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Test Setup And Benchmarks

Our test setup uses a PC configured as follows:

Test System
Processor Intel Pentium 4 1.9 GHz 256 kB L2 Cache
Motherboard Intel 845 GBV
Memory 256 MB DDR400, CL2.5 Kingmax
USB2.0 Controller NEC uPD720100A
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500 64 MB
Harddisk Maxtor 5T040H4 (40 GB)
CD-R/RW-Drives ASUS S520, TDK CRW241040
Network Card D-LinkDFE-530TX PCI 100 MBit
OS Windows XP Pro 5.01.2600 SP1
Benchmarks and Software
Burning Software Nero Burning ROM 5.5.9.9
Packet Writing SW Ahead InCD 3.37.0
Tools Nero CD Speed 1.00,
Clony XXL 2.0.0.6,
CloneCD 4.0.1.10.
DAE Exact Audio Copy 0.9 beta4
Drivers and Settings
Graphics Driver NVIDIA 3.0.8.2
IDE Driver Intel 82801DB ICH4 4.0.1001.0
ASPI Driver Adaptec 4.71, Ahead 2.0.1
DirectX Version 8.1
Resolution 1280x1024, 32 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh

For our tests we set each drive up as a master on our computer's second IDE channel.

Read Performance Part I - Data

Pressed CD Read Speeds

THG uses a pressed data CD nearly 74 minutes long (73:21.05 to be exact).



Both drives work in full CAV mode. This means that the CD spins at a constant speed and that the data transfer rate increases steadily as the writer moves from the center toward the outer edge of the CD. Each drive exceeds the promised maximum transfer rates of 48x and 40x.

Original CD Average Reading Speed Start Reading Speed End Reading Speed Access Times Random Access Times 1/3 Access Times Full
Liteon LXR24101A 30,20X 19,52X 39,84X 97 ms 106 ms 173 ms
Waitec Frisby II 30,92X 20,36X 40,78X 88 ms 102 ms 174 ms
Yamaha CRW-F1UX 31,93X 18,65X 42,15X 127 ms 149 ms 260 ms
LG GCE-8480B 37,04X 17,96X 49,01X 96 ms 102 ms 171 ms
LG GCE-8400B 30,77X 15,76X 40,65X 96 ms 108 ms 177 ms

The average access time of both drives is decidedly racey at 96 milliseconds, which will save a lot of time when installing software.


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