Perhaps its time that tech web sites, such as Ars, stopped using benchmarks in their phone reviews. They could include a short paragraph to say why.
I don't care about the benchmark performance of my phone. I do care how responsive the UI is, how quickly it can render web pages, how it performs in a low signal area. What happens when it can't get that WiFi or LTE connection. Instead of reviewing a smartphone as a computer, come up with a series of tests that test its ability as a smartphone.