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.

Green power gets off to an encouraging start in WorldBench, where it matches the performance of Hitachi's terabyte Deskstar. The Caviar GP is only one point off the lead here.

Multimedia editing and encoding

MusicMatch Jukebox

Windows Media Encoder

Adobe Premiere

VideoWave Movie Creator

Among WorldBench's multimedia encoding and editing tests, only Premiere seems to push our hard drives. There, the GP and Deskstar are neck and neck again, just a little off the pace set by Western Digital's latest Caviar SE16 and RE2.