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 alongside the results from some of our own application tests.

The Caviar SE16 starts well enough, with the lack of NCQ support apparently not slowing it down in WorldBench. Note how much faster the Caviar is than our only other 16MB drive, the DiamondMax 10. Let's break down WorldBench's overall score into individual results to see what we can find.

Multimedia editing and encoding

MusicMatch Jukebox

Windows Media Encoder

Adobe Premiere

VideoWave Movie Creator

None of the drives really differentiate themselves in WorldBench's multimedia editing and encoding tests, where the Caviar lurks in the middle of a tight pack.