Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol places the Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT combination in the 700th position out of 1,637 tested combos, placing it squarely in the upper-middle tier of the database. This rank indicates that while the pairing is not at the bleeding edge of performance, it sits comfortably ahead of the majority of systems tested for this FPS title. The data suggests a balanced platform capable of delivering high frame rates without significant bottlenecks, though the specific resolution and settings chosen will heavily dictate the final experience.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 700 out of 1,637 places it in the 57th percentile of all tested configurations for Lockdown Protocol. This is a solid result, indicating that the i5-12400F and RX 7700 XT work well together for this game's engine. The CPU itself sits in the 77th percentile against all CPUs in the broader benchmark suite, while the GPU lands in the 73rd percentile against all GPUs. This alignment suggests neither component is dramatically holding the other back; the system is cohesive.

Looking at the CPU's nearest rivals, the Intel Core i7-8700K posts an average score of 19,210, a mere 0.1% difference from the i5-12400F's 19,221 average. This effectively puts the two processors on par in synthetic workloads, meaning the newer Alder Lake chip offers no tangible compute advantage over the older six-core design. Similarly, the Intel Core i5-1335U is only 0.3% behind, while the AMD Ryzen 5 7533HS is 0.7% ahead, and the AMD EPYC 7773X trails by 1.3%. These deltaPct values are all within noise, confirming that the 12400F's performance profile is extremely consistent with its direct competitors in this tier.

For the GPU, the Radeon RX 7700 XT's average score of 30,097 is virtually identical to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, which scores 30,109 with a 0% delta. The AMD Radeon RX 570 shows a negligible 0.2% advantage, and the NVIDIA Tesla M60 is 0.4% faster, while the RTX 5070 Mobile is 0.6% ahead. This clustering indicates that the RX 7700 XT delivers a level of raw compute performance that is firmly established in this segment of the market, making its in-game results predictable against these rivals.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 32 chip, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It carries 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 432.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is a critical factor for Lockdown Protocol at higher resolutions, as the data shows a significant performance drop when moving from 1440p to 4K. The GPU's boost clock reaches 2544 MHz, with a game clock of 2171 MHz, providing substantial headroom for the engine to leverage.

The card's 54 ray accelerators and 96 ROPs are relevant to the game's visual effects, though the measured FPS suggests that traditional rasterization is the primary workload. The 35.17 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power is ample for this title, as evidenced by the strong 1080p performance. The GPU's 73rd percentile ranking against all GPUs confirms it is a capable mid-to-high-end part, but the 4K results reveal its limits when pixel throughput becomes the bottleneck. The 12 GB frame buffer is sufficient for the settings tested here, but the 432.0 GB/s bandwidth appears to be the limiting factor at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS falls to 50.1.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the optimal balance between visual fidelity and performance is achieved at Medium settings for most resolutions. At 1080p, Medium delivers 156.1 FPS, which is a 20.4 FPS improvement over High settings (135.7 FPS) while still maintaining a visually richer experience than Low. The jump from Medium to Ultra at 1080p costs 52.6 FPS, dropping to 103.5 FPS, which is still playable but represents a significant performance sacrifice for marginal visual gains.

For 1440p, Medium again provides the best experience, hitting 112.1 FPS, which clears the 100 FPS threshold comfortably. High settings at this resolution drop to 97.5 FPS, which is still smooth but begins to approach the edge of high-refresh-rate displays. At 4K, the situation changes; Medium drops to 74.6 FPS, while High falls to 67 FPS. For 4K users, Low settings at 101.4 FPS is the only preset that maintains a triple-digit frame rate, suggesting that players prioritizing smoothness over fidelity should select Low at this resolution. Ultra is not recommended at any resolution, as it yields the lowest scores across the board, including a sub-60 FPS 50.1 at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the i5-12400F and RX 7700 XT produce a wide spread of results. Low settings yield 220.9 FPS, which is the highest score in the entire dataset, demonstrating the pair's ability to push frame rates far beyond typical display refresh rates. Medium settings deliver 156.1 FPS, High settings produce 135.7 FPS, and Ultra drops to 103.5 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 53.1% reduction in frame rate, indicating that the GPU's shading units are heavily taxed by the game's higher-quality effects.

Moving to 2560x1440, the scores scale down predictably. Low settings still manage 158.7 FPS, a 28.2% drop from 1080p Low, which confirms that resolution is beginning to impact the GPU's fill rate. Medium settings hit 112.1 FPS, High settings reach 97.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 76.6 FPS. The delta between Medium and High at 1440p is 14.6 FPS, which is a more substantial gap than at 1080p, where the difference was 20.4 FPS. This indicates that the GPU is becoming the primary constraint at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the performance curve tightens. Low settings produce 101.4 FPS, which is still playable but represents a 36.1% drop from 1080p Low. Medium settings yield 74.6 FPS, High settings drop to 67 FPS, and Ultra falls to 50.1 FPS. The transition from 1440p to 4K at Medium settings costs 37.5 FPS, which is a 33.5% reduction, highlighting the massive pixel throughput required at 4K. The data shows that the RX 7700 XT is capable of 4K gaming, but only at lower presets.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent, revealing that the limiting component in this combo is the GPU. At Low settings, the frame rate falls from 220.9 FPS at 1080p to 158.7 FPS at 1440p, a 28.2% decrease, and then further to 101.4 FPS at 4K, a 36.1% decrease from the 1440p figure. This progressive decline is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient to feed the graphics card at lower resolutions but the GPU's pixel processing capabilities become the bottleneck as resolution increases.

At High settings, the scaling is even more pronounced: 135.7 FPS at 1080p drops to 97.5 FPS at 1440p (a 28.1% loss) and then to 67 FPS at 4K (a 31.3% loss). This pattern indicates that the GPU's memory bandwidth and shading units are saturated at 4K, preventing the system from maintaining the high frame rates seen at 1080p. Conversely, the CPU's performance, as measured by its 3DMark multi-threaded score of 5,912, does not show signs of bottlenecking at higher resolutions, as the FPS drops align closely with the increase in pixel count.

The data strongly suggests that the Intel Core i5-12400F is not the limiting factor in this pairing for Lockdown Protocol. The CPU's single-thread performance, evidenced by its 3DMark single-thread score of 909, is more than adequate for the game's logic and physics at all tested resolutions. The RX 7700 XT, with its 12 GB frame buffer and 432.0 GB/s bandwidth, is the component that defines the performance envelope, particularly at 4K where the 50.1 FPS Ultra result illustrates the hard limits of this GPU in this title.