Mitsumi CR-480ATE IDE CDR-W - Page 7

RW Writing Tests

We used Nero 5.5.5.7 for writing CDs at the maximum RW speed for all the tested drives. The Mitsumi CR-480ATE supports not only 10x but also 12x re-writing speed, making it the faster re-writer at this category:

The Mitsumi CR-480ATE needs only 408secs to end the task. With 10x RW speed the drive needs 487sec. The CPU Usage is low and the erase time is under 60secs.

- Packet Writing Tests

We used Ahead InCD v3.14 for all Packet Writing tests with a Mitsubishi Chemicals HS-RW media. The formatted disc had 534mbs 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 Mitsumi CR-480ATE has an 8.81X max packet-writing performance. The average reading speed (11.87X) should be considered low, compared to what Yamaha CRW3200E offers...