Lockdown Protocol

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded benchmark data for Lockdown Protocol with the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D combination spans three resolutions and four quality presets. At 1920x1080, the lowest resolution tested, the average frame rates range from 177 FPS at Ultra settings to 234 FPS at Low settings. The Medium preset delivers an average of 206 FPS, with minimum and maximum readings of 175 FPS and 237 FPS respectively. The High preset sits between Medium and Ultra, producing 197 FPS on average, although no minimum or maximum values were recorded for that configuration.

Moving up to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain comfortably high across all presets. The Low setting achieves 211 FPS average, while Medium drops slightly to 186 FPS, with a recorded minimum of 158 FPS and a maximum of 214 FPS. High settings produce 177 FPS average, and the most demanding Ultra preset still holds 137 FPS average. The pattern here shows a roughly 13% reduction from Low to Ultra, a relatively modest scaling that hints at the CPU becoming more relevant as resolution increases.

At 3840x2160, the highest resolution tested, the frame rates begin to show more pronounced differences between presets. Low settings produce 182 FPS average, Medium delivers 135 FPS with a minimum of 115 FPS and a maximum of 155 FPS, High drops to 118 FPS average, and Ultra falls to 88 FPS average. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is substantial, roughly 51% lower performance at Ultra compared to Low, indicating that the GPU workload scales significantly with image quality settings at this resolution.

The data shows a clear hierarchy: every preset at every resolution clears the 60 FPS playable threshold by a wide margin. Even the worst-case scenario, 4K Ultra at 88 FPS average, provides headroom above the threshold. The minimum recorded value across all tested configurations is 115 FPS, which occurs at 4K Medium, still nearly double the playable threshold.

Best Settings per Resolution

For 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that maintains at least 60 FPS is Ultra, which delivers 177 FPS average. This is the highest quality setting available in the test suite, and it clears the threshold with substantial margin. The data indicates that no settings combination at this resolution poses any challenge to the system.

At 2560x1440, Ultra settings again represent the best configuration, producing 137 FPS average. The frame rate remains well above the 60 FPS threshold, and the difference between Ultra and the next lower preset, High at 177 FPS, shows that users can enable maximum quality without sacrificing smooth gameplay.

For 3840x2160, the verdict is identical in terms of settings: Ultra is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, with an average of 88 FPS. This is the lowest average recorded in the entire test matrix, but it still provides roughly 47% headroom over the 60 FPS threshold. The minimum values for 4K Ultra were not recorded, but the average alone suggests consistent playability.

Across all three resolutions, the system can run Lockdown Protocol at the highest quality preset available in the benchmark suite. The recorded data does not include any preset that falls below 60 FPS, which means the CPU-GPU combination is not the limiting factor at any tested resolution. The headroom at 4K Ultra, while smaller than at lower resolutions, remains sufficient for stable frame delivery.

CPU and GPU Roles

Examining the scaling between resolutions and presets reveals which component dominates performance in Lockdown Protocol. At 1920x1080, the average frame rates across presets range from 177 FPS at Ultra to 234 FPS at Low, a spread of 57 FPS or roughly 32%. The fact that even the highest quality preset at the lowest resolution produces 177 FPS suggests the GPU has ample capacity at this resolution, and the CPU is likely the primary limiter.

At 2560x1440, the spread between Low and Ultra narrows to 74 FPS (211 FPS versus 137 FPS), but the percentage difference grows: Ultra is about 35% slower than Low. This indicates that as resolution increases, the GPU workload grows, but the CPU still maintains high enough frame rates that the GPU remains the bottleneck at higher settings. The minimum recorded value at 1440p Medium is 158 FPS, which still leaves considerable headroom.

At 3840x2160, the pattern shifts more decisively toward GPU limitation. Low settings produce 182 FPS, while Ultra produces 88 FPS, a drop of 52% from Low to Ultra. This substantial scaling with settings at 4K points directly to the GPU being the dominant constraint at this resolution. The CPU, with its six cores and twelve threads, appears capable of feeding the GPU at lower resolutions, but at 4K the RTX 5090 D's rendering workload becomes the limiting factor.

The Intel Core i5-11400F's benchmark scores help contextualize this behavior. Its 3dmark single-thread score of 868 and passmark single-thread score of 2981 indicate modest per-core performance for a 2021 processor. The multi-threaded scores, including cinebench r23 multicore at 14340 and geekbench multicore at 7737, show that the CPU can handle heavy threading workloads, but Lockdown Protocol appears to benefit more from GPU throughput at higher resolutions.

