Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol, a 2024 twin-stick tactical FPS, stresses both CPU and GPU, and this analysis examines the pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER across 12 measured settings. The dataset documents average frame rates at three resolutions—1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160—and four quality presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra), along with the combo's overall rank among 3,714 tested configurations. This article interprets those numbers to reveal where the bottleneck lies, how the CPU and GPU individually contribute, and what the metrics imply for similar builds.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS chart shows a clear and consistent drop when moving from 1080p to 4K, regardless of the quality preset. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the average frame rate is 175 FPS; at 2560x1440 it is 129, and at 3840x2160 it falls to 83. The same pattern holds for Medium, High, and Ultra. For example, at High settings, the average frame rate is 109 at 1080p, 80 at 1440p, and 51 at 2160p. The Ultra preset shows 82, 60, and 39 FPS respectively. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is markedly smaller than the further drop from 1440p to 4K, indicating that the higher resolution demands far more graphics throughput. This behavior is characteristic of a GPU-bound load at 4K, where the RTX 2070 SUPER's compute resources become the limiting ingredient. At 1080p, the frame rate ceiling is high—175 for Low and 82 for Ultra—suggesting the CPU can feed frames quickly enough to keep the GPU from being the sole constraint, but as pixel count grows, the GPU's rasterization rate contends with memory bandwidth and shading units.

The consistency across settings—roughly the same relative FPS reduction when switching resolutions—implies that the engine's resolution scaling is independent of quality settings. For instance, moving from Medium to 4K reduces the average from 125 (1080p) to 59 (2160p). The data does not show any resolution where low settings disproportionate collapse, meaning the workload is dominated by pixel fill and texture working at higher resolutions. Players targeting 4K Ultra will experience 39 FPS average, which is a substantial drop from the 82 V-sync at 1080p Ultra. Because the dataset provides no 4K min/max for Ultra, only the average is certain.

How This Combo Ranks

In the global ranking of CPU+GPU combinations, this pairing sits at position 2165 out of 3,714. That places it below the median (which would be at position 1,857) and indicates that roughly 58% of tested combos deliver a higher average frame rate in Lockdown Protocol. The combo is therefore not a top performer in this particular title, despite each component being reasonably strong. The Ryzen 7 5700X scores in the 79th percentile of all CPUs (avg score 27,578), and the RTX 2070 SUPER lands in the 65th percentile of GPUs (avg 20,282). Yet when combined in this specific game, the rank of 2,165 suggests that Lockdown Protocol is more demanding on the GPU than on raw CPU, and that the RTX 2070 SUPER, despite being a mid-generation card, is not outpacing many newer CPU+GPU combos in the game.

The rank can be interpreted alongside the CPU's nearest rivals. The Ryzen 7 5700X's average benchmark score of 27,578 is equal to that of the Core i5-12600K (27,578, delta 0%), and just 0.2% above the Ryzen 7 5800 (27,535, delta 0.2%). While the CPU is competitive, the rank in game is clearly influenced by the GPU pair, since many lower-end CPU combos with higher-end GPUs could outscore it. Thus, the ranking is a product of the mid-range GPU, not a inadequacy of the CPU.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X offers 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost of 4.60 GHz, keeping a 65W TDP. This Zen 3 / Vermeer architecture is built on a 7 nm process and has a shared 32 MB L3 cache. In Lockdown Protocol, a title that likely relies on properly a single thread due to its simplistic nature, the CPU's single-thread performance is important. The benchmark scores confirm its strength: a 3DMark single-thread score of 921, a CineBench R23 single-core score of 1499, and a PassMark single-thread score of 3385. In multi-threaded work it is equally capable, with a CineBench R23 multi of 12,184 and a PassMark multi-thread 0 of 26,612. The CPU's 3DMark 16-thread result is 6,858, while its 8-thread result is 5,768, showing decent scaling.

In comparison with its nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 7600X averages 27,636 (delta -0.2%), the Ryzen 7 5800 scores 27,535 (delta 0.2%), and the Core Ultra 5 125H gets 27,507 (delta 0.3%). The 5700X's average is effectively at the level of the i5-12600K. This indicates that the CPU is not a major disadvantage in this game. At 1080p, the GPU is often the bottleneck; for instance, at Low settings we see 175 FPS, which is so high that the CPU can easily keep up. Even at Ultra, the 82 FPS is well within the CPU's reach, as the Ryzen's single-core speed can drive frames that high. The real question is whether the CPU is a limit at the high-gear 4K resolution, and the data shows the GPU is the primary limiter there: the average at 4K Ultra is 39 FPS, which is far below the CPU's capability.

