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Lockdown Protocol
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Average FPS: resolution vs quality settings
| Ultra | High | Medium | Low | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K Ultra HD | 76 | 106 | 120 | 167 |
| 1440p QHD | 120 | 158 | 183 | 258 |
| 1080p Full HD | 168 | 220 | 252 | 308 |
Cell color: green is 120+ FPS, teal is 60+, amber is 30+, red is below 30. Cards marked Estimated above have no measured row and are scaled from your GPU benchmark percentile.
Performance Analysis: Lockdown Protocol on Your System
Lockdown Protocol is a demanding FPS released on March 11, 2024, and the pairing of Intel's Core i5-12600KF with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080 handles it with considerable headroom. The data shows this combination clearing the 60 FPS playable threshold at every resolution and every preset tested, including Ultra at 4K. That is the headline: no settings compromise is required anywhere in the tested range.
How This Combo Ranks
Across 3,714 tested combinations in the database for Lockdown Protocol, this CPU and GPU pairing ranks 157th. That places it inside the top handful of percent of all tested configurations — roughly the top four percent — which is consistent with the individual standing of each component. The RTX 5080 sits in the 87th percentile of all GPUs, and the i5-12600KF sits in the 79th percentile of all CPUs. The GPU is clearly the stronger half of this pairing on paper, and the game results reflect that: frame rates scale smoothly with resolution, indicating the graphics card is doing the heavy lifting while the CPU keeps pace without becoming a bottleneck at any tested setting.
It is notably rank 157 of 3,714 does not mean the combo struggles. It means the database contains an unusually large number of tested configurations for this title, including pairings with flagship-class processors ahead of the 12600KF. For a 10-core, 16-thread Alder Lake chip, holding a top-160 position is a strong result.
CPU and GPU Roles
The resolution scaling data tells a clear story about which component limits performance at each setting. At 1920x1080 Ultra, the combo averages 167.7 FPS. Move to 2560x1440 Ultra and the average drops to 119.8 FPS. At 3840x2160 Ultra it falls further to 76 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is roughly a 29 percent decline, and from 1440p to 4K is roughly a 37 percent decline. If the CPU were the limiting factor, frame rates would flatten as resolution increased — they do not. Each step up in pixel count costs significant frame rate, which means the RTX 5080 is the governing component at every resolution tested.
Even at 1080p, where CPU limits usually appear first in fast-paced shooters, the frame rates continue to respond to settings changes: 307.8 FPS on Low versus 167.7 FPS on Ultra is nearly a doubling of performance from preset adjustment alone. That spread indicates the GPU remains the constraint even at the lowest resolution. The i5-12600KF — with its single-thread benchmark scores of 1016 in 3DMark single-thread, 3302 in Cinebench R23 single-core, and 3925 in PassMark single-thread — supplies enough per-core speed to feed the RTX 5080 without a visible ceiling in the measured data.
For practical building advice: upgrading the GPU in this combo would raise Lockdown Protocol frame rates. Upgrading the CPU, based on this data alone, would not.
Measured FPS Breakdown
All figures below are measured average frame rates from the database. The playable threshold used is 60 FPS.
1920x1080:
- Low: 307.8 FPS average
- Medium: 252.1 FPS average
- High: 220.4 FPS average
- Ultra: 167.7 FPS average
2560x1440:
- Low: 258.2 FPS average
- Medium: 183 FPS average
- High: 157.6 FPS average
- Ultra: 119.8 FPS average
3840x2160:
- Low: 166.7 FPS average
- Medium: 119.7 FPS average
- High: 105.8 FPS average
- Ultra: 76 FPS average
Every single entry clears 60 FPS. The closest call is 4K Ultra at 76 FPS, which still holds a 16 FPS margin above the threshold. The largest preset-to-preset penalty in the dataset is at 4K, where dropping from Ultra to Low recovers 90.7 FPS — a substantial margin that shows how much rendering headroom the preset range consumes at high pixel counts. At 1080p the same drop recovers 140.1 FPS. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs, so the averages are the authoritative figures here; the comfortable gaps above the threshold suggest lows are unlikely to be a concern, but that is inference, not measurement.
FAQ
Q: Can the i5-12600KF + RTX 5080 run Lockdown Protocol at 4K?
A: Yes. At 3840x2160 the combo averages 76 FPS on Ultra, 105.8 on High, 119.7 on Medium, and 166.7 on Low. All four presets exceed the 60 FPS playable threshold.
Q: What is the fastest frame rate this combo delivers in the game?
A: 307.8 FPS average, at 1920x1080 on the Low preset. Competitive players targeting very high refresh rates have room to work with.
Q: Which component should I upgrade first for higher frame rates?
A: The GPU. Frame rates drop steadily as resolution rises — 167.7 to 119.8 to 76 FPS on Ultra going from 1080p to 1440p to 4K — which means the RTX 5080 is the limiting component, not the CPU.
Q: Does the game hit 60 FPS on every preset at every resolution?
A: Yes. All twelve measured combinations — four presets at each of three resolutions — exceed 60 FPS. The lowest recorded average is 76 FPS at 4K Ultra.
Q: Is the CPU fast enough for this GPU in this game?
A: The data indicates yes. Even at 1080p Low, where CPU limits would show first, frame rates still climb to 307.8 FPS, and preset changes continue to affect performance — a sign the CPU is not capping the output.
Q: How does this pairing rank against other tested combos for this game?
A: It ranks 157 out of 3,714 tested combinations, placing it among the top performers in the database for Lockdown Protocol.
Similar Performance Alternatives
On the CPU side, the database lists four rivals within a fraction of a percent of the i5-12600KF's average benchmark score of 27,799: the Intel Core i9-10900K (avgScore 27,872, 0.3 percent ahead), the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27,712, 0.3 percent behind), the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (27,887, 0.3 percent ahead), and the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27,896, 0.3 percent ahead). Any of these processors delivers effectively the same aggregate compute performance, though per-core behavior in games can differ from synthetic averages — the measured Lockdown Protocol data is specific to the 12600KF.
On the GPU side, the RTX 5080's average benchmark score of 56,083 is closely matched by the AMD Radeon 8060S (55,757, 0.6 percent behind), the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (55,698, 0.7 percent behind), the Radeon Pro W5700X (54,828, 2.3 percent behind), and the Radeon RX 9070 GRE (57,367, 2.2 percent ahead). A system built around any of these cards paired with a comparable CPU should land in the same general performance band for Lockdown Protocol, with the RX 9070 GRE edging ahead on aggregate scores and the W5700X trailing slightly.
Best Settings per Resolution
The most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS is Ultra at all three resolutions — there is no need to step down anywhere.
- 1920x1080 — Ultra: 167.7 FPS average. The margin above the threshold is enormous; there is no reason to lower settings at this resolution.
- 2560x1440 — Ultra: 119.8 FPS average. Roughly double the playable threshold, comfortably suited to high-refresh 1440p displays.
- 3840x2160 — Ultra: 76 FPS average. Above 60 FPS with margin to spare, making maxed-out 4K viable for this combo in Lockdown Protocol.
The practical takeaway is simple: set Ultra at whatever resolution your monitor runs and play. Only if chasing frame rates well beyond these averages — competitive-style targets — does dropping presets make sense, and the Low-preset numbers (307.8 at 1080p, 258.2 at 1440p, 166.7 at 4K) show how much headroom exists when settings are reduced.