Benchmark: case insensitive RegEx.test vs. String.includes vs. String.match

Script Preparation code:
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Tests:
RegEx.test
let i = 0; for (const s of strings) { if (regex.test(s)){ i++; } }
String.includes
let i = 0; for (const s of strings) { if (s.toLowerCase().includes("hello")){ i++; } }
String.match
let i = 0; for (const s of strings) { if (s.toLowerCase().match("hello")){ i++; } }
Rendered benchmark preparation results:
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RegEx.test
String.includes
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Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 29 days ago):

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Test name	Executions per second
RegEx.test	5319.3 Ops/sec
String.includes	11184.1 Ops/sec
String.match	2426.1 Ops/sec
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Comparing performance of: RegEx.test vs String.includes vs String.match

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RegEx.test

String.includes

String.match

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Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 29 days ago):
