Lockdown Protocol

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Lockdown Protocol shows a clear and predictable degradation as resolution increases, but the magnitude of that drop reveals important information about where the performance ceiling sits. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers 188.9 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 at the same settings drops that to 141.2 FPS, a reduction of approximately 25%. Pushing further to 3840x2160 at Low yields 87.7 FPS, which is roughly 38% lower than the 1440p result and 54% lower than the 1080p figure.

The scaling pattern becomes more pronounced as settings increase. At High settings, the transition from 1080p to 1440p sees FPS fall from 115.9 to 88.6, a 24% drop. The jump from 1440p to 4K at High is steeper: 88.6 down to 52.5, a 41% reduction. This accelerating decline at higher resolutions and settings indicates that the GPU is becoming the limiting factor. The RTX 4060's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 128-bit bus width, paired with 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth, are being taxed more heavily as pixel counts rise.

At Ultra settings, the pattern holds but with lower absolute numbers. The 1080p Ultra result of 87.8 FPS falls to 67.7 at 1440p, then to 39.7 at 4K. The 4K Ultra figure represents just 45% of the 1080p Ultra performance, highlighting a significant scaling penalty. Conversely, at Low settings, the 4K result of 87.7 FPS is still playable, suggesting that when the GPU load is reduced, the system maintains decent headroom. The data shows that this combo is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K reserved for lower quality presets or titles less demanding than Lockdown Protocol.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 ranks 960th out of 1637 tested combos for Lockdown Protocol. That places it in the lower-middle portion of the field, at roughly the 59th percentile. The ranking reflects the combined capability of both components in this particular game, which as an FPS title tends to reward higher frame rates and responsive performance.

The CPU's individual standing provides context for this ranking. The Ryzen 5 8400F sits in the 82nd percentile against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25064. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, scores 25057, a delta of 0%. The AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 scores 25099, just 0.1% higher, while the AMD EPYC 9474F is 0.2% ahead at 25103. The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F trails by 0.3% with 24993. This clustering shows the 8400F is competitive with a range of older and newer processors, though none of these rivals represent a dramatic leap in raw compute.

The GPU's percentile standing is lower, at 66% against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23181. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6600M at 23321 (0.6% higher), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti at 23338 (0.7% higher), and the Intel Arc B580 at 23021 (0.7% lower). The AMD Radeon 760M trails by 0.8% at 22999. The fact that the GPU ranks lower than the CPU in their respective pools suggests that, in this combination, the graphics card is more likely to constrain overall performance in Lockdown Protocol, particularly at higher resolutions and settings where the measured FPS data shows steep drops.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using the AD107 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It carries 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die, with 3072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 render output units. The GPU also includes 24 ray tracing cores and 96 tensor cores, supporting DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. These specifications place it as a mainstream offering in the GeForce 40-series, and the measured FPS data reflects that positioning.

The memory subsystem is a notable factor in Lockdown Protocol performance. The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is modest by modern standards. At 4K Ultra settings, where the game demands more memory bandwidth and capacity, the average FPS falls to 39.7. This is a 55% drop from the 1080p Ultra result of 87.8 FPS, and the steepness of this decline points to the memory interface as a bottleneck. The 17 Gbps effective memory clock does help, but the narrow bus width limits overall throughput.

Clock speeds are another element. The base clock of 1830 MHz and boost clock of 2460 MHz are reasonably high, and the GPU's 15.11 TFLOPS of FP32 performance gives it solid compute headroom. In practice, however, the measured results show that this compute capability is not fully utilized at higher resolutions due to memory constraints. The pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s are adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the fill rate requirements outpace what the memory system can feed.

The GPU's 115 W TDP and dual-slot design indicate an efficient part, and the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface is sufficient for this class of card. In Lockdown Protocol, the data suggests that the RTX 4060 performs best when the resolution is kept to 1080p or 1440p, where the 8 GB memory capacity is less likely to be exceeded and the bandwidth limitation is less pronounced.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 4060 with the Ryzen 5 8400F produces a wide spread of results depending on settings. Low settings yield 188.9 FPS average, Medium drops to 134.1, High falls to 115.9, and Ultra settles at 87.8. The gap between Low and Ultra is 101.1 FPS, representing a 54% reduction. This shows that even at the most common gaming resolution, Ultra presets come with a significant performance cost. The 1080p results are all above 60 FPS, making this resolution the safest choice for smooth gameplay across all settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages decrease across the board. Low settings produce 141.2 FPS, Medium hits exactly 100 FPS, High manages 88.6, and Ultra drops to 67.7. The spread from Low to Ultra is 73.5 FPS, a 52% reduction. At this resolution, Ultra remains playable, but the margin above 60 FPS is thin. Medium and High settings offer more headroom, with 100 and 88.6 FPS respectively, making 1440p a viable option for users willing to adjust quality presets.

At 3840x2160, the performance ceiling becomes apparent. Low settings average 87.7 FPS, Medium falls to 64.3, High drops to 52.5, and Ultra bottoms out at 39.7. The reduction from Low to Ultra is 48 FPS, a 55% drop. Only Low and Medium maintain averages above 60 FPS, and even Medium is close to the threshold. High and Ultra are not ideal for competitive play at 4K, as the frame rates dip below what most FPS players would consider acceptable.

The data across all resolutions and settings shows consistent behavior: the RTX 4060 can handle Lockdown Protocol at 1080p with ease, at 1440p with some compromises, and at 4K only with significant reductions in quality. The measured FPS values are all averages, with no minimum or maximum figures recorded, so variance is not captured, but the averages alone provide a clear picture of the combo's capabilities.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture with the Phoenix codename. It operates at a base clock of 4.20 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU supports DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus with 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth, and it uses the AMD Socket AM5 platform with PCIe Gen 4 connectivity. The 4 nm process node from TSMC houses 25,000 million transistors on a 178 mm² die.

In terms of compute performance, the 8400F delivers strong results. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20851 and single-core score of 2943 indicate solid throughput for a 6-core part. The 3DMark tests show scaling from 951 in single-thread to 6165 in max-threads, with 16-thread performance at 6091. The Passmark multi-thread score of 24530 and single-thread score of 3684 further confirm its capabilities. These numbers place the CPU in the 82nd percentile against all CPUs, meaning it outperforms the majority of processors in the database.

For Lockdown Protocol, an FPS title, the CPU's role is primarily in handling game logic, physics, and frame pacing. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 188.9 FPS, which is high enough that the CPU could become a limiting factor in certain scenarios. However, the 8400F's single-thread performance, as evidenced by its 3DMark single-thread score of 951 and Passmark single-thread score of 3684, is sufficient to keep up with the RTX 4060 at most settings.

The CPU's cache structure — 64 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 16 MB shared L3 — is modest compared to some rivals, but it does not appear to hinder performance in this game. The benchmark results show that the combo's ranking in Lockdown Protocol (960th of 1637) is more influenced by the GPU than the CPU, especially at higher resolutions where the RTX 4060's memory bandwidth and capacity become the primary constraints. The CPU's percentile standing of 82% versus the GPU's 66% supports this interpretation: the processor is the stronger component relative to its peers, while the graphics card is closer to average.

The 8400F's nearest rivals in the CPU benchmark pool — the Ryzen 7 2700X, Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340, EPYC 9474F, and Ryzen 5 7500F — all score within 0.3% of each other, suggesting that the 8400F is well-matched against a broad range of processors. In Lockdown Protocol, this means the CPU is unlikely to be the source of any significant bottleneck, and users can focus on GPU settings to tune performance.