SPEC run and reporting rules ([visit link]) do not recognize the $/JOPS metric and as such, the calculation of that metric is subject to vendor whims.

While I think this article makes interesting reading, it is borderline on the SPEC fair use policies ([visit link]).

The benchmark rules and policies are there for a reason.

Benchmarks can mean whatever you want them to mean, it has always seemed. Although useful as a rough guide to performance, and sometimes price/performance, technology companies are famous for interpreting complex benchmark results as victories over their competition and them employing visual aids such as planes, snails, and automobiles to demonstrate their point.