Doc: enhance pgbench manual.

Clarify the difference between "prepared mode" and other query modes.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20181030.103654.2249812451112831300.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
Reviewed by: Fabien Coelh and Alvaro Herrera.
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<para><literal>prepared</literal>: use extended query protocol with prepared statements.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Because in "prepared" mode <application>pgbench</application> reuses
the parse analysis result for the second and subsequent query
iteration, <application>pgbench</application> runs faster in the
prepared mode than in other modes.
</para>
<para>
The default is simple query protocol. (See <xref linkend="protocol"/>
for more information.)
</para>