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Powering Up
All tests were run on a clean installation of Windows ME with all drivers installed. No other programs were left running in the background while tests were running, no screen savers or power saving features were configured and the mouse was left still for the entire duration of the benchmark. Each test was run three times, and the average of the three scores is shown within the results shown here.
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Test System |
| CPU |
Intel Pentium III 1.0GHz |
| Motherboard |
ASUS CU-SL2 |
| Memory |
128MB "Generic" PC133 SDRAM |
| Video |
PowerColor PowerGene GeForce2 MX |
| Hard Drive |
Quantum Fireball Plus LM 30GB |
| Optical Disc Drive |
Pioneer DVD-106S (40X CD-ROM, 16X DVD-ROM)
Plextor PlexWriter 16/10/40A |
| Network |
Realtech 10BaseT Network Interface Card |
| Windows |
Microsoft Windows ME (4.90.3000) |
| Drivers |
NVIDIA Detonator 3 Reference drivers (version 12.41)
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Keep in mind that CD-ROM benchmarking heavily based on how compatible the CD-ROM drive is to the CD being used for the benchmark. Results will vary depending on the CD being used.
Reading
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PlexWriter 16/10/40A |
Pioneer DVD-106S |
| Nero CD Speed |
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| Transfer rate (Average) |
31.17x |
32.49x |
| Transfer rate (Start) |
18.60x |
19.39x |
| Transfer rate (End) |
41.03x |
42.77x |
| Seek times (Random) - ms* |
138 |
86 |
| Seek times (1/3 seek) - ms* |
160 |
99 |
| Seek times (Full) - ms* |
268 |
175 |
| SisoftSandra 2001te - DriveIndex |
3038 |
3279 |
| Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.0 DAE Test - KB/s |
3064 |
2843 |
* Lower is better.
The PlexWriter is a little disappointing in the reading department, coming in short after my Pioneer DVD-106S DVD-ROM drive, which also has a rated reading speed of 40X. The 16/10/40A did, however, perform slightly better than the DVD-106S when it comes to Digital Audio Extraction (DAE), which is used for "ripping" audio tracks from audio CDs.
Writing
There are no benchmarks specifically designed to benchmark CD-writing performance, so I cannot give you any definite results. I can, however, say that it took the PlexWriter 16/10/40A about 5 minutes to burn a full 650MB CD, which is far better than my aging 2X burner that I bought years ago. At 5 minutes, burning no longer becomes a something that I can only do before I go to bed; it is something that I can do whenever I have a few minutes handy.
 On to: Conclusion
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