Seagate

FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 500GB

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Effective Speed +153% Effective Speed 153%Average Score +183% Read 223%, Write 354%, 4K Read 33%, 4K Write 79%, Mixed 260%, 4K Mixed 51%, SusWrite 279%Peak Score +237% Read 347%, Write 396%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 86%, Mixed 355%, 4K Mixed 52%, SusWrite 391%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves +244% DQ Read 299%, DQ Write 236%, DQ Mixed 313%, ADQ Read 296%, ADQ Write 187%, ADQ Mixed 286%, Age 89%, AS-SSD Total 249%

Average Bench: 249% (57^th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002

Poor: 133%Average: 249% Great: 362%

Outstanding average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 500GB averaged 148.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,005MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,291MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 45.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 157MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 57249%

Min	Avg	Max
668	Read 1,475	2,265
1,344	Write 1,839	2,404
401	Mixed 1,291	1,924
432	SusWrite 1,124	1,900
323% 1,432 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.9	4K Read 45.5	56.2
116	4K Write 157	227
38.7	4K Mixed 68.2	88.8
239% 90.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
943	DQ Read 1,291	1,464
488	DQ Write 830	1,205
666	DQ Mixed 1,005	1,368
764% 1,042 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 4 years ago.

314GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STNSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2391 2402 2405 2408 1296 500 MB/s

362% Outstanding

Write 2,404

Mixed 1,924

SusWrite 1,900

478% 2,123 MB/s

4K Read 50.3

4K Write 227

4K Mixed 88.8

310% 122 MB/s

DQ Read 1,464

DQ Write 1,205

DQ Mixed 1,368

1,015% 1,346 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 years ago.

408GB free

Firmware: STNSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1470 1484 1484 1482 1483 1484 MB/s

275% Outstanding

Write 1413

Mixed 1,308

SusWrite 1,481

309% 1,368 MB/s

4K Read 44.7

4K Write 163

4K Mixed 76

251% 94.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,392

DQ Write 1,132

DQ Mixed 1,255

942% 1,260 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 months ago.

333GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STNSC016

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1525 611 476 494 488 503 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 2,195

Mixed 1,532

SusWrite 683

344% 1,527 MB/s

4K Read 56.2

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 69.2

239% 82.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,367

DQ Write 488

DQ Mixed 731

592% 862 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 years ago.

198GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STNSC011

SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 452 436 443 440 402 MB/s

133% Outstanding

Write 1,344

Mixed 401

SusWrite 432

161% 711 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 38.7

158% 61.8 MB/s

DQ Read 943

DQ Write 495

DQ Mixed 666

509% 701 MB/s

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