Seagate FireCuda Gaming 1TB External SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Seagare FireCuda Gaming SSD 1TB3. ATTO/CrystalDiskMark/AS SSD4. Backup / Restore5. Throughput6. PCMark 10 Data Drive Benchmark7. Real Life File Transfers8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

The PCMark 10 Data Drive Benchmark has been designed to test drives that are used for storing files rather than applications. You can also use this test with NAS drives, USB sticks, memory cards, and other external storage devices.
The Data Drive Benchmark uses 3 traces, running 3 passes with each trace.

Trace 1. Copying 339 JPEG files, 2.37 GB in total, in to the target drive (write test).
Trace 2. Making a copy of the JPEG files (read-write test).
Trace 3. Copying the JPEG files to another drive (read test)

Here we show the total aggregated bandwidth performance for each of the individual traces.

The Seagate FireCuda Gaming drive shows strong performance in all three test traces particularly with the USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2 interface but the other two interfaces are no slouches either in these tests.

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