Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol with Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

The Intel Core Ultra 5 125H paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 delivers a robust Lockdown Protocol experience across all tested resolutions, with the combination ranking in the 69th percentile of all tested combos (867 out of 2828). The data shows a system that is clearly GPU-bound at higher resolutions, while the 14-core Meteor Lake processor provides sufficient headroom at 1080p to push frame rates well past 200 FPS on lower presets. This analysis breaks down the measured results, settings behavior, and component roles based exclusively on the benchmark data.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Lockdown Protocol?

A: Based on the measured FPS data, 2560x1440 offers the strongest balance. High settings deliver 109 FPS average, which is comfortably above 60 FPS while providing 47% more resolution than 1080p. The 4K results at 70 FPS on High are playable but leave less margin for demanding scenes.

Q: How much performance does the RTX 4080 lose when moving from 1080p to 4K?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 148 at 1920x1080 to 109 at 2560x1440, then to 70 at 3840x2160. That represents a 26% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a further 36% reduction from 1440p to 4K, for a total 53% drop from 1080p to 4K.

Q: Which settings preset delivers the highest frame rate at 4K?

A: Low settings at 3840x2160 produces an average of 113 FPS, which is the only 4K preset that exceeds 100 FPS. Medium settings follow at 80 FPS, High at 70 FPS, and Ultra drops to 53 FPS average.

Q: Does the Core Ultra 5 125H bottleneck the RTX 4080 in this game?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 239 FPS average, suggesting the CPU is still able to feed the GPU effectively at high frame rates. However, the scaling from 1080p to 1440p at High settings (148 to 109 FPS, a 26% drop) indicates the GPU becomes the limiting factor as resolution increases.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4080 has an average benchmark score of 54247, which is 0.1% higher than the RTX 4080 SUPER (54209) and 1.1% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (54828). The RTX 4080 trails the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB by 2.6% and the AMD Radeon 8060S by 2.7%.

Q: What is the rank of this specific CPU-GPU combination in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The combo ranks 867 out of 2828 tested combinations, placing it in the 69th percentile of all tested systems. This indicates the pairing is solidly above average for this game.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals distinct performance tiers across the four presets. At 1920x1080, Low settings produce 239 FPS average, Medium hits 170 FPS, High reaches 148 FPS, and Ultra drops to 111 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium costs 69 FPS (29% reduction), while Medium to High costs another 22 FPS (13% reduction), and High to Ultra costs 37 FPS (25% reduction). For competitive play at 1080p, Low or Medium makes sense if the goal is maximum refresh rate headroom. However, High at 148 FPS is still well above typical 144Hz displays and provides substantially better visual quality than Low.

At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. Low delivers 175 FPS, Medium 124 FPS, High 109 FPS, and Ultra 81 FPS. The drop from Medium to High is only 12%, making High the most efficient preset for visual fidelity per frame lost. Ultra at 81 FPS is playable but sacrifices 26% of the High preset's frame rate for marginal visual gains. For most users at 1440p, High is the recommended preset, offering 109 FPS average with the best balance of image quality and smoothness.

At 3840x2160, the data tells a different story. Low produces 113 FPS, Medium 80 FPS, High 70 FPS, and Ultra falls to 53 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 33 FPS (29% drop), while Medium to High costs only 10 FPS (13% drop). Ultra at 53 FPS is below the ideal 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. Given that High at 70 FPS maintains a comfortable margin above 60, it is the recommended preset for 4K. Users prioritizing frame rate over visuals could choose Medium at 80 FPS, but High provides the best overall experience per the measured rows.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling across resolutions reveals a system that transitions from CPU-leaning at 1080p to heavily GPU-bound at 4K. At High settings, the progression from 1080p (148 FPS) to 1440p (109 FPS) to 4K (70 FPS) shows a consistent 26-36% reduction per step up in resolution. The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 53%, which is substantial but not as severe as what would be expected if the GPU were completely saturated at lower resolutions.

The Low preset shows a different scaling pattern: 239 FPS at 1080p, 175 FPS at 1440p, and 113 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p drop is 27%, while the 1440p-to-4K drop is 35%. Interestingly, the Low preset at 4K (113 FPS) is higher than the High preset at 1080p (148 FPS), indicating that settings changes have a larger impact on frame rate than resolution changes in this configuration. This suggests the RTX 4080 has substantial compute headroom that is more easily exposed by lowering settings rather than reducing resolution.

The Medium preset, which is the only one with min/max FPS data, shows 170 FPS average at 1080p (min 144, max 195), 124 FPS at 1440p (min 106, max 143), and 80 FPS at 4K (min 68, max 92). The frame time consistency, as indicated by the spread between min and max, remains relatively stable across resolutions. At 4K, the 68 FPS minimum is still above the 60 FPS threshold, while at 1080p the 144 FPS minimum ensures smooth performance on 144Hz displays. The scaling behavior confirms the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K, while the CPU's 18 threads provide adequate feeding at lower resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame places this configuration at 867 out of 2828 tested combinations, which is the 69th percentile. This ranking is notably higher than what the individual component percentiles might suggest. The RTX 4080 sits at the 86th percentile among all GPUs, while the Core Ultra 5 125H is at the 79th percentile among all CPUs. The combination of a high-percentile GPU with a mid-high-percentile CPU yields a result that is above the average of what either component's percentile alone would predict for Lockdown Protocol specifically.

