Gigabyte GO-W1608A 16x
DVD±RW Drive Review (3)
DVD Writer Pricing
Benchmarks
Test Setup
ABIT DigiDice
Before we go into the actual burning tests, we
take a look at the Nero Infotool which identifies the kind of drive and media
supported by this drive.
16X DVD+R Read Tests
I created a data disc using Nero and it took around 5 minutes to burn 4.38GB
of test data into the disc. Below are the benchmark data of the read tests done
on the 16x DVD+R media.
General Information
Operating System Windows XP
Drive GIGABYTEGO-W1608A
Firmware Version B8S2
Serial Number
Disc DVD+R
Capacity 4.38 GB
Transfer Rate
Start 3.43x
End 8.31x
Average 6.21x
Type CAV
Seek Times
Random 101 ms
1/3 121 ms
Full 201 ms
CPU Usage
1X 11 %
2X 16 %
4X 27 %
8X n/a
Interface
Burst Rate 23128 KB/sec
Spin Up/Down Times
Spin Up Time 7.38 sec
Spin Down Time 2.07 sec
Load/Eject Times
Load Time 1.06 sec
Eject Time 0.86 sec
Recognition Time 21.14 sec
Log
Time Elapsed Action
[16:07:21]
Starting Transfer Rate Test
[16:16:59] 9:39 Speed:3-8 X CAV (6.21 X
average)
[16:16:59]
Starting Seek Times Test
[16:17:09]
Random Seek: 101 ms
[16:17:22]
1/3 Seek: 121 ms
[16:17:42] 0:43 Full Seek: 201 ms
[16:17:42]
Starting CPU Usage Test
[16:17:57]
CPU usage at 1X: 11 %
[16:18:13]
CPU usage at 2X: 16 %
[16:18:29]
CPU usage at 4X: 27 %
[16:18:47] 1:06 CPU usage at 8X: n/a
[16:18:47]
Starting Burst Rate Test
[16:18:49] 0:02 Interface burst rate: 23 MB/sec
(23128 KB/sec)
[16:18:49]
Starting Spin-Up/Down Test
[16:18:58]
Spin-up time: 7.38 seconds
[16:19:10] 0:21 Spin-down time: 2.07 seconds
[16:19:10]
Starting Load/Eject Test
[16:19:11]
Eject time: 0.86 seconds
[16:19:12]
Load time: 1.06 seconds
[16:19:33] 0:23 Recognition time: 21.14 seconds
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