Deadlock FPS Calculator & System Requirements

Deadlock is a third-person hero shooter built on Valve's Source 2 engine, featuring large maps, real-time physics, and up to 12 simultaneous players with ability-heavy characters, which pushes both CPU and GPU. To run the game your PC must reach a CPU performance score of at least 27 and a GPU score of at least 30. As a visually intensive title, Deadlock rewards hardware above the recommended threshold — particularly for ray tracing, high-resolution shadow maps, and ambient occlusion. At the recommended tier (CPU 62, GPU 74) expect around 60 FPS at 1080p on high settings. Enter your CPU and GPU in our calculator for a personalized estimate.

Deadlock lists these minimum specifications: CPU — Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD equivalent; GPU — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 / AMD RX 470; RAM — 8 GB RAM; Storage — 30 GB available space; OS — Windows 10 64-bit. At the minimum tier, expect the game to run at low or medium presets with frame rates around 30 FPS at 1080p. Demanding scenes — dense environments, complex lighting, or heavy particle effects — may dip below this. Disabling ray tracing and lowering shadow quality deliver the highest performance recovery on minimum-spec hardware.

For the best Deadlock experience, the recommended specifications are: CPU — Intel Core i7-10700 or AMD equivalent; GPU — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 / AMD RX 6800; RAM — 16 GB RAM; Storage — 30 GB available space. This hardware level targets smooth 60 FPS at 1080p on high settings with stable frame times. Enabling ray tracing, high-resolution shadow maps, and ambient occlusion simultaneously calls for a GPU above the recommended tier. If you are targeting 1440p on ultra presets, check our FPS calculator for the exact scores required.

On hardware meeting Deadlock's recommended specifications, expect around 60 FPS at 1080p on high settings. Enabling ray tracing, ultra shadow resolution, or screen-space ambient occlusion can reduce that figure by 15–30% depending on your GPU. Minimum-spec hardware typically achieves 25–40 FPS at 1080p on low-to-medium presets. Moving to 1440p costs roughly 30% of your 1080p frame rate, and 4K approximately 50–60%. Enter your exact hardware in our FPS calculator for a personalized estimate across every quality preset.

For high graphics settings in Deadlock at 1080p, your GPU needs a performance score of at least 74. The officially recommended card is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 / AMD RX 6800, which targets 60 FPS at 1080p. Enabling ray tracing on top of high settings demands significantly more GPU headroom — plan for a score well above 74 if RT is a priority. For 1440p on high settings, a GPU scoring around 96 or better is advisable. The FPS calculator lists every compatible GPU ranked by expected performance for this title.

Deadlock requires a CPU with a minimum performance score of 27 — roughly the level of Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD equivalent or better. For a smooth experience without CPU bottlenecks, target the recommended score of 62 (around Intel Core i7-10700 or AMD equivalent). As a graphically rich title, it can stress the CPU in densely populated areas, complex physics sequences, or large set-piece moments. A CPU at the recommended score paired with 16 GB RAM ensures the processor does not throttle your GPU's potential output in those scenarios.

At 1440p, expect roughly 25–35% lower frame rates than 1080p in Deadlock. On hardware at the recommended tier (GPU score 74), this translates to around 42 FPS on high settings. To maintain 60+ FPS at 1440p, target a GPU scoring around 96 or higher. Use the FPS calculator above to get a precise estimate for your specific CPU and GPU combination at 1440p across every quality preset.

4K demands roughly 55–65% more GPU power than 1080p in Deadlock. On the recommended GPU (score 74), expect around 25 FPS at 4K on high settings. Reaching a consistent 60 FPS at 4K requires a GPU scoring around 122 or better. Upscaling technologies like DLSS 3 or FSR 3 can recover 40–60% of the resolution overhead with minimal visual cost on supported hardware.

Integrated graphics are not supported. Deadlock requires at minimum a dedicated GPU equivalent to the NVIDIA GTX 960, so a discrete graphics card is necessary for playable performance.

Deadlock runs on Valve's Source 2 engine which has broad driver support for both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs. AMD cards equivalent to the RX 470 (minimum) and RX 6800 (recommended) perform comparably to their NVIDIA counterparts at the same tier.