Akitio

SK-2520 U3.1 500GB

SK-2520 U3.1 500GB
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Effective Speed -33%Effective Speed -33%Average Score -33%Read -16%, Write -3%, 4K Read -41%, 4K Write -138%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed -59%, SusWrite 28%Peak Score -58%Read -24%, Write -19%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -212%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -89%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -97%DQ Read -131%, DQ Write -95%, DQ Mixed -133%, ADQ Read -151%, ADQ Write -82%, ADQ Mixed -105%, Age 23%, AS-SSD Total -101%

Average Bench: 74.2% (589^th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: AKiTiO SK-2520 U3.1

Poor: 68%Average: 74.2% Great: 80%

Popular builds with this SSD

MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) (3)

Good average bench

The Akitio SK-2520 U3.1 500GB averaged 25.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 127MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.3MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 130MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 36.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 58974.2%

Min	Avg	Max
369	Read 394	409
375	Write 392	409
335	Mixed 367	387
328	SusWrite 378	416
86.3% 382 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.4	4K Read 24.3	26.8
33.5	4K Write 36.8	39.2
25.8	4K Mixed 28.4	30.9
92.7% 29.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
92	DQ Read 130	159
133	DQ Write 159	184
81.7	DQ Mixed 127	142
100% 138 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

AUS-User, 9 months ago.

92GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 409 413 413 412 412 MB/s

80.2% Excellent

Write 408

Mixed 387

SusWrite 412

91% 403 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 38

4K Mixed 30.6

100% 31.8 MB/s

DQ Read 159

DQ Write 183

DQ Mixed 81.7

86% 141 MB/s

AUS-User, 8 months ago.

69GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 416 416 416 416 416 MB/s

79.4% Very good

Write 409

Mixed 381

SusWrite 416

91% 404 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 39.2

4K Mixed 30.9

101% 32.3 MB/s

DQ Read 92

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 142

107% 139 MB/s

AUS-User, 12 months ago.

134GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 288 277 376 394 406 MB/s

69.1% Good

Write 375

Mixed 335

SusWrite 355

81% 359 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 36.5

4K Mixed 26.3

86% 28.1 MB/s

DQ Read 130

DQ Write 136

DQ Mixed 142

104% 136 MB/s

AUS-User, 13 months ago.

69GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 276 360 363 389 368 MB/s

68.2% Good

Write 376

Mixed 363

SusWrite 328

82% 365 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 33.5

4K Mixed 25.8

85% 27.2 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 133

DQ Mixed 141

105% 138 MB/s

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Typical SK-2520 U3.1 500GB Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	18x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	18x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	13x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	10x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
SK-2520 U3.1 500GBAkitioBench 74%, 4 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 7,771 samples	7x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	3x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $460

Popular SK-2520 U3.1 500GB compatible motherboards:

MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) (3)

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Akitio

SK-2520 U3.1 500GB

Average Bench: 74.2% (589^th of 1072)

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SK-2520 U3.1 500GB

Average Bench: 74.2% (589th of 1072)

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