$ apt-cache policy gnome-disk-utility
gnome-disk-utility:
  Installed: 2.32.1-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 2.32.1-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 2.32.1-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Also occurs on my system CD/DVD drives. However, hdparm:

DVD/R-W:
$ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sr0

/dev/sr0:
 Timing cached reads:   604 MB in  2.00 seconds = 301.56 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  14 MB in  3.37 seconds =   4.16 MB/sec

CD/R-W:
$ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sr1

/dev/sr1:
 Timing cached reads:   488 MB in  2.00 seconds = 243.62 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  10 MB in  3.65 seconds =   2.74 MB/sec

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/841030

Title:
  Gnome Disk utility error benchmarking

Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  While trying to benchmark an external USB drive with "Start Read-Only 
Benchmark" in benchmark dialog the following error is displayed:
  Error benchmarking: helper exited with exit code 1: Device /dev/sdd is too 
slow to benchmark

  This happens with any external USB storage on system. It does not
  matter if the drive is SD card, USB stick or HDD.

  I was searching for bug reports on this problem, but all I found was
  few forum posts.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gnome-disk-utility 2.32.1-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Sep  4 16:39:25 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/palimpsest
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-08-14 (21 days ago)

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