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 |
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CD-R
CD-RW
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Nero CD Speed: CD-R, CD-RW Benchmark
Results |
| Optical Drive |
Gigabyte
GO-W0808A |
LG
GSA-4082B |
MSI X48 |
AOpen 52x32x52x |
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: |
40x |
24x |
24x |
16x |
48x |
24x |
52x |
32x |
52x |
24x |
52x |
24x |
40x |
12x |
| Avg Speed: |
31.59x |
22.51x |
19.29x |
15.28x |
19.29x |
4x |
39.49x |
30.86x |
39.57x |
18.72x |
39.76x |
24x |
30.59x |
12x |
| Start Speed: |
18.55x |
16.03x |
12.01x |
12.01x |
12.01x |
4x |
23.97x |
22.6x |
23.62x |
11.22x |
23.82x |
24x |
20.01x |
12x |
| End Speed: |
41.69x |
24.05x |
24.02x |
16.02x |
24.02x |
4x |
51.21x |
32.29x |
52.14x |
24.61x |
52.25x |
24x |
40.05x |
12x |
| Type |
CAV |
Z-CLV |
Z-CLV |
Z-CLV |
Z-CLV |
CLV |
CAV |
P-CAV |
CAV |
CAV |
CAV |
CLV |
Z-CLV |
CLV |
When it
comes to CD burning, the Gigabyte GO-W0808A is up to the challenge! It's funny
to see that the Gigabyte can surpass the 40x CD-R burning speed just at the very end
of the disk! Overall, it meets its listed specs, and delivers 40X CD-R, and 24X CD-RW
recording speeds.
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 |
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Nero CD Speed: DVD-ROM
Benchmark Results |
| Optical Drive |
Gigabyte
GO-W0808A |
LG
GSA-4082B |
MSI X48 |
| Disc Type |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
| Avg Speed |
8.94x |
8.83x |
11.29x |
| Random Seek Time |
94ms |
104ms |
95ms |
| 1/3 Seek Time |
100ms |
170ms |
103ms |
| Full Seek Time |
162ms |
183ms |
161ms |
| DAE Quality |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| CPU Use: 1x |
6% |
2% |
1% |
| CPU Use: Max |
25% |
4% |
1% |
| Disc Recognition Time |
10.28s |
6.6s |
4.87s |
| Disc Eject Time |
0.96s |
1.85s |
5.44s |
| Disc Load Time |
1.2s |
1.32s |
0.96s |
The Gigabyte GO-W0808A puts in another good
showing, this time in the DVD-ROM benchmark tests. It's nice to see the access
times are not very high, but CPU utilization is much higher than anything
else.
Nero CD Speed: CD-R,
CD-RW
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