cache is big space waster

# df /
Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda12       5655093 5090409    277965  95% /

-rw-rw-r-- 10547304 Dec  6 22:36 /var/tmp/kdecache-user1/icon-cache.kcache
-rw-rw-r-- 84377704 Dec  6 22:35 
/var/tmp/kdecache-user1/plasma_theme_default_v2.0.kcache
-rw-rw-r-- 84377704 Dec  6 22:35 
/var/tmp/kdecache-user1/plasma_theme_internal-system-colors.kcache
# rm ( 3 .cache files above )

# df /
Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda12       5655093 4914616    453758  92% /

Do cache files that big actually offer any real world performance advantage?
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