Nero DiscSpeed

Nero DiscSpeed is a great program that will allow you to find out the true functionality of any CD or DVD drive. It does not rely on what the manufacturer says but it runs multiple tests to tell you what's really going on. This will allow you to understand how to better use your drives and use your computer as a whole to maximize the functionality of it.

Nero DiscSpeed comes with a lot of tests including seek time, burst rates, quality, startup, slow down, load, and stop times. You can watch it perform each test in real time by bringing up its window. It's really interesting to watch it work and see what it's doing. The graph it displays is high quality and simple to understand.

After completing the tests it will give you full feedback about the performance of the drive it tested. This feedback will be displayed whether or not you viewed the live graphs will the testing was going on. You can save this feedback in a text file or print it out for future reference. Either way, it is handy to have and good to look at.

You can run all of the tests together, or you can choose to run each test individually at separate times. You can also run each test multiple times. Running tests more than once in a random order will give you a better idea about the true functionality of your drive as you can see the averages rather than just see a one time report. As there can be some fluctuation in any drive just viewing the results from a one time test may not be wholly accurate.

Nero DiscSpeed runs on Windows and is freeware. So you can distribute it to anyone who you think might find it useful with absolutely no strings attached!

This program can perform a very fast and efficient test on your CD/DVD drives.