Image processing

Adobe Photoshop

ACDSee PowerPack

The X25-E takes top honors in WorldBench's ACDSee test, where it's 34 seconds faster than the X25-M, likely thanks to the faster write speeds allowed by single-level cell memory.

Multitasking and office applications

Microsoft Office

Mozilla

Mozilla and Windows Media Encoder

Scores are close throughout WorldBench's office and multitasking tests.

Other applications

WinZip

Nero

The X25-E bounces back strongly in WorldBench's WinZip and Nero tests, though. In the former, it's only a little quicker than the X25-M. However, in the Nero test the Extreme really shines, leading the other solid-state drives we tested by more than a minute.