Lockdown Protocol

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates for Lockdown Protocol across three resolutions reveal a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling at higher settings, with the CPU stepping in as the limiting factor only at the lowest settings. At 1080p Low, the combo delivers 242.7 FPS, which falls to 178.4 FPS at 1440p Low and then to 111.7 FPS at 4K Low. That is a 54% drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings, indicating that even at the least demanding preset, the resolution increase still heavily taxes the graphics pipeline.

Moving to High settings, the scaling becomes more compressed: 150.3 FPS at 1080p, 108.1 FPS at 1440p, and 73.3 FPS at 4K. The percentage decline from 1080p to 4K at High is 51%, nearly identical to Low. This consistency suggests that the RX 6800 XT's raw throughput, rather than any CPU bottleneck, governs the frame rate curve across these two presets. At Medium, the numbers are 170.8 FPS, 127.1 FPS, and 81.2 FPS for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K respectively, with a 52% reduction from 1080p to 4K.

Ultra settings tell a different story. The 1080p result is 110.9 FPS, which drops to 82.4 FPS at 1440p and then to 53.3 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-4K decline here is 52%, still in line with the other presets, but the absolute numbers are substantially lower across the board. At Ultra, even 1080p cannot break past 111 FPS, which points to the GPU hitting its compute limits with the game's highest visual features enabled. The pattern across all four settings — a roughly 50-54% frame rate reduction from 1080p to 4K — indicates that Lockdown Protocol scales predictably with pixel count, and the RX 6800 XT is the dominant constraint at every preset except possibly the very lowest.

The gap between Low and Ultra at a given resolution is worth noting. At 1080p, the spread is 242.7 FPS down to 110.9 FPS, a 54% performance penalty for maxing out settings. At 4K, the spread narrows: 111.7 FPS at Low versus 53.3 FPS at Ultra, a 52% penalty. This consistency reinforces that the rendering load scales uniformly with both resolution and quality level, and the data shows no evidence of a CPU-imposed ceiling at higher resolutions — the frame rates continue to fall smoothly as pixel count rises.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor from the Raptor Lake Refresh generation, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. Its 20 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache provide ample bandwidth for feeding a high-end GPU in a fast-paced FPS. The processor's benchmark scores reinforce its capability: a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21914 and a single-core score of 3093, alongside a Geekbench multi-core result of 11209 and single-core of 2333.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role becomes evident when examining the Low preset data. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 242.7 FPS, but at 1440p Low it drops to 178.4 FPS — a 26% reduction. This is a smaller relative drop than what would be expected if the GPU were solely responsible, suggesting that at 1080p Low, the CPU is approaching its limit in feeding the graphics card. The Passmark single-thread score of 3723 and multi-thread score of 25783 indicate that while the i5-14400F is not the strongest single-threaded part, its 16 threads help maintain consistent frame pacing when the GPU is not saturated.

The processor's 88th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 32508, places it just 0.2% behind the AMD Ryzen 7 250 and 0.2% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13705H. This tight grouping means the i5-14400F is competitive with mobile and desktop parts in a similar performance band. For Lockdown Protocol specifically, the data shows that at Ultra settings, the CPU is never the bottleneck — even at 1080p, the 110.9 FPS result is well below the processor's apparent ceiling, and the frame rate scales downward smoothly as resolution increases. The boost clock of 4.70 GHz provides the single-thread headroom needed for game logic, while the 10 cores handle background tasks without stealing cycles from the render thread.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-14400F and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT ranks 574th out of 1637 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the 65th percentile of all pairings, meaning roughly one-third of tested combinations deliver higher average frame rates in this game. Given the hardware on hand, this ranking reflects a balanced pairing where neither component is dramatically over- or under-powered relative to the other.

The GPU's percentile ranking is 87th among all graphics cards, while the CPU sits at 88th among all processors. When combined, the two components do not achieve the same relative standing as their individual percentiles might suggest, which indicates that Lockdown Protocol's engine does not scale perfectly with the theoretical capabilities of this hardware. The RX 6800 XT's average benchmark score of 49982 places it 0.5% ahead of the Intel Arc A550M and 2.6% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, yet the in-game ranking shows there are many CPUs paired with faster GPUs that push this combo down the list.

The rank of 574 out of 1637 combos means the i5-14400F and RX 6800 XT are comfortably mid-pack, but not top-tier. For a 1440p gaming target, the measured frame rates — 108.1 FPS at High and 127.1 FPS at Medium — are strong. At 4K, the combo still delivers playable results at High (73.3 FPS) and Medium (81.2 FPS), but drops to 53.3 FPS at Ultra, which is borderline for a smooth experience. The data suggests that this pairing is best suited for high-refresh-rate 1440p play, where it can exceed 100 FPS on most presets, rather than for pushing 4K Ultra.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate this combo achieves in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 242.7 FPS at 1080p with Low settings.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo delivers an average of 53.3 FPS, which is the lowest score across all measured configurations.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck at 1080p Low?

A: The data shows a 26% frame rate drop from 1080p Low (242.7 FPS) to 1440p Low (178.4 FPS), suggesting the CPU begins to limit performance at the lowest settings, though the GPU still carries most of the load.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 574th out of 1637 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol.

Q: Does the RX 6800 XT outperform the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in synthetic benchmarks?

A: Yes, the RX 6800 XT's average benchmark score of 49982 is 2.6% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's score of 48704.

Q: What are the frame rates at 1440p High and Ultra?

A: At 2560x1440, the combo achieves 108.1 FPS on High settings and 82.4 FPS on Ultra settings.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 21 chip, fabricated on a 7 nm process at TSMC. It packs 4608 shading units, 288 texture mapping units, and 128 raster operations pipelines, along with 72 ray tracing cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1825 MHz, a game clock of 2015 MHz, and a boost clock of 2250 MHz, with memory running at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus. The 16 GB of GDDR6 memory provides 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is substantial for a game like Lockdown Protocol that appears to scale well with raw fill rate.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark results show a Passmark G3D score of 24980 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3689, with a Geekbench Vulkan score of 152200. These numbers place the RX 6800 XT at the 87th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 49982. Compared to its nearest rivals, it sits 0.5% ahead of the Intel Arc A550M and 1.9% ahead of the NVIDIA CMP 50HX, while trailing the NVIDIA RTX A1000 by 1.7%.

In Lockdown Protocol, the GPU's role is clearly dominant across most settings. The frame rate scaling from Low to Ultra at each resolution follows a consistent pattern, with the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth driving the results. At 4K Ultra, the 53.3 FPS result reflects the card's limits when both pixel count and visual quality are maximized. The 72 ray tracing cores are present, but the game's performance at Ultra suggests that the standard rasterization pipeline, not ray tracing, is the primary workload. The 16 GB VRAM capacity is more than sufficient for this title, as evidenced by the smooth scaling from 1080p to 4K without any sudden frame rate collapses that would indicate memory pressure. The GPU's 288.0 GPixel/s pixel rate and 648.0 GTexel/s texture rate are the specifications that translate most directly to the measured frame rates, and the data confirms that the RX 6800 XT is the component that determines whether this combo hits 60 FPS at 4K Ultra or falls short.