For this test we use a 1:1 copy of the original CD mentioned earlier. The TDK CD-R80 Metallic media provides us with the following ATIP information:
ATIP: 97m 15s 17f
Disk Manufacturer: Ritek Co. Reflective layer: Dye (short strategy; e.g. Phthalocyanine) Media type: CD-Recordable Recording speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown Nominal capacity: 702.83 MB (79m 59s 73f / LBA: 359848)
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CDR
Average Reading Speed
Start Reading Speed
End Reading Speed
Access Times Random
Access Times 1/3
Access Times Full
Liteon LXR24101A
30,18X
20,05X
39,69X
102 ms
111 ms
173 ms
Waitec Frisby II
30,97X
20,40X
40,72X
93 ms
99 ms
183 ms
Yamaha CRW-F1UX
32,00X
18,89X
42,12X
123 ms
145 ms
265 ms
LG GCE-8480B
30,91X
18,26X
40,68X
97 ms
103 ms
168 ms
LG GCE-8400B
30,86X
17,69X
40,63X
96 ms
102 ms
187 ms
In this test the nominally faster GCE-8480B cannot improve upon the performance of the 40x drive. Other drives like the Yamaha CRW-F1UX, for example, do a little better here. However, the LG Electronics drive has the advantage of a fast access time.
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