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Seagate FireCuda 540 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4
Read Speed 9,500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 2000 TBW
79 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong random (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong speed (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 9500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 8500 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1300000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1500000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | E26 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 2000 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1800000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Seagate FireCuda 540 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 9,500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seagate FireCuda 540 | 94.7 | 96.8 | 71.4 | 54.9 | 97.7 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.4 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 93.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.7 | 99.5 | 97.5 | 78.3 | 80.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 89.1 | 78.3 | 86.6 |
Price
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