CD Winbench 99	Source: Zdnet

The CD Winbench99 benchmark runs a series of scripted programs from a special CD in the drive and measures the speed of the data transfer. Higher numbers mean better performance.

CD Winbench 99 Benchmark Results
Optical Drive	Results	Ranking
Samsung SW-252B (CD-RW)	1860 kb/s
MSI CR52A-A2 (CD-RW)	2420 kb/s
Plextor PXW4012TA (CD-RW)	2190 kb/s
LG 32-10-40 (CD-RW)	2110 kb/s
MSI CDRW 8340 (CD-RW)	2050 kb/s
Samsung SW-240 (CD-RW)	1910 kb/s
Samsung SW-232 (CD-RW)	1460 kb/s
Samsung SW-224 (CD-RW)	1320 kb/s
Samsung SC-152 (CDROM)	1710 kb/s
Pioneer DVD-500M (DVD ROM)	2440 kb/s
Samsung SW-216 (CD-RW)	1280 kb/s
AOpen 52x32x52x (CD-RW)	2300 kb/s
LG GSA-4082B (DVD-/+RW)	1130 kb/s
Gigabyte GO-W0808A (DVD-/+RW)	2240 kb/s
AOpen 5232 Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM)	2510 kb/s
AOpen DRW8800 (DVD-/+RW)	2150 kb/s
MSI DR16-B (DVD-/+RW)	1400 kb/s
Gigabyte GO-W1616A (DVD-/+RW)	2160 kb/s
Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164 (DVD-/+RW)	2190 kb/s

CD Winbench 99 numbers are very good and it is a great start for the Samsung SE-W164 external DVD writer.

SiSoft Sandra 2005	Source: Sandra

The Sisoft Sandra 2005 drive benchmark measures the theoretical read performance of optical drives in a number of areas.

Sisoft Sandra 2005 Benchmark Results
Optical Drive	Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164	Gigabyte GO-W1616A	MSI DR16-B	AOpen DRW8800	AOpen 5232 Combo	LG GSA-4082B	MSI X48
Disc Type	Data	Data	Data	Data	Data	Data	Data
Drive Index	3005 kb/s	3041 kb/s	2912 kb/s	3056 kb/s	2574	1627	2187
Buffered Read:	2564 kb/s	2345 kb/s	2480 kb/s	2567 kb/s	6000 kb/s	779 kb/s	1780 kb/s
Sequential Read:	3140 kb/s	3347 kb/s	3135 kb/s	3258 kb/s	2712 kb/s	2362 kb/s	3005 kb/s
Random Read:	2802 kb/s	2641 kb/s	2577 kb/s	2752 kb/s	2336 kb/s	524 kb/s	961 kb/s
Access Time:	157ms	213ms	283ms	231ms	220 ms	761ms	363ms

SiSoft Sandra bandwidth numbers and access times are excellent and better than its internal counterparts.