Compilation benchmarks are fine, and many review sources are adding them, but there's still a pretty big gulf between "compiling the Linux kernel/chromium" and a typical developer workload.

> I guess there are more gaming benchmarks because there are much more gamers than software engineers.

That may be true, but I don't think that's a sufficient explanation. There are plenty of benchmarks for other professional workloads, such as CAD, 3D rendering, video editing, and mathematical modeling for financial or scientific applications.