Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol, a 2024 FPS title, pairs the 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D with the 4 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650. The measured frame rates across four resolutions and four presets show a heavily GPU-limited pairing: the CPU sits at the 95th percentile of all CPUs while the GPU sits at the 40th percentile of all GPUs. The data is measured, and the combo boots into Lockdown Protocol at an average FPS that ranges from 17 (3840×2160 Ultra) to 76 (1920×1080 Low), with the GPU consistently being the practical ceiling.

FAQ

Q: What is the GTX 1650's VRAM capacity and memory bus width?

A: The GTX 1650 sells 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, producing 128.1 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 1485 MHz and boost 1665 MHz.

Q: How many cores and threads does the Ryzen 9 9950X3D have?

A: It features 16 cores and 32 threads, with a base clock of 4.30 GHz and a boost clock of 5.70 GHz.

Q: What are the single-core and multi-core benchmark scores for the CPU?

A: Geekbench scores are 3064 single-core and 26736 multi-core; Cinebench R23 returns 2259 single-core and 42018 multi-core.

Q: What frame rate does the combo achieve at 1920×1080 on Low settings?

A: The measured average FPS is 76, the fastest observed in the data.

Q: Which GPU preset yields the lowest average FPS at 3840×2160?

A: The Ultra preset produces an average of 17 FPS, the lowest across the entire test suite.

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

A: It ranks 3580 out of 3714 combos, putting it in the bottom 3.6% of tested configurations.

GPU Role

The GTX 1650 is a Turing-based card with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory clock is 2001 MHz (8 Gbps effective), giving a memory bandwidth of 128.1 GB/s. The GPU has 896 shading units, 56 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. Its FP32 performance is 2.984 TFLOPS, with a pixel rate of 53.28 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 93.24 GTexel/s.

The GPU's average benchmark score is 7472, with a percentile of 40 among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in benchmarking are the AMD Radeon HD 8850M (avg 7447, 0.3% slower), the Intel UHD Graphics 750 (avg 7441, 0.4% slower), and the AMD Radeon R7 350 (avg 7425, 0.6% slower). The closest above it is the Intel Arc A310 at an average of 7550, a delta of −1.0%. The GTX 1650 is therefore a mid-to-low tier graphics card in pure compute scoring, and that limitation shows directly in Lockdown Protocol.

The 4 GB capacity and 128-bit bus have meaningful gameplay consequences. At 3840×2160 with High settings, the card averages only 22 FPS. Even at the Low preset, the 4K average is only 36 FPS. The large differences between resolution presets point to memory bandwidth and fill rate as the bottle‑neck factors; at 1920×1080 Low the same card manages 76 FPS, but the relative drop of over half when moving to 1440p (56 FPS) and further to 4K (36 FPS) indicates that the limited bandwidth (128.1 GB/s) is heavily stressed by high pixel loads.

The GTX 1650's modest 2.984 TFLOPS also means the GPU can deliver high enough frame —* even the fastest preset at 4K{{still runs at 36}}—* but it cannot keep pace with what the 9950X3D could otherwise feed.

How This Combo Ranks

In the list of all tested combos for Lockdown Protocol, this pairing sits at rank 3580 out of 3714. That leaves only 134 combos performing worse, meaning it is better than just 3.6% of all tested systems. The contrast between the two components is stark: the Ryzen 9 9950X3D is at the 95th percentile of all CPUs, yet the GPU is at the 40th percentile of all GPUs. The 55-point gap in percentile is the measurement of the performance imbalance, and the combo rank reflects the GPU's constraint.

The CPU's average benchmark score is 75779, and its nearest rivals in the CPU test pool are within a 0.4% spread: the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755 (avg 75738, 0.1% lower), the Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D (avg 75716, 0.1%), and the EPYC 8224P (avg 75582, 0.3%). The Intel Core Ultra 9 285 (avg 75488, 0.4% lower). With multi-core workloads like Cinebench R23, the 9950X3D achieved 42018, and its Passmark multi thread 70255, indicating enormous headroom. But the GPU bottleneck caps real‑world FPS. The 3580/3714 rank shows that simply owning a top‑tier CPU does not lift the overall system rank if the GPU is ending.

