Seagate FireCuda 520 1TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Seagate FireCuda 520 1TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. IOMETER8. 128KB Sequential Performance9. 4K Random Read v QD Performance10. 4K Random Write v QD Performance11. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance12. Throughput13. Performance Stability14. PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark15. Real Life File Testing16. Closing Thoughts17. View All Pages

The PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark uses a wide-ranging set of real-world traces from popular applications and common tasks to fully test the performance of the fastest modern drives. The benchmark is designed to measure performance of fast system drives using the SATA bus at the low end and devices connected via PCI Express at the high end.

The goal of the benchmark is to show meaningful real-world performance differences between fast storage technologies such as SATA, NVMe, and Intel’s Optane. The Full System Drive Benchmark uses 23 traces, running 3 passes with each trace. It typically takes an hour to run.

Traces used:

• Booting Windows 10.
• Adobe Acrobat – starting the application until usable.
• Adobe Illustrator – starting the application until usable Adobe Premiere Pro – starting the application until usable.
• Adobe Photoshop – starting the application until usable.
• Battlefield V – starting the game until the main menu.
• Call of Duty Black Ops 4 – starting the game until the main menu.
• Overwatch – starting the game until main menu.
• Using Adobe After Effects.
• Using Microsoft Excel.
• Using Adobe Illustrator.
• Using Adobe InDesign.
• Using Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Using Adobe Photoshop (heavy use).
• Using Adobe Photoshop (light use).
• Copying 4 ISO image files, 20 GB in total, from a secondary drive to the target drive (write test).
• Making a copy of the ISO files (read-write test).
• Copying the ISO to a secondary drive (read test).
• Copying 339 JPEG files, 2.37 GB in total, to the target drive (write test).
• Making a copy of the JPEG files (read-write test).
• Copying the JPEG files to another drive (read test).

Seagate's FireCuda handles the PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark very well producing the second-best overall score and third-best bandwidth figure of 362.77MB/s.

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