This benchmark is definitely a success. On the one hand a unified engine may fail to reflect certain aspects of different game genres, on the other hand, that's what the real games are for. On the whole these game tests are in advance of their time rather than just state-of-the-art, which is actually what's needed. HLSL usage looks justified and the most probable tendency of all future games as well as the minimum requirement of Shaders 2.0. The strict system requirements are also justified (2GHz SSE CPU, the latest DirectX version, accelerator supporting Shaders 2.0, 512 Mbyte of RAM) – it's a modern gaming computer. This benchmark aims at the future and that's exactly how it will be used.



Link: Digit-Life