Exclusive: Plextor 712A, First 12X DVD+R to Retail

Name: Exclusive: Plextor 712A, First 12X DVD+R to Retail
Item: Exclusive: Plextor 712A, First 12X DVD+R to Retail
Author: Kristopher Kubicki

by Kristopher Kubicki on May 14, 2004 12:00 PM EST

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Printed Media

Lower seek times are better.

Seek Times - Pressed CD 74:40.02
Drive	Random	Full
AOpen DDW8800	122ms	188ms
ASUS DRW-0802P	127ms	296ms
Gigabyte GO-W0808A	116ms	232ms
Nu Tech DDW-082	113ms	160ms
Plextor 712A	112ms	165ms
Sony DRU-530A	86ms	155ms
Sony DRU-700A	119ms	245ms
Toshiba SD-R5272	110ms	169ms

Seek Times - DVD 4.38GB
Drive	Random	Full
AOpen DDW8800	114ms	272ms
ASUS DRW-0802P	130ms	312ms
Gigabyte GO-W0808A	102ms	194ms
Nu Tech DDW-082	99ms	171ms
Plextor 712A	107ms	259ms
Sony DRU-530A	129ms	204ms
Sony DRU-700A	121ms	231ms
Toshiba SD-R5272	97ms	180ms

Seek Times - DVD 7.88GB
Drive	Random	Full
Plextor 712A	310ms	427ms

We used various DVD and CD media around the lab for this portion of the benchmark. We attempted to use discs that contained no errors or scratches. Higher read speed averages are better.

Read - Pressed CD
Drive	Average Read	Length
AOpen DDW8800	31.35X	79:57.71
ASUS DRW-0802P	30.89X	79:57.71
Gigabyte GO-W0808A	30.12X	79:57.71
Nu Tech DDW-082	33.22X	79:57.71
Plextor 712A	33.25X	79:57.71
Sony DRU-530A	31.80X	79:57.71
Sony DRU-700A	31.06X	79:57.71
Toshiba SD-R5272	31.22X	79:57.71

Read - DVDR
Drive	Average Read	Length
AOpen DDW8800	3.75X	4.38GB
ASUS DRW-0802P	6.27X	4.38GB
Gigabyte GO-W0808A	6.16X	4.38GB
Nu Tech DDW-082	6.53X	4.38GB
Plextor 712A	6.21X	4.38GB
Sony DRU-530A	5.79X	4.38GB
Sony DRU-700A	6.20X	4.38GB
Toshiba SD-R5272	6.61X	4.38GB

Read - Pressed DVD Video
Drive	Average Read	Length
AOpen DDW8800	3.44X	7.88GB
ASUS DRW-0802P	6.34X	7.88GB
Gigabyte GO-W0808A	6.31X	7.88GB
Nu Tech DDW-082	4.30X	7.88GB
Plextor 712A	6.18X	7.88GB
Sony DRU-530A	6.45X	7.88GB
Sony DRU-700A	5.88X	7.88GB
Toshiba SD-R5272	6.44X	7.88GB