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 |
| LG GSA-4120B |
125ms |
242ms |
| 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 |
| LG GSA-4120B |
94ms |
195ms |
| 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 |
| LG GSA-4120B |
109ms |
207ms |
| Plextor 712A |
310ms |
427ms |
Although seek times appeared exceptionally high for CDs, DVDs actually experienced better than average seek times.
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 |
| LG GSA-4120B |
32.50X |
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 |
| LG GSA-4120B |
7.58X |
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 |
| LG GSA-4120B |
6.88X |
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 |
Even though most of the burners that we have looked at in the last few months have advertised 12X and 16X read capabilities for DVD, the LG burner was one of the few burners actually capable of this feat. We found the GSA-4120B to be a much faster reader than other drives that we have looked at in the past. Unfortunately, this comes at a price, since our CPU usage skyrocketed while reading these DVDs.
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MysticMan1 - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
Update: I see in another review that the reviewer was able to burn 2 DL disc and play them back successfully.MysticMan1 - Friday, July 2, 2004 - link
What I find odd is that on the LG web site it says that the LG GSA-4120B "supports" DL disc, but it doesn't say you can burn a DL disc with this the GSA-4120B burner, maybe that's why all the test on DL media ended with coasters :Pmino - Sunday, June 27, 2004 - link
Kris: 3x RAM media would suffice as ViRGE allready pointed out.You also benchmarked DVD+R 8x and didn't skip these tests just because no 12x media were present.
AtaStrumf - Sunday, June 20, 2004 - link
Missing images here as well!As for LG's DVD burners. I and a friend both have LG GSA-4081Bs and we're quite happy with them. It writes quickly, reads quickly, the only complaint is that it sucks for burning CDRs. Very slow, very picky with media, simply no good. I put my TEAC 24x CD-RW and friend's LiteOn 48x CD-RW back in after a week or so.
As for the need for DVD burners that araczynski was asking about. How do you suppose I burned 105 GB I downloaded last month? This month I'm already at 72 GB and there are still 10 days to go. I'd go crazy if I didn't have a DVD burner.
ViRGE - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
Kris: Are you asking where the 5x DVD-RAM media is, or just DVD-RAM media in general? Newegg carries DVD-RAM discs, although a 5-pack is $20.PS I'm getting the same missing image problem as MadAd
MadAd - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
I have 2 images missing on page 1, nero_identify.gif and dvdinfo.gifZORAX - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
I wonder why LG keeps using Z-CLV for burning...ZORAX - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
KristopherKubicki - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
mino: Where is the DVD RAM media?Kristopher
mino - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
hmm, where is DVD-RAM test boys ??