Nero's CD Speed burn tests are done twice, once
with a CDR rated to 1x-52x burn speed, and a CD-RW rated to 4x-32x. Each disk
was test with files of about 640MB in size. This test is done by simply placing
blank recording media into the burner and running CD Speed the
software will detect if it is CD-R or CD-R/W media and run the
appropriate tests.
| Nero CD Speed: CD-R/RW |
|
CD-R
CD-RW
|
|
Nero CD Speed: CD-R, CD-RW Benchmark
Results |
| Optical Drive |
AOpen
DRW8800
|
AOpen 5232
Combo |
LG
GSA-4082B |
MSI X48 |
Samsung SW-252B |
MSI CR52A-A2 |
Plextor W4012TA |
| Media |
CD-R |
CD-RW |
CD-R |
CD-RW |
CD-R |
CD-RW |
CD-R |
CD-RW |
CD-R |
CD-RW |
CD-R |
CD-RW |
CD-R |
CD-RW |
| Media Write Speed: |
32x |
16x |
52x |
32x |
24x |
16x |
48x |
24x |
52x |
24x |
52x |
24x |
40x |
12x |
| Avg Speed: |
28.45x |
16.64x |
34.01x |
30.65x |
19.29x |
15.28x |
19.29x |
4x |
39.57x |
18.72x |
39.76x |
24x |
30.59x |
12x |
| Start Speed: |
16.64x |
16.64x |
22.51x |
21.77x |
12.01x |
12.01x |
12.01x |
4x |
23.62x |
11.22x |
23.82x |
24x |
20.01x |
12x |
| End Speed: |
33.32x |
16.64x |
44.74x |
32.25x |
24.02x |
16.02x |
24.02x |
4x |
52.14x |
24.61x |
52.25x |
24x |
40.05x |
12x |
| Type |
P-CAV |
CLV |
P-CAV |
P-CAV |
Z-CLV |
Z-CLV |
Z-CLV |
CLV |
CAV |
CAV |
CAV |
CLV |
Z-CLV |
CLV |
The Aopen DRW8800 burns CD-R/RW media at 16X, so it is good to see that is reaches its top speed easily. In fact on both CD-R and CD-RW tests, the drive burns slightly faster than its rated spec.
CD Speed can also read DVD-ROM discs showing you
maximum transfer speeds, access times and CPU utilization. The DVD data disc has
about 3.78GB of data on it and is a retail DVD-ROM disc, not burned on a DVD-/+R
disc.
| Nero CD Speed: DVD-ROM |
|
DVD-ROM
|
|
Nero CD Speed: DVD-ROM
Benchmark Results |
| Optical Drive |
AOpen
DRW8800 |
AOpen 5232
Combo |
Gigabyte
GO-W0808A |
LG
GSA-4082B |
MSI X48 |
| Disc Type |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
| Avg Speed |
8.89x |
11.63x |
8.94x |
8.83x |
11.29x |
| Random Seek Time |
121ms |
95ms |
94ms |
104ms |
95ms |
| 1/3 Seek Time |
122ms |
105ms |
100ms |
170ms |
103ms |
| Full Seek Time |
172ms |
158ms |
162ms |
183ms |
161ms |
| DAE Quality |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| CPU Use: 1x |
6% |
17% |
6% |
2% |
1% |
| CPU Use: Max |
48% |
50% |
25% |
4% |
1% |
| Disc Recognition Time |
10.33 |
7.86s |
10.28s |
6.6s |
4.87s |
| Disc Eject Time |
1.74 |
1.38s |
0.96s |
1.85s |
5.44s |
| Disc Load Time |
0.01s |
1.03s |
1.2s |
1.32s |
0.96s |
The
average speed for the AOpen DRW8800 is
where we expect it, but access times are just a tad on the high
side. CPU utilization is good, and the drive is quick to load
discs.
Nero CD Speed: CD-R,
CD-RW
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