Benchmark and Gaming
The performance that we got from the Intel SoFIA, on this device at least, leaves a lot to be desired. Even when we’re just navigating though the various menus and setting of the Engage 7i, the animation and transition aren’t as smooth as we’d hope it would be.
The slight sluggishness is also evident when switching between portrait and landscape mode. It takes roughly half a second or more before the tablet can successfully transition between the two orientations.
Of course, we can’t put all the blame on the processor for the device’s lag. There are a lot of factors in play here such as software optimization, orientation sensors, and the fact that the Engage 7i isn’t endowed with the largest of RAM.
AnTuTu: 19,838
GeekBench: 2,376 (Multi-core) | 644 (Single Core)
Quadrant Standard: 83,092
Vellamo: 862 (Multi-core) | 500 (Metal) | 1,383 (Chrome Browser)
PCMark Work Performance: 2,336
It is worth noting, however, that despite the sluggishness that we observed, the tablet has enough horsepower under its hood to provide a decent gaming experience, particularly when you close all the apps running on the background.
To give you a better idea on how the Starmobile Engage 7i performs in some of the popular titles in Google Play Store, we measured the average in-game frame rate using a third-party app called GameBench.
Asphalt 8: 16fps
Angry Birds (Star Wars): 37 fps
EA Sports UFC: 21 fps
Temple Run 2: 46fps
Although we agree the results we got from GameBench in 3 out of 4 games that we’ve played on this tablet, we’re a 100% sure that the app accurately recorded the frame rate on EA Sports UFC. The actual gameplay is far from what GameBench claims to be 21 fps, and it feels like everything is in slow-motion when we played the fighting game on the tablet.