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.

WorldBench's overall results are pretty close, with most of our drives tied for second place behind the Raptor. The 7200.9s do score marginally higher than older Barracudas, though. Let's bust WorldBench's overall score into individual application tests for a closer look.

Multimedia editing and encoding

MusicMatch Jukebox

Windows Media Encoder

Adobe Premiere

VideoWave Movie Creator

There's little variance in scores across WorldBench's multimedia editing and encoding tests, although the 160GB 7200.9 pulls up a little short in Premiere.