Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol on an Intel Core Ultra 5 235 paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is a configuration that delivers playable frame rates at every resolution the database records, though the quality ceiling narrows sharply as pixel count rises. The recorded data places this pairing at rank 2941 of 3714 tested combinations in this game, which means the pairing sits in the lower portion of the field while still clearing the 60 FPS threshold across the board with the right settings. The Core Ultra 5 235, a 14-core Arrow Lake-S desktop processor on Socket 1851, is easily the stronger half of this duo, sitting in the 89th percentile of all CPUs in the database. The RTX 2060, a Turing card with 6 GB of GDDR6, sits in the 58th percentile of all GPUs and is the component that ultimately decides how far settings can be pushed.

FAQ

Q: Can the Intel Core Ultra 5 235 and RTX 2060 run Lockdown Protocol at 60 FPS?

A: Yes. At 1920x1080 every preset from Low through Ultra clears 60 FPS, with Ultra averaging 67 FPS. At 2560x1440, Low, Medium, and High all clear the threshold, with High averaging 66 FPS. At 3840x2160 only Low is playable, averaging 69 FPS.

Q: What is the highest setting preset that stays at or above 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Low is the only playable preset at 3840x2160, averaging 69 FPS. Medium drops to 49 FPS average with a minimum of 41, High falls to 43, and Ultra to 32.

Q: How fast is this combo at 1080p on max settings?

A: The Ultra preset at 1920x1080 averages 67 FPS, while Medium at the same resolution averages 103 FPS with a minimum of 88 and a maximum of 119.

Q: What CPU and GPU are in this configuration?

A: The CPU is the Intel Core Ultra 5 235, a 14-core, 14-thread Arrow Lake-S processor on Socket 1851 with a 5.00 GHz boost clock, manufactured on TSMC's 3 nm node. The GPU is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, a Turing-based card with 1920 shading units, 30 RT cores, and 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus.

Q: Where does this pairing rank among tested hardware combinations in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The database ranks it 2941 out of 3714 tested combos, placing it toward the back of the field even though every resolution offers at least one 60 FPS-capable preset.

Q: Which component limits performance in this game?

A: The evidence points to the GPU. Frame rates scale steeply with resolution, falling from 145 FPS at 1080p Low to 69 FPS at 4K Low, behavior consistent with a graphics-bound load rather than a CPU bottleneck.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data indicates Lockdown Protocol is GPU-limited on this configuration. At the Low preset, average frame rates fall from 145 FPS at 1920x1080 to 106 FPS at 2560x1440, a drop of roughly 27 percent, and then to 69 FPS at 3840x2160, a further decline of about 35 percent. Sustained, resolution-driven losses of that magnitude mean the RTX 2060's rasterization throughput, 6.451 TFLOPS of FP32 with a 336.0 GB/s memory path, is the constraint. A CPU-limited scenario would show roughly flat frame rates as resolution increases, and that pattern is absent from the recorded data.

The preset ladder tells the same story at fixed resolution. At 1920x1080, moving from Low to Ultra costs 78 FPS, from 145 down to 67. At 3840x2160 the same jump costs 37 FPS, from 69 down to 32. These are large, settings-driven deltas, which is another signature of a graphics-bound workload.

The Core Ultra 5 235 is nonetheless an overqualified host for this title. It sits in the 89th percentile of all CPUs in the database with an average benchmark score of 46062, posts a PassMark single-thread score of 4516, and records 14769 in Cinebench R23 multi-core. Its 14 cores and 14 threads with DDR5 memory support on a dual-channel bus delivering 102.4 GB/s give it substantial headroom for an FPS title. None of the recorded frame rates appear constrained by host processing.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the recorded averages are 145 FPS on Low, 103 FPS on Medium, 90 FPS on High, and 67 FPS on Ultra. The Medium run is the only 1080p entry with frame-time extremes logged: a minimum of 88 and a maximum of 119. That 88 FPS floor at Medium indicates comfortable frame pacing well above the 60 FPS playability threshold, and even the Ultra average of 67 leaves only a thin margin above the line.

