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 Barracuda ES.2 ties its desktop counterpart in WorldBench, putting it two points behind the fastest drives in this test. Interestingly, the ES.2's score also matches that of its predecessor, the Barracuda ES.

Multimedia editing and encoding

MusicMatch Jukebox

Windows Media Encoder

Adobe Premiere

VideoWave Movie Creator

Among WorldBench's multimedia editing and encoding tests, only Premiere seems to stress the storage subsystem. In that test, the ES.2 sits in the middle of the pack, beaten my nearly all of its direct competitors.