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| Posted by | Wesley Novack |
| Posted on | 24/04/05 10:33 |
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Reading performance:
For these tests we will use Nero CD-DVD Speed to read various CD's and DVD's, including audio discs and DVD-Video. According to the specifications, this drive supports a specified read speed of 16X for DVD-ROM's and 48X for CD-ROM's.
Pressed CD-ROM discs:
For this test we used a pressed CD-ROM disc containing Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk ver 9.0 that is 73:12.38 minutes long. Below you will see the produced result:
We can see the drive had no trouble reading the entire disc, reaching 44.89x near the end. It appears that the Toshiba SD-R5372 would have been able to hit 48x if this CD-ROM would have been a full 80 minute disc.
| Pressed | Average | Start | End | Seek | Seek | Seek |
| Philips | 29.98x | 16.88x | 39.89x | 101ms | 113ms | 164ms |
| MSI | 30.45x | 17.77x | 40.11x | 94ms | 101ms | 154ms |
| BenQ | 30.78x | 17.52x | 40.39x | 99ms | 116ms | 167ms |
| Pioneer | 31.16x | 18.30x | 41.01x | 124ms | 142ms | 280ms |
| Samsung | 35.65x | 20.40x | 47.22x | 96ms | 102ms | 172ms |
| Mad Dog | 34.10x | 19.54x | 45.17x | 109ms | 127ms | 187ms |
| Philips | 35.69x | 20.59x | 47.25x | 118ms | 130ms | 206ms |
| AOpen | 37.34x | 21.29x | 49.42x | 105ms | 118ms | 196ms |
| LG | 31.10x | 17.91x | 40.93x | 102ms | 123ms | 192ms |
| Lite-On | 36.54x | 21.45x | 48.12x | 117ms | 140ms | 201ms |
| LG | 31.01x | 16.83x | 41.22x | 127ms | 118ms | 129ms |
| ASUS | 30.62x | 17.67x | 40.55x | 128ms | 147ms | 291ms |
| Samsung | 35.46x | 20.31x |
46.96x |
94ms |
102ms |
174ms |
|
Philips |
29.98x |
17.03x |
39.65x |
108ms |
121ms |
172ms |
|
NU |
31.45x |
17.54x |
41.59x |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Toshiba |
33.85x |
19.38x |
44.89x |
117ms |
126ms |
222ms |
Please note that CD-ROM size varies slightly in these tests. The table should be used as a rough comparison between drives.
The Toshiba SD-R5372 is a good CD-ROM reader, but the seek times are slightly high.
CD-Recordable discs:
For this test we made a copy of the original Canon Digital Camera Solution CD. The disc we used was a Verbatim 48X certified CD-R disc manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation.
CD-R read speeds are also looking good on this Toshiba drive.
|
CD-R |
Average |
Start |
End |
Seek |
Seek |
Seek |
|
Philips |
30.68x |
17.53x |
40.51x |
96ms |
107ms |
157ms |
|
MSI |
30.45x |
17.71x |
40.08x |
81ms |
94ms |
142ms |
|
BenQ |
30.76x |
17.60x |
40.41x |
96ms |
106ms |
157ms |
|
Pioneer |
31.12x |
18.21x |
41.08x |
125ms |
143ms |
282ms |
|
Samsung |
36.49x |
21.20x |
48.13x |
91ms |
96ms |
165ms |
|
Mad Dog |
35.49x |
20.74x |
46.78x |
125ms |
131ms |
189ms |
|
Philips |
36.54x |
21.46x |
48.14x |
124ms |
151ms |
230ms |
|
AOpen |
36.49x |
21.20x |
48.11x |
99ms |
115ms |
185ms |
|
LG |
30.63x |
17.62x |
40.14x |
105ms |
129ms |
183ms |
|
Lite-On |
36.63x |
21.46x |
48.29x |
125ms |
157ms |
234ms |
|
LG |
30.53x |
16.83x |
40.27x |
116ms |
118ms |
128ms |
|
ASUS |
30.96x |
18.26x |
40.81x |
125ms |
143ms |
282ms |
|
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 |
|
Toshiba |
35.55x |
20.66x |
46.95x |
107ms |
120ms |
204ms |
Please note that CD-R size varies slightly in these tests. The table should be used as a rough comparison between drives.
The Toshiba SD-R5372 is an above average CD-R reader.
CD-ReWriteable discs:
Again we made a copy of the original Canon Digital Camera Solution CD. The disc we used was a Verbatim HighSpeed 12X CD-RW disc manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation.
