Seagate FireCuda 530R 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

Seagate FireCuda 530R 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

Seagate
68 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
94 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
Seagate
50
SanDisk
96
Console
Seagate
56
SanDisk
95
Gaming
Seagate
62
SanDisk
94
Workstation
Seagate
69
SanDisk
94
Laptop
Seagate
55
SanDisk
82
Portable
Seagate
15
SanDisk
25

Specifications

Seagate FireCuda 530RSanDisk 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSeagate validated E18 controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
5,050
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)—3★
Features
Heatsink✓✓

Pros & Cons

Seagate FireCuda 530R 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

  • Strong endurance (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong feature (85th percentile)85th %ile
  • Strong random (81st percentile)81st %ile
  • Strong speed (67th percentile)

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile

Pricing

Seagate FireCuda 530R 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 is $170 cheaper (1.4x less).

Seagate FireCuda 530R 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 4TB SSD

Scores 94 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 17 specs.

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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