Optiarc AW-G170A detail information

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.

Pressed discs:

For this test we used a pressed CD-ROM disc containing Roxio Media Creator 7.5 install CD that is close to 75 minutes in length. Below you will see the produced result:

CD-Recordable Discs:

For this test, we made a copy of the original Roxio Media Creator 7.5 install CD. The disc we used was a Verbatim 48X certified CD-R disc manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation. 

CD-Rewritable discs:

We used CD-Speed to write a data disc then read it in the Sony AW-G170A. Below is our obtained result.

The drive is locked around 40x while reading CD-RWs.

Audio CD:

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 79 minutes long (78:53:31).

The drive is locked around 40x while reading Audio-CDs.

DVD reading performance:

Again, we will use Nero CD-DVD 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 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.

DVD-Video Single Layer

DVD-Video Double Layer (OPT)

As we can see, it reads DVD-Video Single layer at 16x and DVD-Video Double layer at 12x.

DVD '? DVD+R/RW:

For this test, we used one DVD+R and one DVD+RW with about 4.4Gb of data. Below are the results:

DVD+R

DVD+RW

DVD '? DVD-R/RW:

For this test, we used one DVD-R disc and one DVD-RW disc filled with about 4.4Gb of data. Our test results are found below:

DVD-R

DVD-RW

DVD '? DVD+R DL:

For this test, we used one DVD+R DL disc and the result can be found below:

DVD '? DVD-R DL:

For this test, we used one DVD-R DL disc and the result can be found below:

DVD '? DVD-RAM:

For this test, we used a Maxell DVD-RAM 12x disc and the result can be found below:

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Features

Writing performance CD-R/RW