Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers a strong performance profile in Lockdown Protocol, landing at rank 444 out of 1,637 tested combos. This places the pairing in the top third of all configurations measured, a position driven by the CPU’s 8 cores and 16 threads with a boost clock of 5.20 GHz, alongside the GPU’s 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus. The data shows a configuration that handles the game’s FPS demands across resolutions, though the balance between processor and graphics shifts noticeably as settings and pixel counts change.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 444 out of 1,637 combos puts it in the 72.9th percentile of all tested pairings for Lockdown Protocol. This is a solid result, but not an elite one—the game appears to reward combinations with higher GPU throughput more than raw CPU muscle. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D itself sits in the 90th percentile among all CPUs in general benchmarks, with an average score of 37,780. Its nearest rivals in synthetic tests are the Intel Xeon 6353P (37,811, -0.1%), the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (37,831, -0.1%), the Intel Core i9-13900HK (38,020, -0.6%), and the Intel Core i5-13600KF (38,028, -0.7%). The deltas are tiny—all within 0.7%—indicating that in pure compute, this CPU is essentially neck-and-neck with those alternatives. However, in Lockdown Protocol, the combo’s rank suggests the game leverages the GPU more heavily, so the CPU’s slight edge over rivals does not translate into a top-tier combo placement.

The RX 9070 XT, meanwhile, holds an 82nd percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 39,647. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro 575 (39,703, -0.1%), the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (39,568, 0.2%), the AMD Radeon Pro 575X (39,836, -0.5%), and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (39,879, -0.6%). The GPU’s synthetic scores are close to those rivals, but the real story emerges in the measured FPS data for this specific game, where the combo’s 444th-place finish reflects more than just raw compute—it reflects how the hardware handles Lockdown Protocol’s specific rendering demands.

Settings Recommendations

Across all three resolutions tested, the measured FPS rows show a consistent pattern: Low settings always deliver the highest average frame rates, while Ultra produces the lowest. At 1920x1080, Low yields 259.7 FPS, Medium 185.2 FPS, High 162.4 FPS, and Ultra 120.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 74.5 FPS, which is substantial, but the jump from Medium to High is only 22.8 FPS, and from High to Ultra it narrows further to 41.6 FPS. The data suggests that High settings offer the best balance for most users: it delivers 162.4 FPS at 1080p, which is well above the 120.8 FPS of Ultra, and the visual uplift over Medium is likely worth the 22.8 FPS cost.

At 2560x1440, the pattern holds: Low hits 189.2 FPS, Medium 133.6 FPS, High 115.7 FPS, and Ultra 86.4 FPS. Here, High remains the sweet spot—115.7 FPS is still comfortably playable, and the 29.3 FPS drop from Medium to High is less punishing than the 55.6 FPS drop from Low to Medium. At 3840x2160, however, the recommendation shifts. Low runs at 126.1 FPS, Medium at 88.8 FPS, High at 76 FPS, and Ultra at 55.7 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 37.3 FPS, and from Medium to High it is 12.8 FPS. High at 76 FPS remains above the 60 FPS threshold, but Medium at 88.8 FPS provides more headroom for demanding scenes. For 4K, Medium is the pragmatic choice—it keeps frame rates above 85 FPS while retaining better fidelity than Low.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals where the bottleneck lies. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 162.4 FPS at 1920x1080 to 115.7 FPS at 2560x1440, then to 76 FPS at 3840x2160. That is a 28.8% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, followed by a 34.3% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is not linear—the largest absolute drop occurs between 1440p and 4K, where the pixel count more than doubles. This indicates that the GPU, with its 16 GB memory and 644.6 GB/s bandwidth, is the limiting component at higher resolutions. The CPU’s 96 MB of shared L3 cache and 5.20 GHz boost clock are more than sufficient to feed the GPU at 1080p, where frame rates exceed 160 FPS, but at 4K the GPU’s rendering workload dominates.

