CD Recording Tests

- CD-R Format

The drive supports 4X, 8X, 16X (CLV), 24X, 32X and 40X (Zone-CLV) writing speeds.

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive reached the maximum 40X speed after 3.09 mins. The test started at 16X and finished at 42.71X having an average speed of 31.83X.

- CD-R Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. The writing performance varies according to the inserted media. Below is a chart demonstrating all recording times with various media. The best recording time came with Verbatim/BenQ media at 3:19 mins.

Below is another graph that displays the recording times for the same project with all four drives used for comparison. The LG drive was in last place with 199 secs, while the LiteON SOHW-1213S was in first place with 163secs.

- Other features

The LG GSA-4120B supports overburning, writing up to 95mins and can read/write CD-Text.

- CD-RW Format

The drive supports both HS-RW and US-RW formats. With US-RW media 16X (CLV) and 24X (Z-CLV) writing speeds are available. Below you can see the Nero CD-DVD Speed writing simulation test with blank 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

We also used Nero Burning Rom in order to burn a 24X US-RW data disc from MC. The data compilation we burned had a size of 651 MB and the duration of the recording process was 3:45 minutes.

- CD-RW Mount Rainier

The drive doesn't support the Mount Rainier feature.