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LiteON iHAS424 Dual-Layer DVD Writer Review
LiteON iHAS424 Dual-Layer DVD Writer Review - PCSTATS
It's got everything you'd expect from a DVD-writer, including dual-layer DVD writing and reading, compatibility with both + and - formats, as well as support for lightscribe label burning.
 77% Rating:   
Filed under: Optical Drives Published:  Author: 
External Mfg. Website: LiteON Nov 02 2009   J. Apong  
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ODD Benchmarks: Sandra 2009, Nero CD / Audio Speed

SiSoft Sandra 2008 Source: Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system as well as the individual components. The results are also purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance.

Sisoft Sandra 2005 Benchmark Results

Optical Drive

LG GSA-H62N

Lite-On iHAS424

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
Drive Index 3785 kb/s 3622 kb/s 3495 kb/s 3005 kb/s 3041 kb/s 2912 kb/s 3056 kb/s 2574 1627
Buffered Read: 3414 kb/s 3123 kb/s 3040 kb/s 2564 kb/s 2345 kb/s 2480 kb/s 2567 kb/s 6000 kb/s 779 kb/s
Sequential Read: 3983 kb/s 3822 kb/s 3710 kb/s 3140 kb/s 3347 kb/s 3135 kb/s 3258 kb/s 2712 kb/s 2362 kb/s
Random Read: 3357 kb/s 3417 kb/s 3187 kb/s 2802 kb/s 2641 kb/s 2577 kb/s 2752 kb/s 2336 kb/s 524 kb/s
Access Time: 243ms 200ms 179ms 157ms 213ms 283ms 231ms 220 ms 761ms

Lite-on's iHAS424 does quite well in SiSoft Sandra's drive index tests, second only to LG's GSA-H62N.

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

Lite-On iHAS424

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 Data
Avg Speed 23.17x 33.4x 36.77 34.11x 28.94x 34.47x 28.93x 30.05x 36.07x 23.08x
Random Seek Time 138ms 122ms 100ms 88ms 85ms 124ms 100ms 113ms 87ms 108ms
1/3 Seek Time 149ms 118ms 115ms 99ms 84ms 126ms 109ms 111ms 88ms 142ms
Full Seek Time 267ms 115ms 122ms 140ms 142ms 209ms 155ms 154ms 132ms 195ms
CPU Use: 1x 0% 1% 1% 2% 3% 1% 1% 0% 4% 1%
CPU Use: 2x 1% 2% 2% 4% 6% 6% 2% 1% 2% 2%
CPU Use: 4x 2% 3% 4% 7% 3% 8% 4% 2% 3% 4%
CPU Use: 8x 4% 27% 4% 12% 7% 11% 7% 5% 7% 3%
Disc recognition Time 0.05s 10.68s 4.8s 8.34s 10.64s 12.4s 6.04s 8.73s 8.17s 7.68s
Disc Eject Time 1.22s 2.82s 2.21s 1.3s 1.92s 1.23s 1.85s 1.71s 1.4s 4.61s
Disc Load Time 16.54s 1.49s 1.1s 1.27s 1.18s 1.18s 1.32s 0s 1.03s 0.98s

The Lite-On iHAS424 does a good job in this test as well, with the highest average speed of any optical drives PCSTATS has tested so far.

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

Lite-On

iHAS424

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 Audio
Avg Speed 24.65x 30.35x 30.44 33.19x 28.34x 30.04x 8.21x 24.02x 32.74x 18.46x
Random Seek Time 178ms 109ms 103ms 99ms 95ms 141ms 140ms 114ms 95ms 114ms
1/3 Seek Time 193ms 119ms 124ms 106ms 103ms 146ms 240ms 121ms 105ms 137ms
Full Seek Time 332ms 140ms 168m,s 159ms 175ms 276mx 272ms 171ms 186ms 204ms
DAE Quality 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
CPU Use: 1x 1% 1% 5% 1% 19% 12% 1% 1% 1% 1%
CPU Use: 2x 2% 2% 1% 1% 2% 3% 3% 1% 2% 2%
CPU Use: 4x 5% 3% 2% 3% 4% 10% 6% 3% 4% 5%
CPU Use: 8x 11% 5% 3% 6% 7% 15% 10% 7% 8% 9%
Disc recognition Time 0.03s 12.44 0.02 9.99s 8.46s 9.9s 6.17s 8.23s 6.59s 7.79s
Disc Eject Time 1.23 2.83 1.71 1.29s 1.92s 1.22s 1.79s 1.71s 1.04s 2.01s
Disc Load Time 15.38s 1.49 11.50 1.26s 1.26s 1.18s 1.32s 0.13s 1.41s 1.33

Here we go from stellar results to just about average, with an average read speed of about 30x.

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Contents of Article: LiteON iHAS424
 Pg 1.  LiteON iHAS424 Dual-Layer DVD Writer Review
 Pg 2.  — ODD Benchmarks: Sandra 2009, Nero CD / Audio Speed
 Pg 3.  ODD Benchmarks: CD Speed: CD-R/RW, DVD+RW
 Pg 4.  ODD Benchmarks: CD Speed: DVD+R DL, DVD-ROM

 
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