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I've never seen any justification for the statements "aero doesn't matter until X speed." That's really just a cycling myth.
As far as seeing any benefit from an aerodrop bar - the only place you'd actually see it is on a stop watch (regardless of speed), its to small to feel it from the saddle. Whether the benefit is "significant" really depends on your perspective. If you lost your last sprint by half a wheel, or lost your last TT by 10 seconds, then they could be very significant to you. But if it doesn't matter if you do a century ride in 5:31:00 min or 5:35:30., then they might not be too significant to you. Some people ride aero road bars just because they find the flat tops more comfortable.
(All that being said, I've got aero road bars on the bike I use for criterium racing, but standard round bars on the bike I use for hilly century rides.)
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