The phrase "become a benchmark for" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to a thing or event that serves as a model for others to aim for or compare to. For example: "The new project is set to become a benchmark for future development in the city."
His prose style would become a benchmark for Italian expression in the Renaissance.
"One challenge is that I don't become a benchmark for other people," he said.
The quintessential annihilation battle of encirclement, it has become a benchmark for overwhelming operational success.
Last year, Cal finished eighth in the Directors' Cup, which has become a benchmark for the success of athletic programs.
The companies will not reveal what compromise they reached, but that figure will most likely become a benchmark for future deals.
Yet, how could governments behave otherwise in a region where Palestine has become a benchmark for justice and the definition of injustice?
Kraftwerk were a huge influence, Mallinder said: "Like anyone who's into electronic music they became a benchmark for me.
When Internet use increased dramatically in the early 1990s, The WELL's online community became a benchmark for subsequent discussion-based Web sites.
Released in 1987, Soro became a benchmark for modern African music by showcasing the singer's powerful voice with sophisticated arrangements of synthesizers and drum machines alongside acoustic instruments and female vocal choruses.
As a matter of fact, this discipline rapidly became a benchmark for the security of image forensic techniques, whose correct behaviors may be intentionally obstructed by an adversary (or attacker) interested on covering traces of malicious tampering.
