Lockdown Protocol

The recorded data for this pairing is unambiguous: an Intel Core i5-10400F driving an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 clears the 60 FPS playable threshold in Lockdown Protocol at every tested resolution and every preset, from 1920x1080 Low through 3840x2160 Ultra. The game, a first-person shooter released in March 2024, was measured directly rather than estimated, and the results place this hardware combination comfortably inside the playable envelope at all twelve tested configurations. What follows is a step-by-step walk through the numbers, how the combo ranks against other tested pairings, and which component is doing the heavy lifting at each resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The database contains average frame rates for three resolutions and four presets, twelve measurements in total. All of them sit well above the 60 FPS threshold.

At 1920x1080, the most CPU-sensitive configuration in the set, the results are:

• Low: 199 FPS average
• Medium: 173.6 FPS average
• High: 168.9 FPS average
• Ultra: 154.1 FPS average

The spread between Low and Ultra at 1080p is about 45 FPS, which is narrower than most GPU-bound scenarios would suggest. That compression between presets is a first hint that the processor is capping the top of the frame rate curve, a point examined in detail later.

At 2560x1440, the measured averages step down modestly:

• Low: 178.8 FPS average
• Medium: 158.9 FPS average
• High: 153.1 FPS average
• Ultra: 123.8 FPS average

Notably, 1440p Low (178.8 FPS) lands within about 20 FPS of 1080p Low (199 FPS), despite the pixel count more than doubling. The frame rate loss from moving up a full resolution tier is small relative to the added rendering workload, again pointing to a ceiling imposed by something other than the graphics card.

At 3840x2160, the heaviest configuration measured:

• Low: 156.1 FPS average
• Medium: 125.6 FPS average
• High: 107.2 FPS average
• Ultra: 82.8 FPS average

Even here, at 4K with the Ultra preset, the average sits nearly 23 FPS above the playable threshold. The minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs, so the analysis rests on averages; on that basis, no tested configuration falls below 82.8 FPS, and the slowest measured result in the entire dataset is still comfortably playable.

Best Settings per Resolution

Applying the standard rule used across the database, the best settings for each resolution are the most demanding preset that keeps the average at or above 60 FPS:

• 1920x1080: Ultra, at 154.1 FPS average. Every preset clears the threshold here, and Ultra does so with a margin of more than double the requirement.
• 2560x1440: Ultra, at 123.8 FPS average. The step down from 1080p Ultra costs about 30 FPS, but the margin over the threshold remains large.
• 3840x2160: Ultra, at 82.8 FPS average. All four presets are playable at 4K, so the most demanding one is the recommendation.

In short, there is no resolution in the dataset where this pairing has to compromise on settings. Ultra is the answer at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K alike. A player wanting headroom for high-refresh play at 4K could drop to High and gain roughly 24 FPS (107.2 versus 82.8), or to Medium for 125.6 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the Lockdown Protocol results in the database, this CPU and GPU combination ranks 608th out of 3714 tested pairings. That places it in roughly the top sixth of all tested configurations for this game, which is consistent with the raw measurements: strong enough to max out the game at 4K, but not among the absolute leaderboard entries where faster processors push higher frame rates at lower resolutions.

The rank is best understood alongside the component percentiles. The RTX 4090 sits in the 88th percentile versus all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 60347 and a PassMark G3D result of 38194. The i5-10400F sits in the 68th percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 14185. The gap between those two percentiles explains the combo's mid-table rank: the GPU is elite, the processor is merely good, and the pairing is unbalanced in favor of graphics horsepower.

The CPU's own benchmark profile reinforces this. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 10283 against a single-core score of 1451, its Geekbench results are 6257 multi-core and 1420 single-core, and its PassMark single-thread score is 2541 against a multi-thread score of 12115. These are solid mid-range figures for a 6-core, 12-thread Comet Lake part, but they are not the numbers of a processor that feeds a flagship GPU without limit at high frame rates.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For anyone seeking hardware that behaves similarly in this game, the nearest rivals recorded in the database offer reference points.

On the CPU side, the closest matches to the i5-10400F's average score of 14185 are:

• Intel Xeon 6756E at 14163, a delta of 0.2 percent
• Intel Core 7 160UL at 14232, a delta of -0.3 percent
• AMD EPYC 7552 at 14115, a delta of 0.5 percent
• AMD Ryzen 3 7320C at 14277, a delta of -0.6 percent

All four sit within a fraction of a percent of the i5-10400F's aggregate performance, so a system built around any of them paired with a comparable GPU would be expected to produce similar frame rates in Lockdown Protocol.

