Unless the goal of cheating the benchmark was to target user's who overclock their phones (honestly, who does this?, like %0.0001?), then I would still call it

Unless the goal of cheating the benchmark was to target user's who overclock their phones (honestly, who does this?, like %0.0001?), then I would still call it dishonest. Shouldn't benchmarks reflect what your delivering to consumers? Honest related question. Do car manufacturers do this with their car's speed tests? I know you can squeeze another 50+ HP out of a VW Golf for example with a chip and a higher octane fuel, but AFAICT the specs you see on their site and at the dealer don't show this extra HP. (I realize VW is a bad example of a company that doesn't cheat their books!).