I don't think this is a fair assessment. Had my benchmarks shown, say, that postgres crumbled under heavy write load then the conclusion would be different. That's exactly why I decided to do this - to see what the difference was.
Add an app that actually uses postgres as a database, you will probably see its performance crumble, as the app will content the cache for resources.
Nobody asked for benchmarking as rigorous as you would have in a published paper. But toy examples are toy examples, be it in a publication or not.