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.
| Feature |
Feature Value |
| SSD form factor |
M.2 |
| SSD capacity |
500 GB |
| Interface |
PCI Express 4.0 |
| Memory type |
3D TLC NAND |
| NVMe |
Y |
| Component for |
PC/notebook |
| NVMe version |
1.3 |
| Read speed |
5000 MB/s |
| Write speed |
3900 MB/s |
| Random read (4KB) |
460000 IOPS |
| Random write (4KB) |
900000 IOPS |
| S.M.A.R.T. support |
Y |
| TRIM support |
Y |
| Mean time between failures (MTBF) |
1800000 h |
| Windows operating systems supported |
Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| Linux operating systems supported |
Y |
| Power consumption (average) |
3.8 W |
| Power consumption (idle) |
15 W |
| Operating temperature (T-T) |
0 – 70 °C |
| Storage temperature (T-T) |
-40 – 85 °C |
| Non-operating shock |
1500 G |
| Sustainability compliance |
Y |
| Sustainability certificates |
RoHS |
| Doesn’t contain |
Halogen |
| Width |
22.1 mm |
| Depth |
80.2 mm |
| Height |
2.23 mm |
| Weight |
71 g |
| Package width |
109 mm |
| Package depth |
155 mm |
| Package height |
24 mm |
| Package weight |
71 g |
