Image processing

Adobe Photoshop

ACDSee PowerPack

ACDSee gives the Green a chance to strut its stuff a little. WD's freshest eco-Caviar is even quicker than the Caviar Black here, and certainly faster than the old Caviar GP.

Multitasking and office applications

Microsoft Office

Mozilla

Mozilla and Windows Media Encoder

WorldBench's multitasking and office tests are largely unaffected by our choice of hard drive.

Other applications

WinZip

Nero

However, WorldBench's Nero and WinZip components definitely stress the storage subsystem. In the latter, the Caviar Green delivers exactly the same performance as the GP. Things don't look as rosy in Nero, where the Green falls to the back of the pack, more than 20 seconds behind its predecessor.