Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H compare to its closest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has an average benchmark score of 35670, which is effectively tied with the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 at 35719. The data shows a delta of -0.1%, meaning the Ultra 9 trails by a negligible margin. It also sits -0.2% behind the Intel Core 7 250H and -0.4% behind the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845.

Q: What is the GPU's standing among all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile ranks in the 80th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35435. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA Quadro GV100, scores 35520, which puts the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile at -0.2% behind; the AMD Radeon Pro Duo at 35860 represents a -1.2% gap, while the NVIDIA A2 at 34690 trails by 2.1%.

Q: What is the best frame rate achieved at 1080p in this game?

A: The maximum measured average frame rate is 219 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The data shows a clear progression from 102 FPS at Ultra, 136 FPS at High, and 155 FPS at Medium, highlighting that low settings nearly double the Ultra preset's output.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol?

A: This combination of the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile ranks 1424 out of 3714 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the top 38.4% of all configurations for this specific game.

Q: What is the CPU's multi-core performance in Cinebench R23?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H scores 17984.5 points in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1810.5 points in single-core. For context, its Cinebench R20 scores are 10356 multi-core and 1462 single-core, showing strong scaling across workloads.

Q: Does the GPU support modern API features relevant for a 2024 FPS game?

A: Yes, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, which are the APIs required for modern FPS titles like Lockdown Protocol to leverage ray tracing and other advanced features.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data for Lockdown Protocol reveals a clear hierarchy across presets, and the optimal choice depends heavily on your target refresh rate. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 155 FPS average with a minimum of 132 FPS and a maximum of 179 FPS. This is the sweet spot: it provides a 53 FPS improvement over High settings (136 FPS) while maintaining a minimum frame rate that stays above the 120 FPS threshold, which is ideal for high-refresh displays.

The Low preset at 1080p achieves 219 FPS, but this comes at the cost of visual fidelity that the Medium preset retains. The data indicates that Medium is the best experience because it balances the 155 FPS average with tighter frame pacing (132-179 FPS range). High settings drop to 136 FPS, which is still playable but leaves less headroom for demanding scenes. Ultra at 102 FPS is the only preset that dips below the 144 FPS mark at 1080p, making it unsuitable for competitive play.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Medium preset again emerges as the recommended choice. It delivers 114 FPS average with a minimum of 97 FPS and a maximum of 131 FPS. The High preset at 100 FPS is viable for 100Hz displays, but the Medium's 14 FPS advantage and higher minimum frame rate make it more consistent. Low settings at 160 FPS are excessive for most 1440p monitors, and Ultra at 75 FPS is only suitable for 60Hz displays.

At 3840x2160, the situation changes dramatically. The Medium preset produces 74 FPS average with 63 FPS minimum and 85 FPS maximum. This is the only 4K preset that maintains a playable minimum above 60 FPS. High settings at 64 FPS average are borderline, while Low at 104 FPS is surprisingly smooth but sacrifices too much visual quality for a 4K experience. Ultra at 48 FPS is not recommended for any scenario.

The overall recommendation is the Medium preset at all resolutions. It consistently provides the best balance between frame rate and visual quality, with the 1080p Medium configuration (155 FPS, 132 minimum) being the standout performer. For 4K gaming, Medium is the only preset that guarantees a minimum above 60 FPS, making it the definitive choice.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a significant GPU bottleneck, as expected for a game like Lockdown Protocol. At Medium settings, the progression is 155 FPS at 1080p, 114 FPS at 1440p, and 74 FPS at 4K. This represents a 26.5% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 35.1% drop from 1440p to 4K, for a total drop of 52.3% from 1080p to 4K.

The High preset shows a similar pattern: 136 FPS at 1080p, 100 FPS at 1440p, and 64 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 26.5% and 36.0% respectively, totaling 52.9%. The Low preset scales from 219 FPS at 1080p to 160 FPS at 1440p and 104 FPS at 4K, with drops of 26.9% and 35.0%, totaling 52.5%. The Ultra preset goes from 102 FPS at 1080p to 75 FPS at 1440p and 48 FPS at 4K, with drops of 26.5% and 36.0%, totaling 52.9%.

These consistent scaling ratios across all presets indicate that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is the primary limiting component. The uniform ~26.5% drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~35.5% drop from 1440p to 4K across every settings tier suggests that pixel throughput is the bottleneck, not the CPU. The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has sufficient headroom to feed the GPU at all resolutions, as evidenced by the fact that even at 1080p Low (219 FPS), the frame rate scales predictably with resolution rather than hitting a CPU ceiling.

