Now that we’ve taken a look at the Plextor PX-716A’s features and read Below you can find an overview of our results. Every test begins with the CD-R Disc 1 – Memorex 48x:
performance it’s time to take a look at the most important thing about any
recorder: its write performance! As always, we’re going to start our write tests
with taking a look at how fast and how well the drive can write CD-R and CD-RW
media. For our tests we used Nero CD-DVD Speed and its “Create Data Disc”
option. The burned discs were then scanned using the PlexTools Professional
software and a Plextor PX-712UF drive.
mentioning of the ATIP information from the disc to identify the manufacturer of
the media and to check its certified write speed. The ATIP info is followed by
the Nero CD-DVD Speed write graph, showing the Plextor PX-716A drive writing the
actual disc. Last but not least we have included the PlexTools C1/C2 Error
graph.
Manufacturer : CMC Magnetics
Code : 97m26s66f
Disc Type : CD-R
Usage : General
Recording Layer : Dye Type 6: Short Strategy (Phthalocyanine)
Certified Speed : 48x
Capacity : 79:59.73
703 MB
Our first result is a good one. The Memorex disc, manufactured by CMC
Magnetics, was written at its certified speed (48x) and the C1/C2 scan looks
fine.
CD-R Disc 2 – Maxell 40x:
Manufacturer : Hitachi Maxell
Code : 97m25s29f
Disc Type : CD-R
Usage : General
Recording Layer : Dye Type 9: Short Strategy (Phthalocyanine)
Certified Speed : 40x
Capacity : 79:59.74
703 MB
The Hitachi Maxell was written perfectly at a slightly higher speed than the
media was certified for (40x, written at 48x). C1/C2 scan looks perfectly
fine.
CD-R Disc 3 – Taiyo Yuden 24x:
Manufacturer : Taiyo Yuden
Code : 97m24s01f
Disc Type : CD-R
Usage : General
Recording Layer : Dye Type 1: Long Strategy (Cyanine, AZO)
Certified Speed : 24x
Capacity : 74:43.01
656 MB
Taiyo Yuden media is considered to be one of the best media you can get and
the scans here prove it once again. An excellent C1/C2 error graph. The Plextor
PX-716A had no problems writing this Taiyo Yuden 24x media at 32x.
CD-R Disc 4 – Maxell 48x:
Manufacturer : MPO
Code : 97m25s07f
Disc Type : CD-R
Usage : General
Recording Layer : Dye Type 7: Short Strategy (Phthalocyanine)
Certified Speed : 48x
Capacity : 79:59.00
702 MB
Another Maxell disc only this time manufactured by MPO. There isn’t much to
tell about the Plextor’s performance here other than that it did a great job
once again. The disc was written at its certified speed of 48x and the C1/C2
scan looks fine.
CD-R Disc 5 – MAM-E 48x:
Manufacturer : Mitsui
Code : 97m27s58f
Disc Type : CD-R
Usage : General
Recording Layer : Dye Type 8: Short Strategy (Phthalocyanine)
Certified Speed : 48x
Capacity : 79:59.74
703 MB
The last CD-R disc we tested was again a good result. The disc was written at
its certified speed and the C1/C2 scan shows no problem areas on the written
disc.
CD-RW Disc 1 – Plextor 24x:
Manufacturer : Verbatim
Code : 97m34s24f
Disc Type : UltraSpeed CD-RW
Usage : General
Recording Layer : Phase Change
Recording Speed : 24 X
Capacity : 74:43.00
656 MB
The Plextor CD-RW disc manufactured by Verbatim was written perfectly. CD-RW
discs always have a (much) higher C1/C2 error count and we can see this in the
produced graph as well. But, the amount of C1 errors is not high enough to cause
any problems.
CD-RW Disc 2 – Yamaha 24x:
Manufacturer : Verbatim
Code : 97m34s23f
Disc Type : UltraSpeed CD-RW
Usage : General
Recording Layer : Phase Change
Recording Speed : 24 X
Capacity : 74:43.00
656 MB
The second and last CD-RW we tested had a higher C1 error count than the
previous Plextor CD-RW media we wrote. But, again higher C1 error counts are
normal on CD-RW media and since the disc could be read back without slowdowns we
consider this a okay result. Now, let’s continue with DVD+R
performance!
