The GSA 5169D supports up to 48X writing speed for CD media, while it supports up to 24X for CD-RW.

• CD-R Format

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive confirmed the maximum 48X speed. The test started at 21.62X and finished at 48.70X, having an average speed of 36.88X. Click on the image below for an enlarged view.

• CD-R Recording Times

For the burning tests, we created an 80min data compilation through Nero Burning Rom, recording the data on several 700MB discs. The drive needed only 2:36 minutes to complete this task at the maximum 48X writing speed.

In the following graph, we can see the recording times the 5169D reported with various CD-R media inserted.

• CD-RW Format

The GSA-5169D supports 32X Z-CLV rewriting speed with Ultra Speed Rewritable Media (US-RW).

Below you can see the output from the Nero CD-DVD Speed writing simulation test with blank 24X US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The drive starts the writing task at 16.07X and reaches a maximum of 32.15X, having an average speed of 25.88X

- Overburning Test

Unfortunately, the drive does not support overburning for the specific media.