At Low settings, the scaling is steeper: 259.7 FPS at 1080p, 189.2 FPS at 1440p, and 126.1 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p drop is 70.5 FPS (27.1%), and the 1440p-to-4K drop is 63.1 FPS (33.3%). The fact that Low settings still show a large drop from 1440p to 4K confirms the GPU is the primary constraint—reducing CPU load via Low settings does not flatten the curve. Conversely, at Ultra settings, the 1080p score of 120.8 FPS falls to 86.4 FPS at 1440p and 55.7 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result dips below 60 FPS, which is the only measured configuration in this dataset to do so. This reinforces that the RX 9070 XT, despite its 48.66 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, cannot maintain playable frame rates at maximum fidelity in 4K for this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings sweep shows a wide spread. Low produces 259.7 FPS, which is the highest average measured in the entire dataset. Medium follows at 185.2 FPS, High at 162.4 FPS, and Ultra at 120.8 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 138.9 FPS, or roughly 53.5% of the Low figure. This indicates that Lockdown Protocol scales strongly with settings at 1080p, likely due to shadow quality, post-processing, and texture detail that tax the GPU’s shading units and ROPs. The RX 9070 XT’s 128 ROPs and 760.3 GTexel/s texture rate handle Low easily, but Ultra adds enough workload to cut frame rates nearly in half.

At 2560x1440, the numbers compress slightly. Low delivers 189.2 FPS, Medium 133.6 FPS, High 115.7 FPS, and Ultra 86.4 FPS. The gap from Low to Ultra shrinks to 102.8 FPS, but the relative drop is similar. High at 115.7 FPS is still above the 100 FPS mark, which is a strong result for a 1440p panel. Ultra at 86.4 FPS remains playable, but the 29.3 FPS gap from High to Ultra suggests diminishing returns for the visual upgrade.

At 3840x2160, the data shows the GPU’s limits. Low runs at 126.1 FPS, Medium at 88.8 FPS, High at 76 FPS, and Ultra at 55.7 FPS. The 4K Ultra figure is the only one below 60 FPS in the entire dataset, which is a critical data point—it means the combo is not suited for 4K Ultra in this game. Medium at 88.8 FPS is the highest 4K setting that maintains a comfortable margin above 60 FPS. Low at 126.1 FPS shows that even at 4K, the GPU can push high frame rates when settings are reduced, but the visual compromise is significant.

GPU Role

The RX 9070 XT’s role in these results is defined by its memory and clock specifications. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1660 MHz, a game clock of 2400 MHz, and a boost clock of 2970 MHz. The memory runs at 2518 MHz with 20.1 Gbps effective speed, delivering 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth across a 256-bit bus. The 16 GB of GDDR6 memory is a key asset—at 4K with High settings, the game likely approaches 8-10 GB of usage, and the headroom prevents any memory-related stutters. The measured FPS at 4K High (76 FPS) suggests the GPU’s 48.66 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 380.2 GPixel/s pixel rate are the binding constraints, not the memory capacity.

The GPU’s synthetic benchmarks align with these results. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 7,260 reflects a mid-range-to-high-end rasterization capability, while the Geekbench OpenCL score of 160,317 and Vulkan score of 184,026 indicate strong compute performance. However, the PassMark DirectX 12 score of 78 is notably low, which could hint at driver overhead or specific API inefficiencies in that test, but it does not correlate with the strong Lockdown Protocol results. The GPU’s 82nd percentile ranking among all GPUs is consistent with the combo’s 444th-place finish—the RX 9070 XT is a capable performer, but it is not a top-tier card, and the game’s 4K Ultra setting exposes its limits.

The GPU’s 64 ray tracing cores and RDNA 4.0 architecture provide features that Lockdown Protocol may or may not utilize—the measured data does not specify RT settings. However, the 304 W TDP and 700 W suggested PSU indicate the card is power-hungry, which could influence sustained performance in long sessions. The 16 GB memory, combined with the 644.6 GB/s bandwidth, ensures that the GPU is not starved for data even at 4K, but the compute throughput caps out as shown by the 55.7 FPS at Ultra. Ultimately, the RX 9070 XT is the limiting factor in this combo for Lockdown Protocol, particularly at higher resolutions and settings, while the Ryzen 7 9800X3D provides ample CPU headroom that never becomes a bottleneck in the measured data.