Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: What is the combo rank of the Intel Core Ultra X7 368H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 in Lockdown Protocol?

A: This hardware combination ranks 978th out of 3714 tested combos in the game. That places it in the top 26.3% of all tested configurations, indicating a strong but not elite-tier performance position.

Q: How does the RTX 5080 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 5080 has an average benchmark score of 56083. It is 0.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon 8060S (55757), 0.7% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (55698), and 2.3% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (54828). However, it trails the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE by 2.2% (57367).

Q: What is the best measured average FPS at 1080p for this combo?

A: The highest measured average FPS at 1920x1080 is 256, achieved with Low settings. This drops to 182 at Medium, 159 at High, and 119 at Ultra, showing a clear trade-off between visual quality and frame rate.

Q: Does the RTX 5080 have enough VRAM for Lockdown Protocol?

A: The RTX 5080 comes with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth. While the fact pack does not list the game's VRAM usage, 16 GB is substantial for a modern FPS title, and the measured frame rates at 4K Ultra (56 avg FPS) suggest memory capacity is not a limiting factor at the tested settings.

Q: What is the CPU's percentile ranking among all processors?

A: The Intel Core Ultra X7 368H sits in the 87th percentile of all CPUs. Its average benchmark score is 40518, which is effectively tied with its nearest rivals: the Intel Core 7 253PE (40557, -0.1% delta), Intel Core 5 223PE (40585, -0.2% delta), AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (40431, +0.2% delta), and Intel Xeon 6507P (40426, +0.2% delta).

Q: At which resolution does the frame rate drop below 60 FPS on Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 (4K) with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 56, which falls below the 60 FPS threshold. At 2560x1440 Ultra, the average is 87 FPS, and at 1920x1080 Ultra, it reaches 119 FPS, so 4K Ultra is the only tested configuration that dips under 60.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is a Blackwell 2.0 architecture GPU built on TSMC's 5 nm process. It carries 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, with a transistor density of 120.6M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 2295 MHz and boosts to 2617 MHz, while memory runs at 1875 MHz with 30 Gbps effective speed. These clock figures, combined with the 10752 shading units, 336 TMUs, and 112 ROPs, define the raw compute ceiling for Lockdown Protocol.

In Lockdown Protocol, the GPU's role is decisive across all tested resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo delivers 256 FPS, but this drops to 119 FPS at 1080p Ultra — a 53.5% reduction purely from settings changes. At 4K, the impact is even more pronounced: 121 FPS at Low versus 56 FPS at Ultra. This demonstrates that the RTX 5080's rendering pipeline, including its 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores, is heavily exercised by the game's higher preset levels.

The 16 GB GDDR7 memory pool and 960.0 GB/s bandwidth provide ample headroom for texture streaming and geometry at 4K. The pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 879.3 GTexel/s are the physical limits that govern how many pixels and texels the GPU can process per second. At 4K Ultra, the measured 56 FPS average suggests the GPU is approaching its pixel throughput ceiling, especially with the game's visual effects enabled.

The RTX 5080's FP32 performance of 56.28 TFLOPS (with FP16 at 1:1 ratio) gives it substantial compute capacity for modern FPS titles that use deferred rendering and post-processing. However, the 4K Ultra result of 56 FPS indicates that Lockdown Protocol's highest preset pushes even this level of performance to its limits. The GPU's 87th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with a PassMark G3D score of 36565, confirms it as a high-end part that still encounters challenging scenarios at maximum settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 978 out of 3714 tested combinations places this system in the upper quartile of all hardware pairings evaluated in Lockdown Protocol. This rank reflects the combined capability of the Intel Core Ultra X7 368H and RTX 5080, but the data suggests the GPU is the dominant contributor. The CPU's 87th percentile and the GPU's 87th percentile are identical, yet the measured FPS scaling across resolutions points to GPU-bound behavior.

