- CD-R Format

The drive supports 8X, 16X, 24X, 32X, 40X and 48X (CAV) writing speeds.

According to Nero CDSpeed, the reported average speed when recording at 48X is 36.47X.

- CD-R Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. The writing performance varies according to the inserted media. Below is a chart depicting all recording times with various media.

Similar times for all burned media at 48X with the exception of the SKC disc which the LiteOn burned at 40X.

Since the SHW-16H5S supports 48X CD writing speed, it was faster than both the HP and BenQ drives which support 40x.

- Overburning

- CD-RW Format

The SHW-16H5S supports 24X (Z-CLV) rewriting speed with Ultra Speed Rewritable Media (US-RW).

Below you can see the Nero CD-DVD Speed writing simulation test with blank 24X US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The drive, when recording at 24X, reported an average writing speed of 22.52X.