TEAC 540E CD-ROM

Teac 540E IDE CD-Rom - Page 2

Data Tests (Pressed CDs)

Test Method:
- CD WinBench 99 v1.1. This was used to compare the Teac 540E CD-Rom with various others CD-Roms and DVD-ROMs (see charts)
- CD Speed 99 v0.66 was also used to check the drive performance with pressed CDs. For that test we used WinBench 99 v1.1 and PlexTools v1.04 original CDs.

- CD WinBench 99 v1.1 results:

CD Rom Access Time

CPU Utilization

CDRom Tranfer Rate -

- CD Speed 99 v0.66 results:

PlexTools v1.04 results with CD Speed 99 v0.66

Verdict of data (pressedCDs) tests:
The Teac 540E CD-Rom performed very well with pressed CDs. It's average reading speed using WinBench 99 v1.1 was 29.15x and with PlexTools v1.04 a slightly higher 30.06x. In the WinBench 99 test, the Teac 540E took first place in almost all of the tests. It reached a transfer rate of 5.9mb/s and 2.64mb/s on the outside and inside of the disc, which is 5.08% (average) higher than its competitors. It has a seek time of 90ms and is the better than the other 40x CD-Roms. CPU usage is also low (6.42%) since it is UDMA compatible.