Testing

The only real way to test the performance of a SATA cable would be to compare the hard disk speeds using both the Akasa and a generic SATA cable, so that's what I did.

I used SiSoftware Sandra to benchmark the read speed of the hard disk drive using both the generic cable and the Akasa to find out if there was any performance difference in either of the products. This test was repeated three times on each cable to calculate an average which was used for the results.

All the testing was carried out using the same amount of stress on the hard drives to achieve a fair test.

The PC used to test the cable was as follows:

Results

The results for the Akasa give an average read speed of 61.24mb/s whilst the generic SATA cable gives a speed of 61.98mb/s; unfortunately this shows that the Akasa SATA cable is slightly worse in speed than a generic one, so there is no performance gain from the Akasa.

Cost

This UV reactive cable from Akasa will set you back around £5 depending on where you purchase it. Other SATA cables vary from 50p to £10 depending on their features and where you purchase them.