Seagate Lightsaber Collection Special Edition FireCuda Review

1. Introduction2. Lightsaber Collection Special Edition FireCuda3. 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. 3DMark Storage Benchmark 15. Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Official Benchmark16. Temperatures17. Real Life File Testing18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

We used CrystalDiskMark 8 to test the random performance of the drive at lower queue depths (QD1 – QD8 where most of the everyday workloads occur) using 1 to 4 threads.

Random Reads

At QD1 the performance of the 2TB Lightsaber Collection Special Edition FireCuda ranges from 20,135 IOPS (82MB/s) using a single thread up to 79,965 IOPS (323.8MB/s) using four threads. The drive's performance increases smoothly as the queue depth deepens for each of the remaining thread counts.

Random Writes

Using a single thread the random write performance slowly increases from QD1 to QD2 before beginning to plateau out. Using two and four threads the drive accelerates sharply from QD2 to QD4 before they too start levelling off. Using three threads there isn't any levelling off of performance.

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