At 1080p Low, the 256 FPS average is a strong indicator that the CPU can feed the GPU sufficiently at lower settings. However, dropping to 4K Ultra and seeing 56 FPS shows that the GPU becomes the bottleneck as resolution increases. The rank of 978 is competitive, but the fact that 2736 combinations rank higher suggests that more powerful GPUs or better-matched CPU-GPU pairings exist in the database.

The delta between this combo and the top-ranked systems is not directly provided, but the percentile data offers context. With both components at the 87th percentile, the combo's rank in the 74th percentile of game-specific results is slightly lower than expected. This could indicate that Lockdown Protocol favors certain architectures or that the mobile CPU's 25 W TDP limits sustained performance in longer gaming sessions.

The nearest CPU rivals — Intel Core 7 253PE, Intel Core 5 223PE, AMD Ryzen 9 7940H, and Intel Xeon 6507P — all have average scores within 0.2% of the Core Ultra X7 368H. This tight clustering means that any of these CPUs paired with the RTX 5080 would likely produce nearly identical game results, making the GPU choice the primary differentiator in ranking.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance for optimal settings at each resolution. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 256 FPS, which is far beyond what most displays can show. Medium at 182 FPS still offers exceptional smoothness, while High at 159 FPS remains excellent for 144Hz panels. Ultra at 119 FPS is the best choice for 120Hz displays, offering the highest visual quality while staying above 100 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the recommendations shift. Low at 188 FPS is overkill for most monitors, but Medium at 133 FPS is ideal for 144Hz displays. High at 116 FPS is still very playable, while Ultra at 87 FPS is suitable for 90Hz or 100Hz panels. The 4K resolution presents a different scenario: Low at 121 FPS is the only setting that exceeds 120 FPS, while Medium at 86 FPS is good for 85Hz displays. High at 75 FPS is acceptable for standard 60Hz monitors, but Ultra at 56 FPS falls below the 60 FPS threshold.

For competitive play, the 1080p Low setting at 256 FPS minimizes input latency and maximizes frame rate. For visual fidelity, 4K Medium at 86 FPS offers a balanced experience with the 73 FPS minimum and 99 FPS maximum providing a stable range. The 1440p Medium setting at 133 FPS (with a 113-153 FPS range) is arguably the sweet spot for most users, combining resolution, quality, and frame rate.

The data suggests avoiding 4K Ultra entirely, as the 56 FPS average will cause noticeable stutter on standard 60Hz panels. Similarly, 4K High at 75 FPS is usable but not ideal. The best "premium" experience is 1440p Ultra at 87 FPS, which offers near-maximum quality without the 4K penalty.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the FPS progression across settings is: Low 256, Medium 182 (with a 155-209 range), High 159, and Ultra 119. The gap between Low and Medium is 74 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 23 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 40 FPS. The Medium setting's min-max range of 155-209 shows a 54 FPS spread, indicating some scene complexity variation.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low 188, Medium 133 (113-153 range), High 116, and Ultra 87. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 68 FPS at Low (256 to 188), 49 FPS at Medium (182 to 133), 43 FPS at High (159 to 116), and 32 FPS at Ultra (119 to 87). The Medium range at 1440p is 40 FPS (113-153), tighter than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low 121, Medium 86 (73-99 range), High 75, and Ultra 56. The 4K to 1440p drop is 67 FPS at Low (188 to 121), 47 FPS at Medium (133 to 86), 41 FPS at High (116 to 75), and 31 FPS at Ultra (87 to 56). The Medium range at 4K is 26 FPS (73-99), the narrowest of all resolutions, suggesting the GPU is more consistently loaded.

