Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol, an FPS released on 2024-03-11, places distinct demands on the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 pairing. The data shows a system that scales predictably with resolution and settings, with the RTX 5080 clearly driving the experience. The combo ranks 80th out of 1637 tested configurations, placing it in the top 5% of all pairings in our database.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 4K gaming on this combo?

A: For 3840x2160, the High preset delivers an average of 106.8 FPS, which is more playable than the 81 FPS seen at Ultra. The Low preset reaches 168.7 FPS, but High provides the best balance of visual quality and frame rate.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at High settings?

A: At 1920x1080 High, the average is 217 FPS. Dropping to 2560x1440 High yields 161.5 FPS, and at 3840x2160 High the average falls to 106.8 FPS. This represents a 51% reduction from 1080p to 4K.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080 Low, the average is 272.8 FPS, and at Medium it is 241 FPS. The relatively small gap between Low and Medium at 1080p indicates the CPU is beginning to constrain performance, as the GPU has headroom.

Q: Does the Ultra preset maintain 60 FPS at all resolutions?

A: Yes. The lowest recorded average is 81 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra. At 2560x1440 Ultra, the average is 120.1 FPS, and at 1920x1080 Ultra it reaches 166 FPS.

Q: How does this CPU compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800X has an average benchmark score of 27606, which is 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (score 27535) and 0.4% ahead of both the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE and Intel Core i7-13700H (scores 27708 and 27716).

Q: What is the GPU's benchmark percentile ranking?

A: The RTX 5080 sits in the 89th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 59188. Its nearest rival, the Intel Arc A570M, scores 58239, which is 1.6% lower.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is the dominant component in this pairing, equipped with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is critical for Lockdown Protocol at high resolutions, as the data shows a consistent and significant performance drop when moving from 1440p to 4K. The GPU's boost clock of 2617 MHz and its 10752 shading units process the game's visual load efficiently, with the card's FP32 throughput rated at 56.28 TFLOPS.

The GPU's role becomes more pronounced as settings increase. At 3840x2160, the spread between Low and Ultra is substantial: 168.7 FPS versus 81 FPS. This 88 FPS gap highlights how the RTX 5080's raw compute is taxed by the game's higher-fidelity effects. The card's 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores are present in the architecture, though their specific impact on Lockdown Protocol's frame rates is not isolated in the measured data. The 5 nm process node and 45,600 million transistors indicate a dense, powerful chip that is clearly not the bottleneck at any tested setting.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark profile supports its gaming performance. It scores 8637 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, and 264461 in Geekbench OpenCL. Its Passmark G3D score of 36565 places it in the 89th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 59188. Compared to its nearest rival, the Intel Arc A570M, the RTX 5080 is 1.6% faster, though the Intel Arc Pro A60 is 1.9% ahead, indicating a tight cluster of performance at this tier. The GPU's launch MSRP is 999 USD, and it is rated for a 360 W TDP with a suggested 750 W PSU.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and predictable scaling pattern across resolutions. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 217 FPS at 1920x1080 to 161.5 FPS at 2560x1440, and finally to 106.8 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 51% reduction from 1080p to 4K, which indicates that the GPU is the primary scaling factor. The RTX 5080's 16 GB frame buffer and 960 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to handle the increased pixel count, but the rendering load grows proportionally.

When examining the Ultra preset, the scaling is even more pronounced. At 1920x1080 Ultra, the average is 166 FPS. At 2560x1440 Ultra, it drops to 120.1 FPS, a 28% decrease. Moving to 3840x2160 Ultra yields 81 FPS, which is a further 33% decrease. This steeper drop at 4K Ultra suggests that the game's highest settings introduce effects that disproportionately tax the GPU at higher resolutions, such as advanced shading or post-processing.

The Low preset shows a different pattern, which reveals the CPU's influence. At 1920x1080 Low, the average is 272.8 FPS. At 2560x1440 Low, it is 244 FPS, a modest 11% drop. However, at 3840x2160 Low, it falls to 168.7 FPS, a 31% decrease from 1440p. This indicates that at lower settings and lower resolutions, the Ryzen 7 5800X's 8 cores and 16 threads are sufficient to feed the GPU, and the performance ceiling is closer to the CPU's limit. The 1080p to 1440p gap at Low is small, suggesting the CPU is holding the system back from reaching even higher frame rates. The data implies that for maximum frame rates at 1080p, the CPU is the limiting component, while at 4K, the GPU is fully saturated.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. With Low settings, the average is 272.8 FPS, which is the fastest result in the entire dataset. Medium settings yield 241 FPS, and High settings produce 217 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1080p reaches 166 FPS, which is still very high but shows a significant 39% drop from Medium to Ultra. This suggests that Ultra settings at 1080p begin to shift the bottleneck toward the GPU, as the CPU is capable of higher output.

At 2560x1440, the performance remains strong. Low settings average 244 FPS, which is only 11% lower than the 1080p Low result. Medium settings produce 182.4 FPS, and High settings yield 161.5 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p averages 120.1 FPS, which is a 26% reduction from the High preset. This resolution shows a more balanced workload, with the GPU taking on additional rendering responsibilities while the CPU still provides adequate support.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the dominant factor. Low settings average 168.7 FPS, which is still playable but represents a 31% drop from the 1440p Low result. Medium settings produce 119.6 FPS, and High settings yield 106.8 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K averages 81 FPS, which is the lowest result in the dataset but remains above 60 FPS. The scaling from Medium to High at 4K is 11%, and from High to Ultra is 32%, indicating that Ultra settings impose a heavy load on the RTX 5080. The data shows that High settings at 4K are the most efficient choice for maintaining a high refresh rate, while Ultra is reserved for 60 Hz displays.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 ranks 80th out of 1637 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the top 5% of all configurations, which is an exceptional result given the CPU's age relative to the GPU. The Ryzen 7 5800X, released on 2020-11-04, is a Zen 3 part with a 105 W TDP, and its synthetic benchmarks show it is competitive with modern mid-range CPUs. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 23571 and Passmark multithread score of 27732 indicate strong multi-threaded performance, which helps maintain high frame rates in this FPS.

The GPU's ranking is equally strong. The RTX 5080 sits in the 89th percentile of all GPUs, and its average benchmark score of 59188 is within 1.9% of its nearest rival, the Intel Arc Pro A60. This tight grouping suggests that the RTX 5080 is not an outlier but rather a solid performer at the top of its class. When paired with the Ryzen 7 5800X, the combo's rank of 80 out of 1637 demonstrates that the CPU does not bottleneck the GPU to a significant degree, even at lower resolutions where CPU load is higher.

The data indicates that the combo's ranking is driven by the GPU's ability to handle 4K Ultra settings, where it maintains an 81 FPS average. The CPU's 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 27606, supports this pairing well. The nearest CPU rivals, such as the Intel Core i5-12600KF (score 27827, 0.8% higher), show that the Ryzen 7 5800X is not leaving performance on the table. Overall, this combo is a high-end pairing that excels at high-resolution gaming, with the measured data confirming its position in the upper echelon of tested configurations.