It's not pointless, just misrepresented. SSDs enable new classes of applications for high-performance, non-power-protected computers. With an SSD and Intel ULV CPU, I can put together a cheap high-performance computer with no moving parts and no batteries. That has the potential to be very robust and have an expected lifetime of decades, but only if the SSD is rock solid.
This test really doesn't prove that at all. There are vastly different factors between power cycling in a single day and long term continuous use. You can't take results from one and get any meaningful information about the other.
You're right. But it does show one way in which it's resilient. Given this information and what else I know about Intel SSDs, I would expect them to be the most resilient overall.