The resolution scaling data reinforces this interpretation. Moving from 1080p Ultra to 1440p Ultra reduces average FPS from 177 to 137, a 23% decrease. Moving from 1440p Ultra to 4K Ultra reduces FPS from 137 to 88, a 36% decrease. The larger drop at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU's fill rate and shading capacity become increasingly important as pixel count rises. Conversely, the relatively small difference between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings (234 to 211 FPS, about 10%) suggests the CPU is holding performance back at lower resolutions, since the GPU could otherwise push higher frame rates.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database's recorded measurements, this specific CPU-GPU combination holds a rank of 233 out of 3714 tested combos for Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the top 6.3% of all configurations, a strong showing that reflects the GPU's dominance in the pairing.

The CPU itself, the Intel Core i5-11400F, sits at the 71st percentile among all tested CPUs, according to the database's CPU-only rankings. Its average benchmark score is 17177, which places it slightly above the AMD EPYC 7H12 in the nearest rivals list. The GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D, ranks at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 77712. This combination of a mid-range CPU and top-tier GPU yields a combo rank that is driven almost entirely by the GPU's exceptional performance.

The combo's rank of 233 indicates that only 232 other CPU-GPU pairings in the database achieve higher frame rates in this game. Given the i5-11400F's relatively modest standing among CPUs, the high combo rank is attributable to the RTX 5090 D's ability to maintain high frame rates even when paired with a less powerful processor. The data suggests that Lockdown Protocol scales well with GPU power, and the RTX 5090 D compensates for the CPU's limitations.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Core i5-11400F provide context for how the CPU component behaves. The AMD EPYC 7H12 has an average benchmark score of 17120, a delta of 0.3% relative to the i5-11400F, making it virtually identical in overall performance. The Intel Core i5-12450H scores 17239, a 0.4% advantage, while the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G scores 17278, a 0.6% edge. The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U sits 0.6% below at 17074. These four alternatives bracket the i5-11400F's performance within a narrow 1.2% range, meaning any of these CPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in Lockdown Protocol when paired with the same GPU.

On the GPU side, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D's nearest rivals are all within a tight cluster. The AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT scores 76904, a 1.1% advantage over the RTX 5090 D's 77712 average. The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT scores 78940, which is 1.6% higher. The NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and 16 GB variants score 79396 and 79605 respectively, representing 2.1% and 2.4% advantages. These deltas are small enough that in real-world gaming, the differences would be within run-to-run variance. Notably, the RTX 5090 D sits slightly below these rivals in average benchmark score, but its actual measured FPS in Lockdown Protocol reflects the game-specific optimization rather than raw compute benchmarks.

For a user considering alternatives, swapping the i5-11400F for any of its nearest CPU rivals would change frame rates by less than 1% based on the benchmark deltas. Similarly, swapping the RTX 5090 D for an RX 6850M XT or Tesla P100 would produce at most a 2.4% difference in synthetic scores, which translates to roughly 2 to 4 FPS in the measured Lockdown Protocol results. The data does not support expecting meaningful performance changes from these substitute components.

The Verdict

The question of whether this PC can run Lockdown Protocol has a clear answer from the recorded data: yes, at every resolution and preset tested, the system maintains frame rates well above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

At 3840x2160, the verdict by resolution lists High, Low, Medium, and Ultra as playable settings, with the best settings being Ultra at an average of 88 FPS. This is the most demanding configuration in the entire test matrix, and it still provides 28 FPS of headroom above the threshold. The minimum recorded value at this resolution is 115 FPS at Medium settings, indicating that even the low points stay comfortably playable.

At 2560x1440, all four presets are playable, with Ultra achieving 137 FPS average. The minimum observed frame rate across this resolution is 158 FPS at Medium, which is more than double the threshold. The system has ample performance for high-refresh-rate monitors at 1440p, with even the most demanding settings leaving significant headroom.

At 1920x1080, the system performs best, with Ultra producing 177 FPS average and Low reaching 234 FPS. The minimum recorded value is 175 FPS at Medium, which is nearly three times the playable threshold. For competitive play or high-refresh-rate displays, this resolution offers the most headroom.

The data supports a straightforward conclusion: the Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is not merely playable for Lockdown Protocol, it is overqualified. The weakest recorded performance, 88 FPS at 4K Ultra, still exceeds the 60 FPS threshold by a substantial margin. The combination of a 71st-percentile CPU and 92nd-percentile GPU produces a system that can run the game at maximum quality across all tested resolutions without dipping below playable frame rates.

The only caveat in the data is that the i5-11400F may limit frame rates at lower resolutions, where the GPU could otherwise push even higher numbers. But for the purposes of running Lockdown Protocol, the system outperforms the requirements at every setting and resolution tested. The verdict is unambiguous: this configuration clears 60 FPS everywhere, with enough margin to handle future patches or additional in-game demands.