It's also a question of what's going on when you dive in. Out of curiosity, I've looked into several parts of benchmark source code before and it's questionable

It's also a question of what's going on when you dive in. Out of curiosity, I've looked into several parts of benchmark source code before and it's questionable especially where the database is concerned. You'll see some things that seem to go against their own rules, like presorting and batching inserts for efficiency but their rules seem to indicate that it's not allowed. It has lead me to treat these benchmarks with a grain of salt. There are very few circumstances that I can imagine that would send me running for C++ for a web project. I'm much more concerned about balancing efficiency of the developer environment with performance, security and maintainability, than pure performance. At the point that I'm not, my priorities are out of whack (aside from very niche situations). The side effect of these benchmarks, while we all love benchmarks, is the idea that any of these faster frameworks are actually a better choice because of a benchmark result.