[saagarjha]

Benchmarking a processor for real-world usage is definitely something you can do.

[danielheath]

Benchmarking a processor for "app written by someone who disregards performance" is something you can do, but it's a bit of a pointless exercise; no processor will ever keep up with developers ability to write slow code.

[tsimionescu]

An important question people care about is "will my day to day computing improve with the new processor?".