[Android General] n01z:
Thanks, right back atcha!! I think I'm the first S5 to break 42K, if I combined all of my best individual catagory scores, I would break 44K.. Got some work to do, got a bunch of tweaks lined up that I haven't tested yet, I think I'm gonna wait for some others to catch up.. or until I get bored again!!

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The settings that I use on my overclock (OC) are borderline stupid dangerous. And the settings I use to bench are straight up dangerous. For this reason, I will not be sharing them.

HOWEVER, You can find my non-overclocked faux settings here:

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13tu3aq0krxchnnv234jdkbrnzrvlpcq

These settings scored 38256, no OC, AEL Kernel controlled by fauxclock.

Note: What we are doing here can result in you frying your snartphone- not worth it just to get a ranking.

For me, I just can't help but to experiment and push my device to it's limits. HOWEVER, my benchmark settings differ from my daily use settings, slightly (for stability) because I love my S5 and would possibly cry if we were to have to part!!

I'm going to share some of my best benching tips (no "tricks" just my observations)

1. Make sure that your Kernel control app has a boot delay of at least 20 seconds. (Mine is at 30 seconds, remember-patience is a vitrue!!)

2. Completely dim your screen, put your phone into airplane mode, disable any motion gestures.

3. Turn phone off for 5 min.

4. Boot your phone, but don't touch it, just let the lockscreen time out, wait 2 minutes, unlock the phone and let it sit for another minute.

5. Do not flip screens or pull the notification bar (we want to NOT trigger any background processes, so turn off any motion gestures- because they are using the CPU while monitoring your sensors and be sure to leave your default homescreen free of widgets).

6. Open Antutu, wait about 30 sec..

7. Click Test Again then uncheck Optimize Memory (your ROM should already have optimized memory and I assure you thay Antutu doesn't know your device better than the OEM or Custom ROM devs) Now, wait about a minute and a half..

8. Click TEST then don't touch/move your phone until it's done..

More Notes:

Make sure that you only ever change one parameter at a time and be sure to run a CPU Monitor when you do, to see the affects of each change..

Reboot inbetween every bench and turn your screen brightness to MIN before you reboot to bench..

Also, I recommend to try running a CPU Monitor once or twice while you run a bench in antutu so you can get an idea of how long it takes for antutu's CPU use to chill out, (same can be done after boot to find out what your device likes, since I've never had any samsung bloat- as I rooted and flashed custom ROMS and Kernels the first day I got my S5- I literally have no experience with Stock)..

Also, running a CPU Monitor when you are getting low benches will help you see if it's being thermal throttled during a bench (throttling has caused me to score as low as 32K) and it will give you the best idea of what may be going wrong and where.

I actually know very little about Kernels, I am just patient, never give up and trial and error sweetspots until I get what I want..

Extra Note: Sweetspots vary from each individual device, so ya just gotta keep at it!!

P.S. These tips should work/help with any benching app.

SM-G900F

Alliance ROM

KT Kernel OC to 2.89Ghz

Antutu: 42672 (#2 overall)