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MSI CR52-A2 52x24x52x CD-RW Review
MSI CR52-A2 52x24x52x CD-RW Review - PCSTATS
The MSI 52x24x52 CD-RW obviously offers 52x speed write, 24x rewrite, and 52x read speeds.
 87% Rating:   
Filed under: Optical Drives Published:  Author: 
External Mfg. Website: MSI Mar 04 2003   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: CD-Speed Data/Audio

Nero CD Speed - Data - Benchmarks 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 test 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 (or may not) impact the results slightly, so the pressed disk is the de facto standard.

MSI 52x24x52 - CDSpeed Data Tests

Optical Drive MSI CR52A-A2 Plextor PXW4012TA

LG 32/10/40

MSI 8340

SW-240

SW-232 SW-224 SC-152 DVD-500M SW-216
Disk Type Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data
Avg Speed 35.38x 29.05x 30.46x 30.69x 31.06x 31.65x 30.82x 38.90x 32.30x 24.94x
Random Seek Time 91ms 121ms 101ms 94ms 93ms 90ms 87ms 86ms 86ms 94ms
1/3 Seek Time 95ms 140ms 112ms 98ms 100ms 101ms 91ms 105ms 100ms 112ms
Full Seek Time 153ms 212ms 184ms 165ms 160ms 169ms 137ms 181ms 164ms 192ms
CPU use: 1X 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1%
CPU use: 2X 1% 1% 2% 1% 2%

2%

3% 2% 1% 2%
CPU use: 4X 2% 2% 20% 5% 5% 4% 7% 4% 2% 5%
CPU use: 8X 5% 5% 9% 8% 10% 9% 11% 8% 3% 9%
Disk Recognition Time: 0.73 9.37s 7.08s 0.01s 4.63s 5.2s 9.15s 6.30s 0.01s -
Disk Eject Time 2.74 1.64s 1.55s 1.32s 1.33s 1.39s 1.12s 1.05s 1.19s 1.19s
Disk Load Time: 7.9 0.08s 1.27s 7.60s 0.98s 1.080s 1.10s 1.14s 7.26s 1.14s

Even though MSI is new to the scene, they still do very well for themselves. With a high average speed and low access time, you got yourself a fast optical device reader!

Nero CD Speed 99 - Audio - Benchmarks 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 test we use a pressed Audio CD with about 65 minutes of audio on it as the test disk. CDROM's in general have a harder time processing audio data, and hence the results can be drastically slower than that of data tests alone.

MSI 52x24x52 - CDSpeed Audio Tests

Optical Drive MSI CR52A-A2 Plextor W4012TA

LG 32/10/40

MSI 8340

SW-240

SW-232 SW-224 SC152 DVD-500M SW-216
Disk Type Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio
Avg Speed 31.09x 8.03x 27.51x 29.58x 27.44x 24.89x 22.98x 18.97x 29.96x 22.32x
Random Seek Time 89ms 162ms 105ms 134ms 92ms 93ms 86ms 88ms 88ms 97ms
1/3 Seek Time 90ms 185ms 119ms 109ms 106ms 107ms 102ms 98ms 95ms 98ms
Full Seek Time 309ms 254ms 172ms 520ms 161ms 170ms 157ms 167ms 161ms 163ms
DAE Quality 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
CPU use: 1X 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 0% 2%
CPU use: 2X 1% 1% 3% 1%

3%

3% 6% 3% 1% 4%
CPU use: 4X 3% 3% 5% 3% 7% 7% 14% 5% 2% 7%
CPU use: 8X 5% 69% 10% 6% 14% 14% 23% 11% 4% 13%
Disk Recog. Time: 0.48s 0.08s 6.99s 0.02s 3.99s 9.16s 8.38s 4.35s 0.01s -
Disk Eject Time: 2.69s 1.66s 1.55s 1.31s 1.33s 1.37s 1.10s 1.06s 1.19s 1.18s
Disk Load Time: 10.12 19.25s 1.28s 7.60s 0.98s 1.08s 1.10s 1.14s 7.33s 1.14s

Again the MSI 52x CD-RW does very well for itself here. It has the highest average speed by far and its random and 1/3 seek times are very good. Its full seek time is quite high, though unlike the Plextor 40x CD-RW, the disc load at 8X is very low.

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Contents of Article: MSI CR52-A2
 Pg 1.  MSI CR52-A2 52x24x52x CD-RW Review
 Pg 2.  — Benchmarks: CD-Speed Data/Audio
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: Sandra 2002 and Burn Tests

 
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