- CD-R Format

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

According to Nero CDSpeed, the reported average speed when recording at 48X is 36.73X.

- 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.

Best burn regarding speed, came with Ridisc media, burned in 2:46mins.

- Other features

The drive supports CD Overburning up to 99mins.

- CD-RW Format

The Plextor 755A supports 24X (Z-CLV) rewriting speeds, 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.

The drive, when recording at 24X, reported an average 23.47X writing speed. You will notice in the above graph, that due to a bug with the CD-Speed and Plextor CDRW strategy, the speed reported at the end of the test refers only to the starting speed and not the end speed as it should.