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

AS SSD is a great free tool designed just for benching Solid State Drives. It performs an array of sequential read-and-write tests, as well as random read-and-write tests with sequential access times over a portion of the drive. It uses
incompressible data samples which many drives struggle with, so results can be viewed as the worst case scenarios.

AS SSD includes a sub suite of benchmarks with various file pattern algorithms but this is difficult in trying to judge accurate performance figures.

Using the ASSSD benchmark, the Seagate Lightsaber Collection Special Edition FireCuda produced a read score almost identical to the FireCuda 530 that the drive is based on. When it came to writes,  the new drive is just under 60MB/s faster which is probably due to the later firmware that the Special Edition drive uses.

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