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.

The 640GB SE16 gets off to a great start in WorldBench, eclipsing the performance of its closest competitor by a full two points. That might not seem like much, but it's a decent margin considering the six-way tie for second place.

Multimedia editing and encoding

MusicMatch Jukebox

Windows Media Encoder

Adobe Premiere

VideoWave Movie Creator

Among WorldBench's multimedia editing and encoding tests, only Premiere really stresses the storage subsystem. There, the SE16 is just a few seconds off the pace set by Samsung's F1, with the older 750GB Caviar nipping at its heels.