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‘s custom settings to test the Sequential read and write performance of the drive through a range of queue depths. The setup for the tests is listed below.

Transfer Request Size: 128KB, Thread(s): 1, Outstanding I/O: 1-32.

128KB Sequential Read / Write.

The best Sequential read figure we saw in this test of 7,220.57MB/s is a little short of the official maximum of 7,300MB/s. The best write test figure of 6,878.49MB/s is closer to the official best of 6,900MB/s.

128KB Sequential Read Performance v QD compared.

At QD1, the Seagate Lightsaber Collection Special Edition FireCuda sits near the bottom of the results chart, just behind the standard version of the Seagate FireCuda 530. As the queue depth deepens both drives climb slowly up the results chart.

128KB Sequential Write Performance v QD compared.

At queue depths 1 and 2, the Seagate Lightsaber Collection Special Edition FireCuda sits below the standard FireCuda 530 which is the basis for the Special Edition drive. However, as the queue depth deepens further the drives swap places with the Special Edition drive becoming the fastest.

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