Thus, the CPU role in this combo is to provide consistent per-core performance that doesn't bottleneck the GPU at lower resolutions. With an 8-core/16-thread configuration, it also can handle background tasks without affecting game updates.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following table lists all measured average frame rates (and for Medium settings, min/max) as provided by ), and the exact numbers are:

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|--------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 175 | - | - |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 125 | 135 | 143 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 109 | - | - |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 82 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 129 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 91 | 78 | 105 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 80 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 60 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 83 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 59 | 68 | (none min) |

| 3840x2160 | High | 51 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 39 | - | - |

Note: For 2160 Medium, min=50, max=68; for 1440p Medium min=78, max=105; for 1080p Medium min=106, max=143. These ranges show typical variability except in the 1% low region.

The settings-based data shows that for the given resolution, the frame drop from Low to Ultra is consistent across all canappers. For example, at 1440p, the average goes from 129 (Low) to 60 (Ultra) — a ×2.15 reduction. Similarly, at 4K, it goes from 83 to 39 — a factor of 2.13. This indicates that the GPU workload roughly doubles when enabling all quality features, which is typical for adding shadow, post-processing, and texture detail. The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient to handle the 4K textures, as Low and Medium still deliver 83 and 59 FPS respectively, but Ultra pushes the GPU closer to its limit.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the 12 nm TU104 die, meaning 256 operations, 64 ROPs, 160 TMUs, and 40 RT cores for ray tracing. Its memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s and a 256-bit bus, using 8 GB of GDDR6 at 14 Gbps. Observed frame behavior in this game shows that the GPU is clearly the dominant factor at high resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 39 indicates the core configuration is saturated. The GPU's PassMark G3D score of 18,169 places it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. When compared to its closest rivals, the RTX 2070 SUPER is slightly slower than several competitors: the Intel Arc B570 (avg 20,556, delta -1.3%), the RTX 3070 Mobile (avg 20,534, delta -1.5%), and the Orion A770 (avg 20,582, delta -1.5%). The parity with the Quadro M4000M (avg 20,480, delta -1.3%) shows that in raw rasterization it behaves similarly to a professional-grade card.

The GPU's 8 GB capacity seems sufficient for 4K in this game since all mips, and the 1440p measurements show high minimums of 174 FPS even at Medium with V-sync pending, but the compute throughput and bandwidth become the limiting metrics at 4K. The GPU's 15 TFLOPS FP32 performance (9.062 TFLOPS) must handle the pixel shading, and the frame rates at High and Ultra (51 and 39 at 4K) reveal it cannot maintain 60+ frames at that preset. The GPU's 14 Gbps effective memory speed is a strong asset, as seen in the Medium preset where the minimum of 68 at 4K remains playable.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1080p with Low settings?

A: At 1920x1080, Low is measured at 175 FPS, the highest recorded in the dataset.

Q: How many cores and threads does the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X have?

A: It has 8 cores and 16 threads.

Q: What is the RTX 2070 SUPER's memory bandwidth?

A: 448 GB/s, with 8 GB GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations?

A: It ranks 2165 out of 3714 overall in Lockdown Protocol.

Q: How does the CPU's average benchmark score compare to the Ryzen 5 7600X?

The Ryzen 5 7600X has an average score of 27,636, which is 0.2% higher than the Ryzen 7 5700X's 27,578 (delta -0.2% listed for that rival).

Q: Which settings give a minimum FPS of 68 at 2160p?

The 3840x2160 Medium preset shows a range of 50 to 56, with an average of 59.

This analysis relies exclusively on the given FPS and component data. It shows a clear GPU-bound scenario in Lockdown Protocol, and the RTX 2070 Super's 4K performance, while playable, does not reach the 60 FPS threshold for Ultra settings. The CPU avoids becoming a primary drag at lower resolutions, and the overall chart at 2,165 of 3,714 demonstrates the priority of GPU selection for this title.