I'll agree that raw database queries aren't unheard of, but EF and Dapper are much more suggested (and IMO "realistic") database paths for "asp.net core"

additionally, I'm not quite sure that this is the recommended way to return database results: https://github.com/TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks/blob/mast...

What I believe is more "realistic" is to:

• Use the framework as described: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/tutorials/first...

To be fair, I'm picking on aspnet core because I like it so much (via F#). The framework is great, but this gaming of public benchmarks (techempower, benchmarksgame) by "breaking the same rules as everyone else" rather than investing time into making these results more useful is disappointing.