Nero CDSpeed 99 Data Benchmarks
| Samsung SM308 - Data
Tests |
 |
|
| Nero CD Speed 99 - Data
Benchmarks |
| DVD Drive |
SM-308 |
SW-216 |
| Disk Type |
Data |
Data |
| Avg Speed |
24.25x |
24.94x |
| Random Seek Time |
159ms |
94ms |
| 1/3 Seek Time |
120ms |
112ms |
| Full Seek Time |
1390ms |
192ms |
| DAE Quality |
N/A |
N/A |
| CPU use: 1X |
1% |
1% |
| CPU use: 2X |
2% |
2% |
| CPU use: 4X |
5% |
5% |
| CPU use: 8X |
10% |
9% |
| Burst Rate |
- |
- |
| Disk Eject Time |
1.31s |
1.19s |
| Disk Load Time: |
1.08s |
1.14s |
During the CD-Speed
data transfer tests, the CPU usage remained very low, not moving up past
10%, which is quite good. Disk eject and load times sat at 1.31sec
and 1.08sec respectively. It took just under 8 seconds for the drive to recognize the test disk.
As with just about every CD-ROM, the actual
average speed is always lower than the listed rate, which in this case
saw speeds hovering around 24X . The SM-308 was very also quiet while in operation.
Nero CDSpeed 99 Audio Benchmarks
| Samsung SM308 - Audio
Tests |
 |
|
| Nero CD Speed 99 - Audio
Benchmarks |
| DVD Drive |
SM-308 |
SW-216 |
| Disk Type |
Audio |
Audio |
| Avg Speed |
16.92x |
22.32x |
| Random Seek Time |
108ms |
97ms |
| 1/3 Seek Time |
124ms |
98ms |
| Full Seek Time |
212ms |
163ms |
| DAE Quality |
10 |
10 |
| CPU use: 1X |
4% |
2% |
| CPU use: 2X |
2% |
4% |
| CPU use: 4X |
5% |
7% |
| CPU use: 8X |
11% |
13% |
| Burst Rate |
- |
- |
| Disk Eject Time |
1.30 |
1.18 |
| Disk Load Time: |
1.08 |
1.14 |
Audio benchmarks are in line with the data ones,
although CPU usage does jump up slightly to 11%. Compared to the Samsung SW-216,
the SM-308 illustrated slightly slower read times on the audio disk, and slower
random seek times
as well. The SW-216 is a 16-10-32 CDRW, so
it does not naturally support the DVD
format.
Nero DVD Speed 99 Benchmarks
Please note that most DVD-ROMs performed below their
advertised maximum speed ratings. Generally the rated maximum speeds are lower during
the benchmark portions of tests.
| Samsung SM-308 DVD
Tests |
 |
| Nero DVD Speed 99
Benchmark |
| DVD Drive |
SM308 |
| Disk Type |
DVD-Video |
| Avg Speed |
3.67x |
| Random Seek Time |
104ms |
| 1/3 Seek Time |
110ms |
| Full Seek Time |
361ms |
| CPU use: 1X |
14% |
| CPU use: MAX |
n/a |
As you can tell from the scores, the SM308 drive performed about half the listed speed during our
DVD Speed 99 test with the Matrix DVD. During the test, the SM-308 posed
a 14% CPU utilization score, and some pretty good random seek times. The full seek
time was longer than what we had hoped to see.
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