In synthetic benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125H achieves an average score of 27507, which places it within 0.1% of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (27535) and 0.3% of both the Intel Core i5-12600K (27578) and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (27578). It also leads the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355G (27382) by 0.5%. The CPU's percentile ranking of 79 means it outperforms roughly four out of five CPUs in the database. Similarly, the RTX 4080's average benchmark score of 54247 places it in the 86th percentile, outperforming 86% of all GPUs.

The gap between the combo's 69th percentile ranking and the GPU's 86th percentile suggests that Lockdown Protocol is not purely GPU-bound for this pairing. The game likely has CPU-sensitive scenes that prevent the RTX 4080 from fully expressing its capability, particularly at lower resolutions where frame rates are high. The 867th rank out of 2828 combos still places this system well above the median tested configuration, indicating strong overall performance for this title.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using TSMC's 5 nm process, with a die size of 379 mm² containing 45,900 million transistors. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2205 MHz and boosts to 2505 MHz, with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus providing 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory runs at 1400 MHz with 22.4 Gbps effective speed. The GPU's 9728 shading units, 304 TMUs, and 112 ROPs deliver a peak FP32 throughput of 48.74 TFLOPS. The 76 RT cores and 304 tensor cores support DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4.

In Lockdown Protocol, the RTX 4080's role is clearly dominant at higher resolutions. The measured FPS at 4K ranges from 53 FPS on Ultra to 113 FPS on Low, and the scaling pattern across resolutions indicates the GPU is the limiting factor at 1440p and above. The 16 GB VRAM capacity is more than sufficient for this game at any settings, as evidenced by the consistent performance scaling without any indication of memory-related stutters or drops. The bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s enables the GPU to maintain high fill rates even at 4K with Ultra settings.

The RTX 4080's synthetic benchmark results reinforce its strong position. It scores 6567 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 214739 in Geekbench OpenCL, and 263779 in Geekbench Vulkan. The Passmark G3D score of 34457 and GPU compute score of 20671 further confirm the GPU's compute capabilities. The GPU's average benchmark score of 54247 places it in the 86th percentile, and its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, is only 0.1% ahead at 54209. This indicates the RTX 4080 is at the very top of its class for rasterization performance, which translates directly to the strong FPS numbers measured in Lockdown Protocol.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings produce an average of 239 FPS, which is the highest measured result across all configurations. Medium settings average 170 FPS with a minimum of 144 FPS and maximum of 195 FPS. High settings average 148 FPS, and Ultra settings average 111 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 54% reduction in frame rate, from 239 FPS to 111 FPS.

At 2560x1440, performance remains strong but scales downward. Low settings average 175 FPS, Medium settings average 124 FPS (min 106, max 143), High settings average 109 FPS, and Ultra settings average 81 FPS. The reduction from Low to Ultra at this resolution is 54%, matching the 1080p pattern. The Medium preset's minimum of 106 FPS ensures that even the lowest frames stay well above 100 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the GPU workload becomes more demanding. Low settings average 113 FPS, Medium settings average 80 FPS (min 68, max 92), High settings average 70 FPS, and Ultra settings average 53 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K is the only configuration that drops below 60 FPS average, and its 53 FPS result is 25% below the High preset's 70 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K, with its 68 FPS minimum, offers the most consistent playable experience at this resolution.

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min/max data across all three resolutions. At 1080p, the spread between min and max is 51 FPS (144 to 195), at 1440p it is 37 FPS (106 to 143), and at 4K it is 24 FPS (68 to 92). This narrowing spread at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU becomes more consistently loaded, reducing frame time variance. The 1080p spread of 51 FPS suggests more CPU-bound variability at lower resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 125H is a Meteor Lake processor built on Intel's 7 nm process, featuring 14 cores and 18 threads. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.50 GHz, with a TDP of 28 W. The cache hierarchy includes 112 KB L1 per core, 2 MB L2 per core, and 18 MB shared L3. The CPU supports DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth and PCIe Gen 5. It integrates Arc Xe-LPG 96EU graphics and was released in December 2023 with a launch MSRP of $375.

In synthetic benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125H achieves a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 12804.5 and single-core score of 1647.5. The Passmark multithread score is 21100, with single-thread score of 3399. These results place the CPU at the 79th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 27507. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800, is essentially tied at 27535 (0.1% difference), while the Intel Core i5-12600K and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X are both 0.3% ahead at 27578.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p with lower settings. The 239 FPS average at 1080p Low indicates the CPU can sustain very high frame rates when the GPU is not heavily loaded. The 18 threads of the Meteor Lake processor provide sufficient parallelism for the game's FPS-style workload, which typically benefits from multiple cores for physics, AI, and game logic. The 4.50 GHz boost clock ensures strong single-thread performance for frame pacing and latency-sensitive operations.

However, the CPU's 79th percentile ranking combined with the GPU's 86th percentile suggests the CPU is the weaker link in this pairing. At 1080p High, the 148 FPS result is 38% below the 239 FPS at Low, which indicates the GPU is taking on more work but the CPU can still keep up. The transition to 1440p High (109 FPS) and 4K High (70 FPS) shows the GPU becoming increasingly dominant as the limiting factor. The CPU's 28 W TDP, while efficient for mobile use, constrains sustained performance compared to desktop processors with higher power budgets, which may explain why the combo ranks at the 69th percentile rather than higher.