I burned a few test discs, and something is weird. My info on the burned discs comes back similar to yours, ie both discs have the same info. However the disc I burned with the option OFF has a ring about 1/8" of an inch (I don't have a mm ruler handy, but 30mm = ~1.18in), and the disc with the option ON has a ring about 1/4".
So yes, it makes a difference, but something is still wrong. I tried both WINASPI and SPTI, same results. I swear this worked right in 2.3.2.0. I'm gonna try to go back to that version and try it out. Nothing strange in the logs.
Burner -
BenQ DW1655 firmware BCGB