According to the manufacturer's specifications, the drive supports 24X writing speed for both CD-R and CD-RW media.

• CD-R Format

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive confirmed the maximum 24X speed. The test started at 10.01X and finished at 24.05X, having an average speed of 17.07X. Click on the image below for a larger view.

• CD-R Recording Times

For the burning tests, we created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom, recording the data on a few 700MB discs. The drive needed 5:49 minutes to complete this task at the maximum 24X writing speed.

In the following graph we can see the recording times the LiteOn SLW 831SX reported with various CD-R media inserted.

• CD-RW Format

The LiteOn SLW 831SX supports 24X Z-CLV rewriting speed with Ultra Speed Re-Writable Media (US-RW).

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

The drive reached a maximum writing speed of 23.97X having an average speed of 22.46X. The test ended after 5:43mins.

- Overburning Test

According to Nero CD-DVD Speed, the drive supports overburning.