Also, they report run times for the process - it's unclear if they are looking at the total score or the run times. If score, then it seems they are looking at

Also, they report run times for the process - it's unclear if they are looking at the total score or the run times. If score, then it seems they are looking at it in the wrong direction, as you said. If run times, then those are meaningless in the Octane benchmark, as it estimates how many executions are possible in a fixed time frame, not how long a fixed workload takes to run.