In what way does those arguments change the calculation of which machine is faster to perform a specified operation? It sounds more like you try to state that

In what way does those arguments change the calculation of which machine is faster to perform a specified operation? It sounds more like you try to state that the results have no real world meaning, and that is very correct. But nobody have claimed otherwise. This is about historical computers. We all know which architecture won. Despite being slower performing a ROR.