New
Seagate SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2
The 4TB FireCuda 530R hits 7400 MB/s reads and 1300K random IOPS, powered by the E18 controller and TLC NAND, making it one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 drives available. It includes a five-year warranty, 640 TBW endurance, and a heatsink option that prevents thermal throttling during sustained workloads. Best for gamers and content creators who need maximum throughput for large file transfers and demanding applications.
Capacity 4TB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,400 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 640 TBW
82 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong speed (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average affordability (7th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7400 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6800 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1300000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1300000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | E18 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 640 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1800000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Seagate SSD | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Crucial T710 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 640 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seagate SSD | 92.9 | 96.8 | 53.7 | 92.5 | 69.4 | 77.3 | 6.6 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.4 | 94 | 92.5 | 94 | 95.3 | 8.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.3 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 86 | 99.6 | 5.1 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.5 | 92.5 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 10.4 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.2 | 89.5 | 92.5 | 86 | 77.3 | 11.8 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.7 | 98 | 80.9 | 44.5 | 3.1 |
Usage Scores
- Overall82.2
- Budget70.9
- Gaming81.7
- Laptop85.7
- Console80
- Portable22.3
- Workstation75
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