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we all want fast devices but ram cpu and GPU or just lines on a spec sheet what do they mean that's where benchmarking comes in but they can be gamed and even cheated I'm Joe Levi with pocket now today we're going to go hands-on with game bench flirting cheaters takin names with so many components inside our devices and complex in relations between them it's all but impossible for us to gauge how fast something is just by looking at it specifications additional cores may have an impact how fast those cores are clocked play into the equation what type of technology is inside those cores plays a huge role in how fast our devices are add to that the amount type and speed of ram and all the same considerations for the graphics processor and you can see how the stack of variables keeps getting higher changing one spec can have unexpected consequences when the devices looked at on the whole that's where benchmarking comes into play in theory benchmarking is a concept wherein you run several devices through the same set of tests since the tests themselves are the same the devices are water tested the result is a score that should be comparable and tell just how fast one device is when compared to another device the issue with benchmarks in general is that those tests are often waited such that the score that you're interested in is factored lower than the score that someone else is interested in then vice versa and then there's the potential for cheating not long ago we saw some manufacturers gaming the benchmarks they artificially ramped up their speeds when they detected a benchmark was loading this resulted in false highs another issue is the test themselves especially when comparing graphics processing benchmark gaps often have to build their own graphics engines which usually lag behind what real games and graphic apps can do and the manner in which they do it that's where game bench comes into play it's a new kind of benchmarking utility that approaches the problem from a completely different angle rather than running a series of tests that may or may not represent what you actually use your device for game lets you run your own apps testing is a bit unique rather than installing the app and pressing the go or start button and sitting back and watching as it runs through the tests here you select which apps you want game bench to monitor when you fire off the test you'll notice a little time with the stop sign placed on your screen this is a visual indicator that lets you know that not only is game bench monitoring the app but it's also recording the session so you can analyze it later you've got to run these tests yourself that means playing the games the app won't do it automatically for you well that's a bit inconvenient I mean really who actually likes playing games right it does provide you with some very interesting data and brings a lot of firsts to the mobile benchmarking industry game benches the first app to provide detailed performance and battery analysis across all Android devices it's got the first usability benchmark in the market and it even records frame rates and battery drain rates you can also visually correlate on screen events to frames per second it's got some simple to understand ratings game performance and battery analysis reports on those framelits that we mentioned earlier and quick identification of bottlenecks inside the game which can be especially useful for developers and then for those of us who like to make presentations and put stuff in articles it's even got graphs showing CPU usage GPU usage and battery drain rates there are however some nuances to be aware of currently device is powered by mediatek processors aren't supported because many of them have not enabled systrace in the kernel options we think that's probably something that media tech is done and we hope that they'll change getting the kind of data needed for deep digging benchmarks like this usually requires a rooted device although game bench doesn't require you to root it will make you go and enable USB debugging connect to and run an app on your desktop computer though you only have to do that once if you like seeing this kind of video please give it a thumbs up make sure you subscribe and share your friend if you like seeing this kind of video make sure you give it a thumbs up and if you like game bench in particular make sure you tell your friends about it on all your favorite social media networks subscribe to our channel so you don't miss out on what's coming in the future of course make sure your benchmarking your devices for pocket now throwing off game bench I'm Joe Levi thanks for watching