Nero DiscSpeed 5.0.1.250

4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 (121 votes)

(October 1, 2008)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Freeware / 41,116 downloads

Nero DiscSpeed is a benchmark which can test the most important features of an optical drive. These tests include: Transfer rate, Seek times, CPU (Central Processing Unit) usage, Burst rate, DAE (Digital Audio Extraction) quality & Spinup/spindown time. It can also check the CD (Compact Disk) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) media quality.

Reviews of Nero DiscSpeed

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    halc

    Reviewing 4.11.2.0 (Apr 28, 2008)

    Updating my earlier review: 5 stars. This is the best cd/dvd/bd read error reporting software out there in terms of features, support for various drives and tweakability. Other alternatives include kProbe, Plextools Pro and PxScan, but they are manufacturer specific.

    NB! You must learn how to interpret the results as they will not directly tell you the quality of the disc/burn. The software only reports what the drive sees (i.e. read errors).

  2. 4 out of 5 stars
    halc

    Reviewing 4.7.7.3 (Aug 10, 2007)

    The best from the best. It still has some minor niggles here and there, but this is an indispensable tool for those who know how to use it properly.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    Canuckistani

    Reviewing 4.60 (Sep 1, 2006)

    I see there is a little confusion about what the test mean so here is a quick look at them and a couple of tips.

    The benchmark test is most useful for comparing the performance between different burners which is something most folks will rarely or never do. It is still useful as a general test to check the condition of your burner. If it goes through the benchmark without stalling or throwing up an error message you can be reasonably confident your burner is still in good mechanical order. Use a clean unscratched commercially pressed data disc for this test.

    The disc quality test examines the quality of a burnt disc and a good rule of thumb is a score of 80 or higher is acceptable and a score of 95 or higher is an archival quality burn.

    If the score of the disc quality test is below 80 or the test exhibited any odd behaviour open the scandisc tab and run the read test. Any files which failed to burn or are damaged will be listed highlighted in red or yellow at the end of the test with good files highlighted in green.

    DAE test tests the ability of your burner to "rip" audio files and it is highly recommend that you read the help file before proceeding.

    The over burning test is self explanatory.

    This little tutorial is far from complete or authoritive but it should be enough for someone to get started quickly with this program.

    More information and a mountain of tips and tricks can be found at club.cdfreaks.com and cdrlabs.com

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    QQ

    Reviewing 4.60 (Aug 31, 2006)

    Yes yleclerc, that DOES say SO MUCH about the program!

    God, people like you make me hate internet.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    horsecharles

    Reviewing 4.51.1 (Apr 12, 2006)

    I don't know much(but i know i love you-- err: stay on topic, focus split personalities, focus!)-- so i will also give it a rating lower than it's current consensus.......NOT!!!

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