Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: Can this combination of Intel Core i7-13700K and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS?

A: No. The recorded data shows the playable threshold is 60 FPS, and at no resolution or settings preset does this combo reach that mark. The closest result is 58.8 FPS average at 1920x1080 on Low settings.

Q: What is the best average frame rate this combo achieves in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The highest recorded average is 58.8 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. Every other preset and resolution combination produces lower averages.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations in the database?

A: It ranks 3692 out of 3714 tested combos for Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the bottom percentile of all recorded configurations.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: The GPU is overwhelmingly the bottleneck. The GTX 1050 Ti scores in the 25th percentile among all GPUs, while the i7-13700K sits in the 89th percentile among all CPUs. The massive gap between these two components means the graphics card governs performance in every measured scenario.

Q: What happens to frame rates when moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440?

A: Frame rates drop substantially. At Low settings, average FPS falls from 58.8 to 48.1, a roughly 18% reduction. At High settings, the drop is from 38.4 to 30.9, about 20% lower.

Q: Are there any settings at 4K that produce playable results?

A: No. At 3840x2160, the highest average is 27.4 FPS on Low settings. High, Medium, and Ultra presets yield 16, 19.7, and 14.8 FPS respectively, all far below the 60 FPS threshold.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data for Lockdown Protocol reveals an extreme imbalance between the two components. The Intel Core i7-13700K is a 16-core, 24-thread Raptor Lake processor with a boost clock of 5.40 GHz and a PassMark multithread score of 45887. It sits in the 89th percentile of all CPUs in the database. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, by contrast, is a Pascal-generation card from 2016 with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, 768 shading units, and a PassMark G3D score of 6340. It sits in only the 25th percentile of all GPUs.

The scaling between resolutions confirms that the GPU is the decisive factor. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo averages 58.8 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops that to 48.1 FPS, and at 3840x2160 Low it falls to 27.4 FPS. The pattern repeats across every preset. At High settings, the progression is 38.4 FPS at 1080p, 30.9 FPS at 1440p, and 16 FPS at 4K. These are textbook GPU-bound scaling curves: as pixel count rises, the graphics card's fill rate and memory bandwidth become progressively more strained.

The CPU's capabilities are effectively irrelevant in this pairing. The i7-13700K can deliver Cinebench R23 multi-core scores of 30745 and single-core scores of 2116, performance that would not bottleneck a far more powerful GPU. However, the GTX 1050 Ti's 112.1 GB/s of memory bandwidth and 2.138 TFLOPS of FP32 compute simply cannot push enough frames to stress a 16-core Raptor Lake chip. The recorded frame rates at 1080p Low, 58.8 FPS average, are still below the 60 FPS threshold, which suggests the GPU is saturated even at the lightest settings.

Preset scaling within each resolution reinforces this conclusion. At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from 58.8 on Low to 27.3 on Ultra. At 2560x1440, it ranges from 48.1 on Low to 18.6 on Ultra. At 3840x2160, from 27.4 on Low to 14.8 on Ultra. Each step up in visual fidelity costs a meaningful chunk of frame rate, which is typical behavior for a GPU-limited system. A CPU-limited scenario would show less variation across resolution changes and more variation across scene complexity.

The verdict is unambiguous: the GTX 1050 Ti is the sole performance gate. The i7-13700K has more than enough headroom, but it is paired with a GPU that ranks in the bottom quarter of all recorded graphics cards. For Lockdown Protocol, the CPU is a bystander.

How This Combo Ranks

The database records this combination at rank 3692 out of 3714 tested combos for Lockdown Protocol. That places it among the very weakest configurations in the entire database, with only 22 combinations performing worse. The percentile position is consistent with the GPU's overall standing: the GTX 1050 Ti is in the 25th percentile of all GPUs, and this pairing produces frame rates that never cross the 60 FPS playability threshold.

The rank is not surprising given the component mismatch. The i7-13700K ranks in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, but the GPU's 25th percentile standing drags the entire system down. In game performance, the weakest link determines the outcome. The recorded FPS numbers, with a maximum of 58.8 across all settings and resolutions, place this combo firmly in the lower tier of the database.

