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| Posted by | Herbert |
| Posted on | 30/05/06 06:58 |
Reading performance:
For these tests we will use Nero CD/DVD-Speed to read various CD and DVD's, including audio discs and DVD-media. As already mentioned in the introduction, this drive supports:
- DVD-ROM : 16x
- CD-ROM : 48x
Pressed discs:
For this test we used a pressed CD-ROM disc containing Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 install CD that is close to 75 minutes long, which slightly longer than the CDs used in previous tests. Below you will see the produced result:
The Lite-On SHM-165P6S reached 48.92x. Let's compare the result in the table below:
|
Pressed |
Average |
Start |
End |
Seek |
Seek |
Seek |
|
Lite-On |
36.44x |
21.36x |
48.13x |
118ms |
133ms |
207ms |
|
Pioneer |
30.77x |
18.18x |
24.51x |
96ms |
110ms |
182ms |
|
BenQ |
30.74x |
15.39x |
38.87x |
99ms |
112ms |
161ms |
|
NEC |
34.82x |
19.88x |
46.09x |
122ms |
132ms |
210ms |
|
BenQ |
36.58x |
20.82x |
47.67x |
107ms |
123ms |
175ms |
|
Pioneer |
31.61x |
18.09 |
41.99 |
99ms |
111ms |
189ms |
|
LG |
34.79x |
20.01x |
46.21x |
103ms |
120ms |
178ms |
|
Philips |
35.61x |
20.10x |
47.12x |
100ms |
117ms |
170ms |
|
NEC |
34.75x |
19.87x |
45.99x |
128ms |
136ms |
216ms |
|
NEC |
34.71x |
20.01x |
45.97x |
135ms |
145ms |
222ms |
|
Lite-On |
36.49x |
21.59x |
48.29x |
107ms |
117ms |
175ms |
The Lite-On SHM165P6S performed very well, reading pressed CD-ROM.
CD-Recordable Discs:
For this test we made a copy of the original Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 install CD. The disc we used was a Verbatim 52X certified CD-R disc manufactured by CMC Magnetics.
|
CD-R |
Average |
Start |
End |
Seek |
Seek |
Seek |
|
Samsung |
36.65x |
21.28x |
48.33x |
92ms |
95ms |
163ms |
|
Philips |
30.69x |
17.68x |
40.44x |
126ms |
137ms |
175ms |
|
NU |
32.20x |
18.48x |
42.65 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
NEC |
35.68x |
20.76x |
47.06x |
128ms |
130ms |
213ms |
|
BenQ |
36.57x |
20.92x |
48.09x |
203ms |
233ms |
239ms |
|
Pioneer |
31.18x |
18.37x |
40.99 |
111ms |
121ms |
204ms |
|
LG |
35.63x |
20.79x |
47.16x |
110ms |
130ms |
190ms |
|
Philips |
36.45x |
20.90x |
47.95x |
100ms |
110ms |
161ms |
|
NEC |
35.60x |
20.74x |
47.01x |
134ms |
136ms |
210ms |
|
NEC |
35.53x |
20.67x |
46.77x |
187ms |
146ms |
218ms |
|
Lite-On |
36.88x |
21.28x |
48.71x |
106ms |
117ms |
185ms |
Again the Lite-On SHM-165P6S performed very well on the CD-R read test.
* Some drives including the NU HDW-164 will simply execute the seek command without actually moving the pickup.
CD-Rewritable discs:
Again, we made a copy of the original Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 install CD; this time we used a Verbatim Ultra Speed (24X) CD-RW disc made by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation.
As we can see above, the Lite-On SHM-165P6S only reaches app. 34x, reading CD-RW; now let us compare it to other drives below.
|
CD-RW |
Average |
Start |
End |
Seek |
Seek |
Seek |
|
LG |
30.54x |
16.59x |
40.43x |
119ms |
116ms |
129ms |
|
ASUS |
25.32x |
14.63x |
33.52x |
129ms |
149ms |
288ms |
|
Samsung |
23.99x |
14.02x |
31.63x |
86ms |
95ms |
162ms |
|
Philips |
30.70x |
17.71x |
40.55x |
131ms |
149ms |
179ms |
|
NU |
32.20x |
18.17x |
42.53x |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
NEC |
30.76x |
18.02x |
40.08x |
132ms |
128ms |
213ms |
|
BenQ |
31.36x |
17.47x |
41.46x |
105ms |
116ms |
250ms |
|
Pioneer |
24.96x |
14.60x |
33.01x |
105ms |
119ms |
195ms |
|
LG |
30.53x |
17.86x |
40.41 |
102ms |
115ms |
169ms |
|
Philips |
30.68x |
17.58x |
40.48x |
99ms |
110ms |
161ms |
|
NEC |
30.66x |
17.92x |
40.12x |
134ms |
141ms |
214ms |
|
NEC |
30.63x |
17.94x |
40.08x |
171ms |
166ms |
317ms |
|
Lite-On |
25.68x |
15.20x |
33.91x |
107ms |
115ms |
187ms |
The Lite-On SHM-165P6S performed above average on CD-RW read test.
