Lockdown Protocol

The Intel Core i5-12600KF paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 occupies the 1112th position out of 1637 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol. This placement places the combo in the lower-middle tier of the database, indicating that while it can run the game, it is not positioned among the high-performance leaders. The CPU’s strong synthetic showing—an average benchmark score of 27827, which places it in the 84th percentile of all CPUs—contrasts with the GPU’s more modest 63rd percentile ranking. This disparity suggests that the graphics card is the primary constraint on overall frame rates in this title.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 1112 out of 1637 places it in the 32nd percentile of tested pairings, a position that reflects the GPU’s limitations more than the CPU’s capabilities. The Core i5-12600KF demonstrates near-parity with its closest rivals in synthetic tests: it scores within 0.1% of the Intel Core i5-12600K and within 0.4% of the Intel Core i7-13700H, while matching the Intel Core i9-10900K exactly. This CPU-level performance is ample for driving the Radeon RX 7600, which itself sits within 1.5% of the Intel Arc B570 and 1.3% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile in aggregate benchmarks. However, the GPU’s average benchmark score of 20258 is the deciding factor in the overall ranking, as Lockdown Protocol’s frame rates scale heavily with graphics processing power. The data indicates that users with higher-ranked combos are likely leveraging significantly stronger GPUs, leaving this pairing in the middle of the pack for this specific FPS title.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 33 chip, featuring 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus. The memory runs at an effective speed of 18 Gbps, delivering a bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s, which is adequate for 1080p and 1440p gaming but becomes a limiting factor at higher resolutions. The GPU’s clock speeds are notable: a base clock of 1720 MHz, a game clock of 2250 MHz, and a boost clock of 2655 MHz. These clocks allow the card to reach a pixel rate of 169.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 339.8 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance rated at 21.75 TFLOPS. In Lockdown Protocol, the GPU’s role is dominant, as evidenced by the significant frame rate drops when increasing resolution. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for the game’s textures at 1080p and 1440p, but the measured FPS at 4K suggests that memory bandwidth and capacity are stretched, resulting in sub-60 FPS averages even at Medium settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear trend: performance degrades substantially as resolution increases, highlighting the GPU as the bottleneck. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 159.3 FPS, but this drops to 117.4 FPS at 2560x1440 and further to 78.4 FPS at 3840x2160—a 50.8% reduction from 1080p to 4K. The pattern holds across all settings. For High settings, the frame rate falls from 98.2 FPS at 1080p to 76 FPS at 1440p (a 22.6% drop) and then to 47.7 FPS at 4K (a 51.4% drop from 1080p). The most dramatic scaling occurs at Ultra settings, where the 1080p average of 74.8 FPS plummets to 38.3 FPS at 4K. These numbers indicate that the RX 7600’s 128-bit memory interface and 8 GB VRAM are insufficient for maintaining smooth gameplay at 4K, while 1080p and 1440p remain viable. The scaling pattern—where 1440p is roughly 20-25% slower than 1080p, but 4K is 50-60% slower—points to memory bandwidth saturation at the highest resolution, confirming the GPU as the limiting component.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured rows, the optimal balance of visual quality and performance lies in the Medium preset at 1440p or the High preset at 1080p. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 117 FPS, which is 18.8% faster than High’s 98.2 FPS and 56.4% faster than Ultra’s 74.8 FPS. The jump from Medium to High costs 18.8 FPS, while the jump from High to Ultra costs another 23.4 FPS, making Ultra a poor trade-off for the visual gains. At 2560x1440, the Medium preset achieves 86.2 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, while High manages 76 FPS and Ultra falls to 54.3 FPS. For 4K, no preset reaches 60 FPS; the best option is Low at 78.4 FPS, but this sacrifices significant visual fidelity. The data suggests that users with 1080p monitors should select High for a balanced experience, while those with 1440p displays should opt for Medium to maintain high frame rates. Ultra is not recommended at any resolution, as it yields the lowest returns in FPS per setting increment.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS data provides a detailed view of performance across all resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers the highest average of 159.3 FPS, followed by Medium at 117 FPS, High at 98.2 FPS, and Ultra at 74.8 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 84.5 FPS, indicating that settings have a profound impact on performance at this resolution. Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are 117.4 FPS for Low, 86.2 FPS for Medium, 76 FPS for High, and 54.3 FPS for Ultra. The delta between Low and Ultra narrows to 63.1 FPS, but the relative drop from 1080p is consistent—Low loses 41.9 FPS, Medium loses 30.8 FPS, High loses 22.2 FPS, and Ultra loses 20.5 FPS. At 3840x2160, the performance degrades significantly: Low averages 78.4 FPS, Medium averages 56.3 FPS, High averages 47.7 FPS, and Ultra averages 38.3 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 40.1 FPS, and no setting achieves a 60 FPS average except Low. Notably, the transition from 1440p to 4K at Low settings results in a 39 FPS drop, while at Ultra settings the drop is only 16 FPS, suggesting that at 4K, the GPU is so heavily constrained that even reducing settings cannot fully compensate for the resolution overhead. These numbers reinforce the conclusion that the RX 7600 is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming in Lockdown Protocol, with 4K reserved for Low settings or users willing to accept sub-60 FPS averages.