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FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB

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Effective Speed +227% Effective Speed 227%Average Score +292% Read 277%, Write 619%, 4K Read 34%, 4K Write 121%, Mixed 388%, 4K Mixed 69%, SusWrite 535%Peak Score +376% Read 347%, Write 679%, 4K Read 35%, 4K Write 149%, Mixed 440%, 4K Mixed 66%, SusWrite 915%Value & Sentiment -179%User Rating -14%, Market Share -344%Nice To Haves +347% DQ Read 471%, DQ Write 382%, DQ Mixed 487%, ADQ Read 335%, ADQ Write 266%, ADQ Mixed 362%, Age 81%, AS-SSD Total 390%

Average Bench: 322% (25^th of 1072)

Based on 11,818 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002

Poor: 177%Average: 322% Great: 492%

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Outstanding average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB averaged 222.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,203MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,916MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB is 315%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 46MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 75.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,818 samples)

Rank 25322%

Min	Avg	Max
656	Read 1,722	2,263
1,443	Write 2,916	3,775
659	Mixed 1,751	2,285
631	SusWrite 1,882	3,928
469% 2,068 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.7	4K Read 46	58
107	4K Write 194	304
50	4K Mixed 75.9	96.7
270% 105 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
905	DQ Read 1,418	2,094
525	DQ Write 1,058	1,725
588	DQ Mixed 1,203	1,943
909% 1,227 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

931GB free

Firmware: STNSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3638 3706 3704 3705 3700 3726 MB/s

476% Outstanding

Write 3,404

Mixed 2,223

SusWrite 3,697

656% 2,885 MB/s

4K Read 45.5

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 76.1

262% 100 MB/s

DQ Read 1,988

DQ Write 1652

DQ Mixed 1,797

1,352% 1,812 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

866GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STNSC016

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3289 3415 3522 3552 3466 3572 MB/s

419% Outstanding

Write 3,380

Mixed 2151

SusWrite 3,469

632% 2,784 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 70.4

223% 79.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,453

DQ Write 895

DQ Mixed 1,286

928% 1,211 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

597GB free

Firmware: STNSC016

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2576 2618 2621 2622 2649 2667 MB/s

373% Outstanding

Write 1,880

Mixed 1,992

SusWrite 2,625

473% 2,090 MB/s

4K Read 47.3

4K Write 176

4K Mixed 80.5

268% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 1,405

DQ Write 1,082

DQ Mixed 1,217

917% 1,234 MB/s

IND-User, 1 day ago.

776GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STNSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1060 922 906 904 910 936 MB/s

296% Outstanding

Write 3,382

Mixed 1,313

SusWrite 940

442% 1,966 MB/s

4K Read 44.1

4K Write 281

4K Mixed 57.6

289% 128 MB/s

DQ Read 1,960

DQ Write 930

DQ Mixed 1,123

918% 1,337 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 hrs ago.

699GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STNSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1719 884 628 811 911 888 MB/s

280% Outstanding

Write 3,351

Mixed 2,106

SusWrite 973

485% 2,148 MB/s

4K Read 46.9

4K Write 179

4K Mixed 77.5

265% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 1,337

DQ Write 988

DQ Mixed 1,176

876% 1,167 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 days ago.

322GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STNSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1385 490 694 896 873 883 MB/s

250% Outstanding

Write 2,945

Mixed 712

SusWrite 870

310% 1,362 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 328

4K Mixed 68.9

324% 146 MB/s

DQ Read 1,916

DQ Write 938

DQ Mixed 1,121

913% 1,325 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 day ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STNSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 656 735 741 686 606 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 2,292

Mixed 1,281

SusWrite 687

322% 1,426 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 57.3

190% 78.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1408

DQ Write 921

DQ Mixed 1071

824% 1,133 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

351GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STNSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 919 769 645 587 179 MB/s

161% Outstanding

Write 2,209

Mixed 980

SusWrite 679

257% 1,125 MB/s

4K Read 38.3

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 50.3

179% 65.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,008

DQ Write 736

DQ Mixed 870

651% 872 MB/s

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 131%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M/ac

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	307x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	112x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	42x

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RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	295x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	50x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	40x

SSD
FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TBSeagateBench 322%, 11,818 samples	72x

RAM
DDR4 3600 2x8GBAdataBench 95%, 15,812 samples	56x
CL18-22-22 D4-3600 2x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 2,960 samples	55x
CL16-20-20 D4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 83%, 5,014 samples	51x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $605

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB

Average Bench: 322% (25^th of 1072)

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