I quickly fell out of love with benchmark scores about 3 years ago when I first got into rooting/custom ROMs. Everyone was obsessed with overclocking their processors for better benchmark scores. After doing the same and achieving god-tier Quadrant scores, I realized the only thing that changed was my phone got hotter and my battery died quicker; real use was entirely unaffected. Shortly after that I became keen on underclocking for better battery performance, with no noticeable drop-off in real world speed. But my Quadrant score was worse, so I had no bragging rights, I guess. That's when I began to realize the enormous disconnect between benchmark scores and practical performance.
It's all very, very silly to me.