Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol with Intel Core i5-13400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 delivers a high-refresh-rate experience in Lockdown Protocol, with the sweet spot being Medium settings at 1440p, where the combo hits 130 FPS average with a minimum of 110 FPS. The data shows this combination ranks in the 72nd percentile (rank 1031 out of 3714 tested combos), placing it solidly in the upper tier for this FPS title. The RTX 3080's 10 GB of GDDR6X memory proves sufficient across all tested settings, while the i5-13400F's 10-core, 16-thread configuration keeps pace even at lower resolutions where CPU load is highest.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows reveal a clear hierarchy of playable settings, with Medium offering the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate stability. At 1080p, Medium produces 177 FPS average with a 151 FPS minimum, which is 52% faster than Ultra's 116 FPS while still looking substantially better than Low's 249 FPS. The gap between Medium and High at 1080p is 22 FPS (177 vs 155), making Medium the more attractive choice for competitive play where frame consistency matters.

At 1440p, the recommendation shifts more decisively toward Medium. The 130 FPS average with a 110 FPS minimum at Medium settings is 17 FPS higher than High's 113 FPS average, and it remains comfortably above the 85 FPS seen at Ultra. For players with 144Hz monitors, Medium at 1440p is the only setting that guarantees frame rates above the refresh threshold without dipping below 110 FPS. High at 1440p is playable but leaves less headroom for intense combat scenarios.

At 4K, the data suggests Medium remains the most viable option, delivering 84 FPS average with a 71 FPS minimum. This is 11 FPS higher than High's 73 FPS and 29 FPS higher than Ultra's 55 FPS. The 71 FPS minimum at 4K Medium is borderline for competitive play, but for a visually immersive experience it is the best compromise. Low at 4K jumps to 118 FPS, but the visual quality penalty in a game where spotting enemies matters may not be worth the frame rate gain.

The Ultra preset, while producing 116 FPS at 1080p, 85 FPS at 1440p, and 55 FPS at 4K, appears to be a visual showcase setting rather than a competitive option. The step from Medium to Ultra costs 61 FPS at 1080p, 45 FPS at 1440p, and 29 FPS at 4K, a substantial performance hit that rarely translates to meaningful gameplay advantages in a fast-paced FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

This CPU-GPU combination holds position 1031 out of 3714 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the 72nd percentile of all tested systems. This ranking indicates a strong but not elite configuration, the kind of pairing that delivers high frame rates in most scenarios but yields to top-tier hardware at extreme settings. The data suggests this combo is well-matched for 1080p and 1440p competitive play, where its frame rates are consistently above 100 FPS at Medium settings.

The ranking context becomes clearer when examining the individual component positions. The i5-13400F sits at the 77th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25292. Its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks are the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (scoring 25284, a 0% delta) and the Intel Core 5 120 (scoring 25362, a -0.3% delta), indicating this processor is competitively positioned in the mid-to-upper range. The RTX 3080, at the 68th percentile among GPUs with an average score of 23172, is slightly less dominant in synthetic tests but still a capable performer.

In Lockdown Protocol specifically, the combo's performance outstrips what the component percentiles might suggest, particularly at 1080p where it achieves 249 FPS on Low settings. This indicates the game is well-optimized for this hardware generation, allowing the GPU's raw throughput to shine. The 1031st rank out of 3714 means roughly 28% of tested systems outperform this combo, but many of those likely feature newer-generation flagships that cost significantly more.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is the primary driver of frame rates in this configuration, particularly at higher resolutions. Its 10 GB of GDDR6X memory running at 19 Gbps effective across a 320-bit bus provides 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for Lockdown Protocol's texture and geometry demands at all tested settings. The GA102 chip, built on Samsung's 8 nm process with 28,300 million transistors, operates at a base clock of 1440 MHz and boosts to 1710 MHz, delivering 29.77 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

The GPU's memory capacity becomes a determining factor at 4K Ultra, where the 55 FPS average suggests the 10 GB frame buffer is being pushed near its limits. At 4K Medium, the 84 FPS average indicates the memory subsystem is still coping, but the steep drop from Medium to Ultra (29 FPS) points to texture data exceeding comfortable memory headroom. At 1440p and 1080p, the 10 GB capacity is sufficient across all settings, allowing the GPU's compute capabilities to dominate performance scaling.

