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Seagate Firecuda 530R (w/ heatsink) 4 TB

4 TB
Capacity
Phison E18
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
Front
SSD Controller
Controller
The Seagate Firecuda 530R (w/ heatsink) is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched in 2024. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 4 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Seagate Firecuda 530R (w/ heatsink) interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5018-E18-41 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Seagate has installed 162-layer TLC NAND flash on the Firecuda 530R (w/ heatsink), the flash chips are made by Kioxia. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Firecuda 530R (w/ heatsink) is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,400 MB/s and 6,800 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 1300K for reads and 1300K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 485 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Seagate guarantees an endurance rating of 5050 TBW, a good value.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 4 TB (4000 GB)
Variants: 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB
Overprovisioning: 370.7 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: 2024
Price at Launch: 485 USD
Part Number: ZP4000GM30073
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Double-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.4
Power Draw: 0.03 W (Idle)
Unknown (Avg)
8.9 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5018-E18-41
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: 5-Core
Frequency: 1,000 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 1,600 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Kioxia
Name: BiCS6
Type: TLC
Technology: 162-layer
Speed: 2400 MT/s
Capacity: 4 chips @ 8 Tbit
Topology: Charge Trap
Die Size: 98 mm²
(10.4 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 8 dies @ 1 Tbit
Planes per Die: 4
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 170 per NAND String
95.3% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 65 µs
Program Time (tProg): 400 µs
Die Read Speed: 1280 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 160 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)		 3000 P/E Cycles
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 3660 Pages
Plane Size: 2430 Blocks
Operating NAND Flash Frequency:1200 MT/s

DRAM Cache

Type: DDR4
Capacity: 2048 MB
(2x 1024 MB)

Performance

Sequential Read: 7,400 MB/s
Sequential Write: 6,800 MB/s
Random Read: 1,300,000 IOPS
Random Write: 1,300,000 IOPS
Endurance: 5050 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.8 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.7
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • Unknown
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: Yes

Same Drive

This section lists other SSDs in our database using the exact same hardware components

Notes

Controller:

3 main cores using Cortex-R5 clocked at 1000 MHz with CoXProcessor technology (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at a lower clock for better efficience. (200 - 300 MHz)

NAND Die:

Lower Deck: 81-Strings
Upper Deck: 81-Strings
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