Since core#17487 (D16162) we no longer need to clear the coins cache when syncing to disk. A warm coins cache significantly speeds up block connection, and only needs to be fully flushed when nearing the dbcache limit.
Periodic flushes occur every 24 hours, which empties the cache and causes block connection to slow down. By keeping the cache through periodic flushes a node can run for several days with an increasingly hotter cache and connect blocks much more quickly. Now not only can setting a higher dbcache value be beneficial for IBD, it can also be beneficial for connecting blocks faster.
This is a backport of core#28233