Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. 128KB Sequential Performance8. 4K Random Read v QD Performance9. 4K Random Write v QD Performance10. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance11. 4K Random Performance QD1-QD812. Throughput13. PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark14. Performance Stability15. Drive Temperatures16. Real Life File Testing17. Closing Thoughts18. View All Pages

CrystalDiskMark is a useful benchmark to measure theoretical performance levels of hard drives and SSDs. We are using v6.0 and v8.0.

The FireCuda 530 seems to struggle with CrystalDiskMark's QD32 1 Thread test as it sits in the bottom half of our result chart.

With CrystalDiskMark could also confirm the official Sequential maximum performance read figure for the drive of 7,300MB/s with a test result of 7,400MB/s. The best-tested write figure of 6,880MB/s also confirms the official best of 6,900MB/s. Looking at all the CrystalDiskMark results screens we can see that the Phison E18 controller that powers the FireCuda 530 is much more efficient when reading compressible sequential and 4K data at certain queue depths.

CrystalDiskMark 8 default

CrystalDiskMark 8 Peak Performance

CrystalDiskMark 8 Real World

Using the more advanced CrystalDiskMark 8 in its default setting as well as the Peak Performance and Real World profiles saw the Sequential test results confirm the official 7,300MB/s reads and 6,900MB/s writes with the best test results of 7,401MB/s and 6,880MB/s for reads and writes respectively.

Seagate rate the 4K performance of the drive as up to 1,000,000 IOPS for read and writes. Using the Peak Performance profile we couldn't get close to those figures with a best read figure of 666,437.74 IOPS and 541,103 IOPS for writes, both from the default setting.

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