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What exactly is this a measure of, overall awesomeness? I have Smoked Glass 6.0 w/ChevyNo1 1.25 LowV and ran a top of 1716, but avg mid 1600s. Is this normal?

Yes, that is normal. Most people only post their best score. The poster below you doesn't have a rooted phone, so they will score much lower. Just making the jump from 2.1 to 2.2 will make a huge diff. Being able to OC to 1.25 is about the highest a Droid will go (w/ very few exceptions). There are also many more ROM options, some being known for extreme speed, which is how some people can consistently score so high.
 
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Those scores are normal for an overclocked Droid at your speeds on 2.2. It's a consolidated benchmark that includes various different components and gives you one combined score. It's a cool little way to measure performance increases, but if you read up on that type of benchmark you'll find that it doesn't really give you a perfect picture of the speed of a device. Real use experience will always be more important.

ongoing:android_myths [CVPCS Android Wiki]

Take a read.
 
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I have run a number of kernels and have gotten scores from the mid 1100s to mid 1500s but to tell you the truth I cannot notice a "real world" difference running a 800 kernel and a 1.1 kernal. To tell you the truth my wifes incredible scores pretty low and is just as snappy as my phone running a 1.1 kernel. What does the quadrant score tell us in "real world operation"?
 
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I would be interested to see non-Android smartphones compared against our Droids with some kind of quasi-benchmarking system like quadrant.

I went from 380 with my stock 2.1 Droid, to 850 with stock 2.2, and now on BB 0.4 I am 1100 without touching set CPU. I do not need any more speed on anything at all. I would like more battery life though.
 
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