Recently, Huawei was in the news for trying to manipulate the benchmark scores by “artificially” creating “high and misleading” benchmark scores. Now, another Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has been caught doing the same. From past few years, many smartphone makers have been caught for trying to manipulate the benchmark scores by increasing thermal and power limits to boost their scores in common benchmark software. Previously Samsung, OnePlus, Meizu devices were caught for doing the same.
UL Benchmarks, the benchmarking app detected that Oppo tweaked the performance of their Oppo Find X and the F7, to get up to 41 percent higher scores on the public 3DMark app than the scores on the private app – not available to end users and manufacturers. In a separate statement, Oppo also acknowledged that it had adjusted the performance capabilities of both phones, in order to achieve the highest possible score. Oppo has responded to this incident stating “When we detect that users are running apps that demand high performance, such as games and 3DMark Benchmark, we allow the SoC to run at full speed for the smoothest experience.”
A statement from UL Benchmarks says that the “The difference in scores tells us that the devices are simply recognizing the 3DMark app by name rather than adapting to the type of work in the test. This kind of detection and optimization is forbidden by our rules for manufacturers.”
Furthermore, benchmarking app UL Benchmarks has removed the Oppo F7 and Oppo Find X rankings from its leaderboard and delisted the devices.
In a statement to UL Benchmarks, Oppo said that it was working on upgrading the system and try to distinguish between the demands of everyday apps.
