What does iCloud Mail Syncing accomplish?

I have one Mac desktop and two laptops, plus an iPhone & iPad. I use use IMAP with my Gmail account and forward my "iCloud" mail to my Gmail account. I am using OS X 10.9.3. It seems the IMAP features keep the mail "synchronized" on each device. I thought iCloud sync may sync smart mailboxes across the devices, but I can't seem to create smart mailboxes that persist (separate discussion topic).
Since I can't seem to use smart mailboxes, is there any reason to sync mail through iCloud? What is it supposed to do?
Thanks Dave
P.S. feel free to comment on my other thread!
https://discussions.apple.com/message/26116959#26116959

That make sense, but still somewhat confused. I have found other threads that discuss syncing smart mailboxes across Macs (not sure about iOS devices).
For example: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4137249?start=15&tstart=0
There are data files in the Library that suggest smart mailbox syncing such as:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/SyncedSmartMailboxes.plist
~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~mail/Data/MailData/ubiquitous_SyncedSmartMailboxes.plist
I kind of assumed that "System Preferences --> iCloud --> Mail" allowed that sync tooccur (?).
Of course, I still can't create smart mailboxes anyway due to my other issue described in
https://discussions.apple.com/message/26116959#26116959, so it is kind of moot until I resolve that issue.
Dave

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