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Seagate FireCuda
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4
Read Speed 9,500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 2000 TBW
74 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong random (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong speed (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong feature (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average social proof (7th percentile)
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 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10,000 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seagate FireCuda | 94.3 | 96.6 | 72 | 54.6 | 98 | 6.9 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.1 | 96.8 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 96.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.5 | 96.2 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 83 | 99.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.5 | 93.2 | 93.6 | 78.5 | 92.8 | 96.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.3 | 99.7 | 78.5 | 87.4 | 48.9 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.5 | 99.4 | 99.7 | 78.5 | 93.9 | 6.9 |
Price
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