Lockdown Protocol

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Lockdown Protocol with the Intel Core i3-12100F and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT reveals a clear pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo produces 158.5 FPS, which drops to 118.3 FPS at 2560x1440, and further to 74.6 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 53% reduction from 1080p to 4K at the lowest settings, indicating that the rendering load scales substantially with pixel count.

Moving through the settings presets tells a similar story. At High settings, the frame rate falls from 101.3 FPS at 1080p to 72.3 FPS at 1440p, then to 47.4 FPS at 4K. The Ultra preset shows the steepest absolute decline: 72.2 FPS at 1080p, 55.9 FPS at 1440p, and 37.1 FPS at 4K. The gap between Low and Ultra at each resolution is notable — at 1080p it is 86.3 FPS, at 1440p it is 62.4 FPS, and at 4K it narrows to 37.5 FPS. This narrowing suggests that at higher resolutions, the GPU becomes the limiting factor, compressing the difference between settings presets.

The data indicates that the RX 6600 XT is the primary bottleneck when resolution rises. At 1080p Low, the frame rate of 158.5 FPS suggests the CPU is still capable of feeding the GPU adequately, but the 4K Ultra result of 37.1 FPS shows the GPU struggling under maximum pixel and shading load. The scaling from 1440p to 4K at Medium settings (83.4 to 54.7 FPS, a 34% drop) is less severe than the 1080p to 1440p transition at Low settings (158.5 to 118.3, a 25% drop), implying that the GPU's memory bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s becomes increasingly strained as pixel count grows.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database of 1,637 tested combinations for Lockdown Protocol, this pairing of the Core i3-12100F and Radeon RX 6600 XT sits at rank 1,147. That places it in the lower third of all tested combos, which is consistent with the modest specifications of both components. The GPU alone ranks in the 71st percentile against all GPUs, while the CPU ranks in the 72nd percentile against all CPUs — yet their combined rank in this specific game falls well below the median.

The interpretation here is that Lockdown Protocol is demanding enough that neither component's individual percentile ranking translates directly into a high combo placement. The data shows a gap between the component-level statistics and the game-specific outcome. For context, the GPU's nearest rivals in aggregate benchmark scores include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti at a 0.1% delta and the AMD Radeon R9 M395X at 0.4%, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 sits 0.9% higher. The CPU's nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX, is effectively tied at -0.1%, and the Intel Core i7-1250U is 0.4% behind.

This rank of 1,147 out of 1,637 means that roughly 70% of tested combos deliver better performance in Lockdown Protocol. The implication is that while the individual components are mid-pack in general benchmarks, their combination in this FPS title does not synergize to produce above-average results. Players seeking higher frame rates would need to look at combinations higher up the ranking list.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear hierarchy of playable configurations. At 1920x1080, every preset exceeds 70 FPS, with Low at 158.5, Medium at 115.2, High at 101.3, and Ultra at 72.2. The jump from Ultra to High at 1080p is substantial — a 29.1 FPS improvement — while the step from High to Medium adds only 13.9 FPS. For competitive play at 1080p, Medium appears to offer the best balance, delivering 115.2 FPS while retaining more visual fidelity than Low.

At 2560x1440, the options narrow. Low produces 118.3 FPS, Medium 83.4 FPS, High 72.3 FPS, and Ultra drops to 55.9 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p remains comfortably above 60 FPS, making it the recommended choice for smooth gameplay. High at 1440p is still playable at 72.3 FPS, but Ultra falls below the 60 FPS threshold, which may introduce perceptible stutter in a fast-paced FPS.

The 3840x2160 results are more constrained. Low achieves 74.6 FPS, Medium 54.7 FPS, High 47.4 FPS, and Ultra 37.1 FPS. Only Low clears the 60 FPS bar at 4K. For players prioritizing frame rate, 4K Low is the sole viable option, while those willing to accept lower performance could consider Medium at 54.7 FPS. The data suggests that 1440p Medium is the sweet spot for this combination, balancing visual quality with a frame rate well above the playability threshold.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full range of settings produces the following averages: Low 158.5 FPS, Medium 115.2 FPS, High 101.3 FPS, and Ultra 72.2 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 86.3 FPS, showing that the GPU has headroom at this resolution even under maximum load. The incremental cost of each preset step is consistent: Low to Medium costs 43.3 FPS, Medium to High costs 13.9 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 29.1 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the results are: Low 118.3 FPS, Medium 83.4 FPS, High 72.3 FPS, and Ultra 55.9 FPS. The spread narrows to 62.4 FPS, and the step costs change: Low to Medium is 34.9 FPS, Medium to High is 11.1 FPS, and High to Ultra is 16.4 FPS. The diminishing returns of higher presets become less pronounced as the GPU works harder.

At 3840x2160, the data shows: Low 74.6 FPS, Medium 54.7 FPS, High 47.4 FPS, and Ultra 37.1 FPS. The total spread is 37.5 FPS, and the step costs are: Low to Medium 19.9 FPS, Medium to High 7.3 FPS, and High to Ultra 10.3 FPS. The compression of performance differences at 4K confirms that the RX 6600 XT is saturated by the pixel throughput, with even the lowest preset unable to exceed 75 FPS.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 23 chip, fabricated on a 7 nm process by TSMC. Its 11,060 million transistors and 237 mm² die size house 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operation units. The card has 32 ray tracing cores, and its FP32 throughput is rated at 10.60 TFLOPS. Memory consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, providing 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

Clock behavior plays a direct role in the measured results. The base clock is 1968 MHz, the game clock is 2359 MHz, and the boost clock reaches 2589 MHz. In Lockdown Protocol, the frame rates suggest that the GPU sustains high clocks at lower resolutions and settings, but the 4K results indicate thermal or power constraints limiting sustained boost. The card's TDP of 160 W with a single 8-pin power connector suggests it is not designed for prolonged maximum load at high resolutions.

The GPU's aggregate benchmark performance places it in the 71st percentile, with an average score of 27,985. Its nearest rivals in the database include the GTX 980 Ti at 27,956 (0.1% delta) and the RTX 3070 at 28,238 (-0.9% delta). The measured FPS in Lockdown Protocol aligns with this mid-range positioning — the card is capable of high frame rates at 1080p but falls short of 60 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is expected given its 8 GB memory and 128-bit bus.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i3-12100F is a 4-core, 8-thread processor from the Alder Lake-S generation, built on a 10 nm process. Its base clock is 3.30 GHz with a boost clock of 4.30 GHz, and it has a TDP of 58 W. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory across a dual-channel bus, and its PCIe interface is Gen 5 with 16 lanes.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's contribution is most evident at 1080p Low, where the 158.5 FPS result approaches the practical limit for a 4-core part. The 3DMark benchmarks show a single-thread score of 893 and a 4-thread score of 2,859, while the max-thread score of 4,023 indicates that scaling beyond 4 threads yields minimal gains — a common pattern for games that rely primarily on a few cores. The Cinebench R23 results (1,681 single-core, 11,912 multi-core) reinforce this profile.

The CPU's percentile rank of 72 and average benchmark score of 13,516 place it near the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX (13,534, -0.1% delta) and the Intel Core i7-1250U (13,462, 0.4% delta). In Lockdown Protocol, the 4-core/8-thread configuration appears sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the RX 6600 XT at 1080p, but at 4K the GPU becomes the limiting factor, meaning the CPU has headroom to spare. The data suggests that upgrading to a higher-core-count CPU would yield diminishing returns in this title, as the frame rate differences between resolutions point to GPU saturation rather than CPU limitation.