CD Recording Tests

- CD-R Writing Tests

The Samsung drive supports the 4x, 12x, 16x, 32x, writing speeds. Below you can see the CDSpeed writing simulation graph with Taiyo Yuden 48x CD-R media.

The simulation test under Nero CD Speed, confirmed the manufacturer's specifications of 32x P-CAV recording. The average speed was 23.24x.

- Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. The drive needed 4:14 to conclude the burning procedure which was the second fastest time among the three drives.

In the following graph you can see the recording times with various media brands.

With MAM media, the drive needed needed 5:34min because the drive did not support 32x writing with the MAM disc.

- CD-RW Writing Tests

The Samsung drive supports 16x Z-CLV maximum rewriting speed with Ultra Speed rewritable media. Below you can see the results from the CDSpeed writing simulation test with blank 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The test once again confirmed the drive's specifications for 16x rewriting. The average speed at the end of the test was 15.76x.

We also used Nero Burning Rom software to burn a 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals. The data compilation we burned onto the disc, had a size of 651 MB. The duration of the recording process was 5:08 minutes.

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