Lockdown Protocol

The pairing of an Intel Core i5-13400F with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is a balanced, gaming-first combination: a 10-core, 16-thread Raptor Lake CPU that sits in the 77th percentile of all tested processors, paired with a 12 GB Ada Lovelace GPU in the 81st percentile of all tested graphics cards. The benchmark database contains measured results for this combo running Lockdown Protocol, an FPS released in March 2024, across three resolutions and four presets. The short answer: yes, this PC runs the game, comfortably, at every resolution up to 4K — with one exception at the very top of the settings ladder.

FAQ

Q: Can the i5-13400F + RTX 4070 run Lockdown Protocol at 1080p?

A: Yes, with room to spare. Every preset clears 60 FPS at 1920x1080. Even Ultra averages 121.4 FPS, while Low pushes 260.7 FPS.

Q: Can it run the game at 1440p?

A: Yes, at every preset. Ultra averages 86.9 FPS at 2560x1440, so 60 FPS is never in question at this resolution.

Q: Can it run the game at 4K?

A: Mostly yes. Low (124.1 FPS), Medium (88.7 FPS), and High (74.4 FPS) all clear 60 FPS at 3840x2160. Ultra does not — it averages 55.5 FPS.

Q: Is this combo fast compared to other tested combos for this game?

A: It ranks 849 out of 3714 tested combinations, putting it in roughly the top quarter of the database for Lockdown Protocol.

Q: Is the CPU a bottleneck here?

A: The data doesn't indicate one. The i5-13400F scores 960 in the single-thread test and 22604 in multi-core Cinebench R23, and frame rates scale steeply upward as resolution drops — the signature of a GPU-limited, not CPU-limited, configuration.

Q: What is the single most demanding preset this combo can hold at 60 FPS?

A: High at 4K (74.4 FPS average), Ultra at 1440p (86.9 FPS), and Ultra at 1080p (121.4 FPS).

CPU and GPU Roles

The measured scaling between resolutions tells you exactly which component is in charge at each setting. From 3840x2160 to 1920x1080 at High settings, the average frame rate climbs from 74.4 to 161.1 FPS — more than doubling. At Ultra, it goes from 55.5 FPS at 4K to 121.4 FPS at 1080p. When frame rates more than double as the pixel count drops by roughly three quarters, the GPU is doing the heavy lifting, and the CPU has headroom to feed frames faster than the RTX 4070 can render them.

At 1080p the balance shifts. The Ultra preset still posts 121.4 FPS and Low reaches 260.7 FPS, and at those rates the CPU's ability to push game logic and draw calls starts to matter more. The i5-13400F is well equipped for this: its single-thread score of 960 and 4-thread score of 3459 in the database's thread-scaling tests show the per-core responsiveness that FPS titles reward. Against its nearest rivals — the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS, Intel Core 5 120, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D, and AMD Ryzen 7 6800H — the i5-13400F sits within a fraction of a percent in aggregate score, so the CPU neither boosts nor drags down this combo relative to mainstream alternatives.

In practice, the RTX 4070 is the defining component at 1440p and 4K. Its PassMark G3D score of 26927 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3854 place it ahead of rivals such as the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 by a slim margin, while the AMD Radeon PRO W6400 trails it. At 1080p the CPU takes a larger share of the workload, but the data shows no point where the i5-13400F becomes the limiting factor — frame rates continue to climb all the way down to 260.7 FPS on Low.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured average frame rates from the database. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs.

At 1920x1080:

• Low: 260.7 FPS average
• Medium: 186.3 FPS average
• High: 161.1 FPS average
• Ultra: 121.4 FPS average

At 2560x1440:

• Low: 190.2 FPS average
• Medium: 138.2 FPS average
• High: 119.5 FPS average
• Ultra: 86.9 FPS average

At 3840x2160:

• Low: 124.1 FPS average
• Medium: 88.7 FPS average
• High: 74.4 FPS average
• Ultra: 55.5 FPS average

The pattern is consistent: each step up in preset costs roughly 15 to 25 percent of the frame rate, and each step up in resolution costs proportionally more. The jump from Medium to Ultra at 4K is the single largest hit — 88.7 FPS falls to 55.5 FPS, crossing below the 60 FPS playability threshold. Every other resolution-and-preset combination in the dataset stays above 60 FPS, most by wide margins.

Another way to read the numbers: dropping from Ultra to High at 4K buys you 18.9 FPS (55.5 to 74.4), which is the difference between an unplayable and a playable experience. Dropping to Medium buys another 14.3 FPS. The returns from lowering settings flatten quickly below High, which tells you where the visually worthwhile settings range sits for this game on this hardware.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3714 tested hardware combinations in the Lockdown Protocol database, the i5-13400F with the RTX 4070 ranks 849th. That places it comfortably inside the top quarter of all tested pairings for this game — a strong result for a mainstream CPU-and-GPU pairing rather than a halo configuration.

It is importantly the ranking reflects the whole database, including faster GPUs and higher-tier CPUs. The RTX 4070 sits in the 81st percentile of all GPUs, and the i5-13400F in the 77th percentile of all CPUs, so both halves of this pairing are above the median on their own. Together they produce frame rates that most tested combos do not reach — the 86.9 FPS average at 1440p Ultra being the kind of number that separates this pairing from mid-pack entries.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Lockdown Protocol well. The verdict data, based on a 60 FPS playability threshold, is unambiguous:

• 1920x1080: Playable on all four presets. Best settings: Ultra at 121.4 FPS average.
• 2560x1440: Playable on all four presets. Best settings: Ultra at 86.9 FPS average.
• 3840x2160: Playable on High, Medium, and Low. Best settings: High at 74.4 FPS average. Ultra is not playable, averaging 55.5 FPS.

For a competitive FPS player, the raw frame-rate ceiling matters more than preset eye candy, and this combo delivers: 260.7 FPS on Low and 186.3 FPS on Medium at 1080p. For a player who wants the game to look its best, 1440p Ultra at 86.9 FPS is the sweet spot — visuals maxed out with a comfortable margin above 60 FPS. Only one configuration in the entire dataset fails the playability test, and it is the most extreme one: 4K Ultra. Drop that single preset one notch to High and the game is smooth again.

Best Settings per Resolution

Based on the measured data, the most demanding preset that holds at or above the 60 FPS threshold at each resolution:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra: 121.4 FPS average. Double the threshold with headroom to spare; there is no reason to lower settings here unless chasing very high refresh rates, in which case Medium (186.3 FPS) or Low (260.7 FPS) is the play.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra: 86.9 FPS average. The ideal operating point for this combo. Full visual quality with a margin of nearly 27 FPS above the threshold.
• 3840x2160 — High: 74.4 FPS average. Ultra at 4K (55.5 FPS) misses the cut, so High is the most demanding playable preset. Medium (88.7 FPS) is the fallback if more headroom is wanted.

The practical takeaway from the data: run 1440p Ultra as the default. It is the highest settings tier this combo can carry without compromise at a resolution where the RTX 4070's 12 GB of GDDR6X and 504.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth are put to full use. If a 4K display is the target, High is the ceiling — and the measured 74.4 FPS says that ceiling is entirely comfortable.