ASUS CRW-5232A-T
7. CD Recording Tests
- CD-R Format
According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive reached the maximum 52X speed. The test started at 23.54X and finished at 52.89X having an average speed of 40.09X. Click on the image below to see the whole graph.
In the event the disc supports only up to 48X, the writing strategy is still CAV. In that case, the drive will start the burning procedure at 21X and will finish at 48X with an average speed of 36X.
- CD-R Recording Times
For the burning tests, we created an 80min data compilation through Nero Burning Rom, recording the data on a 700MB disc.
The ASUS CRW5232A-T finished the task in 2:35 minutes, a little surprising for a drive with a maximum 52X writing speed.
The writing time varies according to the inserted media, as our tests showed. Below is a chart demonstrating all recording times with various media.
The fastest recording time came with Memorex 80min 52X media which took 155secs (2:35mins).
| Brand | ID Code | Manufacturer Name | Lead Out TIme | Burned Speed |
| MMore 80min 52X | 97m17s 06f | Moser Baer India Ltd | 79m59s74f | 52X |
| Philips 80min 52X | 97m15s17f | Ritek Co. | 79m59s70f | 48X |
| Intenso 80min 52X | 97m32s19f | Prodisc Technology Inc. | 79m59s72f | 48X |
| Intenso 80min Black Dye 48X | 97m32s19f | Prodisc Technology Inc. | 79m59s72f | 40X |
| Ridisc 80min 52X | 97m26s66f | CMC Magnetics | 79m59s71f | 52X |
| SKC 80min 52X | 97m26s 26f | SKC Co Ltd | 79m59s73f | 48X |
| Taiyo Yuden 80min 48X | 97m24s01f | Taiyo Yuden Company Limited | 79m59s72f | 48X |
| Memorex 80min 52X | 97m26s66f | CMC Magnetics | 79m59s71f | 52X |
| TraxData 80min 52X | 97m15s17f | Ritek Co. | 79m59s70f | 48X |
| TraxData 80min Black Dye 40X | 97m15s17f | Ritek Co. | 79m59s70f | 48X |
- Other features
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Overburning writing
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No
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CD text reading/writing
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Yes
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CD-RW Format
The ASUS supports 16X, 24X and 32X P-CAV rewriting speeds with Ultra Speed Rewritable Media (US-RW).
Below you can see the Nero CD-DVD Speed writing simulation test with blank 32X US-RW media from Verbatim.
The drive starts the writing task at 16.01X and reaches the maximum 32X at the 49:00 min address mark on the disc using Z-CLV strategy. According to CDSpeed, the average writing speed is 24.17X.
- CD-RW Mount Rainier Tests
The ASUS CRW-5232A-T supports the CD-RW Mount Rainier write feature.
