Lockdown Protocol

Similar Performance Alternatives

The Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX sits at the 91st percentile among all tested CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 52073. Its nearest rivals bracket it tightly: the AMD EPYC 8124P scores 52121 (0.1% lower), the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X scores 51947 (0.2% higher), the Intel Core i7-14700 scores 52301 (0.4% lower), and the Intel Core i9-13900F scores 51730 (0.7% higher). In practical terms, any of these processors would deliver nearly identical CPU-bound performance in Lockdown Protocol, though the Core Ultra 5 235HX carries 14 cores and 14 threads on the Arrow Lake-HX architecture.

The AMD Radeon 760M is a markedly weaker component, ranking at the 35th percentile among all GPUs with an average score of 6019. Its nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon RX 6400 (6001, 0.3% higher), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M (6000, 0.3% higher), the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server (5996, 0.4% higher), and the NVIDIA Quadro P2000 (6049, 0.5% lower). The Radeon 760M is an integrated GPU based on the Phoenix chip with RDNA 3.0 architecture, featuring 512 shading units, 32 texture mapping units, and 16 render output units. Its 5.323 TFLOPS FP32 performance places it in the same performance envelope as these discrete and professional cards from previous generations.

For a system combining these two components, the GPU will be the limiting factor in Lockdown Protocol. The CPU's nearest rivals all fall within a 0.7% delta, meaning any CPU swap among these four would produce indistinguishable frame rates. Meanwhile, the GPU's nearest rivals span only a 0.9% range, so swapping the Radeon 760M for any of its four closest competitors would also yield nearly identical results. This creates a situation where the entire tested combination behaves similarly to systems using any of these eight alternative parts.

FAQ

Q: Can the Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX and AMD Radeon 760M run Lockdown Protocol at 1920x1080?

A: The data shows the combination reaches 54 FPS average at 1920x1080 with Low settings, which falls below the 60 FPS playable threshold. No settings preset at any resolution achieves 60 FPS or higher.

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

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 54 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next best is 40 FPS at 2560x1440 with Low settings, followed by 39 FPS at 1920x1080 with Medium settings.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested systems for Lockdown Protocol?

A: This combination ranks 3702 out of 3714 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 12 positions. The data indicates it is among the least capable configurations for this game.

Q: Which component is the bottleneck at 3840x2160 resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, frame rates range from 12 FPS (Ultra) to 26 FPS (Low). Given the CPU's 91st percentile ranking versus the GPU's 35th percentile ranking, the Radeon 760M is clearly the limiting component across all resolutions.

Q: Are there any settings where the game exceeds 60 FPS?

A: No. The measured data shows no preset at any resolution reaches the 60 FPS playable threshold. The closest result is 54 FPS at 1920x1080 Low, which is 6 FPS short.

Q: What do the min/max FPS values indicate at Medium settings?

A: At Medium settings, the combo records 33-44 FPS at 1920x1080 (average 39), 24-32 FPS at 2560x1440 (average 28), and 15-21 FPS at 3840x2160 (average 18). The min/max spread is consistent across resolutions, suggesting stable frame pacing rather than erratic spikes.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX paired with the AMD Radeon 760M produces the following results. Ultra settings yield an average of 12 FPS with no min/max recorded. High settings produce 16 FPS average. Medium settings deliver 18 FPS average, with a minimum of 15 and maximum of 21 FPS. Low settings achieve 26 FPS average. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a steady decline: 26, 18, 16, and 12 FPS respectively, representing a 54% drop from the lowest to highest preset.

Moving to 2560x1440, the numbers improve but remain far below playable levels. Low settings average 40 FPS. High settings average 25 FPS. Medium settings average 28 FPS with a range of 24 to 32 FPS. Ultra settings average 18 FPS. Notably, the Medium preset outperforms High by 3 FPS, which may indicate a nonlinear scaling in the game's rendering workload at this resolution.

At 1920x1080, the combo reaches its peak performance. Low settings produce 54 FPS average. Medium settings produce 39 FPS average, with min/max of 33 and 44 FPS. High settings produce 34 FPS average. Ultra settings produce 25 FPS average. The gap between Low and Medium is 15 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is only 5 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 9 FPS. This suggests diminishing returns are not linear — the largest single-step loss occurs when moving from Low to Medium.

Across all resolutions, the Low preset consistently delivers the highest frame rates, and the Ultra preset consistently delivers the lowest. The delta between Low and Ultra grows with resolution: 14 FPS at 1080p, 22 FPS at 1440p, and 14 FPS at 4K. The 1440p delta is notably larger, which may reflect memory bandwidth constraints on the integrated GPU's system-shared memory.