The RTX 3080's 68 RT cores and 272 tensor cores contribute to the card's overall capability, though Lockdown Protocol's measured results are rasterization-focused. The 272 texture mapping units and 96 ROPs deliver a texture rate of 465.1 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 164.2 GPixel/s, which aligns with the high frame rates observed at 1080p. The GPU's 68th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with nearest rivals including the NVIDIA P106-100 (0.3% higher score) and AMD Radeon RX 6600M (0.4% higher score), reflects its position as a previous-generation high-end card that remains competitive in this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the measured results show a clear performance ladder: Low settings produce 249 FPS average, Medium produces 177 FPS with a 151-204 FPS range, High produces 155 FPS, and Ultra produces 116 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium costs 72 FPS, while the jump from Medium to High costs 22 FPS, and High to Ultra costs another 39 FPS. These numbers indicate that Low settings at 1080p exceed the refresh rate of most monitors, while Ultra still clears 100 FPS, making 1080p a resolution where this combo has substantial headroom.

At 1440p, the performance drops are more pronounced but still playable. Low settings yield 183 FPS, Medium delivers 130 FPS with a 110-149 FPS range, High produces 113 FPS, and Ultra falls to 85 FPS. The Medium to High gap narrows to 17 FPS, while High to Ultra costs 28 FPS. The minimum FPS at 1440p Medium (110) is particularly notable, as it suggests consistent frame pacing even during demanding scenes.

At 4K, the results show a significant scaling challenge. Low settings produce 118 FPS, Medium delivers 84 FPS with a 71-96 FPS range, High drops to 73 FPS, and Ultra falls to 55 FPS. The 29 FPS difference between Medium and Ultra at 4K is the largest proportional drop across all resolutions, underscoring the GPU's limitations at this resolution with maxed settings. The 71 FPS minimum at 4K Medium is the lowest recorded minimum in the entire dataset, indicating that 4K gaming on this combo requires accepting occasional frame dips below 75 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The data reveals a clear resolution scaling pattern: moving from 1080p to 1440p at Medium settings costs 47 FPS (177 to 130, a 27% reduction), while moving from 1440p to 4K at Medium costs another 46 FPS (130 to 84, a 35% reduction). The total drop from 1080p Medium to 4K Medium is 93 FPS, representing a 53% decrease. This scaling behavior indicates that the RTX 3080 becomes the limiting factor as resolution increases, with the GPU's pixel throughput and memory bandwidth being progressively saturated.

At Low settings, the scaling is more dramatic in absolute terms but similar in proportion: 249 FPS at 1080p drops to 183 FPS at 1440p (a 27% reduction) and then to 118 FPS at 4K (a 36% reduction from 1440p). At Ultra settings, the pattern holds: 116 FPS at 1080p, 85 FPS at 1440p (27% reduction), and 55 FPS at 4K (35% reduction from 1440p). This consistent proportional scaling across settings suggests the GPU is the primary bottleneck at all resolutions, rather than the CPU.

The resolution scaling data also indicates that the i5-13400F is not holding back performance at 1080p. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the 1080p-to-1440p drop would be smaller than the 1440p-to-4K drop, but the proportions are nearly identical across all settings. This confirms that the RTX 3080's rendering pipeline is the constraint, with the CPU's 10-core, 16-thread configuration providing sufficient headroom even at high frame rates.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F, with its 10 cores (including performance and efficiency cores) and 16 threads, provides adequate processing power for Lockdown Protocol. Its base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.60 GHz, combined with 20 MB of shared L3 cache, deliver strong single-threaded performance as evidenced by the 3dmark single-thread score of 960 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3191. The processor's 77th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25292, places it slightly above the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS in synthetic tests.

The CPU's multi-threaded capabilities are demonstrated by a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 22604 and a Geekbench multicore score of 11068. These scores indicate that the 10-core configuration can handle both game logic and background tasks without bottlenecking the GPU. The 3dmark 16-thread score of 7314 and max-thread score of 7307 show consistent scaling across thread counts, suggesting the processor maintains efficiency under sustained load.

In Lockdown Protocol specifically, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU across all tested settings. The consistent proportional FPS drops from 1080p to 4K indicate the processor is not introducing a ceiling at lower resolutions where CPU load would be highest. The 249 FPS result at 1080p Low demonstrates that the i5-13400F can feed the RTX 3080 with enough data to reach frame rates far beyond typical monitor refresh rates. The 65W TDP and 10 nm process node suggest efficient power delivery without thermal throttling concerns in most system configurations.