Image processing

Adobe Photoshop

ACDSee PowerPack

ACDSee stresses the drives a little, and the DiamondMax falls towards the back of the field.

Multitasking and office applications

Microsoft Office

Mozilla

Mozilla and Windows Media Encoder

Performance doesn't vary much between the various drivers in WorldBench's office and multitasking tests.

Other applications

Winzip

Nero

WorldBench's Nero and WinZip results have plenty of variety, though. The DiamondMax 11 doesn't perform particularly well in WinZip, but at least it's a big improvement over its predecessor. In Nero, the DiamondMax struggles to make it to the middle of the pack.