB/s bandwidth is insufficient for 4K texture streaming. The jump from 1080p Low (75.3 FPS) to 1080p Ultra (36.9 FPS) represents a 51% performance loss from settings alone, which is far more severe than what a modern GPU would exhibit, confirming that the Polaris 20 chip's 5.095 TFLOPS are the bottleneck.

The 4K Medium result of 26.2 FPS versus 4K Low of 34.7 FPS shows a 24.5% drop from raising settings by one tier, while the 4K High to 4K Ultra drop (20.9 FPS to 15 FPS) is a 28% reduction. These consistent percentage losses across resolutions and settings strongly suggest that neither the CPU's 16 threads nor its 32 MB cache is causing frame pacing issues; the GPU is saturated at every pixel count above 1080p Low.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combo's rank of 1580 out of 1637 tested configurations places it in the 96.5th percentile from the bottom, meaning only 57 combos perform worse in Lockdown Protocol. This is a poor showing, but the ranking is not a reflection of the Ryzen 7 5700X's capabilities — the CPU's 83rd percentile ranking versus all CPUs is far higher than the GPU's 74th percentile, and the aggregate benchmark scores bear this out. The CPU's average benchmark score of 26214 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals (26196 for the i9-11900KF, 26262 for the Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U), all within a 0.2% deltaPct band.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 30158, while placing it in the 74th percentile, is misleading because its nearest rivals (RTX 5060, RX 7700 XT) are generations ahead in architecture. The 0.2% to 0.8% deltaPct differences in aggregate scores mask the fact that those modern GPUs have 8-16 GB of VRAM and much higher memory bandwidth. In Lockdown Protocol, the 4 GB VRAM limitation is likely the primary reason the combo ranks so low — the game's texture sets at Medium and above will spill into system memory, causing stutter and reduced average FPS.

The data shows that if the same CPU were paired with a stronger GPU, the rank would improve dramatically. The 5700X's 16 threads and high single-thread score (3193 in R23) are more than adequate for a 2024 FPS, and the 3DMark 16-thread score of 6858 indicates it can sustain high draw call rates. The combo's low rank is therefore a GPU problem, not a CPU problem — the RX 570 is an end-of-life product (released in 2017) that is simply outclassed by the game's demands at 1080p and above.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its best performance. Low settings produce 75.3 FPS, Medium drops to 54.4 FPS, High yields 47 FPS, and Ultra falls to 36.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra (38.4 FPS) is substantial, but the 75.3 FPS Low result is the only configuration that exceeds 60 FPS. For competitive play, this means dropping to Low is mandatory, and even then, the 4 GB VRAM may cause occasional hitches in dense scenes.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates become marginal. Low settings yield 57.1 FPS, Medium produces 42.7 FPS, High drops to 35.3 FPS, and Ultra is 27.2 FPS. The 1440p Low result is just below the 60 FPS threshold, making it borderline playable for casual sessions but not for fast-paced FPS action. The drop from 1080p Low to 1440p Low (75.3 to 57.1 FPS) represents a 24% reduction, and the 1440p Ultra result of 27.2 FPS shows that the GPU cannot sustain high-quality rendering at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the pairing is effectively unplayable. Low settings produce 34.7 FPS, Medium yields 26.2 FPS, High drops to 20.9 FPS, and Ultra is 15 FPS. The 4K Low result is the only one that approaches a cinematic 30 FPS, but even that is below the minimum for a competitive FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 15 FPS is a slideshow, and the data shows a consistent pattern: each resolution increase at the same settings costs roughly 25-40% performance, which is typical for a GPU with only 224.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and 32 ROPs.

The settings scaling at each resolution is also noteworthy. At 1080p, going from Low to Medium costs 27.8% performance (75.3 to 54.4 FPS), Medium to High costs 13.6% (54.4 to 47 FPS), and High to Ultra costs 21.5% (47 to 36.9 FPS). At 1440p, the same progression yields 42.7, 35.3, and 27.2 FPS, with the Low-to-Medium drop being the largest at 25.2%. At 4K, the progression from Low (34.7 FPS) to Medium (26.2 FPS) is a 24.5% drop, and High to Ultra (20.9 to 15 FPS) is a 28.2% drop. These percentages confirm that the Polaris 20 chip's fill rate and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints, as the settings-based performance penalties are consistently steep across all resolutions.