She FPS

The measured results for the combo appear in the table below. Medium settings include min/max values, whereas Low/High/Ultra only list averages.

| Resolution | Setting | Avg | Min | Max |

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

| 2290x1440 | Low | 56 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 40 | 34 | 46 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 35 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 26 | – | – |

| 1920×2160 | Low | 76 | – | – |

| 1920×2160 | Medium | 54 | 46 | 62 |

| 1920×2160 | High | 47 | – | – |

| 1920×2160 | Ultra | 35 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Low | 36 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Medium | 26 | 22 | 29 |

| 3840×2160 | High | 22 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Ultra | 17 | – | – |

The highest average FPS is 76 at 1920×1080 Low, while the highest max FPS is 62 at the Medium preset at the same resolution. The lowest average of 17 is at 3840×1080 Ultra. The lowest min‑frame of 22 is at also at 3840×2160 Medium.

Resolution scaling:

• 1920×1080 Low delivers 76 FPS, to25 1440p Low it drops to 56 FPS (−20), and further to 3840×2160 Low it is 26 FPS. That's a drop to 47% of the starting value.
• 1920×1080 High averages prove a vulnerable pattern: 47 FPS at 1080p, 35 FPS at 1440p, and 22 FPS at 4K.
• Ultra averages align with the trend: 35 FPS at 1080p, 26 at 1440p, and 17 at 4K.

Settings Recommendations

The data shows that the Low preset delivers the top average FPS at every resolution. At 1920×1080 Low yields 76, Medium 54, High 47, and Ultra 35. The same ordering holds at 2560×1440 (56 Low, 40 Medium, 35 High, 26 Ultra) and 3840×2160 (36 Low, 26 Medium, 22 High, 17 Ultra). Within each resolution, the Low preset brings an improvement of 23–37% over Medium, while Medium solves over High and High over Ultra — but never surpasses Low’s frame rate.

For a game where smoothness matters, the results point to the Low preset as the only one that stays above the 60 FPS marker (1920×1080 Low overshoots 76 FPS). Medium’s highest figure at 1080p is 54 FPS, still below the 76‑FPS mark, and the gap grows by 1080p resolution scaling. At 1440p the drop is 40 FPS from low to medium; at 4K the medium only manages 26 FPS.

The data suggests that the GPU’s 4 GB memory and 2-tier fill rate cause the huge spread between the preset tiers. The Low preset is arguably the most playable in terms of average to (76 at 1080p), while everything above Low leads to lower FPS stays and the Medium 49 could be a reasonable compromise for Visual fidelity, but with the given measured numbers the safest recommendation is the Low preset.

Critical CPU Role

The immediate impression is that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D’s 16 cores and 32 threads, its 4.30 GHz base / 5.70 GHz boost clocks, and its 128 MB of L3 cache place it well ahead of the GPU. The CPU has a 95th percentile and an average benchmark score of 75779, with single‑thread pass mark at 4737 and multithread at 70255. In Cinebench R23, its multi‑core of 42018 versus single‑core of 2258 shows its strength when linearly scaling.

Yet in Lockdown Protocol, the CPU’s capabilities are only partially probed. The game’s FPS scale is set by the GPU. At the lowest resolution in the data (1920×1080), the frame rate on Low is 76 FPS. This is already above the GPU’s internal memory bandwidth capable because the GTX 1650’s theoretical peak bandwidth of 128.1 GB/s works elements of the pixel buffer, and it can only sustain a modest FPS in this title. The 100 percent single‑core `compute` does not limit the GPU because the GPU is the slowest component.

Still, the CPU’s high single‑thread performance might accommodate a more powerful video card in future builds. In the current combination, boosting the graphics card row to a 40th percentile GPU would floor out the entire ranking. The 3580‑out‑of‑3714 rank is not a CPU cook, while a 20‑Core build with a high‑multi‑core score like the 5.7‑boost 9950X3D is wasted in FPS because the GPU even with 4 GB VRAM is the limit.

The asymmetry between the 95th CPU percentile and 40th GPU percentile is the key to the data. CPU benchmarking may smash records, but Lockdown Protocol’s frame rate is bounded by what the GTX 1650 can draw. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D would not show true frame potential until the GPU is replaced. As measured, its CPU role is that of an auxiliary enricher — never an impediment to the existing frame cap.