Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER delivers a formidable Lockdown Protocol experience, with benchmark data showing a performance profile that is clearly GPU-bound at higher resolutions but reveals significant CPU headroom at 1080p. This combo ranks in the 91st percentile among 1,637 tested configurations, placing it firmly in the upper echelon for this FPS title.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a predictable yet telling scaling pattern across resolutions. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 331.1 FPS, which drops to 243.1 FPS at 2560x1440 and further to 155.8 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 53% reduction in frame rate from 1080p Low to 4K Low, indicating that the GPU is becoming the primary bottleneck as pixel count increases.

The scaling behavior under High settings tells a similar story. At 1080p High, the system produces 203.9 FPS, which falls to 152.6 FPS at 1440p and 99.8 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 25.2%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 34.6%. This accelerating decline with resolution is characteristic of a GPU-limited scenario, where the RTX 4080 SUPER's raw throughput becomes the deciding factor.

Ultra settings amplify this effect dramatically. The 154.6 FPS at 1080p Ultra collapses to 113.3 FPS at 1440p and finally 73.6 FPS at 4K Ultra. The 4K Ultra result is less than half the 1080p Ultra figure, demonstrating that the most demanding settings combined with 4K resolution place maximum stress on the graphics pipeline. Interestingly, the gap between Low and Ultra narrows as resolution increases: at 1080p the delta is 176.5 FPS, at 1440p it is 129.8 FPS, and at 4K it is 82.2 FPS. This compression suggests that at 4K, even Low settings cannot fully relieve the GPU pressure, confirming the graphics card as the limiting component in all 4K scenarios.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The maximum measured average is 331.1 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 73.6, which is the lowest figure recorded across all tested configurations.

Q: Is the system more CPU-limited or GPU-limited at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the scaling from Low to Ultra shows a 129.8 FPS spread (243.1 down to 113.3), indicating the GPU still has significant influence, though the CPU's 12-core, 24-thread configuration with a 5.60 GHz boost clock provides ample headroom.

Q: What is the performance delta between 1080p and 4K at Medium settings?

A: The average FPS drops from 235.7 at 1080p Medium to 111.7 at 4K Medium, a reduction of 124.0 FPS or roughly 52.6%.

Q: Does the RTX 4080 SUPER's 16 GB of VRAM cause any bottlenecks at 4K?

A: The benchmark data shows consistent frame rates at 4K across all settings, with no anomalous dips that would indicate VRAM capacity issues; the 736.3 GB/s memory bandwidth appears sufficient for this title.

Q: How does this combo rank against all tested configurations?

A: It ranks 91st out of 1,637 combos tested, placing it in the 94th percentile of all systems evaluated for Lockdown Protocol.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X brings substantial processing power to this pairing. With 12 cores and 24 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture, this Raphael-series chip operates at a base clock of 4.70 GHz and boosts up to 5.60 GHz. The 64 MB of shared L3 cache and 83.2 GB/s dual-channel DDR5 memory bandwidth provide the memory subsystem necessary to feed the RTX 4080 SUPER at lower resolutions.

Benchmark results for the CPU show a 3DMark max threads score of 12,536 and a single-thread score of 1,093. Cinebench R23 results reach 43,695 multi-core and 6,168 single-core. These figures place the 7900X in the 93rd percentile against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 50,556. The nearest rivals include the Intel Core Ultra 5 235 at 50,598 (0.1% faster), the AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT at 50,738 (0.4% faster), and the Intel Core i9-13980HX at 50,944 (0.8% faster). This tight grouping indicates the 7900X is competitive with modern high-end processors, though slightly behind the very top performers.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role becomes most apparent at 1080p Low settings, where the system reaches 331.1 FPS. At this resolution and setting, the GPU load is comparatively light, allowing the CPU to demonstrate its capability. The fact that the frame rate nearly doubles from 4K Ultra (73.6 FPS) to 1080p Low (331.1 FPS) while the CPU remains constant suggests that even this powerful processor is not the primary limiter at higher resolutions. The 24-thread configuration ensures that any background tasks or game engine threads have dedicated resources, though the data does not suggest the game heavily utilizes all available threads.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame field places this specific pairing at rank 91 out of 1,637 tested combinations. This puts the system in the top 5.6% of all configurations tested for Lockdown Protocol, a strong showing that reflects the synergy between the 12-core Zen 4 CPU and the Ada Lovelace GPU.

This ranking is consistent with the component-level percentiles: the CPU sits in the 93rd percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU ranks in the 88th percentile among all GPUs. The combination of two high-percentile components yields a system that outperforms the vast majority of tested setups. The 91st rank indicates that only 90 other combinations achieved higher average FPS across the tested settings, a select group that likely includes newer or more specialized hardware.

It is notably the GPU's nearest rivals—the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (0.2% faster), AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (0.4% faster), AMD Radeon RX 7700S (2.1% faster), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (2.9% faster)—all hover within a narrow performance band. This suggests that the RTX 4080 SUPER's position in the ranking is not due to an overwhelming advantage over competitors, but rather the balanced pairing with the 7900X that avoids significant bottlenecks.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the dominant component in this pairing for Lockdown Protocol, particularly at higher resolutions. Built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with the AD103 chip, this GPU features 10,240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs. The 80 ray tracing cores and 320 tensor cores provide advanced features, though the benchmark data focuses on standard rasterization performance.

The memory configuration is substantial: 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus delivers 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. This is critical for 4K gaming, where texture data demands are high. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2,295 MHz with a boost clock of 2,550 MHz, reaching a peak FP32 throughput of 52.22 TFLOPS. The 320 W TDP and triple-slot design indicate this is a high-power, performance-oriented card.

In the benchmark suite, the RTX 4080 SUPER achieves a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,600, a Geekbench OpenCL score of 246,994, and a Passmark G3D score of 34,245. These results place the GPU in the 88th percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53,610. The nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, scores 53,489, a mere 0.2% difference, showing the 4080 SUPER is competitive but not dominant within its performance class.

The game-specific data reinforces the GPU-heavy workload. At 4K Ultra, the system produces 73.6 FPS, which is 55.2% lower than the 1080p Ultra result of 154.6 FPS. This substantial drop indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck when pixel count and quality settings are maximized. Even at 4K Low, the 155.8 FPS result is lower than the 1080p Ultra score, suggesting that resolution alone imposes significant load on the graphics card. The GPU's 88th percentile standing, combined with its strong 4K performance, confirms that it is the component driving the system's high combo rank in this title.