The Samsung SH-W163A supports up to 48X writing speed with CD media and 32X max speed with US-RW media.

• CD-R Format

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive confirmed the maximum 48X speed. The test started at 21.83X and finished at 48.27X, having an average speed of 37.21X. Click on the image below for an enlarged view.

• CD-R Recording Times

For the burning tests, we created an 80min data compilation through Nero Burning Rom, recording the data on several 700MB discs. The drive needed only 2:53 minutes to complete this task at the maximum 48X writing speed.

In the following graph, we can see the recording times the Samsung SH-W163A needed with various CD-R media inserted.

• CD-RW Format

The Samsung SH-W163A supports 32X Z-CLV rewriting speed with Ultra Speed ReWritable media (US-RW).

Below, is the Nero CD-DVD Speed writing simulation test with blank 32X US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The drive starts the writing task at 16.01X and reaches a maximum of 32.04X, with an average speed of 28.04X. Even though the drive's specifications indicate PCAV writing strategy for the specific media, the reviewed drive used Z-CLV for this specific media.

- Overburning Test

The drive supports overburning up to 99mins.