The data also shows that the GPU's memory bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s and 12 GB of GDDR7 memory are adequate for 4K, as the frame rates remain playable at Medium settings. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect to see smaller percentage drops at lower settings where the GPU has less work to do, but the consistent scaling suggests the GPU is fully utilized at every resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

In Lockdown Protocol, this combination of the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile ranks 1424 out of 3714 tested combos. This places it in the 61.6th percentile of all combinations, meaning it outperforms 61.6% of tested systems while being outperformed by 38.4%. The rank of 1424 is notably mid-pack for a combination featuring a CPU in the 85th percentile and a GPU in the 80th percentile of their respective categories.

The discrepancy between the component percentiles (85th for CPU, 80th for GPU) and the combo's 61.6th percentile ranking in this specific game suggests that Lockdown Protocol does not fully utilize the strengths of this hardware. The game's measured frame rates, particularly the 64 FPS at 4K High and 48 FPS at 4K Ultra, indicate that the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is the limiting factor, but the CPU's 85th percentile ranking does not translate into a top-tier combo ranking.

Compared to the CPU's nearest rivals, the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 (-0.1% delta), Intel Core 7 250H (-0.2% delta), and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (-0.4% delta) are all within a fraction of a percent in average score. This tight grouping means that swapping the CPU for any of these alternatives would likely result in a virtually identical combo rank. Similarly, the GPU's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 (-0.2% delta) and NVIDIA A2 (2.1% delta), suggesting that the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is positioned within a dense cluster of similar-performing GPUs.

The combo rank of 1424 out of 3714 is a reflection of the game's specific demands rather than raw component power. The data shows that the Ultra preset at 4K (48 FPS) is the weakest result, while the 1080p Low preset (219 FPS) is the strongest. These extremes highlight the combo's wide performance envelope, but the mid-pack ranking indicates that many other combinations achieve better results in Lockdown Protocol, likely due to more balanced CPU-GPU pairings or different architectural advantages.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile plays the dominant role in determining Lockdown Protocol's performance, as evidenced by the resolution scaling analysis. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its 5888 shading units, 184 TMUs, and 80 ROPs process the game's pixel work, while 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores handle advanced effects.

The GPU's clock speeds are notably low for a mobile part: a base clock of 847 MHz and a boost clock of 1447 MHz. Despite these modest frequencies, the memory runs at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective), which provides the bandwidth necessary for 4K textures. The FP32 performance of 17.04 TFLOPS is the raw compute figure, but the data shows that memory bandwidth is the more critical factor in this game, as the 4K Medium preset (74 FPS) maintains playability while 4K Ultra (48 FPS) does not.

The VRAM capacity of 12 GB is sufficient for Lockdown Protocol at all tested settings, as there is no evidence of texture thrashing or frame drops that would indicate memory exhaustion. The GPU's 80th percentile ranking and average benchmark score of 35435 align with its measured in-game performance, where it trails the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 by only 0.2% in synthetic tests but delivers consistent frame rates in practice.

The GPU's TDP of 60 W with an IGP slot width indicates this is a power-efficient mobile implementation. The 847 MHz base clock is low, but the boost to 1447 MHz shows there is headroom under load. In Lockdown Protocol, the GPU's role is to render the FPS visuals, and the data suggests it performs this role adequately up to 1440p Medium (114 FPS) but struggles at 4K Ultra (48 FPS). The 31,100 million transistors on a 263 mm² die using a 5 nm process from TSMC provide the foundation for this performance.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS ranges from 219 at Low settings to 102 at Ultra. The Low preset leads with 219 FPS, followed by Medium at 155 FPS (with a minimum of 132 and maximum of 179), High at 136 FPS, and Ultra at 102 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 132 FPS is the only 1080p configuration that maintains a floor above 120 FPS, while the Ultra preset's 102 FPS average is the lowest.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset achieves 160 FPS, Medium delivers 114 FPS (97 minimum, 131 maximum), High produces 100 FPS, and Ultra drops to 75 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p is the most consistent option, with a 34 FPS range between minimum and maximum, while the other presets have less data granularity. The 1440p Medium minimum of 97 FPS is close to the High preset's average of 100 FPS, showing that the settings tier provides a significant stability advantage.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset delivers 104 FPS, Medium produces 74 FPS (63 minimum, 85 maximum), High achieves 64 FPS, and Ultra falls to 48 FPS. The 4K Medium preset is the only configuration that keeps the minimum above 60 FPS, which is critical for smooth gameplay. The 4K High preset's 64 FPS average is technically playable but leaves no headroom for demanding scenes, while Ultra at 48 FPS is below the standard 60 FPS threshold.

The overall data pattern shows that the Medium preset provides the best minimum frame rates across all resolutions, with 132 FPS at 1080p, 97 FPS at 1440p, and 63 FPS at 4K. The Low preset offers the highest averages (219, 160, 104) but with less visual fidelity, while High and Ultra provide diminishing returns at higher resolutions. The measured FPS breakdown confirms that this combo is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming at Medium settings, with 4K reserved for players who prioritize frame rate over visual quality.