Pre-compiling website not helping performance

In an effort to make the "first hit" of the site bearable, I am looking to implement the pre-compiler provided by Progress.

 docs.sitefinity.com/for-developers-sitefinity-precompiler-tool

However when I run the exe I am actually seeing worse behavior.

Scenario 1:
+Deploy site
+ Launch site, get gears.
+ Hit major web pages to make them "live" and "compiled"

Hits past this work great.

Scenario 2
+ Deploy site
+ Run EXE with proper parameters and wait for it to finish
EXPECTED RESULTS: Site launches immediately for users and at the speed of a compiled site.
ACTUAL RESULTS: Site loads to the gears and pages take even longer to load for the first time.

One note is that I am getting some errors from the compiler...  Command line results attached (well, I attempted to attach.. kept getting an error, so it is pasted below) with some info removed for privacy.

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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

D:\Tasks\tasks\PreCompile>Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe /url="http:
//example.com" /appdir="D:\websites\example" /authKey="MY_AUTH_KEY" /strategy="Frontend"
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Preparing application for preco
mpile..
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Waiting for site to start..
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Acquiring markup..
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Acquiring markup for Pages - 0.
00 %. Time elapsed 00:00:00
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Acquiring markup for Pages - 90
.91 %. Time elapsed 00:00:03
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Acquiring markup for Pages - 10
0.00 %. Time elapsed 00:00:04
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Initiating compilation..
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Generating source for assembly
Telerik.Sitefinity.PrecompiledPages.Frontend.0..
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/39A6C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/9FA6C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/C4A6C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/ECA6C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/14A7C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/39A7C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/30A8C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/B4A8C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/B4B3C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/B7C3C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Error: 0 : Generating source for the virtualPath
 ~/SFMVCPageService/2FC9C913-DFEE-6E9C-B83E-FF000058B200_notheme.aspx failed. Th
is page will not be precompiled. Actual error is: Exception has been thrown by t
he target of an invocation.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Compiling assembly Telerik.Site
finity.PrecompiledPages.Frontend.0..
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Successfully compiled assembly
Telerik.Sitefinity.PrecompiledPages.Frontend.0.
Telerik.Sitefinity.Compiler.exe Information: 0 : Done

Here is the error from t

06/15/2016 11:15:50
Type : System.ArgumentNullException, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
Message : Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: source
Source : System.Core
Help link :
ParamName : source
Data : System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal
TargetSite : System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[TResult] Select[TSource,TResult](System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[TSource], System.Func`2[TSource,TResult])
HResult : -2147467261
Stack Trace :    at System.Linq.Enumerable.Select[TSource,TResult](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 selector)
   at Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.Compilation.Services.MarkupGeneratorService.Post(PageMarkupRequest request)
   at lambda_method(Closure , Object , Object )
   at ServiceStack.Host.ServiceRunner`1.Execute(IRequest request, Object instance, TRequest requestDto)

Additional Info:

MachineName : ServerNameGoesHere
TimeStamp : 6/15/2016 3:15:50 PM
FullName : Telerik.Sitefinity.Utilities, Version=9.0.6013.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b28c218413bdf563
AppDomainName : /LM/W3SVC/9/ROOT-5-131104772952796787
ThreadIdentity :
WindowsIdentity : IIS APPPOOL\example.com
Requested URL : example.com/.../pages


Category: ErrorLog

Priority: 0

EventId: 90000

Severity: Error

Title:Enterprise Library Exception Handling

Machine: ServerNameGoesHere

App Domain: /LM/W3SVC/9/ROOT-5-131104772952796787

ProcessId: 8000

Process Name: c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe

Thread Name:

Win32 ThreadId:7656

Extended Properties:

Hello?

Hi,

The precompilation must save the time consumed by the csharp compiler to compile every page to a class before rendering it. The precompiler encounters a problem and doesn`t precompile pages due to a problem retrieving the markup of pages.

The precompiler encounters an error when accessing pages, the error identifies it.