Nero's CD Speed burn tests are done twice, once
with a CD-R disc rated to 1x-52x burn speed, and again with a CD-RW rated to
4x-32x. Each disc was test with the same files, about 640MB in size. This test
is performed 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 |
|
CD-R
CD-RW
|
|
Nero CD Speed: CD-R, CD-RW Benchmark
Results |
| Optical Drive |
AOpen DSW1812P |
Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164 |
Gigabyte GO-W1616A |
MSI DR16-B |
AOpen DRW8800 |
AOpen 5232 Combo |
LG GSA-4082B |
| 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: |
48x |
32x |
48x |
32x |
48x |
24x |
40x |
24x |
32x |
16x |
52x |
32x |
24x |
16x |
| Avg Speed: |
32.62x |
24.5x |
23.86x |
28.02x |
32.58x |
16.06x |
30.16x |
23.4x |
28.45x |
16.64x |
34.01x |
30.65x |
19.29x |
15.28x |
| Start Speed: |
19.19x |
16.04x |
21.92x |
16.02x |
19.16x |
16.03x |
17.72x |
17.78x |
16.64x |
16.64x |
22.51x |
21.77x |
12.01x |
12.01x |
| End Speed: |
43.03x |
32.1x |
23.92x |
32.05x |
42.98x |
16.03x |
40.32x |
24.45x |
33.32x |
16.64x |
44.74x |
32.25x |
24.02x |
16.02x |
| Type |
P-CAV |
Z-CLV |
P-CAV |
Z-CLV |
CAV |
CLV |
P-CAV |
P-CAV |
P-CAV |
CLV |
P-CAV |
P-CAV |
Z-CLV |
Z-CLV |
The AOpen
DSW1812P was able to hit an end speed of 43x
which is pretty good compared to
the competition. The CD-RW test shows the drive was able to hit its top speed of
32x rewrite.
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 a recordable DVD.
| Nero CD Speed: DVD-ROM |
|
DVD-ROM
|
|
Nero CD Speed: DVD-ROM
Benchmark Results |
| Optical Drive |
AOpen DSW1812P |
Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164 |
Gigabyte GO-W1616A |
MSI DR16-B |
AOpen DRW8800 |
AOpen 5232 Combo |
| Disc Type |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
DVD-ROM |
| Avg Speed |
11.7x |
8.73x |
5.97x |
11.58x |
8.89x |
11.63x |
| Random Seek Time |
128ms |
97ms |
114ms |
106ms |
121ms |
95ms |
| 1/3 Seek Time |
124ms |
104ms |
126ms |
110ms |
122ms |
105ms |
| Full Seek Time |
185ms |
171ms |
192ms |
186ms |
172ms |
158ms |
| DAE Quality |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| CPU Use: 1x |
6% |
11% |
7% |
13% |
6% |
17% |
| CPU Use: Max |
33% |
59% |
17% |
49% |
48% |
50% |
| Disc Recognition Time |
15.1 |
6.6s |
13.21s |
7.55s |
10.33s |
7.86s |
| Disc Eject Time |
1.19 |
1.85s |
1.24s |
1.84s |
1.74s |
1.38s |
| Disc Load Time |
1.19 |
1.32s |
1.18s |
1.31s |
0.01s |
1.03s |
The AOpen
DSW1812P is pretty darn quick at reading
media... that much is for certain. Average read speed sits at 11x for DVD-ROMs,
access times are little higher than the norm.
Nero CD Speed: CD-R,
CD-RW
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