Page 6 : Gaming & Overall Performance, Our Verdict & Award

Gaming Performance – 3DMark

We tested the Galaxy S8’s gaming performance using 3DMark, using the Ice Storm Unlimited test.

	Samsung Galaxy S8	Huawei Mate 9	ASUS ZenFone 3 Ultra	HTC 10
Gaming Score	29509	27853	17719	23171
Graphics	33279	36605	21124	27512
Physics	21130	15164	11328	14925
Graphics Test 1	173.1 fps	202.5 fps	115.2 fps	136.6 fps
Graphics Test 2	124.3 fps	131.1 fps	76.3 fps	106.4 fps
Physics Test	67.1 fps	48.1 fps	36.0 fps	47.4 fps

The Samsung Galaxy S8 (Amazon | Lazada) edged out the Huawei Mate 9 in this test. Its GPU was slightly slower, but its CPU was significantly faster than the competition. It can definitely handle any game you throw at it, and then some!

 

Overall Performance

AnTuTu is a nice benchmark for testing various performance aspects of Android devices.

	Samsung Galaxy S8	Huawei Mate 9	ASUS ZenFone 3 Ultra	HTC 10
TOTAL SCORE	175422	123167	76096	113813
3D SCORE	74336	40114	18816	50700
– 3D (Marooned)	43953	23313	10861	34778
– 3D (Garden)	30383	16801	7952	15922
UX SCORE	52159	39975	26794	30890
– UX Data Secure	7996	7943	5077	6319
– UX Data Process	5866	6985	4198	3379
– UX Strategy Games	11165	11860	7503	5433
– UX Image Process	22716	5580	6879	9521
– UX I/O Performance	4416	7607	3137	6238
CPU SCORE	38513	31992	23689	21915
– CPU Mathematics	10996	9680	6950	8494
– CPU Common Use	10939	11139	6311	5931
– CPU Multi-Core	16578	11173	10428	7490
RAM	10414	11086	6797	10308

The Samsung Galaxy S8 (Amazon | Lazada) really pulverised the competition in this test. It was 42% faster than the Huawei Mate 9, 54% faster than the HTC 10, and 2.3X faster than the ASUS ZenFone 3 Ultra.

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Our Verdict & Award

The Samsung Galaxy S8 (Amazon | Lazada) is a work of design and engineering marvel. Even with greater scrutiny and safety protocols in place, Samsung managed to squeeze in a plethora of new technologies into the Galaxy S8.

First and foremost is the Infinity Display, which is almost bezel-less and covers almost all of the front aspect. To achieve this, Samsung integrated a pressure-sensitive Home button into the display itself, and moved the fingerprint sensor to the back.

The Infinity Display also allowed Samsung to increase the display size while reducing the width of the device. The Samsung Galaxy S8 (Amazon | Lazada) has a large 5.8″ display in a form factor that equivalent to a regular 5″ device. It makes for a better fit for smaller hands, and most pockets.

The new 18.5 : 9 aspect ratio is useful for viewing two different screens at the same time, but introduces pillarboxing when you watch movies. Samsung allows you to stretch the videos to fit the entire screen, but you will lose the upper and lower parts of the videos. So it’s a trade-off.

As their flagship smartphone, it comes as no surprise that the Samsung Galaxy S8 (Amazon | Lazada) is fast… very fast actually. It also has plenty of memory and Samsung thankfully upgraded the internal storage to 64 GB. This should be more than enough for most users, even if they enjoy recording 4K videos.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 (Amazon | Lazada) retained the same amazing camera used in its predecessor, the Galaxy S7 edge. It takes the same excellent pictures and videos, even in low-light conditions. It only loses out a little in its image stabilisation and audio fidelity capabilities. Even so, this is still one of the best smartphone cameras in the market.

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We also love what Samsung did with its battery. The Galaxy S8 (Amazon | Lazada) comes with a smaller batter than the Galaxy S7 edge, but it actually lasted an hour longer (12 hours) in our stress test! That puts it on par with smartphones with 5,000 mAh batteries. Best of all – you can completely recharge it in less than 1.5 hours!

The offset fingerprint sensor, though, was awkward to use. We highly recommend that Samsung move the fingerprint sensor to the more conventional position below the main camera in their next device. We far prefer the iris scanner, which is really easy (and cool!) to use.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 (Amazon | Lazada) proves that Samsung still has the magical touch. They continue to lead the field in developing new technologies that are not only awe-inspiring, but actually add new practical capabilities. The boys and girls are Cupertino better buck the hell up, because Samsung is leaving them in the dust with the Galaxy S8!

There can be no doubt that the Samsung Galaxy S8 deserves our Editor’s Choice Award. Job well done, Samsung!

 

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