Enlarging PRP doesn't always help

The valve job really helped the first one. My experience is the port has very little effect until 0.300-0.400 lift.
I've noticed while watching cylinder head reviews of all kinds with flow charts, that there seems to be a somewhat fixed general range in the lower lifts no matter it's size, total cfm, valve size etc.. if it's a 300 cfm 289/302 sbf head or a 540 cfm big block Chevy head.