Overclocked Google Nexus 7 scores high on Quadrant Benchmark

posted by Alan F. / Aug 08, 2012, 5:26 AM

Overclocked Google Nexus 7 scores high on Quadrant Benchmark

The developer is able to achieve good battery life

Today's devices are faster than we could ever have imagined just a few short years ago. For those who are never happy with the speed of his/her handset or tablet, there is the option to overclock your unit. Remember the old "Speed Kills" banner that used to be displayed at Oakland Raider home games? Well, in the case of overclocking your device, speed does kill-your mobile device that is. Like a person who overtaxes his body by burning the candle at both ends, overclocking your device could lead to an early demise. The battery life becomes shorter and the device could run dangerously hot. But on the other hand, your mobile device turns into Usain Bolt running the 100 yard dash.

Take a developer named "Morfic". He took the quad-core Tegra 3 processor on his Google Nexus 7 tablet and overclocked it to 1.64MHz. The result? How about a Quadrant Benchmark score above 7,000 with battery life that is still good. "Morfic" uses the Trinity Kernel Toolbox which allows him to overclock for gaming and underclock at other times to achieve the battery life that he does. Yeah, some might say that what this is all about is satisfying the male ego. You know, the "mine is faster than yours" kind of thing. But isn't pushing the envelope how we got to the point we are at technology wise?

source: XdaDevelopersforum via AndroidCommunity

Overclocked Google Nexus 7 hits 7k on Quadrant Benchmark

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21 Comments

1. wendygarett unregistered

I'm starting to trust nvidia chips now, the only things i complain about is the overheat of the chips... nothings else more... thats why i prefer the qualcomm cooler chips :)

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 5:30 AM 5

3. XPERIA-KNIGHT unregistered

now just imagine an overclocked S4 chip.....

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 5:54 AM 7

4. smartphonemad

Posts: 42; Member since: Jul 10, 2012

And one of their pro ones overclocked... *salivates*

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 7:04 AM 4

7. OptimusOne

Posts: 694; Member since: May 22, 2012

and imagine if it is an overclocked QUADCORE s4 chip.... we would see scrores in 8000s

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 7:21 AM 0

10. ghostkilla1388

Posts: 50; Member since: Jun 11, 2012

Nvidia and qualcomm team up *epic phone*

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 7:56 AM 0

16. skymitch89

Posts: 1451; Member since: Nov 05, 2010

That's more of a fantasy than a reality seeing as how Nvidia and Qualcomm are rival chip manufacturers. An even better fantasy would be to see Qualcomm and Samsung team up.

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 12:35 PM 0

21. Hunt3rj2

Posts: 396; Member since: Nov 11, 2011

In the US, they do already...?

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 11:44 PM 0

2. neutralguy

Posts: 1152; Member since: Apr 30, 2012

wow. Just.. WOW.

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 5:40 AM 1

5. OptimusOne

holy mother of god...

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 7:18 AM 0

6. OptimusOne

man i wish it was like 9100 so i could say hey whats the nexus 7's power level? ITS OVER 9000!

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 7:20 AM 1

8. ash29

Posts: 58; Member since: Oct 28, 2011

Hehe dnt expect over 9000 from a 200$ tablet.

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 7:32 AM 0

9. matty1323

Posts: 42; Member since: Nov 22, 2011

Nice Fat Type-O - "Google Nexus 7 tablet and overclocked it to 1.64MHz" Holy Snap! 1.64 MHz?!?!?! It's like the days of the first Intel chips with 128kb of ram!

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 7:37 AM 2

11. ph00ny

Posts: 1986; Member since: May 26, 2011

Since a lot of you do not understand how custom kernel impacts the quadrant scores, let me break it down. You see the ballooned IO score on the Nexus? That's because IO scores are ballooned through running IO tests from memory instead of NAND storage. Same trick utilized to "fake" qudrant tests for many years now. This is also the same reason why i'm always questioning Qualcomm S4 based device scores in quadrant In terms of performance gained, CPU portion of the quadrant should be a good indicator This is the same reason why franco kernel typically outperforms other kernels in quadrant by a big margin on the same device

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 8:10 AM 5

12. iamcc

Posts: 1319; Member since: Oct 07, 2011

This^

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 8:18 AM 0

14. IamYourFather6657

Posts: 321; Member since: Jul 01, 2012

i dont trust quadrant i trust antutu

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 9:46 AM 2

19. OptimusOne

Quadrant makes my single core 600 lg optimus t better than every almost every dual core device with a 3100 quadrant score It also makes my acer iconia a100 Tegra 2 seem the best with a 6000 quadrant score I love quadrant so many bragging rights :-)

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 2:56 PM 0

20. OptimusOne

I love Franco kernel I still use it on my optimus one when Franco was still developing for it

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 2:59 PM 0

13. IamYourFather6657

if overclocking the chip give shorter lifespan then htc is doing a stupid mistake they overclock the snapdragon s3 to 1.7ghz on the asian htc one s

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 9:44 AM 0

15. blowfish

Posts: 13; Member since: Feb 10, 2012

1.64MHz - It should be 1.64GHz. :) 1.64MHz sure is slow.

posted on Aug 08, 2012, 12:27 PM 0

17. BREvenson

Posts: 240; Member since: May 17, 2012

Never been crazy about benchmark tests...as a classic EVO owner, I find that overclocking my phone does help to keep it performing on the same levels as most newer phones, but I never really bother with the numbers from Quadrant...mainly because the numbers aren't always consistent (one test brings a 985 on Quad, second test two minutes later gets a 1070) and they don't always determine what makes a phone run well. A phone can be smooth and powerful without a high score, though high scores do get a lot of publicity for the devices.