Lockdown Protocol

Lockdown Protocol is an FPS released on 2024-03-11, and the measured data set for the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 combination covers Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. The combo ranks 770th out of 3714 tested configurations in the game, and the data-is-measured flag is true. Across the measured rows, Low produces the highest raw averages, but Medium is the strongest balanced preset because it outpaces High and Ultra at every resolution while also being the only preset with minimum and maximum FPS values recorded.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows point to Medium as the best experience preset for this combo. At 1920x1080, Medium averages 194 FPS, which is higher than High’s 170 and Ultra’s 127. At 2560x1440, Medium averages 142 FPS, above High’s 124 and Ultra’s 93. At 3840x2160, Medium averages 92 FPS, above High’s 80 and Ultra’s 60. In every resolution, Low is faster, but Low also drops all measured settings to their minimum level. If the priority is maximum framerate, Low is the measured ceiling: 274 FPS at 1080p, 201 FPS at 1440p, and 129 FPS at 4K. If the priority is a balanced combination of framerate and settings, Medium is the data-supported choice.

Medium is also the only preset with min/max FPS data. Those measured windows are 165–223 at 1080p, 121–164 at 1440p, and 78–106 at 4K. That gives Medium a documented stability profile that High and Ultra do not have in this data set. High is particularly difficult to recommend because it is slower than Medium at every measured resolution while representing a higher settings tier. The ordering among the non-Low presets is consistent: Medium ranks ahead of High, and High ranks ahead of Ultra. Low ranks ahead of all of them. The measured data therefore supports two clear choices: Low for pure framerate, Medium for the best balance of FPS and settings fidelity.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 in this combo is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB202 chip. It uses a 5 nm process at TSMC and contains 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die. The GPU has 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 2017 MHz, its boost clock is 2407 MHz, and its memory runs at 1750 MHz, listed as 28 Gbps effective. The GPU also has 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, and 176 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s.

In the overall GPU benchmark distribution, the RTX 5090’s average benchmark score is 79842, placing it in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival comparisons are tight: it sits 0.3% above the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB, which scores 79605; 0.6% above the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB, which scores 79396; and 1.1% above the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT, which scores 78940. It is 1.4% below the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X, which scores 80959. Those close margins show that the RTX 5090 is clustered with very strong GPUs in aggregate benchmarks.

The GPU’s memory and clock resources line up with the game’s measured scaling. The 32 GB frame buffer is the memory capacity available for high-resolution rendering, and the 1.79 TB/s bandwidth is the data path for textures and geometry. The measured Lockdown Protocol results show that the GPU can deliver 274 FPS at 1080p Low but drops to 60 FPS at 4K Ultra. That drop occurs as pixel count and settings increase, which is the expected signature of the GPU becoming the dominant rendering constraint at higher resolutions.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS measured for this combo in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The highest average is 274 FPS at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. The next highest values are 201 FPS at 2560x1440 Low and 129 FPS at 3840x2160 Low.

Q: Which preset gives the most stable measured frame window?

A: Medium is the only preset with min/max data. At 1080p Medium, the measured range is 165 FPS minimum and 223 FPS maximum, with a 194 average. At 1440p Medium, it is 121 minimum and 164 maximum, with a 142 average. At 4K Medium, it is 78 minimum and 106 maximum, with a 92 average.

Q: How does the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The CPU’s average benchmark score is 44466. That is 0.2% below the AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D, which scores 44573; 0.3% above the Intel Core i9-13950HX, which scores 44342; 0.4% above the AMD Ryzen AI Max 385, which scores 44309; and 0.5% above the Intel Core i5-13600, which scores 44240.

Q: How does the RTX 5090 compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score is 79842. It is 0.3% above the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB, which scores 79605; 0.6% above the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB, which scores 79396; and 1.1% above the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT, which scores 78940. It is 1.4% below the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X, which scores 80959.

Q: Is the measured FPS data real measured data or synthetic?

A: The fact pack lists `dataIsMeasured` as true. The combo also has a rank of 770 out of 3714 combinations in Lockdown Protocol.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full measured FPS table is below. Min and Max values are present only for Medium rows in the data set.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 274 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 194 | 165 | 223 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 170 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 127 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 201 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 142 | 121 | 164 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 124 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 93 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 129 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 92 | 78 | 106 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 80 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 60 | — | — |

The average FPS ordering is the same in every resolution: Low first, Medium second, High third, Ultra fourth. This consistent ordering makes the Medium preset the strongest non-Low option and makes the Low preset the only choice for users who want the absolute highest average frame rate.

Resolution Scaling

Raising the resolution from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 lowers every preset’s average FPS. For Low, the average moves from 274 FPS at 1080p to 201 FPS at 1440p and 129 FPS at 4K. For Medium, it moves from 194 to 142 to 92. For High, it moves from 170 to 124 to 80. For Ultra, it moves from 127 to 93 to 60. Each settings tier follows the same downward path as resolution increases.

This scaling pattern says that the GPU is the primary limiting component at higher resolutions. The CPU and GPU are fixed across all measured rows, so the only variable is the number of pixels being rendered. At 1080p Low, the average of 274 FPS shows that the platform can feed a very high frame rate when GPU workload is relatively low. By 4K Low, the average falls to 129 FPS, and by 4K Ultra it falls to 60 FPS. The same processor, memory subsystem, and GPU remain in place, so the resolution increase itself drives the drop. That is the behavior of a GPU-bound scenario at 4K. At 1080p, the high Low-preset result indicates that the CPU is not the main constraint, while at 4K the GPU’s rendering throughput becomes the ceiling.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra X9 388H is a 16-core, 16-thread mobile processor with a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz. It belongs to the Intel Core Ultra Series 3, uses Panther Lake architecture on Intel’s 3 nm process, and has 18 MB of shared L3 cache. Its memory interface is dual-channel LPDDR5X with 153.6 GB/s of bandwidth. The CPU’s TDP is 25 W, and its market segment is Mobile.

Synthetic benchmarks show a strong single-thread profile. The CPU scores 2200.5 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 4280 in Passmark single-thread. Its multithread results are 18911 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 36811 in Passmark multithread. The average benchmark score is 44466, putting the chip in the 88th percentile of all CPUs. Relative to its nearest rivals, it is 0.2% below the AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D and 0.3% above the Intel Core i9-13950HX, with even smaller margins to the AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 and Intel Core i5-13600.

In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU’s role is most visible in the 1080p rows. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo reaches 274 FPS, the highest measured average in the entire data set. That result is consistent with a CPU that has a 5.10 GHz boost clock and a Passmark single-thread score of 4280. At 2560x1440 Low, the average drops to 201 FPS, and at 3840x2160 Low it drops to 129 FPS. Since the CPU is unchanged across those rows, the reduction is tied to the GPU’s growing rendering load rather than to CPU capability. The data set does not include separate CPU utilization numbers, but the measured FPS ordering shows that the CPU is capable of supporting high frame rates at lower resolutions, while the GPU becomes the decisive component as pixel count rises.