Lockdown Protocol

The pairing of an Intel Core i7-12700KF with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a clear verdict for Lockdown Protocol: fully playable at 1080p and 1440p, marginal at 4K. The database shows the RTX 2060 SUPER averaging 76.8 FPS at 1920x1080 Ultra, 74.6 FPS at 2560x1440 High, and 72.9 FPS at 3840x2160 Low. The twelve-core, twenty-thread Alder Lake CPU sits in the 85th percentile of all tested processors, while the Turing GPU occupies the 62nd percentile, so it is the graphics card that sets the performance ceiling here. This is a measured configuration, not an estimate, and the recorded data covers four presets at three resolutions.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the processor, the recorded data places the i7-12700KF in a tight cluster of Intel rivals. The Intel Core i7-13700T averages within 0.1 percent of its aggregate benchmark score, the Intel Core i5-13600T sits 0.2 percent away, the Intel Core 5 213PE is 0.2 percent off, and the Core i7-12700K, the unlocked sibling from the same generation, is likewise within 0.2 percent. Any of these CPUs would deliver effectively identical behavior in Lockdown Protocol, since the game is GPU-limited at every tested resolution with this class of processor.

On the graphics side, the nearest rivals to the RTX 2060 SUPER are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (within 0.4 percent), the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (within 0.5 percent), the AMD Radeon RX 460 (within 1.5 percent), and the Intel Arc A770M (within 1.6 percent) in aggregate score. Swapping the 2060 SUPER for any of these would produce frame rates within a small margin of the numbers below. Notably, the mobile RTX 3060 is the closest match, meaning a well-cooled laptop with that GPU could reasonably reproduce this performance envelope. The 2060 SUPER itself is an end-of-life Turing part with 2176 shading units, 34 RT cores, and 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, so any alternative should be evaluated against those raw specifications only through the recorded scores above.

CPU and GPU Roles

Lockdown Protocol is GPU-bound on this combination at all three tested resolutions. The evidence is in the scaling pattern: moving from 1920x1080 Ultra to 3840x2160 Ultra drops the average from 76.8 FPS to 36.3 FPS, a reduction that tracks the roughly fourfold increase in pixel count. That resolution-dependent collapse is the signature of a graphics limit. A CPU bottleneck would instead flatten the curve, with frame rates staying similar as resolution climbs, and nothing in the measured data shows that.

The i7-12700KF reinforces this conclusion through sheer headroom. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 28838, Geekbench multi-core score of 14367, and PassMark multithread score of 34092 place it in the 85th percentile of all CPUs in the database. Single-thread performance is equally strong: 4071 in Cinebench R23, 2255 in Geekbench, and 3984 in PassMark. Even at 1920x1080 Low, where CPU load is typically highest, the system reaches 156.7 FPS average, indicating the processor is not the constraining component. The 3DMark CPU tests corroborate the scaling capacity: 9282 at 16 threads and 9983 at maximum threads, against 2065 at 2 threads and 1043 single-thread.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the recorded averages are 156.7 FPS on Low, 112.7 FPS on Medium, 102 on High, and 76.8 FPS on Ultra. Every preset clears the 60 FPS playability threshold, and even Ultra leaves a double-digit margin above it. The High preset delivers a comfortable 102 FPS, and the modest gap between Medium and High (112.7 versus 102) suggests image-quality upgrades on this path are inexpensive in frame rate terms.

At 2560x1440, the averages fall to 116.8 FPS on Low, 85.8 on Medium, 74.6 on High, and 53.5 on Ultra. Three of four presets remain playable; Ultra misses the threshold by 6.5 FPS. High at 74.6 FPS is the strongest playable option, clearing 60 FPS by nearly 15 frames.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 72.9 FPS on Low, 55.5 on Medium, 44.5 on High, and 36.3 on Ultra. Only the Low preset stays above 60 FPS. Medium falls 4.5 FPS short, and the higher presets are clearly out of reach for smooth play. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs, so the averages represent the complete measured dataset.

The preset-to-preset spacing is fairly uniform: each step up in quality costs roughly 10 to 30 percent of the average frame rate depending on resolution, with the steepest relative penalty appearing between Medium and High at 4K (55.5 to 44.5).

How This Combo Ranks

Within the Lockdown Protocol results table, the i7-12700KF plus RTX 2060 SUPER combination ranks 2554 out of 3714 tested configurations. That places it slightly below the midpoint, in the lower third. The ranking is consistent with the component percentiles: an 85th-percentile CPU cannot compensate for a 62nd-percentile GPU in a game that the data shows is graphics-limited.

The interpretation is straightforward. This is not a leading configuration for Lockdown Protocol, but it is far from the bottom of the table, and its ranking would climb quickly with any GPU upgrade while keeping the processor. Conversely, upgrading the CPU alone would change essentially nothing, given the GPU-bound behavior documented above.

FAQ

**Q: Can the i7-12700KF and RTX 2060 SUPER run Lockdown Protocol at 1080p?

**A: Yes, comfortably. The system averages 76.8 FPS even on the Ultra preset at 1920x1080, and reaches 156.7 FPS on Low. All four presets exceed the 60 FPS threshold.

**Q: Can this combination handle 4K?

**A: Only on the Low preset, which averages 72.9 FPS. Medium falls to 55.5 FPS, High to 44.5 FPS, and Ultra to 36.3 FPS, all below the playable threshold.

**Q: Which component should be upgraded first for better performance?

**A: The GPU. The measured frame rates scale down sharply as resolution increases (76.8 FPS at 1080p Ultra versus 36.3 FPS at 4K Ultra), which indicates the RTX 2060 SUPER, in the 62nd percentile of all GPUs, is the limiting component. The i7-12700KF sits in the 85th percentile with substantial headroom.

**Q: What is the best settings choice at 1440p?

**A: High, averaging 74.6 FPS. It is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS; Ultra manages only 53.5 FPS at 2560x1440.

**Q: How does this combo compare to other tested configurations in the game?

**A: It ranks 2554 out of 3714 combinations, slightly below the middle of the field for Lockdown Protocol.

**Q: Which alternative GPUs would perform similarly?

**A: The nearest rivals by aggregate score are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (within 0.4 percent), AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (within 0.5 percent), AMD Radeon RX 460 (within 1.5 percent), and Intel Arc A770M (within 1.6 percent).

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080: Ultra, averaging 76.8 FPS. Every preset is playable at this resolution, so the full-quality preset is the correct choice.
• 2560x1440: High, averaging 74.6 FPS. Ultra drops to 53.5 FPS and misses the threshold, making High the most demanding preset that holds above 60 FPS.
• 3840x2160: Low, averaging 72.9 FPS. Medium (55.5 FPS) and above all fall short of the playable threshold at 4K.

The pattern across resolutions is consistent: drop one preset step each time pixel count increases, and the experience remains above 60 FPS everywhere except at 4K, where only the Low preset qualifies.