I think "generally pointless" is overstating things a bit. That said, I think it is definitely fair to say that these sort of benchmarks fall more into the cat

I think "generally pointless" is overstating things a bit. That said, I think it is definitely fair to say that these sort of benchmarks fall more into the category of "interesting" than "useful". Usually fun to read, but just not something to confuse with information to base business decisions on.