Nero CD Speed: CD-R, CD-RW

Source: Ahead Software

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

ASUS BC-1205PT

LG GSA-H62N

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

CD-R

CD-RW

CD-R

CD-RW

Media Write Speed:

48x

32x

48x

32x

48x

32x

48x

32x

48x

24x

40x

24x

32x

16x

52x

32x

24x

16x

Avg Speed:

22.06x

21.93x

35.34x

28.95x

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:

16.03x

16.03x

21.78x

16x

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:

24.06x

24.05x

40.40x

32.17x

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

Z-CLV

Z-CLV

P-CAV

Z-CLV

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 CD-R/RW writing tests puts the ASUS BC-1205PT in the middle of the pack.

Nero CD Speed: DVD+RW

Source: Ahead Software

Nero's CD Speed burn tests a DVD+RW rated to 2.4-4x. The disc is burned with files of about 4.7GB in size. This test is done by simply placing the blank recording media into the burner and running CD Speed. The software will detect the type of DVD media and run the appropriate test.

Nero CD Speed: DVD+RW
DVD+RW

			Nero CD Speed: DVD+RW Benchmark Results
Optical Drive	ASUS BC-1205PT	LG GSA-H62N	AOpen DSW1812P	Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164	Gigabyte GO-W1616A	MSI DR16-B	AOpen DRW8800	Gigabyte GO-W0808A	LG GSA-4082B
Media	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW	DVD+RW
Media Write Speed:	4x	4x	4x	4x	4x	4x	4x	4x	4x
Avg Speed:	6.31x	4x	4x	4.01x	4.05	4x	4.30	4.02	4x
Start Speed:	3.49x	4x	3.89x	4.01x	3.98	3.99x	4.30	3.96	4x
End Speed:	8.43x	4x	4.04x	4.01x	4.09	4x	4.30	4.05	4x
Type	CAV	CLV	CLV	CLV	CLV	CLV	CLV	CLV	CLV