Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate for this combination at 1080p with High settings?

A: The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 produces an average of 102.4 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings in Lockdown Protocol.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Core i5-11400F has an average benchmark score of 17181, which is essentially tied with the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (17189, 0% delta) and the Intel Core i7-1260P (17212, -0.2% delta).

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all graphics cards?

A: The Radeon RX 7600 sits in the 63rd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20258.

Q: Does the GPU outperform the RX 7600 XT in average benchmark scores?

A: No. The RX 7600 scores 20258, while the RX 7600 XT scores 20146, representing a 0.6% delta in favor of the RX 7600 — the two cards are effectively within noise of each other.

Q: What is the best measured frame rate across all tested configurations?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 163.1, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is the only configuration exceeding 160 FPS in the dataset.

Q: How does the combo rank among tested system configurations for this game?

A: This combination ranks 1142 out of 1637 total combos tested for Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the field.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data shows a clear trade-off between visual fidelity and frame rate for this system. At 1920x1080, Low settings deliver 163.1 FPS, Medium drops to 114 FPS, High reaches 102.4 FPS, and Ultra falls to 74.6 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 49.1 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is only 11.6 FPS. This suggests that Medium provides a substantial improvement over Low with a relatively modest frame rate penalty compared to High.

For competitive play, Low at 1080p is the only setting that approaches high-refresh-rate territory, with 163.1 FPS. However, Medium at 1080p still offers 114 FPS, which remains smooth for most displays. At 1440p, Medium produces 82.4 FPS, while High drops to 73.8 FPS. The step from Medium to High at 1440p costs only 8.6 FPS, making High a viable choice for users prioritizing image quality.

Ultra settings are difficult to recommend across all resolutions. At 1080p, Ultra yields 74.6 FPS, which is playable but represents a 39.4 FPS loss compared to Medium. At 1440p, Ultra falls to 56 FPS, and at 4K it drops to 33.8 FPS. The data indicates that Medium or High presets offer the best balance of visual quality and performance, depending on resolution. For 1080p users, Medium is the sweet spot; for 1440p users, High provides strong results without the steep cost of Ultra.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals how the GPU becomes the limiting factor as pixel count rises. At Low settings, the system delivers 163.1 FPS at 1080p, 116.3 FPS at 1440p, and 78.4 FPS at 4K. This represents a 28.7% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 32.6% drop from 1440p to 4K. The consistent decline indicates that the Radeon RX 7600's rendering throughput is the primary constraint at lower settings.

At High settings, the same pattern holds but with steeper relative declines. The system achieves 102.4 FPS at 1080p, 73.8 FPS at 1440p, and 44.9 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p drop is 28.6 FPS, while the 1440p-to-4K drop is 28.9 FPS — nearly identical absolute losses. This linear scaling suggests the GPU is saturated at every resolution when using High settings.

Ultra settings show the most dramatic scaling. From 74.6 FPS at 1080p, the system falls to 56 FPS at 1440p and 33.8 FPS at 4K. The 4K result is less than half of the 1080p figure, confirming that the RX 7600's 8 GB frame buffer and 128-bit memory interface struggle with the combined load of Ultra details and high pixel counts. The data across all settings points to the GPU as the dominant bottleneck, with the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads providing sufficient headroom at every resolution tested.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings sweep shows a wide performance envelope. Low settings produce 163.1 FPS, Medium 114 FPS, High 102.4 FPS, and Ultra 74.6 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 88.5 FPS, indicating that Lockdown Protocol's settings have a substantial impact on GPU load. The difference between Medium and High is modest at 11.6 FPS, but Ultra costs an additional 27.8 FPS over High.

At 2560x1440, the results compress noticeably. Low delivers 116.3 FPS, Medium 82.4 FPS, High 73.8 FPS, and Ultra 56 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra spread narrows to 60.3 FPS. Medium remains the highest recommended setting for smooth play, though High still exceeds 70 FPS. Ultra at 56 FPS is borderline for fast-paced FPS gameplay.

At 3840x2160, the system's limits become apparent. Low achieves 78.4 FPS, Medium 51.8 FPS, High 44.9 FPS, and Ultra 33.8 FPS. Only Low settings reach playable frame rates at 4K, and even that result is below the 80 FPS threshold. The 4K Ultra figure of 33.8 FPS is the lowest measured value across the entire dataset, reinforcing that this configuration is not suited for 4K gaming with high detail levels.

Across all resolutions, Low settings provide the highest frame rates, but the relative benefit of Low diminishes as resolution increases. At 1080p, Low is 60.7 FPS faster than Medium; at 1440p, the gap is 33.9 FPS; at 4K, it narrows to 26.6 FPS. This trend indicates that the GPU's pixel throughput becomes more limiting than its shading capability at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with a Navi 33 chip fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC. It features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units, along with 32 ray tracing cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1720 MHz, a game clock of 2250 MHz, and a boost clock of 2655 MHz. These specifications place the card in the 63rd percentile among all GPUs.

The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This configuration is a limiting factor at 4K Ultra settings, where the 33.8 FPS result indicates the GPU is struggling with both capacity and bandwidth constraints. The 18 Gbps effective memory speed helps, but the narrow bus width caps overall throughput.

The GPU's compute capabilities include 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 43.50 TFLOPS of FP16 (2:1 ratio). Pixel rate is 169.9 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 339.8 GTexel/s. These figures explain the strong 1080p and 1440p results, where the GPU can fully utilize its shading units without hitting memory bottlenecks. In benchmark tests, the RX 7600 scores 16634 in Passmark G3D and 82501 in Geekbench OpenCL, confirming its mid-range positioning.

In Lockdown Protocol specifically, the GPU's role varies by resolution. At 1080p, the card delivers 163.1 FPS on Low, indicating it is not fully taxed. At 4K Ultra, the 33.8 FPS result suggests the GPU is the primary constraint, with the 8 GB memory capacity likely insufficient for high-detail textures at that resolution.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F features 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Rocket Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 14 nm process. It runs at a base clock of 2.60 GHz and boosts to 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration with 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth. It has 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache.

The CPU's benchmark results show balanced performance across synthetic workloads. In Cinebench R23, it scores 14372 multi-core and 2029 single-core. Geekbench results are 7579 multi-core and 1979 single-core. Passmark multithread score is 16908, with single-thread at 2981. The 3DMark tests show scaling from 868 single-thread to 5652 max-thread, indicating good multi-threading efficiency for a 6-core part.

The CPU ranks in the 75th percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 17181. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and Intel Core i7-1260P, both within 0.2% of the i5-11400F's score. This places the CPU in a competitive mid-range position, though it is an end-of-life product.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU. The 163.1 FPS result at 1080p Low suggests the CPU can feed frames faster than the GPU can render them at lower settings. However, the CPU's 65 W TDP and 14 nm process node limit its sustained performance in CPU-intensive scenarios. The 4.40 GHz boost clock provides adequate single-thread performance for FPS gameplay, as evidenced by the 102.4 FPS result at 1080p High. The data indicates the CPU is not the bottleneck at any tested resolution or settings combination.