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Posted by Tor Magne
Posted on 07/06/05 17:18
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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 sports a specified read speed of 16X for DVD's and 40X for CD's.

Pressed discs:

For this test we used a pressed CD-ROM disc containing PlexTools v1.08 that is exactly 74 minutes long. Below you will see the produced result:

 

The Pioneer DVR-109 did reach 40x, but slowed down at the end. To see how this compares to other drives, look below:

Pressed
Discs

Average
Read
Speed

Start
 Read 
Speed

End
 Read 
Speed

Seek
Times
 Random

Seek
 Times 
1/3

Seek
 Times 
Full

BenQ
DW1620A

30.78x

17.52x

40.39x

99ms

116ms

167ms

Pioneer
DVR-A08XLA

31.16x

18.30x

41.01x

124ms

142ms

280ms

Samsung
TS-H552B

35.65x

20.40x

47.22x

96ms

102ms

172ms

Mad Dog
MD-16XDVD9

34.10x

19.54x

45.17x

109ms

127ms

187ms

Philips
ED16DVDR

35.69x

20.59x

47.25x

118ms

130ms

206ms

Memorex
F16

34.94x

20.05x

46.33x

122ms

130ms

221ms

AOpen
DUW1608/ARR

37.34x

21.29x

49.42x

105ms

118ms

196ms

LG
GSA-4163B

31.10x

17.91x

40.93x

102ms

123ms

192ms

LG
GSA-5163D

30.73x

16.88x

40.47x

108ms

105ms

128ms

Lite-On
SOHW-1673S

36.44x

21.36x

48.13x

118ms

133ms

207ms

Pioneer
DVR-109

30.77x

18.18x

24.51x

96ms

110ms

182ms

Not the fastest drive due to the low reading speed of only 40x. But the seek time is pretty good.

CD-Recordable Discs:

For this test we made a copy of the original PlexTools v1.08 CD. The disc we used was a Verbatim 48X certified CD-R disc manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation.

 

No big differences compared to reading the original pressed disc, but there is at least not the speed dip at the end.

CD-R
Discs

Average 
Read
Speed

Start
 Read 
Speed

End
 Read 
Speed

Seek
Times
 Random

Seek
 Times 
1/3

Seek
 Times 
Full

BenQ
DW1620A

30.76x

17.60x

40.41x

96ms

106ms

157ms

Pioneer
DVRA08XLA

31.13x

18.21x

41.08x

125ms

143ms

282ms

Samsung
TS-H522B

36.49x

21.20x

48.13x

91ms

96ms

165ms

Mad Dog
MD-16XDVD9

35.49x

20.74x

46.78x

125ms

131ms

189ms

Philips
ED16DVDR

36.54x

21.46x

48.14x

124ms

151ms

230ms

Memorex
F16

36.39x

21.63x

47.96x

127ms

155ms

231ms

AOpen
DUW1608/ARR

36.49x

21.20x

48.11x

99ms

115ms

185ms

LG
GSA-4163B

30.63x

17.62x

40.14x

105ms

129ms

183ms

LG
GSA-5163D

30.71x

16.90x

40.37x

121ms

110ms

110ms

Lite-On
SOHW-1673S

36.53x

21.42x

48.20x

124ms

153ms

231ms

Pioneer
DVR-109

31.41x

18.45x

41.16x

101ms

114ms

188ms

Still not beating the drives that supports 48x reading of course, but the seek times is pretty good.

CD-ReWritable discs:

Again we made a copy of the original PlexTools v1.08 disc, this time we used a Verbatim High Speed (10X) CD-RW disc made by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation.

 

The drive reads CD-RW discs at only 32x speed. Check how this compares to other drives below.