CD-RW reading maxed out at 23.77x, which is very close to the 24x speed advertised. A larger capacity CD-RW disc would have definitely allowed the drive to hit read speeds above 24x.
|
CD-RW |
Average |
Start |
End |
Seek |
Seek |
Seek |
|
Philips |
30.70x |
17.59x |
40.54x |
102ms |
111ms |
161ms |
|
MSI |
30.66x |
17.53x |
40.53x |
79ms |
91ms |
153ms |
|
BenQ |
31.36x |
17.55x |
41.44x |
109ms |
113ms |
194ms |
|
Pioneer |
25.45x |
14.74x |
33.72x |
130ms |
149ms |
291ms |
|
Samsung |
24.07x |
14.02x |
31.15x |
88ms |
97ms |
166ms |
|
Mad Dog |
25.92x |
14.93x |
34.33x |
126ms |
135ms |
200ms |
|
Philips |
23.81x |
13.97x |
31.39x |
122ms |
156ms |
232ms |
|
Aopen |
36.55x |
21.31z |
48.22x |
102ms |
114ms |
185ms |
|
LG |
30.64x |
17.69x |
40.56x |
105ms |
127ms |
180ms |
|
Lite-On |
24.25x |
14.04x |
32.15x |
129ms |
167ms |
233ms |
|
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 |
|
Toshiba |
17.95x |
10.47x |
23.77x |
125ms |
129ms |
221ms |
Please note that CD-RW size varies slightly in these tests. The table should be used as a rough comparison between drives.
The Toshiba SD-R5372 is the slowest CD-RW reader in our comparison chart. It does perform as advertised at 24x CD-RW read, but it can't compete with other drives that achieve 32x, 40x, or even 48x CD-RW reading speeds.
Audio - Digital Audio Extraction:
To test the digital audio extraction performance of the Toshiba SD-R5372, we again used Nero CD/DVD-Speed to measure the transfer rate. The audio disc we used is approximately 74 minutes long (74:02:70).
The Toshiba SD-R5372 hit just under 40x maximum when reading a 74 minute Audio CD.
|
Audio |
Average |
Start |
End |
Seek |
Seek |
Seek |
|
Philips |
31.43x |
17.55x |
41.67x |
107 ms |
122ms |
166ms |
|
MSI |
30.66x |
17.53x |
40.53x |
79ms |
91ms |
153ms |
|
BenQ |
31.36x |
17.55x |
41.44x |
109ms |
113ms |
194ms |
|
Pioneer |
25.45x |
14.74x |
33.72x |
130ms |
149ms |
291ms |
|
Samsung |
37.30x |
21.21x |
49.43x |
94ms |
110ms |
189ms |
|
Mad Dog |
25.71x |
14.82x |
34.09x |
120ms |
140ms |
194ms |
|
Philips |
37.40x |
21.06x |
49.59x |
117ms |
127ms |
204ms |
|
AOpen |
37.50x |
21.38x |
49.72x |
115ms |
120ms |
206ms |
|
LG |
31.37x |
17.57x |
41.39x |
95ms |
121ms |
211ms |
|
Lite-On |
36.92x |
21.36x |
48.89x |
126ms |
157ms |
234ms |
|
LG |
31.27x |
16.81x |
41.20x |
118ms |
124ms |
115ms |
|
ASUS |
31.10x |
19.91x |
41.38x |
125ms |
146ms |
286ms |
|
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 |
|
Toshiba |
29.66x |
16.59x |
39.26x |
126ms |
133ms |
229ms |
Please note that Audio CD size varies slightly in these tests. The table should be used as a rough comparison between drives.
The Toshiba SD-R5372 is one of the slower drives for reading Audio CD's. On the positive side, the DAE Quality is a perfect 10 and it does achieve an Accurate Stream.
Advanced Audio - DAE quality test:
Before we move on to testing DVD read speeds, we perform one last audio test. This time we used the 'Advanced DAE Quality Test" feature in CD-Speed.
The drive shows excellent Audio extracting quality and the 'Read CD Text" and 'Read Subchannel Data" features are supported, which is a positive. Unfortunately, the drive is unable to read from the Leadin or the Leadout of CDs. CD Speed also indicates that this drive might be too slow to be used as the reading (source) drive during a 16x 'On The Fly' CD copy.
DVD Reading performance:
DVD - DVD Video:
For our DVD reading performance tests we are going to start with single and double layer DVD video discs. While only 1X speed is required to watch DVD movies, it is 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.
SL DVD Video
DL DVD Video
The Toshiba SD-R5372 was able to hit 16X read speeds on the single layer DVD Video disc and approximately 8X on the double layer DVD Video disc.
|
DVD |
Average |
Start |
End |
Average |
Start |
End |
|
Philips |
11.97x |
6.59x |
15.99x |
6.02x |
3.34x |
8.01x |
|
MSI |
8.67x |
4.83x |
11.54x |
6.37x |
3.56x |
8.48x |
|
BenQ |
11.87x |
6.60x |
15.79x |
6.01x |
3.36x |
8.00x |
|
Pioneer |
11.80x |
6.74x |
15.72x |
9.38x |
5.31x |
12.50x |
|
Samsung |
12.08x |
6.76x |
16.11x |
6.42x |
3.58x |
8.53x |
|
Mad Dog |
3.74x |
2.06x |
5.00x |
3.43x |
1.90x |
4.58x |
|
Philips |
9.62x |
6.77x |
6.52x |
6.19x |
3.45x |
8.22x |
|
AOpen |
12.04x |
6.71x |
16.05x |
6.61x |
3.68x |
8.79x |
|
LG |
7.62x |
4.26x |
10.16x |
6.16x |
3.44x |
8.18x |
|
Lite-On |
11.96x |
6.77x |
15.94x |
6.15x |
3.46x |
8.19x |
|
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 |