Benchmark scores may be the preference for some users to gauge a smartphone's performance, but it's hardly the only reason. OnePlus and Meizu might have thought otherwise as the manufacturers were caught cheating on some of the popular benchmark apps, according to a report by Android Authority.

Apparently, XDA Developers discovered that OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T and Meizu Pro 6 are set to increase CPU performance artificially when the system detects certain benchmark apps are being used on the devices, particularly AntuTu, Androbench, Geekbench, Quadrant, GFXBench and Vellamo. When a different version of Geekbench was used, disguised as "Bob's Mini Gold Putt," the high-performance mode on the OnePlus 3T did not trigger. The device should have performed similarly as the same benchmark app was used, only with a different name.

OnePlus admitted to the claims and explained that in order for the company to give its consumers a better experience, the company implemented certain mechanisms to run more aggressively. OnePlus however, stated that the same process will not be present in the Oxygen OS that is coming to the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T.

Surprisingly, this is not the first time that manufacturers tried to rig its benchmark scores. Back in 2013, devices from Asus, HTC and Samsung were rigged to get high scores on multiple benchmark apps. After the incident, the manufacturers vowed to never implement the same process again except for Samsung, which refused to admit to any rigging.

In addition, an XDA report revealed that other manufacturers also failed the disguised benchmark tests but did not disclose the name of the companies until final analysis are made. However, they did mention that HTC, Xiaomi, Google, Sony and Huawei were not caught cheating with its benchmark scores.

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