Reading performance:

For these tests we will use Nero CD/DVD-Speed to read various CD, DVD and BD media. As already mentioned in the introduction, this drive supports:

• BD: 4x
• DVD: 12x
• CD: 32x

CD-ROM pressed discs:

For this test we used a pressed CD-ROM disc containing Creative Blaster Audigy install CD that is close to 74 minutes long. Below you will see the produced result:

CD-Recordable Discs:

For this test we made a copy of the original Creative Blaster Audigy install CD. The disc we used was a Verbatim 48X certified CD-R disc manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation. (Thanks to Verbatim Germany for sending us this media).  

CD-Rewritable discs:

Again, we made a copy of the original Creative Blaster Audigy install CD; this time we used a Verbatim Ultra Speed (32X) CD-RW disc made by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation. (Thanks to Verbatim Germany for sending us this media).

100 minutes CD-R:

The used 100 minutes CD-R disc, is slightly smaller than 100 minutes, to be exact it is 99:10 minutes long.

Audio – Digital Audio Extraction:

We used Nero CD/DVD-Speed to measure the transfer rate. The audio disc we used is about 78 minutes long (77:43:45).

Advanced audio – EAC test:

For this test we used EAC (Exact Audio Copy) to test the drive’s audio extraction performance.

Below is the results produced by EAC:

Burst Mode

Secure Mode

The drive performed very well in burst mode and slower in secure mode.

On the next page we will take a look at the drives DVD Reading Performance...

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DVD Reading Performance