CyberDrive CW088D IDE CD-RW - Page 8

RW Writing Tests

We used Nero for writing CDs at the maximum RW speed for all the tested drives. CyberDrive CW088D supports 16X CLV maximum HS-RW writing speed. For the writing test we used the CyberDrive 16X HS-RW media that came with the drive package.

The Yamaha drive is faster due to the 24X (P-CAV) maximum supported speed. Between CyberDrive and Asus, the second is faster by 8 seconds. In the quick erase test, both Asus and CyberDrive drives gave the same result. Below is the screenshot from Nero, while writing a HS-RW media at 16X:

- Packet Writing Tests

We used Ahead InCD for the packet writing tests with the CyberDrive media bulked in the retail package. The formatted disc had 534 MB of free space. We copied a 403 MB file (403.147 kbs) from a Hard Disk (on the same PC as the writers) to the formatted RW media using Windows Explorer (we dragged and dropped) and we completed the test twice to eliminate any possible time measurement faults and user errors:

The Yamaha CRW-F1 supports 24X rewriting so is the faster writer in this test with 17.35X average speed. CyberDrive and Asus follow with 11.5X and 11.28X respectively. In the reading part, Yamaha CRW-F1 is slower with 12.94X, slightly faster than Asus CRW4816A. CyberDrive is faster with 17X.