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Smart Wizard
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Smart Wizard
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Build Comparison
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Seagate

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price |
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| $/GB |
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| Availability |
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| Total |
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Newegg | $229 | $0.115 | In Stock | $229 | Buy |
About This Product
The Seagate FireCuda 520 is a 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen4 SSD. It offers sequential read speeds of 4734 MB/s and write speeds of 1852 MB/s, with random read IOPS of 869k and random write IOPS of 1060k. This drive is suitable for users seeking a performance upgrade over PCIe Gen3 SSDs, but its sequential write speeds are lower than some competing PCIe Gen4 drives in its class.
Verdict
βGood for users needing a high-capacity PCIe Gen4 upgrade, especially for read-intensive tasks.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
4,734 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,852 MB/s
4K Random Read
869 IOPS
4K Random Write
1K IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
3,600 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.99 DWPD
calculated from TBW
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
Yes
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