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. You won't find Gigabyte's i-RAM in the graphs below because its 4GB maximum storage capacity is too limited for WorldBench to run.

The ANS-9010 gets off to a good start in WorldBench, besting the X25-E Extreme by a single point. Running the drive in RAID mode bumps its overall score by two points, which is less than one might expect. However, keep in mind that WorldBench runs through common desktop applications that tend not to be bound by storage subsystem performance. Let's step through the individual application results to see how the ACard fares in each test.

Multimedia editing and encoding

MusicMatch Jukebox

Windows Media Encoder

Adobe Premiere

VideoWave Movie Creator

Although it stays at the front of the pack through most of WorldBench's multimedia editing and encoding tests, the ANS-9010 is a hair behind Intel's fastest SSD in the one benchmark that spreads the field. In the Premiere test, the X25-E comes out ahead of the ANS-9010 by one to four seconds depending on whether the RAM disk is running in single-drive or RAID mode.