Image processing

Adobe Photoshop

ACDSee PowerPack

ACDSee spreads the field a little, and again, the Spinpoint comes out on top. This time it ties a couple of 750GB Western Digital drives, but still maintains a lead over the entire terabyte pack.

Multitasking and office applications

Microsoft Office

Mozilla

Mozilla and Windows Media Encoder

WorldBench's office and multitasking tests don't usually tease out performance differences between drives, but the multitasking test sees the Spinpoint stretch its legs a little. The 12-second advantage the F1 has over its closest competitor in that test only works out to about 2%. However, even a small performance gap is notable in a test that produces so few.

Other applications

WinZip

Nero

WinZip and Nero both stress the storage subsystem, and in the former, the Spinpoint climbs to the top of the podium once more. Nero pushes the F1 to third place behind a couple of 750GB drives, but that still puts the Spinpoint ahead of the terabyte field.