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Because the OS is trying to balance performance and battery life.

Saying I want to see the maximum performance is fine but they should also be forced to show how that impacts other elements of system performance.

Personally I think it would be good to see two sets of benchmark typical and maximum, but the most important thing is that whatever scores are being shown are clear and honest and I think it's hard to say that these are.

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I don't expect a benchmarking app to be throttled by the OS under any circumstances--ideally the benchmarking app would run on the raw hardware, with no second-guessing by the OS about whether it should be throttled because the battery is down to 10%, or because some other process would like some network or CPU, etc.

The way this probably should work is that the benchmarking apps themselves have a flag telling the OS they want all cores at full power all of the time, instead of having to hardcode this list into the OS. (Perhaps this could be one of the permissions you have to accept when installing the app.)

Ironically, even without the benchmark boosting, the Note 3 is still faster than the LG G2.

Sure, but this thread is about Samsung's routine use of deceptive practices - not whether they beat a particular other device.

Is that really the best thing for a typical user to understand what they're getting? Shouldn't they get it the way the OS will treat an application under normal circumstances as that's what they'll see day to day.

As I said, I don't mind if they put it flat out for the benchmarking, so long as they do the same for the battery tests too.

looks at a mobile phone with a 2 hour battery life

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