At 2560x1440, averages come in at 106 FPS on Low, 76 FPS on Medium, 66 FPS on High, and 49 FPS on Ultra. Medium again has the extremes recorded, a minimum of 64 and a maximum of 87. The 64 FPS floor matters here: it confirms that even worst-case moments at 1440p Medium stay above the threshold, whereas the Ultra average of 49 sits well below it.

At 3840x2160, averages are 69 FPS on Low, 49 FPS on Medium, 43 FPS on High, and 32 FPS on Ultra. The Medium entry carries a minimum of 41 and a maximum of 56, meaning 4K Medium not only misses the average target but never reaches 60 even at its peak. The only 4K preset that clears the bar is Low, at 69 FPS average, and with no minimum recorded for that run the margin above 60 is worth treating cautiously.

Comparing across resolutions at fixed settings quantifies the GPU cost. Low drops 145 to 106 to 69. Medium drops 103 to 76 to 49. High drops 90 to 66 to 43. Ultra drops 67 to 49 to 32. Each step to a higher resolution removes roughly a quarter to a third of the average frame rate, and the 4K Ultra result of 32 FPS is less than half the 1080p Ultra figure.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Lockdown Protocol, with settings discipline. The verdict data shows every resolution has at least one playable preset at or above 60 FPS average.

At 1920x1080 the configuration is fully playable: all four presets qualify, and the best setting is Ultra at 67 FPS average. At 2560x1440, three presets qualify (Low, Medium, and High), with High as the best at 66 FPS average; Ultra at 49 FPS falls short. At 3840x2160 only Low qualifies, at 69 FPS average; Medium at 49, High at 43, and Ultra at 32 are all below the threshold.

The practical takeaway is straightforward. This is a 1080p-max or 1440p-High machine for this title. 4K is technically reachable but only by dropping visual quality to Low, which forfeits much of what the higher resolution exists to showcase.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the database lists the Core Ultra 5 235's nearest rivals by average benchmark score, and the margins are effectively nil. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 sits 0.1 percent behind, the Intel Core i9-13900HX sits 0.1 percent ahead, and the AMD EPYC 4364P and EPYC 7303 are both 0.2 percent behind. Any of these processors would behave essentially identically as the host for this pairing, and given that the game is GPU-bound here, the CPU choice among them is immaterial to Lockdown Protocol frame rates.

On the GPU side, the nearest rivals cluster just as tightly. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 matches the RTX 2060's average score exactly at a 0 percent delta, the AMD Radeon 680M is 0.1 percent behind, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is 0.6 percent behind, and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 is 0.8 percent behind. Swapping the RTX 2060 for the RX 7600 or RTX 3050 OEM should produce comparable Lockdown Protocol results within a fraction of a percent, meaning users on any of these cards can treat the measured frame rates above as representative of their own experience.

How This Combo Ranks

The pairing ranks 2941 out of 3714 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol, placing it below roughly four-fifths of the recorded field. That position is consistent with the component percentiles: the CPU contributes 89th-percentile class processing power, but the GPU's 58th percentile standing drags the combination down. In a fast, competitive FPS title where high-refresh play is often the goal, this combo's 145 FPS at 1080p Low is respectable but far from the top of the leaderboard, and its 4K Ultra result of 32 FPS anchors it near the bottom of viable configurations at that setting. The ranking is best read as "playable but not competitive-tier" within the database's records for this game.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080: Ultra is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, averaging 67 FPS. No compromises are needed at this resolution.
• 2560x1440: High is the most demanding playable preset, averaging 66 FPS. Medium offers more headroom at 76 FPS average with a recorded minimum of 64.
• 3840x2160: Low is the most demanding playable preset, averaging 69 FPS. Every preset above it falls below the 60 FPS line, with Medium at 49, High at 43, and Ultra at 32.

For players prioritizing consistency rather than peak visuals, 1080p Medium is the strongest overall balance in the dataset: a 103 FPS average with a minimum of 88 and a maximum of 119, comfortably clear of the playability threshold at both ends of the frame-rate range.