Nero CD Speed: Data

Source: Ahead Software

CD Speed is a CD/DVD-ROM benchmark which can test the most important features of an optical drive. In this particular benchmark, we use a pressed CD-ROM with about 640MB of data as the test disk. Using a CDR or CDRW as the test disk may impact the results slightly, so a pressed disk is the standard testing tool.

Nero CD Speed: Data

			Nero CD Speed: Data Benchmark Results
Optical Drive	ASUS BC-1205PT	LG GSA-H62N	AOpen DSW1812P	Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164	Gigabyte GO-W1616A	MSI DR16-B	AOpen DRW8800	AOpen 5232 Combo	LG GSA-4082B
Disc Type	Data	Data	Data	Data	Data	Data	Data	Data	Data
Avg Speed	23.17x	33.4x	34.11x	28.94x	34.47x	28.93x	30.05x	36.07x	23.08x
Random Seek Time	138ms	122ms	88ms	85ms	124ms	100ms	113ms	87ms	108ms
1/3 Seek Time	149ms	118ms	99ms	84ms	126ms	109ms	111ms	88ms	142ms
Full Seek Time	267ms	115ms	140ms	142ms	209ms	155ms	154ms	132ms	195ms
CPU Use: 1x	0%	1%	2%	3%	1%	1%	0%	4%	1%
CPU Use: 2x	1%	2%	4%	6%	6%	2%	1%	2%	2%
CPU Use: 4x	2%	3%	7%	3%	8%	4%	2%	3%	4%
CPU Use: 8x	4%	27%	12%	7%	11%	7%	5%	7%	3%
Disc recognition Time	0.05s	10.68s	8.34s	10.64s	12.4s	6.04s	8.73s	8.17s	7.68s
Disc Eject Time	1.22s	2.82s	1.3s	1.92s	1.23s	1.85s	1.71s	1.4s	4.61s
Disc Load Time	16.54s	1.49s	1.27s	1.18s	1.18s	1.32s	0s	1.03s	0.98s

Running a standard CD-ROM finds the ASUS drive a little slower than most optical drives, although it also uses considerably lower CPU power.

Nero CD Speed: Audio

Source: Ahead Software

CD Speed is a CD-ROM benchmark which can test the most important features of a CD-ROM drive. In this particular benchmark we use a pressed Audio CD with about 65 minutes of audio on it as the test disk. CDROMs in general have a harder time processing audio data, and hence the results can be drastically slower than equivalent 'pure' data tests.

Nero CD Speed: Audio

			Nero CD Speed: Audio Benchmark Results
Optical Drive	ASUS BC-1205PT	LG GSA-H62N	AOpen DSW1812P	Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164	Gigabyte GO-W1616A	MSI DR16-B	AOpen DRW8800	AOpen 5232 Combo	LG GSA-4082B
Disc Type	Audio	Audio	Audio	Audio	Audio	Audio	Audio	Audio	Audio
Avg Speed	24.65x	30.35x	33.19x	28.34x	30.04x	8.21x	24.02x	32.74x	18.46x
Random Seek Time	178ms	109ms	99ms	95ms	141ms	140ms	114ms	95ms	114ms
1/3 Seek Time	193ms	119ms	106ms	103ms	146ms	240ms	121ms	105ms	137ms
Full Seek Time	332ms	140ms	159ms	175ms	276mx	272ms	171ms	186ms	204ms
DAE Quality	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
CPU Use: 1x	1%	1%	1%	19%	12%	1%	1%	1%	1%
CPU Use: 2x	2%	2%	1%	2%	3%	3%	1%	2%	2%
CPU Use: 4x	5%	3%	3%	4%	10%	6%	3%	4%	5%
CPU Use: 8x	11%	5%	6%	7%	15%	10%	7%	8%	9%
Disc recognition Time	0.03s	12.44	9.99s	8.46s	9.9s	6.17s	8.23s	6.59s	7.79s
Disc Eject Time	1.23	2.83	1.29s	1.92s	1.22s	1.79s	1.71s	1.04s	2.01s
Disc Load Time	15.38s	1.49	1.26s	1.26s	1.18s	1.32s	0.13s	1.41s	1.33

Results here are close to the same, with dedicated DVD and CD drives operating a little bit faster than the ASUS BC-1205PT can manage.