WorldBench
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.

Even with the highest density platters on the market, the 1.5TB Barracuda isn't the fastest drive in WorldBench. It does score two points higher than the terabyte 7200.11, but that still leaves it a couple of points out of the lead, behind the latest desktop drives from Western Digital.

Multimedia editing and encoding

MusicMatch Jukebox

Windows Media Encoder

Adobe Premiere

VideoWave Movie Creator

Of WorldBench's multimedia editing and encoding tests, only Premiere spreads out the field. There, the latest 'cuda finds itself close to the front of the pack, although it trails the 640GB Caviar SE16 and the SpinPoint F1.