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>>16078574
It's kind of a silly question desu. It's a test of something that is still in development with many uncertainties as to how it would behave. It got farther than last time and problems were identified. Engineers know what they need to work. If it leads to progress, it's a useful test. If they were like "wtf it wasn't supposed to blow up like this, it makes no sense and the data is garbage" then it wouldn't have been a very useful test.
If by "successful test" you mean "has everything worked", then no, it hasn't. But it's why there are tests.
If you mean "was it disappointing", then it's pretty subjective. I'm sure they would have hoped both the booster and starship had survived longer, but if they really thought it was likely, who knows. And what does it even matter.