CD-RW
Discs

Average 
Read
Speed

Start
 Read 
Speed

End
 Read 
Speed

Seek
Times
 Random

Seek
 Times 
1/3

Seek
 Times 
Full

BenQ
DW1620A

31.36x

17.55x

41.44x

109ms

113ms

194ms

Pioneer
DVR-A08XLA

25.45x

14.74x

33.72x

130ms

149ms

291ms

Samsung
TS-H552B

24.07x

14.02x

31.15x

88ms

97ms

166ms

Mad Dog
MD-16XDVD9

25.92x

14.93x

34.33x

126ms

135ms

200ms

Philips
ED16DVDR

23.81x

13.97x

31.39x

122ms

156ms

232ms

Memorex
F16

24.15x

14.02x

31.97x

128ms

158ms

238ms

Aopen
DUW1608/ARR

36.55x

21.31x

48.22x

102ms

114ms

185ms

LG
GSA-4163B

30.64x

17.69x

40.56x

105ms

127ms

180ms

LG
GSA-5163D

31.30x

16.85x

41.35x

127ms

127ms

133ms

Lite-On
SOHW-1673S

24.26x

13.97x

32.20x

127ms

163ms

229ms

Pioneer
DVR-109

25.43x

14.55x

33.77x

102ms

113ms

189ms

Unfortunately, it's among the slower drives due to the read speed limit of 32x speed, but seek times remain good.

Audio - Digital Audio Extraction:

To test the digital audio extraction performance of the Pioneer DVR-109, we again 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 78 minutes long (77:56:57).

 

The drive had no problems with reading the audio disc at full speed, but the reading curve is very uneven, let us compare the result with other drives:

Audio
Discs

Average 
Read
Speed

Start
 Read 
Speed

End
 Read 
Speed

Seek
Times
 Random

Seek
 Times 
1/3

Seek
 Times 
Full

BenQ
DW1620A

31.25x

17.59x

41.34x

96ms

108ms

161ms

Pioneer
DVR-A08XLA

31.03x

18.06x

41.82x

125ms

148ms

291ms

Samsung
TS-H522B

37.30x

21.21x

49.43x

94ms

110ms

189ms

Mad Dog
MD-16XDVD9

25.71x

14.82x

34.09x

120ms

140ms

194ms

Philips
ED16DVDR

37.40x

21.06x

49.59x

117ms

127ms

204ms

Memorex
F16

36.76x

20.54x

47.69x

117ms

138ms

239ms

AOpen
DUW1608/ARR

37.50x

21.38x

49.72x

115ms

120ms

206ms

LG
GSA-4163B

31.37x

17.57x

41.39x

95ms

121ms

211ms

LG
GSA-5163D

31.17x

16.68x

41.05x

128ms

136ms

128ms

Lite-On
SOHW-1673S

37.09x

21.22x

49.12x

125ms

155ms

233ms

Pioneer
DVR-109

31.16x

18.05x

42.04x

99ms

113ms

191ms

Again - slower due to the reading speed of only 40x.

Advanced audio - DAE quality test:

Before we move on to testing DVD read speeds, we will take a last audio test. This time we used the 'Advanced DAE Quality Test" feature in CD-Speed.

 

The extracting quality should be excellent, but it doesn't support reading data from the lead-in and lead-out. This could affect the ability to extract audio from certain protected audio discs.

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 single and dual 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.

 

 

This drive has a riplock at 5x for DVD-Video discs, both for single and double layered discs. Let us see how this compares to other drives:

DVD
Video

Average 
Read
Speed
(SL)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(SL)

End
 Read 
Speed
(SL)

Average 
Read
Speed
(DL)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(DL)

End
 Read 
Speed
(DL)

