Big B
HWF Godfather
[H]ard|OCP has an editorial with some thoughts about benchmarking.
It's a short little read, and I recommend you taking a peek. You can find it over here.
To put it simply, current synthetic benchmarks overall, do a disservice to the hardware community and everyone that will ever buy a 3D video card or a computer that has one installed. Outside of the possibility of being misleading by focusing on performance factors that are not representative of actual game play, there is another dark “secret†that is actually being paid for with your money, and at the same time forces hardware manufacturers to deliver less to you.
It's a short little read, and I recommend you taking a peek. You can find it over here.