Nero CD Speed: DVD+RW

Source: Ahead Software

Nero's CD Speed burn tests a DVD+RW rated to 2.4-4x. The disc is burned with files of about 4.7GB in size. This test is done by simply placing the blank recording media into the burner and running CD Speed. The software will detect the type of DVD media and run the appropriate test.

Nero CD Speed: DVD+RW
DVD+RW

Nero CD Speed: DVD+RW Benchmark Results
Optical Drive	AOpen DSW1812P	Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164	Gigabyte GO-W1616A	MSI DR16-B	AOpen DRW8800	Gigabyte GO-W0808A	LG GSA-4082B
Media	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW
Media Write Speed:	4x	4x	4x	4x	4x	4x	4x
Avg Speed:	4x	4.01x	4.05	4x	4.30	4.02	4x
Start Speed:	3.89x	4.01x	3.98	3.99x	4.30	3.96	4x
End Speed:	4.04x	4.01x	4.09	4x	4.30	4.05	4x
Type	CLV	CLV	CLV	CLV	CLV	CLV	CLV

High speed commercial DVD+RW discs are still very hard to come by, and here the AOpen DSW1812P performs exactly as expected with a 4x rated disk. It is rated for 8x, if you can find suitable media.

Nero CD Speed: DVD+R DL

Source: Ahead Software

Nero's CD Speed burn tests a DVD+R DL rated at 2.4x. The program emulates a burn that would fill the disc with 8.5GB of data. This test is done by simply placing blank recording media into the burner and running CD Speed the software.

Nero CD Speed: DVD+R DL Benchmark Results
Optical Drive	AOpen DSW1812P	Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164	Gigabyte GO-W1616A	MSI DRI6-B	LG GSA-4120B
Media	DVD+R DL	DVD+R DL	DVD+R DL	DVD+R DL	DVD+R DL
Media Write Speed:	2.4x	2.4x	2.4x	2.4x	2.4x
Avg Speed:	9.21x	6.23x	4.3x	2.4	2.4
Start Speed:	5.13x	3.46x	2.4x	2.39	2.4
End Speed:	12.3x	8.31x	5.74x	2.4	2.4
Type	CAV	CLV	CAV	CLV	CLV

The AOpen DSW1812P certainly does very well in the DVD+R Dual Layer burning. It is able to reach an amazing 12.3x speed on a 2.4x rated disc. That's surprising since the drive's DVD+R DL writing speed is suppose to be a max of 8x.