BenQ
DW1620A

11.87x

6.60x

15.79x

6.01x

3.36x

8.00x

Pioneer
DVR-A08XLA

11.80x

6.74x

15.72x

9.38x

5.31x

12.50x

Samsung
TS-H552B

12.08x

6.76x

16.11x

6.42x

3.58x

8.53x

Mad Dog
MD-16CDVD9

3.74x

2.06x

5.00x

3.43x

1.90x

4.58x

Philips
ED16DVDR

9.62x

6.77x

6.52x

6.19x

3.45x

8.22x

Memorex
F16

12.16x

6.78x

16.27x

6.19x

3.44x

8.25x

AOpen
DUW1608/ARR

12.04x

6.71x

16.05x

6.61x

3.68x

8.79x

LG
GSA-4163B

7.62x

4.26x

10.16x

6.16x

3.44x

8.18x

LG
GSA-5163D

8.03x

3.32x

8.03x

6.13x

3.40x

8.18x

Lite-On
SOHW-1673S

11.94x

6.76x

15.91x

6.15x

3.46x

8.20x

Pioneer
DVR-109

3.85x

2.18x

5.13x

3.87x

2.21x

5.20x

It ends up as the second slowest drive, only beating the Mad Dog drive.

 DVD+R(W):

For this test we used a Taiyo Yuden 4X DVD+R and a Ricoh 4X DVD+RW with about 4,4Gb of data. Below are the results:


The reading speed was locked to 12x for DVD+R and 8x for DVD+RW.

DVD+R
DVD+RW

Average 
Read
Speed
(+R)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(+R)

End
 Read 
Speed
(+R)

Average 
Read
Speed
(+RW)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(+RW)

End
 Read 
Speed
(+RW)

BenQ
DW1620A

6.25x

3.42x

8.36x

6.25x

3.43x

8.36x

Pioneer
DVR-A08XLA

9.38x

5.17x

12.54x

6.26x

2.62x

8.36x

Samsung
TS-H552B

6.22x

3.44x

8.31x

6.23x

3.44x

8.32x

Mad Dog
MD-16xDVD9

11.94x

6.56x

15.96x

5.98x

3.29x

7.99x

Philips
ED16DVDR

6.23x

3.44x

8.33x

6.23x

3.47x

8.33x

Memorex
F16

6.21x

3.46x

8.30x

6.22x

3.45x

8.31x

AOpen
DUW1608/ARR

8.79x

4.83x

11.73x

5.83x

3.20x

7.79x

LG
GSA-4163B

7.69x

4.25x

10.29

6.15x

3.41x

8.22x

LG
GSA-5163D

7.69x

4.10x

10.28x

6.16x

3.32x

8.24x

Lite-On
SOHW-1673S

6.21x

3.42x

8.31x

6.21x

3.44x

8.30x

Pioneer
DVR-109

9.36x

5.15x

12.55x

6.25x

3.46x

8.36x

Pretty good as most other drives reads at 8x only, but we would still like to see 16x reading speed for DVD+R.

DVD - DVD-R/RW:

For this test we used a Taiyo Yuden 4X DVD-R disc and a Verbatim 2X DVD-RW disc filled with about 4,4Gb of data. Our test results are found below:

 
 

There are hardly any differences compared to reading the DVD+R/RW discs.

DVD-R
DVD-RW

Average 
Read
Speed
(-R)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(-R)

End
 Read 
Speed
(-R)

Average 
Read
Speed
(-RW)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(-RW)

End
 Read 
Speed
(-RW)

BenQ
DW1620A

6.24x

3.40x

8.35x

6.23x

3.40x

8.33x

Pioneer
DVR-A08XLA

9.38x

5.25x

12.53x

6.24x

3.45x

8.34x

Samsung
TS-H552B

6.22x

3.43x

8.32x

6.22x

3.43x

8.31x

Mad Dog
MD-16XDVD9

11.96x

6.56x

15.98x

5.98x

3.29x

7.99x

Philips
ED16DVDR

6.10x

3.39x

8.16x

6.11x

3.39x

8.17x

Memorex
F16

6.09x

3.38x

8.13x

6.10x

3.39x

8.15x

AOpen
DUW1608/ARR

8.80x

4.83x

11.76x

5.88x

3.23x

7.84x

LG
GSA-4163B

7.68x

4.26x

10.26x

6.16x

3.41x

8.23x

LG
GSA-5163D

7.69x

4.13x

10.27x

6.13x

3.30x

8.08x

Lite-On
SOHW-1673S

6.09x

3.39x

8.14x

6.08x

3.37x

8.13x

Pioneer
DVR-109

9.39x

5.19x