On the GPU side, the closest matches to the RTX 4090's average score of 60347 are:

• Intel Arc Pro A60 at 60326, a delta of 0 percent
• AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 at 60140, a delta of 0.3 percent
• AMD Radeon Pro W6600M at 61896, a delta of -2.5 percent
• AMD Radeon PRO V710 at 58657, a delta of 2.9 percent

Substituting any of these for the RTX 4090, while keeping a processor in the i5-10400F's performance band, would be expected to land in the same general performance territory for this title, though the deltas widen to a few percent at the edges of that list.

FAQ

Q: Can the i5-10400F and RTX 4090 run Lockdown Protocol at 4K?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160 the pairing averages 82.8 FPS on Ultra, 107.2 FPS on High, 125.6 FPS on Medium, and 156.1 FPS on Low. Every preset clears the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the single highest frame rate recorded for this combo in the game?

A: 199 FPS, at 1920x1080 on the Low preset.

Q: What is the slowest measured configuration, and is it still playable?

A: 3840x2160 Ultra at 82.8 FPS average. That is roughly 22.8 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold, so it remains comfortably playable.

Q: How does this combination rank against other tested pairings?

A: It ranks 608th out of 3714 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in approximately the top sixth of the field.

Q: Does the game require dropping settings at higher resolutions?

A: No. Ultra is the best playable preset at 1920x1080 (154.1 FPS), 2560x1440 (123.8 FPS), and 3840x2160 (82.8 FPS). Settings never need to be reduced to stay above 60 FPS.

Q: Is this pairing balanced?

A: No. The GPU sits in the 88th percentile of all GPUs in the database while the CPU sits in the 68th percentile of all CPUs. The graphics card is the stronger of the two components by a clear margin.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC runs Lockdown Protocol without compromise. The verdict data shows all four presets, Low, Medium, High, and Ultra, playable at all three tested resolutions:

• 1920x1080: playable on all presets, best settings Ultra at 154.1 FPS
• 2560x1440: playable on all presets, best settings Ultra at 123.8 FPS
• 3840x2160: playable on all presets, best settings Ultra at 82.8 FPS

The strict answer to the question posed is that no resolution or preset in the dataset fails the 60 FPS bar. A 4K player wanting extra headroom for a high-refresh display can use High (107.2 FPS) or Medium (125.6 FPS) instead, but Ultra remains viable as-is. The measured data, not estimates, backs every one of these figures.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling behavior across resolutions reveals which component governs performance at each setting. The evidence for a CPU ceiling at lower resolutions is straightforward: 1080p Low produces 199 FPS, 1440p Low produces 178.8 FPS, and 4K Low produces 156.1 FPS. Moving from 1080p to 1440p more than doubles the pixel count yet costs only about 20 FPS, and jumping to 4K, roughly four times the pixels of 1080p, costs about 43 FPS. A purely GPU-bound system would show much steeper falls. The RTX 4090, with 16384 shading units, 24 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus, and 1.01 TB/s of memory bandwidth, is nowhere near saturation at these frame rates; the i5-10400F, with its 68th-percentile aggregate score and single-thread results like 1451 in Cinebench R23 and 2541 in PassMark, is the limiting factor at 1080p and 1440p.

The preset scaling tells the complementary story. At 1080p, going from Low to Ultra costs 44.9 FPS (199 down to 154.1), a drop of about 23 percent. At 4K, the same preset change costs 73.3 FPS (156.1 down to 82.8), a much larger relative fall. Settings load the GPU, and the GPU only becomes the binding constraint when both resolution and quality are pushed simultaneously, which happens at 4K Ultra where the average bottoms out at 82.8 FPS.

The practical takeaway: at 1080p and 1440p, Lockdown Protocol on this system is processor-limited, and a faster CPU would raise frame rates that the RTX 4090 could easily deliver. At 4K, the balance shifts toward the graphics card, and the RTX 4090's headroom is what keeps every preset above 60 FPS. For a game in the FPS genre where high frame rates matter competitively, the data suggests the GPU is well spent at 4K and arguably underutilized at 1080p, where the i5-10400F caps play below the 200 FPS mark regardless of settings.