OP, Not sure if you saw this specific set of tests, but here are 4 benchmades which I discovered in a growing batch of 153 tests "(05/23/19) by watching bladebanter and lovethemknives on the tubes:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OepNr_D4lqbdTFqdqWl1rmAd4bOzPzJe6J0iEWrdJGU/edit#gid=0
Benchmade Griptilian 154CM 58-61, 58-62, 59 ; Super Steel Steve
Benchmade 940 20CV 59-61, 56-59, 59.2 ; In The Pocket
Benchmade 940 S30V 58-60, 58-61, 57.7 ; In The Pocket
Benchmade Nakamura M390
60-62, 60-62, 59.5 ; In The Pocket
I learned more about Rockwell hardness and inferred engineering specification limits by studying the spreadsheet, and was reminded of the human condition through the various threads regarding Benchmade's product qualities, engineering, corporate and political culture. With over five decades of experience using and maintaining edged tools, I consider as outlier data points, the few voices that claim they do not get better service from Benchmade's m390 / 20cv / s30v then, for example Benchmades "old fashion" 154CM or n680, both of which we use to satisfaction. I chalk those opinions up to manufacturing tolerances, and personal proclivities. Go ahead and buy it if you like it, or not.
Experientially, as a family we have five Benchmades in S30V; two in M390; and one in 20CV. All of us are very satisfied with these 3 steels, even though perspectives are radically different. The gen-z kids are less impressed then the gen-x'ers and millennia's, for whom s30v was a revelation. I on the other hand, am blown away with the service we are getting from these three Benchmade super-steels. I'm shaking my head just thinking how little time I spend honing the m390 (my current fav) and 20cv, to have a very sharp knife always in pocket. Even Benchmade's D2, which was to die for when I was a pup, having previously helped conquer fascists bent on world domination through stamping and machining operations of the US war machine, is still great stuff if the heat treat is close.