The ASUS CRW-5232A-T supports recording speeds of 52X for CD-R and 32X for US-RW.

• CD-R Format

The writing speeds that the Asus drive can burn at are 4X, 8X, 16X, 24X, 32X, 40X, 48X and 52X. Below are the recording speeds as detected by Nero Burning Rom.

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

Overburning writing	No
CD text reading/writing	Yes

• 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.