[val_deleplace]

scott_s you're totally right on both points.

FWIW I really mean the "take the numbers with a grain of salt" advice, i.e. "Your mileage may vary". What I'm sharing in this article is not a bunch of hard, strong, exact numbers ; It's a journey and an invitation to apply similar reasoning process to your own use case and hardware.

[scott_s]

For the record, I enjoyed your post. It's a great example of what clear-headed performance optimization looks like.