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There seems to be an official answer from Samsung here: http://samsungtomorrow.com/4676

It's in Korean, but here is the translation, provided by sammobile.com:
"Under ordinary conditions, the Galaxy S4 has been designed to allow a maximum GPU frequency of 533MHz. However, the maximum GPU frequency is lowered to 480MHz for certain gaming apps that may cause an overload, when they are used for a prolonged period of time in full-screen mode. Meanwhile, a maximum GPU frequency of 533MHz is applicable for running apps that are usually used in full-screen mode, such as the S Browser, Gallery, Camera, Video Player, and certain benchmarking apps, which also demand substantial performance.

The maximum GPU frequencies for the Galaxy S4 have been varied to provide optimal user experience for our customers, and were not intended to improve certain benchmark results.

We remain committed to providing our customers with the best possible user experience."

I'm sorry to tell you this but you are either lying or ignorant to the fact that Samsung does put pressure on their suppliers to clean up their act.

Also if you care to see Samsung's statements you can see them here

Samsung bought the suit in this instance in April last year

http://samsungtomorrow.com/1126

in response to Apple filling suit in the United States

From Samsung's comment at http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071 it seems that the security program used identified the folder as StarLogger based solely on the fact that the folder's name is SL for Slovene. Incredible.

I don't work for Samsung but I am a fan of their products.

It seems this so called 'IT consultant' used a crap, rarely used AV product called VIPRE which caused a false-positive, mistaking a SLovenian language pack from Microsoft Live! with a keylogger called StarLogger (both use C:\windows\SL apparently.. jeez I'd hate to use such a poorly written AV package!)

Please refer to posts by Sophos NakedSecurity blog http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/03/30/samsung-intentionally-shipping-laptops-with-keyloggerspy-software/

and Samsung Tomorrow http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071

NOW, can we please restore the integrity of /. frontpage news with actual facts instead of fear and obsolete debunked information.

PS - where did this "IT Consultant" get his training from? back of a cereal carton???

Unsurprisingly, Samsung professes that the claim itself (of keylogger software being installed) is outrageous. According to them, it's a false positive caused by the inclusion of the Slovene language, which gets included in a "SL" folder in C:\windows. Apparently the existence of a folder with this name is all that's needed to make VIPRE flag you as having StarLogger installed, which they demonstrate by creating an empty "SL" folder in C:\Windows.

Samsung posted an explanation on a blog - http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071
"The confusion arose because VIPRE mistook Microsoft's Live Application multi-language support folder, "SL" folder, as StarLogger."
"(Depending on the language, under C:\windows folders "SL" for Slovene, "KO" for Korean, "EN" for English are created.)"

See http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071, from RTFA link.

http://samsungtomorrow.com/1070 What they say is (keylogger) . The claim that a keylogger is installed on Samsung notebooks is false. , Vipre . we found out that the person was using a security program (av) called Vipre. Microsoft Live Application "SL" keylogger . this program reports \SL folder created by Microsoft Live App as keylogger (Live Application Microsoft , , . c:\windows "SL" , "KO" , "EN" .) something like this. If this claim is false, I see lawsuit the other way around. And please no bashing on Koreans.