Some of the “better” names do manufacture their own products end-to-end and show some quality improvements over the no name or house brand pads. But some also buy the same shit pads from China, slap them in a different box, and mark them up.
If you want some “performance” you need to get away from all the no name and house brand, get away from Bendix and Raybestos and get into a real performance pad maker. I assume “Hawd” was supposed to be Hawk. Assuming you choose the right Hawk pad for your application you should feel a marked improvement in braking performance over even the best Raybestos or similar.
In short, none of the pads you’re going to pick up at your local parts store are going to offer any type of real performance.
-TJ