|
First, a quick look at our test system.
|
Test System
Specifications |
| CPU:
|
Pentium 4 2.8GHZ @
3.2GHz |
| Motherboard: |
Soyo Dragon 2 Platinum
Edition |
| Memory: |
Corsair TwinX3200XLPro
(1GB) |
| Hard Drive: |
Western Digital Raptor
SATA 36GB |
| Video Card: |
ATI Radeon 9600 |
CD Read Tests
Nero CD-DVD Speed version 3.01 was used in all our tests. This is the
version included in the latest build of Nero 6 Ultra Edition, 6.3.1.15.
1. CD-DVD Speed - Pressed CD
|
Test Results |
|
Transfer Speed
Average: 30.26x
Start: 17.67x
End: 39.92x |
|
Seek Times
Random: 90ms
1/3: 101ms
Full: 161ms |
|
CPU Usage
1X: 0%
2X: 1%
4X: 2%
8X: 4% |
Things started off really good. In fact, the results here are very
impressive. Its transfer rate came just shy of 40x. What's really remarkable
here are the really low seek times and CPU usage. These are the lowest
I've seen out of all drives I've used or tested.
2. CD-DVD Speed - CDR
|
Test Results |
|
Transfer Speed
Average: 30.45x
Start: 18.28x
End: 39.86x |
|
Seek Times
Random: 88ms
1/3: 99ms
Full: 147ms |
|
CPU Usage
1X: 0%
2X: 1%
4X: 2%
8X: 5% |
Although already quite low, the results using CDR media were even lower.
Maximum read speed again came just slightly shy of 40x.
3. CD-DVD Speed - CDRW
|
Test Results |
|
Transfer Speed
Average: 30.53x
Start: 18.18x
End: 40.07x |
|
Seek Times
Random: 87ms
1/3: 99ms
Full: 142ms |
|
CPU Usage
1X: 0%
2X: 1%
4X: 2%
8X: 5% |
With our CDRW media, we finally hit 40x and see even lower seek times.
This drive certainly does read CD media exceptionally well.
4. DAE - Advanced Quality Tests
The Optorite DD1203 also did exceptionally
well in our advanced digital audio extraction tests, passing all with flying
colors.
Overall, this drive excelled in our CD read
tests and handled media quite well. I wasn't expecting these results,
so this drive did make a good first impression. Let's see if it can do the
same for DVD media.
|