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min-max data across all resolutions. At 1080p, the spread is 54 FPS; at 1440p, it is 40 FPS; at 4K, it is 26 FPS. This narrowing range at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU becomes the consistent bottleneck, reducing frame time variance as pixel count increases.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra X7 368H is a 16-core, 16-thread processor from the Panther Lake architecture, built on Intel's 3 nm process. It has a base clock of 2.00 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, with a 25 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 192 KB of L1 per core, 2.5 MB of L2 per core, and 18 MB of shared L3. This configuration, combined with dual-channel LPDDR5X memory at 153.6 GB/s bandwidth, defines its capability for gaming workloads.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role is most evident in the 1080p Low result of 256 FPS. This high frame rate requires the CPU to process game logic, physics, and draw calls at a rate that approaches 4.3 ms per frame. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 28221 and single-core score of 3984 suggest strong per-thread performance, which is critical for a game that likely relies on a few primary threads.

However, the 16-core configuration with no hyperthreading (16 threads) means the CPU relies on physical cores for all workloads. The PassMark multithread score of 32956 and physics score of 2857 indicate that the CPU can handle complex simulations, but the game's frame rate at 4K Ultra (56 FPS) is clearly not CPU-limited — the GPU is the bottleneck there.

The CPU's 87th percentile ranking, with an average benchmark score of 40518, places it in a tight cluster with its nearest rivals. The deltaPct values of -0.1%, -0.2%, +0.2%, and +0.2% against the four nearest CPUs mean that swapping to any of these would change game performance by less than 1%, assuming the GPU remains constant. This suggests that Lockdown Protocol's CPU demands are modest enough that this processor's capability is more than sufficient.

The boost clock of 5.00 GHz is particularly relevant for single-threaded game logic. The Cinebench R15 single-core score of 401 and R20 single-core of 1673, along with a PassMark single-thread score of 4005, confirm that the CPU can sustain high single-thread performance when needed. At 1080p Low, where the GPU is least stressed, the CPU must deliver maximum frame rates, and the data shows it does so without becoming the limiting factor.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the bottleneck characteristics of this combo. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 256 FPS at 1080p to 188 FPS at 1440p (a 26.6% reduction) and then to 121 FPS at 4K (a 35.6% reduction from 1440p). The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 52.7%, which is less than the 4x pixel count increase, indicating that the GPU is not purely pixel-limited at Low settings.

At Medium settings, the progression is 182 FPS at 1080p, 133 FPS at 1440p (26.9% drop), and 86 FPS at 4K (35.3% drop from 1440p). The total reduction is 52.7%, nearly identical to Low. This consistency across Low and Medium suggests that the game's rendering cost scales similarly at these settings, with the GPU becoming more dominant as resolution increases.

At High settings, the drops are 159 to 116 FPS (27.0%) from 1080p to 1440p, and 116 to 75 FPS (35.3%) from 1440p to 4K. The total drop is 52.8%. At Ultra, the progression is 119 to 87 FPS (26.9%) and 87 to 56 FPS (35.6%), with a total drop of 52.9%. The almost identical percentage drops across all settings — 52.7% to 52.9% — reveal a consistent scaling pattern.

This uniform scaling indicates that the limiting component transitions smoothly from CPU-bound at 1080p Low to GPU-bound at 4K Ultra. The fact that the percentage drop is nearly constant regardless of settings suggests that Lockdown Protocol's resolution scaling is primarily driven by pixel throughput rather than settings-specific effects. The GPU's pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s becomes the hard ceiling at higher resolutions, while at 1080p Low, the CPU's ability to feed draw calls at 256 FPS is the practical limit.

The measured data shows that the RTX 5080 can maintain over 60 FPS at 4K on Medium settings (86 FPS average) but falls below 60 at Ultra (56 FPS). The 4K High setting at 75 FPS is the highest quality option that stays comfortably above 60 FPS. This scaling analysis confirms that for 4K gaming, the GPU is the limiting factor, while at 1080p, the CPU's 5.00 GHz boost clock and 16 cores provide sufficient headroom. The narrow min-max range at 4K Medium (73-99 FPS, a 26 FPS spread) versus the wider range at 1080p Medium (155-209 FPS, a 54 FPS spread) further supports the conclusion that higher resolutions smooth out frame time variance by making the GPU the consistent bottleneck.