ASUS DRW-1604P Dual Layer DVD+/- R/RW ATAPI Drive
DVD Movie Playback Testing
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Nero CD-DVD Speed - Movie Playback Test:
Our final read test will focus on DVD Movie playback. For this we used a copy of Underworld. We should note the Plextor drive utilizes SpeedRead technology that locks the drive at 2X. During this test, SpeedRead was disabled, so maximum speeds were reached.
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The DRW-1604P managed a steady dataflow with an average rotation speed of 3.92X, starting out at 2.19X and peaking at 5.08X. The drive also managed a solid 43MB/s burst rate while maintaining respectable CPU utilization. In fact, CPU usage was better than the Plextor PX712A, although the Plextor drive managed better seek times overall, mostlikely a result of its 8MB cache.
This concludes the Read testing of the ASUS DRW-1604P Dual Layer DVD Drive. Next, we'll focus our attention on the drive's Write capabilities.