The Verdict

The benchmark data is unambiguous: this PC cannot run Lockdown Protocol at a playable 60 FPS at any resolution or preset. The verdictByResolution field confirms zero playable settings at 3840x2160, 2560x1440, and 1920x1080, with no best settings identified at any resolution.

At 1920x1080, the closest approach to playability is the Low preset at 54 FPS average — 6 FPS short of the threshold. The Medium preset at 39 FPS and the High preset at 34 FPS are further from the target. At 2560x1440, the Low preset reaches 40 FPS, which is 20 FPS short. At 3840x2160, even the Low preset only reaches 26 FPS, making 4K entirely unviable.

The data indicates that even the lowest quality settings fail to cross the 60 FPS line. Users seeking 60 FPS would need to reduce resolution below 1920x1080, though no such measurements are present in the dataset. The combination's rank of 3702 out of 3714 combos reinforces this conclusion — this is a bottom-tier configuration for Lockdown Protocol.

How This Combo Ranks

Among 3714 tested combinations for Lockdown Protocol, this pairing of Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX and AMD Radeon 760M ranks 3702nd. This places it in the bottom 0.3% of all tested systems, with only 12 combinations performing worse.

The rank is driven almost entirely by the GPU. The CPU alone sits at the 91st percentile among all processors, meaning it outperforms 91% of tested CPUs. The GPU, however, sits at the 35th percentile, meaning it outperforms only 35% of tested GPUs. This massive disparity — 91st versus 35th percentile — explains why the combo ranks so poorly despite having a strong processor.

In practical terms, the rank means that nearly every other tested combination delivers higher frame rates in Lockdown Protocol. The 54 FPS best case at 1080p Low is below what most systems achieve, and the CPU's headroom is wasted because the GPU cannot translate it into additional frames. The data suggests that pairing this CPU with a significantly stronger GPU would yield dramatically better results, but as configured, the system is constrained by its integrated graphics.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no preset achieves 60 FPS. The best available option is Low at 26 FPS average, but this falls 34 FPS short of the playable threshold. Since no settings clear 60 FPS, there is no recommended preset at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the same situation applies. The Low preset delivers 40 FPS average, which is the highest at this resolution, but it remains 20 FPS below the 60 FPS target. No settings are playable.

At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 54 FPS average — the single best result across all resolution and preset combinations. However, this still misses the 60 FPS threshold by 6 FPS. The verdictByResolution data confirms that no playable settings exist here either.

The most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS does not exist for this hardware. Every preset at every resolution falls below the threshold. The closest configuration is 1920x1080 Low at 54 FPS, which is the only preset within 10 FPS of playability. All other presets are at least 20 FPS away from the target.

CPU and GPU Roles

The division of labor between the Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX and the AMD Radeon 760M in Lockdown Protocol is heavily skewed toward the GPU being the bottleneck. Evidence for this appears when comparing the CPU's 91st percentile ranking against the GPU's 35th percentile ranking. A CPU that outperforms 91% of tested processors cannot compensate for a GPU that outperforms only 35%.

Resolution scaling reinforces this conclusion. When moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440, the Low preset drops from 54 to 40 FPS — a 26% reduction. Moving from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160, the Low preset drops from 40 to 26 FPS — a 35% reduction. These steep declines with increasing pixel count are characteristic of GPU-bound performance, where the integrated GPU's compute and memory bandwidth are exhausted.

The CPU's role becomes more apparent when examining preset scaling within a fixed resolution. At 1920x1080, moving from Low to Medium costs 15 FPS (54 to 39), while moving from Medium to High costs only 5 FPS (39 to 34). The smaller drop between Medium and High suggests the CPU can still feed the GPU at these settings, but the GPU's limits are reached. At 3840x2160, the preset scaling is compressed — Low to Medium costs 8 FPS (26 to 18), and Medium to High costs 2 FPS (18 to 16). The compression indicates the GPU is so saturated at 4K that preset changes have diminishing impact.

The Radeon 760M's memory configuration plays a role here. With system-shared memory and system-dependent bandwidth, the GPU relies on the same DDR5 memory as the CPU. At higher resolutions, the demand for memory bandwidth increases, and the shared pool becomes a limiting factor. This explains why the 1440p Low-to-Ultra delta (22 FPS) exceeds the 4K delta (14 FPS) — at 4K, the GPU is already so constrained that raising settings produces smaller absolute changes.

For Lockdown Protocol specifically, the data indicates that upgrading the GPU would yield substantial frame rate gains at all resolutions, while upgrading the CPU would produce negligible improvements. The Core Ultra 5 235HX provides ample headroom for this game, as evidenced by its 91st percentile standing, but the Radeon 760M's 35th percentile standing means it cannot utilize that headroom. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 90% of the 60 FPS target (54 FPS), suggesting that a modest GPU upgrade could push this combination into playable territory.