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.

Score one for solid-state storage—sort of. While the Samsung and OCZ drives race out to the lead in WorldBench, Super Talent's MasterDrive languishes well off the pace in last place. And it's not just that the MX is the slowest drive of the lot, but that it's a full 15 points shy of its closest rival.

The mechanical drives are closely matched here, with only four points separating the fastest from the slowest. Interestingly, WD's Scorpios are faster than the Momentus drives, regardless of spindle speed.

Multimedia editing and encoding

MusicMatch Jukebox

Windows Media Encoder

Adobe Premiere

VideoWave Movie Creator

The OCZ and Samsung SSDs maintain the lead through WorldBench's multimedia editing and encoding tests, although they're really not that far ahead of the fastest mechanical drives. The Scorpio Black proves to be the quickest mechanical drive through these tests, with the rest lining up behind it according to spindle speed.

Once again, the MasterDrive MX is at the back of the pack. In some tests, it's only a few seconds behind the slowest mechanical drive. However, the MX trails by a greater margin in the Movie Creator test, and it's significantly slower than the rest of the field in Adobe Premiere.