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Seagate FireCuda 530 1000GB

Specifications

Storage

Capacity 1000 GB

Form factor M.2 2280

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4

Performance

Sequential read 7300 MB/s

Sequential write 6000 MB/s

Lifecycle

Endurance 1275 TBW

Price History

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Price among comparable drives

1 TB class · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

This drive $447.88 USD

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Patriot P400 Lite

$134.95 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 560 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

TEAMGROUP MP44L

$143.99 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100

$159.95 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Biwin NV7400

$159.99 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 1,000 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

KLEVV CRAS C910

$163.99 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Western Digital Blue SN5000

$172.97 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Western Digital Blue SN580

$186.41 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Samsung 990 PRO

$186.41 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

TEAMGROUP MP44

$188.99 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 1,450 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

GIGABYTE AORUS Gen4 7000E

$189.99 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Lexar NM790

$191.00 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 1,000 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

PNY CS3140

$200.00 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: No
Rated endurance: 700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Patriot P400 V4

$215.12 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 320 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

$219.99 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: No
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

TEAMGROUP G70 PRO

$221.99 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 740 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Crucial T500

$224.95 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Samsung 980 PRO

$229.99 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

TEAMGROUP CARDEA A440

$231.00 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Corsair MP600 ELITE

$235.55 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850P

$237.49 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: No
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Kingston KC3000

$245.50 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 800 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Corsair MP600 PRO XT

$249.99 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770

$278.95 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: No
Host memory buffer: Yes
Rated endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

GIGABYTE AORUS Gen4 7300

$299.00 USD at Ebay USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Silicon Power XS70

$300.07 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Corsair MP600 PRO LPX

$335.27 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Seagate FireCuda 530

$447.88 USD at Amazon USA

1,000 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 1,275 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Micron 7450 PRO

$499.00 USD at Ebay USA

960 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Unknown
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 1,700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

Kingston DC2000B

$850.00 USD at Ebay USA

960 GB · M.2 2280 · PCIe 4.0 x4 · TLC

DRAM cache: Yes
Host memory buffer: Unknown
Rated endurance: 700 TBW
Warranty: 5 years

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Form factor

M.2 2280 is the recorded form factor.

SSD sizes and connections explained

Full technical description

The Seagate FireCuda 530 pairs a Phison PS5018-E18 controller with Micron 176-layer 3D TLC NAND, using a dedicated DDR4 DRAM cache to manage mapping tables and sustain consistent random I/O. The drive is engineered to fully saturate the PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, and Seagate applies custom firmware validation that prioritizes write endurance, resulting in a high Total Bytes Written (TBW) rating. The Phison E18 controller can run hot under sustained workloads, making adequate heatsinking important, and the 1TB model maintains high sustained write speeds even after the pseudo-SLC cache is exhausted.

Key Specifications

Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4 (NVMe 1.4)
Sequential Performance: 7300 MB/s Read / 6000 MB/s Write
Controller: Phison PS5018-E18 (8-channel, ARM Cortex-R5)
NAND Flash: Micron 176-layer 3D TLC
DRAM Cache: Yes (DDR4)
Endurance Rating: 1275 TBW (Total Bytes Written)
Notable Feature: High-density endurance rating typically associated with prosumer or enterprise-grade reliability

Hardware Alternatives

Kingston KC3000: shares the E18 controller + Micron 176L NAND reference design and offers similar raw throughput
Corsair MP600 PRO XT: another E18 reference design peer with comparable performance characteristics
Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus: listed as a Phison E18 reference design peer with similar raw throughput
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X: a proprietary-design competitor offering comparable random I/O latency and sequential speeds
Samsung 990 PRO: a proprietary-design competitor with similar performance metrics but different endurance characteristics

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Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB Solid State Drive - M.2 PCIe Gen4 Ã—4 NVMe 1.4, PS5 Internal SSD, speeds up to 7300MB/s, 3D TLC NAND, 1275 TBW, 1.8M MTBF, Heatsink, Rescue Services (ZP1000GM3A023)

Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD - 7300 MB/s, PS5 Compatible, 1275 TBW, 3yr Rescue

Seagate FireCuda 530, 1TB, Internal SSD, M,2 PCIe 4th Gen 4 NVMe 1.4, 7300MB/s, 3D TLC NAND, 1,275 TBW, 1.8M Hours MTBF, for PC, 3 Year Rescue Services (ZP1000GM3A013)

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