The phrase "a decent test of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when evaluating the effectiveness or quality of something, often in a comparative context.
Example: "The new software update is a decent test of the system's capabilities under heavy load."
Alternatives: "a good measure of" or "an adequate assessment of".
Butlin's record of 14 wins and 19 defeats showed he was no serious threat but he did represent a decent test of Joshua's credentials at this early stage of his career.
Now, though, the ability to enjoy an overwhelming rush of love, pleasure and unity with everything would be a decent test of my recovery; rather like the England team that travelled to Trent Bridge, I now felt capable, to draw a pointless parallel.
Samoa looked one of the few representatives of the so-called 'next tier' of countries still able to provide a decent test for the leading nations.
A decent test: If the rollout of the next-generation Surface line is muted, we could be watching the door close.
Manjrekar knows what he is talking about — his performance in that series, scoring 118 runs in seven innings, was the worst of a decent test career.
After the Bucks Free Press he went on to the Western Daily Mail, and by 1973 he'd jumped across the fence to be a PR man for the nuclear-power industry—a decent early test for his powers of imagination.
Often you can find a decent crop of people to test from out of your pool of acquaintances friends, family and social media contacts, but getting those people to consistently tell you about bugs they've experienced, or about UX issues is another story entirely.
This test was a decent indication of the effectiveness of the combination method.
A decent, rigorous level of testing would work better in high school than in college or the pros".
"For a decent number of weeks we'd test the waters in dress rehearsal with your basic, straightforward 'Bush isn't that smart' joke," recalls the former "Saturday Night Live" writer Mike Schur, "and it would always get a decidedly negative response, so we had to toss it out".
While the regression test suite covers a decent amount of site functionality, it is not comprehensive.