* Some drives including the NU HDW-164 will simply execute the seek command without actually moving the pickup.
Audio - Digital Audio Extraction:
We used Nero CD/DVD-Speed to measure the transfer rate. The audio disc we used is slightly larger than the disc used for the other tests, to be exact it's about 75 minutes long (74:45:27).
The Lite-On SHM-165P6S reaches 48x speed for reading CD-DA discs without any problems. Let us compare the result with other drives:
|
Audio |
Average |
Start |
End |
Seek |
Seek |
Seek |
|
Samsung |
37.53x |
19.73x |
49.76x |
85ms |
97ms |
171ms |
|
Philips |
31.44x |
17.75x |
41.69x |
107ms |
124ms |
176ms |
|
NU |
32.98x |
18.32x |
43.70x |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
NEC |
31.43x |
18.00x |
40.16x |
119ms |
135ms |
217ms |
|
BenQ |
37.15x |
20.94x |
49.23x |
171ms |
200ms |
184ms |
|
Pioneer |
31.52x |
17.95x |
42.38x |
108ms |
124ms |
201ms |
|
LG |
31.26x |
17.78x |
41.39x |
102ms |
123ms |
270ms |
|
Philips |
37.34x |
20.93x |
49.57x |
100ms |
120ms |
173ms |
|
NEC |
31.33x |
17.97x |
40.11x |
123ms |
138ms |
220ms |
|
NEC |
31.30x |
17.89x |
40.13x |
122ms |
142ms |
222ms |
|
Lite-On |
36.80x |
19.33 |
48.80x |
112ms |
118ms |
129ms |
The Lite-On SHM-165P6S was one of the fastest drives on the Audio-CD test.
* Some drives including the NU HDW-164 will simply execute the seek command without actually moving the pickup.
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And as a last test we used Exact Audio Copy (EAC) to extract the audio to our hard drive. According to EAC the Lite-On drive does not support Caching, which is considered as a plus - while ripping audio. |
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Below is the results produced by EAC:
Burst mode
Secure mode
The drive performed well in burst and much slower in secure mode.
Advanced audio - DAE quality test:
Before we move on to testing DVD read speeds, we will take a last audio test, and this time we used the 'Advanced DAE Quality Test" feature in CD-Speed. For this test we used a JVC CD-R DA media.
The digital audio extracting quality is excellent and the drive is reported to support all advanced features.
DVD reading performance:
Again, we will use Nero CD-Speed to measure the reading performance, this time for various types of DVD discs. The drive should read pressed single layer DVD-discs at 16X.
DVD - DVD-Video:
For our DVD reading performance tests we are going to start with a single and Double Layered DVD video discs. While only 1X speed is required to watch DVD movies, it's useful to be able to read the discs at higher speeds if you're going to extract (rip) the content of the disc to your hard drive.
DVD-Video Single Layer
DVD-Video Double Layer with official firmware
(OPT)
DVD-Video Double Layer with test
firmware (OTP)
DVD-Video Double Layer with test
firmware (PTP)
As we can see the drive reached 16x on DVD-Video Single Layer and 8x on DVD-Video Double layer with the official firmware (MS0M). We can also see that the drive reaches 11x speed on DVD-Video Double layer with the test firmware MV7U. This result is just included for information since we don't expect faster speeds than 8x in official firmwares.
