CD Recording Tests

- CD-R Writing Tests

The Artec recorder supports a maximum CD-R writing speed of 24x. To confirm this we used a blank 80min CD-R disc from TY and NeroCDSpeed to emulate the writing process.

After the end of the test, CDSpeed reported an average speed of 23.57X under P-CAV. The ending speed at 24.94X confirmed the drives specifications.

- Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. The difference burn times between the drives was expected, due to the different maximum supported speeds for each.

Below, two graphs are presented where you can compare times for all the supported speeds for the Artec drive, and writing times with different media brands.

- CD-RW Writing Tests

The drive also supports 10X CLV for HS-RW media. To test the writing speed and method used for the Artec drive we used CDSpeed writing simulation test with a blank 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

Once again our test confirmed the drive's specifications.

Below we provide a comparison of the three drives where we used Nero Burning Rom software to burn a 651MB data compilation onto 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The difference between the Artec and the other two drives is logical due to the different supported speed for this type of recording.

- Packet Writing Tests

For the packet writing test we used the InCD packet writing software from Nero and a Mitsubishi Chemicals 24x US-RW media. The tested file is a 403 MB file (412.822 KB) and we used the drag and drop method with Windows Explorer to write the file from our hard disk onto RW media.

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