In real fights you will need to move around and causes you to be unable to perform your finish combo or some other high dmg ability you where about to fire off. Really doesn't mean a thing when you hit a dummy and mash your buttons faster then the speed of light. Keep farming EX & savage, in future farms will go faster and faster as your gear improves and get more used to fight > runs go faster = more DPS. Of course, could also mean one of your team mates needs to 'git gud', but you get my point.
If you have the gear (and your group does) then you will beat the DPS checks, if you don't well then you know your doing it wrong and 'git gud', that's your meter for you.