|
DVD |
Average |
Start |
End |
Average |
Start |
End |
|
LG |
7.60x |
4.12x |
10.13x |
6.14x |
3.38x |
8.16x |
|
ASUS |
3.92x |
2.17x |
5.25x |
3.94x |
2.19x |
5.25x |
|
Samsung |
11.50x |
6.78x |
13.11x |
6.41x |
3.57x |
8.51x |
|
Philips |
11.97x |
6.61x |
15.97x |
6.02x |
3.35x |
8.01x |
|
NU |
6.40x |
3.54x |
8.53x |
5.87x |
3.26x |
7.81x |
|
NEC |
5.94x |
3.32x |
7.93x |
5.45x |
3.03x |
7.24x |
|
BenQ |
11.86x |
6.59x |
15.79x |
9.01x |
5.03x |
12.00x |
|
Pioneer |
11.98x |
6.42x |
15.98x |
9.34x |
5.26x |
12.41x |
|
LG |
7.64x |
4.28x |
10.18x |
6.17x |
3.45x |
8.20x |
|
Philips |
11.97x |
6.61x |
16.05x |
9.03x |
4.99x |
12.01x |
|
NEC |
11.84x |
6.57x |
15.82x |
8.90x |
4.95x |
11.83x |
|
NEC |
11.83x |
6.56x |
15.77x |
8.89x |
4.94x |
11.82x |
|
Lite-On |
12.11x |
6.44x |
16.21x |
6.06x |
3.40x |
8.05x |
The Lite-On SHM-165P6S was among the fastest drive on the DVD-Video SL and performed average on the DVD-Video DL test.
DVD -
DVD+R/RW:
For this test we used a BenQ 16X DVD+R and a Ricoh 8X DVD+RW with about 4.4Gb of data. Below are the results:
DVD+R
Note: This drive only supports 16x reading with 16x certified media, for 8x or 12x certified media is the maximum read speed 12x.
DVD+RW
|
DVD+R |
Average |
Start |
End |
Average |
Start |
End |
|
LG |
7.66x |
4.11x |
10.23x |
6.15x |
3.32x |
8.21x |
|
ASUS |
9.35x |
5.19x |
12.52x |
6.26x |
3.48x |
8.36x |
|
Samsung |
6.23x |
3.44x |
8.32x |
6.22x |
3.43x |
8.31x |
|
Philips |
6.24x |
3.42x |
8.34x |
6.24x |
3.42x |
8.34x |
|
NU |
6.47x |
3.53x |
8.63x |
6.46x |
3.52x |
8.65x |
|
NEC |
11.99x |
6.56x |
16.05x |
9.87x |
5.45x |
13.18x |
|
BenQ |
12.10x |
6.59x |
16.22x |
9.37x |
5.12x |
12.56x |
|
Pioneer |
9.35x |
5.16x |
12.46x |
6.24x |
3.44x |
8.33x |
|
LG |
7.70x |
4.23x |
10.30x |
6.17x |
3.42x |
8.25x |
|
Philips |
9.32x |
5.08x |
12.47x |
9.36x |
5.12x |
12.50x |
|
NEC |
11.93x |
6.53x |
15.95x |
9.79x |
5.40x |
13.08x |
|
NEC |
11.95x |
6.59x |
15.98x |
9.79x |
5.37x |
13.08x |
|
Lite-On |
12.12x |
6.65x |
16.22x |
9.24x |
5.14x |
12.35x |
The Lite-On SHM-165P6S is among the fast drives reading DVD+R (16x certified) and DVD+RW. To bad that it only supports 12x for not 16x media. Now let us see how it will perform on DVD-R/RW.
DVD - DVD-R/RW:
For this test we used a BenQ 16X DVD-R disc and a Traxdata 6X DVD-RW disc filled with about 4.4Gb of data. Our test results are found below:
DVD-R
Note: This drive only supports 16x reading with 16x certified media, for 8x or 12x certified media is the maximum read speed 12x.
DVD-RW
There are hardly any differences in the speed, compared to reading the DVD+R/RW discs.
|
DVD-R |
Average |
Start |
End |
Average |
Start |
End |
|
LG |
7.67x |
4.12x |
10.25x |
6.14x |
3.31x |
8.21x |
|
ASUS |
9.37x |
5.22x |
12.52x |
6.25x |
3.46x |
8.35x |
|
Samsung |
6.19x |
3.41x |
8.27x |
6.22x |
3.43x |
8.32x |
|
Philips |
6.23x |
3.40x |
8.33x |
6.24x |
3.41x |
8.34x |
|
NU |
6.46x |
3.49x |
8.66x |
6.46x |
3.49x |
8.64x |
|
NEC |
12.01x |
6.58x |
16.06x |
9.85x |
5.42x |
13.16x |
|
BenQ |
12.09x |
6.59x |
16.17x |
9.34x |
5.11x |
12.50x |
|
Pioneer |
9.36x |
5.18x |
12.51x |
6.24x |
3.46x |
8.34x |
|
LG |
7.71x |
4.25x |
10.31x |
6.16x |