Seagate FireCuda 520N 1TB SSD Review

To test the real-life performance of a drive we use a mix of folder/file types and by using the FastCopy utility (which gives a time as well as MB/s result) we record the performance of drive reading from & writing to a 2TB Kioxia Exceria Plus.

Transfer Details:

• Windows 10 backup – 118GB.
• Data file – 100GB.
• BluRay Movie – 42GB.
• File folder – 50GB – 28,523 files.
• Steam folder – 222GB (8 games: Alien Isolation, Battlefield 4, BioShock Infinite, Crysis 3, Grand Theft Auto V, Shadow Of Mordor, Skyrim, The Witcher3 Wild Hunt).
• Movie demos 8K – 21GB – (11 demos).
• Raw Movie Clips 4K – 16GB – (9 MP4V files).
• Movie folder – 12GB – 15 files – (8 @ .MKV, 4 @ .MOV, 3 @ MP4).
• Photo Folder – 10GB – 304 files – (171 @ .RAW, 105 @ JPG, 21 @ .CR2, 5 @ .DNG).
• Audio Folder – 10GB – 1,483 files – (1479 @ MP3, 4 @ .FLAC files).
• Single large image – 5GB – 1.5bn pixel photo.
• 3D Printer File Folder – 4.25GB – (166 files – 105 @ .STL, 38 @ .FBX, 11 @ .blend, 5 @ .lwo, 4 @ .OBJ, 3@ .3ds).
• AutoCAD File Folder – 1.5GB (80 files – 60 @ .DWG and 20 @.DXF).

When it came to our real-life file transfer tests, the 1TB Seagate FireCuda 520N averaged 2,300MB/s when writing the 13 transfer tests with an average time of 30.8 seconds. The fastest transfer bandwidth was the Blu-ray movie folder at 3,344MB/s (14 secs) while the slowest was the 334MB/s (141 secs) for the 50GB file folder. Reading the data back the drive averaged 2,290MB/s with an average time of 44 seconds. This time the fastest transfer was the 8K Movie Scene folder at 2,991MB/s (8 secs). Once again it was the 50GB file folder transfer that was the slowest at 329MBs (164 secs).

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