Seagate FireCuda 520 - PCI Express 4.0 3D TLC NAND NVMe M.2 SSD - 500 GB
Accelerate and dominate with the Seagate® FireCuda® 520 PCIe Gen4 SSD. Featuring blazing fast read/write speeds of up to 5,000/4,850 MB/s, this FireCuda 520 SSD is nearly 50% faster than its previous version. Powered by the latest 3D TLC NAND technology, this plug-and-play SSD is equipped with staying power — handling upwards of 1,200 TB total bytes written with ease.
Upgrade Your Gaming Experience
Go further with a gaming SSD built for industry-leading speed, sustained abuse, lowest latency and superior gaming.
Beyond Acceleration
Features blazing fast sequential read/write speeds of up to 5,000/4,850 MB/s.
Hold On Tight
Transfer speeds up to 45% faster than PCIe Gen3 NVMe SSDs and up to 9× faster than SATA SSDs.
Built to Last
Up to 1,200 TB TBW means the 2 TB drive can write and delete 600 GB a day, every day, for five years.
Seek and Deploy
Host Memory Buffer boosts performance by targeting extra memory resources from the CPU.
Latest Hardware
Seagate-qualified IG5220 controller combines leading edge performance with NAND for high-speed gaming.
Game and Create Like a Pro
Up to 2 TB of space lets you accumulate and keep your most important files on your boot drive — ready to fire up in seconds.
We’ve Got Your Back
When the unexpected happens — like water damage or natural disaster — Rescue Services help you defend against data loss and retrieval costs so you can rest easier.
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Linux operating systems supported | Yes |
| Windows operating systems supported | Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| Mean time between failures (MTBF) | 1800000 h |
| S.M.A.R.T. support | Yes |
| TRIM support | Yes |
| Random write (4KB) | 900000 IOPS |
| Random read (4KB) | 460000 IOPS |
| Write speed | 3900 MB/s |
| Read speed | 5000 MB/s |
| Component for | PC/Laptop |
| NVMe version | 1.3 |
| NVMe | Yes |
| Memory type | 3D TLC NAND |
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| SSD capacity | 500 GB |
| SSD form factor | M.2 |
| Power | |
|---|---|
| Power consumption (idle) | 15 W |
| Power consumption (average) | 3.8 W |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Product Family | FireCuda |
| Operational conditions | |
|---|---|
| Non-operating shock | 1500 G |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 - 85 °C |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 70 °C |
| Technical details | |
|---|---|
| Doesn't contain | Halogen |
| Sustainability compliance | Yes |
| Sustainability certificates | RoHS |
| Weight & dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Weight | 71 g |
| Height | 2.23 mm |
| Depth | 80.2 mm |
| Width | 22.1 mm |
| Packaging data | |
|---|---|
| Package weight | 71 g |
| Package height | 24 mm |
| Package depth | 155 mm |
| Package width | 109 mm |
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Description
Accelerate and dominate with the Seagate® FireCuda® 520 PCIe Gen4 SSD. Featuring blazing fast read/write speeds of up to 5,000/4,850 MB/s, this FireCuda 520 SSD is nearly 50% faster than its previous version. Powered by the latest 3D TLC NAND technology, this plug-and-play SSD is equipped with staying power — handling upwards of 1,200 TB total bytes written with ease.
Upgrade Your Gaming Experience
Go further with a gaming SSD built for industry-leading speed, sustained abuse, lowest latency and superior gaming.
Beyond Acceleration
Features blazing fast sequential read/write speeds of up to 5,000/4,850 MB/s.
Hold On Tight
Transfer speeds up to 45% faster than PCIe Gen3 NVMe SSDs and up to 9× faster than SATA SSDs.
Built to Last
Up to 1,200 TB TBW means the 2 TB drive can write and delete 600 GB a day, every day, for five years.
Seek and Deploy
Host Memory Buffer boosts performance by targeting extra memory resources from the CPU.
Latest Hardware
Seagate-qualified IG5220 controller combines leading edge performance with NAND for high-speed gaming.
Game and Create Like a Pro
Up to 2 TB of space lets you accumulate and keep your most important files on your boot drive — ready to fire up in seconds.
We’ve Got Your Back
When the unexpected happens — like water damage or natural disaster — Rescue Services help you defend against data loss and retrieval costs so you can rest easier.
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Linux operating systems supported | Yes |
| Windows operating systems supported | Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| Mean time between failures (MTBF) | 1800000 h |
| S.M.A.R.T. support | Yes |
| TRIM support | Yes |
| Random write (4KB) | 900000 IOPS |
| Random read (4KB) | 460000 IOPS |
| Write speed | 3900 MB/s |
| Read speed | 5000 MB/s |
| Component for | PC/Laptop |
| NVMe version | 1.3 |
| NVMe | Yes |
| Memory type | 3D TLC NAND |
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| SSD capacity | 500 GB |
| SSD form factor | M.2 |
| Power | |
|---|---|
| Power consumption (idle) | 15 W |
| Power consumption (average) | 3.8 W |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Product Family | FireCuda |
| Operational conditions | |
|---|---|
| Non-operating shock | 1500 G |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 - 85 °C |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 70 °C |
| Technical details | |
|---|---|
| Doesn't contain | Halogen |
| Sustainability compliance | Yes |
| Sustainability certificates | RoHS |
| Weight & dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Weight | 71 g |
| Height | 2.23 mm |
| Depth | 80.2 mm |
| Width | 22.1 mm |
| Packaging data | |
|---|---|
| Package weight | 71 g |
| Package height | 24 mm |
| Package depth | 155 mm |
| Package width | 109 mm |
