LG GGW-H10N Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Disc ReWriter & HD DVD-ROM

Nero CD Speed v4.7.5 - DVD-ROM:

A little editorial note here. Like a CD-ROM, you will get different benchmark results depending on what kind of discs you are using. You are probably going to get varying results from a full data disc to a single layer movie disc. You're also going to get different results for single and dual layer discs.

The DVD Speed website recommends using a single layer DVD-ROM disc with a capacity of at least 4GB. If you use a dual layer disc you probably won't get the best results because most DVD-ROM drives slow down to read them. Some even slow down to read single layer DVD-Video discs. To make a long story short, I am using a 4.37GB single layer, single sided disc for this test.

	LG GGW-H10N	Sony BWU-100A	I-O DATA BRD-AM2B/U	Pioneer BDR-101A
Transfer Speed Average: Start: End:	9.09x 4.97x 12.16x	6.15x 3.41x 8.22x	6.15x 3.41x 8.23x	6.22x 3.44x 8.32x
Seek Times Random: 1/3: Full:	183ms 214ms 298ms	140ms 156ms 296ms	133ms 147ms 285ms	136ms 169ms 313ms
CPU Usage 1x: 2x: 4x: 8x:	5% 9% 16% 30%	6% 9% 17% 32%	6% 10% 17% 32%	6% 10% 18% 33%

The GGW-H10N performed very well when reading single layer DVD-ROM's. In our tests it started reading at 4.97x and reached a maximum transfer speed of 12.16x.Unfortunately, its seek times were not as low as some of the other drives.

Nero CD Speed v4.7.5 - DVD-R and DVD-RW:

First, we'll look at the drive's DVD-R and DVD-RW reading performance. For this I made copies of our DVD-ROM test disk using some general use 4x DVD-R and 2x DVD-RW media from Verbatim and then ran our usual DVD read tests with CD Speed. The results are below.

Verbatim DVD-R

	LG GGW-H10N	Sony BWU-100A	I-O DATA BRD-AM2B/U	Pioneer BDR-101A
Transfer Speed Average: Start: End:	7.62x 4.17x 10.19x	6.15x 3.40x 8.22x	6.15x 3.41x 8.22x	6.24x 3.46x 8.33x
Seek Times Random: 1/3: Full:	193ms 238ms 366ms	152ms 166ms 305ms	137ms 154ms 290ms	147ms 178ms 328ms
CPU Usage 1x: 2x: 4x: 8x:	6% 9% 16% 31%	6% 9% 17% 31%	6% 9% 17% 32%	6% 11% 19% 35%

Verbatim DVD-RW

	LG GGW-H10N	Sony BWU-100A	I-O DATA BRD-AM2B/U	Pioneer BDR-101A
Transfer Speed Average: Start: End:	6.26x 3.42x 8.37x	6.16x 3.41x 8.25x	6.16x 3.40x 8.24x	4.72x 2.61x 6.31x
Seek Times Random: 1/3: Full:	213ms 258ms 402ms	153ms 219ms 355ms	138ms 201ms 340ms	148ms 183ms 331ms
CPU Usage 1x: 2x: 4x: 8x:	6% 9% 16% 31%	6% 9% 17% 31%	6% 9% 17% 31%	6% 11% 19% n/a

The GGW-H10N had no problems reading DVD-R and DVD-RW media. In our tests, it was able to read DVD-RW discs at 8x and DVD-R media at a respectable 10x. Unfortunately, the drive reached a maximum transfer speed of only 6x when reading Verbatim's 4x DVD-R DL media.

Nero CD Speed v4.7.5 - DVD+R and DVD+RW:

Next we'll look at the drive's DVD+R and DVD+RW reading performance. For this I made a copy of our DVD-ROM test disk using some 4x DVD+R and 2.4x DVD+RW media from Verbatim. I then ran our usual DVD read tests with CD Speed. The results are below.

Verbatim DVD+R

	LG GGW-H10N	Sony BWU-100A	I-O DATA BRD-AM2B/U	Pioneer BDR-101A
Transfer Speed Average: Start: End:	7.63x 4.17x 10.20x	6.15x 3.41x 8.22x	6.15x 3.40x 8.22x	6.23x 3.46x 8.34x
Seek Times Random: 1/3: Full:	190ms 240ms 382ms	156ms 169ms 313ms	141ms 155ms 294ms	147ms 178ms 331ms
CPU Usage 1x: 2x: 4x: 8x:	6% 9% 17% 31%	6% 10% 17% 32%	6% 9% 17% 32%	6% 10% 18% 33%

Verbatim DVD+RW

	LG GGW-H10N	Sony BWU-100A	I-O DATA BRD-AM2B/U	Pioneer BDR-101A
Transfer Speed Average: Start: End:	6.25x 3.42x 8.36x	6.15x 3.41x 8.22x	6.15x 3.41x 8.22x	4.72x 2.60x 6.30x
Seek Times Random: 1/3: Full:	214ms 263ms 402ms	156ms 170ms 338ms	141ms 155ms 320ms	153ms 186ms 339ms
CPU Usage 1x: 2x: 4x: 8x:	6% 9% 16% 31%	6% 10% 17% 32%	6% 10% 17% 32%	6% 10% 18% n/a

The GGW-H10N's performance with DVD+R and DVD+RW media was very similar to what we saw with DVD-R and DVD-RW media.The drive read DVD+R discs at 10x and DVD+RW media at 8x.

Verbatim DVD+R DL

Reading Verbatim's double layer DVD+R media wasn't an issue for the GGW-H10N either. The drive started reading at 2.56x and reached a maximum transfer speed of 6.18x.

Nero CD Speed v4.7.5 - DVD-Video:

For these tests I am using the US version of Transformers: The Movie on DVD. The disc is over 4GB and single sided.

	LG GGW-H10N	Sony BWU-100A	I-O DATA BRD-AM2B/U	Pioneer BDR-101A
Transfer Speed Average: Start: End:	9.01x 4.92x 12.05x	4.61x 2.56x 6.17x	4.62x 2.56x 6.18x	3.88x 2.15x 5.20x
Seek Times Random: 1/3: Full:	185ms 224ms 303ms	145ms 162ms 302ms	131ms 145ms 284ms	137ms 167ms 314ms
CPU Usage 1x: 2x: 4x: 8x:	7% 9% 27% 31%	6% 9% 17% n/a	6% 10% 17% n/a	6% 12% 26% n/a

The GGW-H10N didn't slow down very much when reading single layer DVD videos. It started out at about 4.92x and reached a maximum read speed of 12.05x. LG's new drive was also fairly quick when reading dual layer discs. By looking at the screenshot below, you can see that the drive's transfer speeds peaked at about 8x.

To see how well LG's new drive worked as a DVD player, I watched a few scenes from Transformers: The Movie and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace using the bundled version of PowerDVD. The GGW-H10N had no problems playing back either movie and was fairly quiet.