Afreey 12X DVD Drive

Getting back, next inline was to check the drive’s CD performance. For this I used the WinDVD 2000 CD. It packs a total of 524MB, which is adequate for reliable test results. Here too the tests were done in both DMA disabled and enabled. Keep in mind the results obtained in all these tests are the average of six continuous runs. CD performance was tested with the use of CD Speed 99 and CD analyzer. The only reason for using both these is to check the reliability of the results of each.

 

DMA Disabled

DMA Enabled

DMA Enabled

As shown in the specs of the drive the specified CD ROM speed is 32X. However the drive averages only 27X, which is 5X lower than what’s specified. Nonetheless as you can see the drive reaches almost 36X at the end, going beyond what is said in the drive’s specs. What’s important though is the average speed the drive reaches, as that’s the speed you’ll most likely get on a day-to-day basis.