Plextor PX-716A Burner - Page 8

- CD-R Format

The drive supports 8X, 16X, 24X, 32X, 40X and 48X (CAV) writing speeds.

The drive began the task at 21.92X and finished at 49.41X reporting an average speed of 37.38X, confirming the manufacturer's specifications for 48X CD recording. Click on the image below for details.

- CD-R Recording Times

For the burning tests, we created an 80min data compilation through Nero Burning Rom and recorded the data on a 700MB disc. The PX-716A finished the task in 2:53 minutes when writing at 48X. Freecom and Memorex burners which also support 48X were faster with times of 2:59min and 2:47min respectively.

The writing performance was stable no matter what the inserted media brand, as our tests showed. Below is a chart listing the corresponding recording times for various media.

- Other features

- CD-RW Format

The PX-716A supports 16X CLV, 24X P-CAV rewriting speeds with Ultra Speed Rewritable 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 test started at 16.02X and finished at 24.06X having an average writing speed of 22.51X

We also used Nero Burning Rom in order to burn a 24X US-RW data disc from Mitsubishi Chemicals. The data compilation we burned had a size of 651 MB and the duration of the recording process was 3:48 minutes.

- CD-RW Mount Rainier Tests

The Plextor burner does not support the Mount Rainier format.