WorldBench overall performance
WorldBench uses scripting to step through a series of tasks in common Windows applications. It then produces an overall score. WorldBench also spits out individual results for its component application tests, allowing us to compare performance in each. We'll look at the overall score, and then we'll show individual application results.

The 750GB Caviar gets off to a good start in WorldBench, turning in a performance matched only by Western Digital's 10K-RPM Raptors. Still, the drive only has a one-point lead over Seagate's Barracuda 7200.10.

Multimedia editing and encoding

MusicMatch Jukebox

Windows Media Encoder

Adobe Premiere

VideoWave Movie Creator

WorldBench's multimedia editing and encoding tests tend not to be bound by disk performance, but Premiere does spread out the contenders a little. In that test, the Caviar finishes in second place, just behind the fastest Raptor.