|  CD Winbench 99 | Source: Zdnet | 
  
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The CD Winbench99 benchmark runs a series of 
scripted programs from a special CD in the drive and measures the speed of the 
data transfer. Higher numbers mean better performance. 
The 
Gigabyte GO-W1616A is one of the faster drives at reading data according 
to CD Winbench 99. This is a good start, now let's see how the drive reacts to the other 
tests.
  
  
    |  SiSoft Sandra 2005 | Source: Sandra | 
  
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The Sisoft Sandra 2004 drive benchmark measures the 
theoretical read performance of optical drives in a number of areas. 
  
  
    | Sisoft 
      Sandra 2005 Benchmark Results | 
  
    | Optical Drive | Gigabyte GO-W1616A | MSI DR16-B | AOpen DRW8800 | AOpen 5232 Combo | LG GSA-4082B | MSI X48  | Samsung SW-252B | 
  
    | Disc Type | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | 
  
    | Drive Index | 3041 kb/s | 2912 kb/s | 3056 kb/s | 2574 | 1627 | 2187 | 2207 | 
  
    | Buffered Read: | 2345 kb/s | 2480 kb/s | 2567 kb/s | 6000 kb/s | 779 kb/s | 1780 kb/s | 1582 kb/s | 
  
    | Sequential Read: | 3347 kb/s | 3135 kb/s | 3258 kb/s | 2712 kb/s | 2362 kb/s | 3005 kb/s | 3284 kb/s | 
  
    | Random Read: | 2641 kb/s | 2577 kb/s | 2752 kb/s | 2336 kb/s | 524 kb/s | 961 kb/s | 792 kb/s | 
  
    | Access Time: | 213ms | 283ms | 231ms | 220 ms | 761ms | 363ms | 245 ms | 
The 
Gigabyte GO-W1616A performs quite nicely here in SiSoft Sandra and is 
near the top of its class.  Access time is especially fast.