CD Recording Tests

The Plextor PX-716AL supports 48X CD-R and 24X US-RW recording speeds.

- CD-R Format

CD media recording supported speeds are illustrated in the screenshot below:

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive confirmed the maximum 48X speed. The test started at 21.12X and finished at 47.96X, reporting an average speed of 36.27X.

- 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 writing performance varies according to the inserted media, as our tests showed. Below is a chart demonstrating all recording times with various manufacturers media.

The Plextor 716AL supports 24X P-CAV 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 test started at 21.25X and finished at 24.01X, having an average speed of 23.91X.