The newest PCIe Gen 5 SSD to hit the market is the FireCuda 540 from storage giants Seagate. Powered by the present customary mixture for a Gen 5 SSD of a Phison controller and 232-layer NAND, for sure, it’s the quickest client Seagate drive so far. We try the 2TB mannequin, touchdown at £300 right here within the UK.
At launch, the FireCuda 540 household is made up of simply two drives with capacities of 1TB and 2TB (the drive we’re reviewing). A future possibility within the pipeline is a 4TB flagship drive. At the guts of the FireCuda 540 is Phison’s PS5026-E26 8-channel controller which is taking care of Micron 232-Layer TLC NAND.
Sequential efficiency for the 2TB drive is quoted as as much as 10,000MB/s for each reads and writes whereas the official random learn/write efficiency is quoted as as much as 1,490,000 IOPS and as much as 1,500,000 IOPS respectively. The 1TB drive has Sequential scores of as much as 9,500MB/s and as much as 8,500MB/s for reads and writes respectively. It has the identical as much as 1,500.000 IOPS write score because the 2TB drive with reads at as much as 1,300,000 IOPS.
One factor that you need to use with the FireCuda 540 is a few type of motherboard cooling as it’s a naked drive devoid of any type of heatsink.
Stated TBW endurance for the vary may be very spectacular; 1,000TB for the 1TB drive and a couple of,000TB for the 2TB drive. Seagate again the drive with a 5-year guarantee and a really helpful bonus is the addition of three years of Seagate’s Data Recovery Services.
Physical Specifications:
- Usable Capacities: 2TB.
- NAND Components: 232-Layer Micron B58R TLC NAND.
- NAND Controller: Phison PS5026-E26.
- Cache: LDDR4.
- Interface: PCIe Gen5 x4, NVMe 2.0.
- Form Factor: M.2, 2280.
- Dimensions: 80.15 x 22.15 x 3.58mm.
- Drive Weight: 7.4g.
Firmware Version: SUESR010.
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