Would benchmarks "detect" defective devices?

[spazaame]

Hey, might be a silly question but let me ask. Would benchmark scores be lower on defective phones i.e. would benchmarks "detect" defective devices? I have Galaxy A6+ which isn't some special device but it seems slower and laggy in comparison with my sister's A6 which is even lower specs phone. So I thought mine might be defective but its benchmark scores (Antutu & Geekbench) are in range of average scores for that device. Thanks in advance

 

[Rukbat]

No. If, say, the screen or screen driver were defective, you wouldn't see anything. If the area of RAM the benchmarks were testing (and they're different for the two), the benchmark app would stop. But so would a lot of other apps. The same with almost anything being benchmarked - if it's defective, either the apps wouldn't run or they'd stop at the defective part.

(I've seen both of them show very slow [for the particular device] results and very fast results, which is why there's an average. Not all devices of the same make and model will turn in the same benchmark from the same app.)

 

[spazaame]

Thanks for reply! So, if I get average benchmark scores compared to other devices of same model (which I do get) - my device is ok performance-wise, right?