Speedomania: 48x/16x/48x-Burner from LG

CD-R Read Speeds

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.