Compared to the 3713 other configurations tested, this combo is in the bottom 1%. The data shows no configuration in this pairing's vicinity achieving playable frame rates in Lockdown Protocol. The gap between this combo and mid-tier systems is likely substantial, given that even the best recorded result falls just short of the 60 FPS threshold.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Core i7-13700K in the database are all processors with similar average benchmark scores. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900 scores 46971, which is 0.2% higher than the i7-13700K's 46881 average. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 scores 47022, 0.3% higher. The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX scores 46654, 0.5% lower, and the Intel Xeon w3-2535 also scores 46653, 0.5% lower. These four CPUs are effectively interchangeable in terms of overall processing power. Swapping the i7-13700K for any of them would not meaningfully change Lockdown Protocol performance, because the GPU remains the bottleneck.

The nearest rivals for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti paint a different picture. The AMD Radeon R5 M330 scores 4170, which is 0.6% lower. The NVIDIA Quadro K2100M scores 4151, 1% lower. The NVIDIA Quadro K3000M scores 4241, 1.1% higher. The AMD Radeon Vega 3 scores 4268, 1.8% higher. These are all low-end or mobile-class GPUs with average scores within a couple of points of the GTX 1050 Ti's 4193 average. Any of these alternatives would produce nearly identical frame rates in Lockdown Protocol, which is to say, all of them would fail to reach 60 FPS at any resolution or preset.

The practical takeaway is that the CPU has a wide field of comparable substitutes, all of which would perform the same in this game, while the GPU's peers are all equally weak. Upgrading the graphics card would be the only path to playable performance, but the data does not include any such alternative configurations.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the results are uniformly poor. High settings produce an average of 16 FPS. Medium settings produce 19.7 FPS. Low settings produce 27.4 FPS. Ultra settings produce 14.8 FPS. No 4K preset comes close to the 60 FPS threshold, and the spread between Low and Ultra is only 12.6 FPS, indicating the GPU is heavily saturated at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the numbers improve but remain far below playable. High settings yield 30.9 FPS. Low settings yield 48.1 FPS. Medium settings yield exactly 30 FPS. Ultra settings yield 18.6 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 29.5 FPS, showing that settings choice has a larger impact at this resolution than at 4K.

At 1920x1080, the best results appear. Low settings produce 58.8 FPS, just 1.2 FPS short of the 60 FPS threshold. Medium settings produce 47 FPS. High settings produce 38.4 FPS. Ultra settings produce 27.3 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra is 31.5 FPS, the largest spread in the dataset. This is the only resolution where any preset approaches playability, and it still falls short.

No min or max frame rate data was recorded for any configuration, so the analysis relies on averages. The absence of minimum frame rate data means stutter and frame pacing cannot be assessed, but the averages alone are sufficient to determine playability.

The Verdict

This PC cannot run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS under any tested configuration. The verdict by resolution is clear: no playable settings exist at 3840x2160, no playable settings exist at 2560x1440, and no playable settings exist at 1920x1080. The best case scenario is 58.8 FPS average at 1080p Low, which misses the 60 FPS threshold by a narrow but definitive margin.

The pattern is consistent across all resolutions. At 4K, even Low settings only manage 27.4 FPS. At 1440p, Low settings reach 48.1 FPS. At 1080p, Low settings nearly hit the target but fall short. Every other preset at every resolution is further behind. The GPU's 25th percentile standing among all GPUs in the database is the determining factor.

The i7-13700K is not the problem. Its 89th percentile CPU ranking and strong multi-threaded scores show ample processing headroom. The GTX 1050 Ti, with its 4 GB of VRAM, 128-bit memory bus, and 2016-era Pascal architecture, is simply not capable of driving this game to playable frame rates. The database data is unequivocal: this combination ranks 3692 out of 3714 combos, and it delivers zero playable configurations.

For anyone seeking to play Lockdown Protocol, this pairing requires a GPU upgrade. The CPU can stay, but the graphics card must be replaced with something substantially stronger. As recorded, the system falls short of the 60 FPS playability threshold in every scenario.