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Seagate FireCuda 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 286% (34th of 1072)

Based on 145 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Seagate FireCuda
Poor: 161%Average: 286% Great: 480%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Seagate FireCuda 2TB averaged 185.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Seagate FireCuda 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 999MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,148MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Seagate FireCuda 2TB is 319%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Seagate FireCuda 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 141MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 145 samples)
Rank 34286%
Min Avg Max
860 Read 1,511 2,157
1,211 Write 2,148 3,812
651 Mixed 1,602 2,249
681 SusWrite 1,850 3,943
403% 1,778 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.4 4K Read 41 57.6
74.6 4K Write 141 261
34.6 4K Mixed 63.1 98.3
218% 81.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
667 DQ Read 1,162 1,930
293 DQ Write 862 1,532
316 DQ Mixed 999 1,710
750% 1,008 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: M001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5115 5156 5145 5144 2767 2141 MB/s
578% Outstanding
Read 2,840
Write 4,821
Mixed 3,111
SusWrite 4,245
853% 3,754 MB/s
4K Read 62.7
4K Write 297
4K Mixed 123
410% 161 MB/s
DQ Read 1,890
DQ Write 1,624
DQ Mixed 1,862
1,367% 1,792 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: STOSC014 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2252 2278 2318 1445 1979 2265 MB/s
351% Outstanding
Read 1,861
Write 2,259
Mixed 1,776
SusWrite 2,089
452% 1,996 MB/s
4K Read 52.5
4K Write 226
4K Mixed 83
305% 120 MB/s
DQ Read 1,446
DQ Write 1,024
DQ Mixed 1243
926% 1,238 MB/s
917GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C016 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1408 1216 913 929 926 929 MB/s
252% Outstanding
Read 1797
Write 2,280
Mixed 1,877
SusWrite 1,054
395% 1,752 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 62.4
212% 76.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,267
DQ Write 1,005
DQ Mixed 1085
826% 1,119 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: C014 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 794 762 905 917 920 918 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 1,766
Write 2,122
Mixed 1,094
SusWrite 869
328% 1,463 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 94.2
4K Mixed 42.2
146% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 920
DQ Write 690
DQ Mixed 763
582% 791 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,659,425 SSDs tested

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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Dell XPS 15 7590

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples3,099x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples770x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples159x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples2,473x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 92,838 samples1,490x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples6x
SSD
Seagate FireCuda 2TBNvmeBench 286%, 145 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples588x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples543x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples294x
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