- 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 37.27X.

- 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.

As the first of the above graphs indicates, not all inserted media were burned at the max 48X speed. Mmore media was burned at 40X in 3:04mins, while SKC media was burned at 32X in 3:19mins.

- Other features

According to Nero's CDSpeed and its overburning simulation test, the Samsung drive is capable of recording 101min on a CD. Note that this test is done with a 99min disc. No such overburning is possible on an 80min CD, while not many drives can write to 99min discs.

- CD-RW Format

The SH-W162L supports 16X (CLV), 24X (Z-CLV) and 32X (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 32x US-RW media by Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The drive, when recording at 32X, reported an average writing speed of 28.09X.