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LiteON's eHAU424 external USB2.0 optical drive gives you writing speeds as fast as 24X for DVD+/-R media. It can burn through dual layer DVD+ and DVD- media and write to CD-Rs and CD-RWs as well.
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Test System Specs and ODD Benchmarks
The details of how the LiteON eHAU424 External CD/DVD burner was
configured for benchmarking, including the specific hardware, software drivers,
operating system and benchmark versions are indicated below. The general specs
for the reference platforms are the same. Please take a moment to look over
PCSTATS test system configurations before moving on to the individual benchmark
results.
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| PCSTATS Test System Specs: |
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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.
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Sisoft Sandra 2005 Benchmark
Results |
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Optical Drive |
LG GSA-H62N |
Lite-On
eHAU424 |
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 |
| Drive Index |
3785 kb/s |
3122 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 |
3210 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 |
3644 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 |
3200 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 |
290ms |
200ms |
179ms |
157ms |
213ms |
283ms |
231ms |
220 ms |
761ms |
Lite-on's eHAU424 is about average when it comes to
performance, although its access times are a little higher due to its USB
connection.
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 |
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Nero CD Speed: Data
Benchmark Results |
| Optical Drive |
ASUS BC-1205PT |
Lite-on
eHAU424 |
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 |
Data |
| Avg Speed |
23.17x |
24.27x |
33.4x |
36.77 |
34.11x |
28.94x |
34.47x |
28.93x |
30.05x |
36.07x |
23.08x |
| Random Seek Time |
138ms |
121ms |
122ms |
100ms |
88ms |
85ms |
124ms |
100ms |
113ms |
87ms |
108ms |
| 1/3 Seek Time |
149ms |
114ms |
118ms |
115ms |
99ms |
84ms |
126ms |
109ms |
111ms |
88ms |
142ms |
| Full Seek Time |
267ms |
249ms |
115ms |
122ms |
140ms |
142ms |
209ms |
155ms |
154ms |
132ms |
195ms |
| CPU Use: 1x |
0% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
4% |
1% |
| CPU Use: 2x |
1% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
6% |
6% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
| CPU Use: 4x |
2% |
10% |
3% |
4% |
7% |
3% |
8% |
4% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
| CPU Use: 8x |
4% |
18% |
27% |
4% |
12% |
7% |
11% |
7% |
5% |
7% |
3% |
| Disc recognition Time |
0.05s |
5.5s |
10.68s |
4.8s |
8.34s |
10.64s |
12.4s |
6.04s |
8.73s |
8.17s |
7.68s |
| Disc Eject Time |
1.22s |
1.0s |
2.82s |
2.21s |
1.3s |
1.92s |
1.23s |
1.85s |
1.71s |
1.4s |
4.61s |
| Disc Load Time |
16.54s |
1.8s |
1.49s |
1.1s |
1.27s |
1.18s |
1.18s |
1.32s |
0s |
1.03s |
0.98s |
The eHAU424
has a decent average speed here, although you are again sacrificing a bit of
performance when you move to an external drive.
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 |
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Nero CD Speed: Audio
Benchmark Results |
| Optical Drive |
ASUS BC-1205PT |
Lite-On
eHAU424 |
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 |
Audio |
| Avg Speed |
24.65x |
31.25x |
30.35x |
30.44 |
33.19x |
28.34x |
30.04x |
8.21x |
24.02x |
32.74x |
18.46x |
| Random Seek Time |
178ms |
170ms |
109ms |
103ms |
99ms |
95ms |
141ms |
140ms |
114ms |
95ms |
114ms |
| 1/3 Seek Time |
193ms |
160ms |
119ms |
124ms |
106ms |
103ms |
146ms |
240ms |
121ms |
105ms |
137ms |
| Full Seek Time |
332ms |
310ms |
140ms |
168ms |
159ms |
175ms |
276ms |
272ms |
171ms |
186ms |
204ms |
| DAE Quality |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| CPU Use: 1x |
1% |
1% |
1% |
5% |
1% |
19% |
12% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| CPU Use: 2x |
2% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
| CPU Use: 4x |
5% |
4% |
3% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
10% |
6% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
| CPU Use: 8x |
11% |
12% |
5% |
3% |
6% |
7% |
15% |
10% |
7% |
8% |
9% |
| Disc recognition Time |
0.03s |
0.5s |
12.44 |
0.02 |
9.99s |
8.46s |
9.9s |
6.17s |
8.23s |
6.59s |
7.79s |
| Disc Eject Time |
1.23s |
1.1s |
2.83s |
1.71s |
1.29s |
1.92s |
1.22s |
1.79s |
1.71s |
1.04s |
2.01s |
| Disc Load Time |
15.38s |
2.38s |
1.49 |
11.50 |
1.26s |
1.26s |
1.18s |
1.32s |
0.13s |
1.41s |
1.33 |
Audio CDs are a strong point for the
eHAU424's performance, with good results across the board.
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