Seagate FireCuda 120 ZA1000GM1A001 1 TB

Lightweight Champion

The Seagate FireCuda 120 is one of the fastest 2.5" SSDs available. The speed of sequential reading and writing of large files reaches 560 and 540 MB / s, respectively, and random reading and writing of small files — 100 and 90K IOPS (input-output operations per second). More interface SATA3, in principle, is not able to issue. Aimed primarily at gamers and avid PC enthusiasts demanding PC speed.

cool metal

The body of the Seagate FireCuda 120 is made of black-painted aluminium, so it performs not only a protective, but also a cooling function. Even under heavy load, the SSD heats up slightly (the exact temperature will depend on the efficiency of air circulation inside the PC). The thickness of the case is 7 mm, which makes the drive suitable for laptops as well.

progressive controller

The heart of the Seagate FireCuda 120 is the Phison S12 dual-core eight-channel controller. Along with Silicon Motion SM2259, it is the latest and highest performance SATA SSD controller with support for external flash cache chips. But the virtual SLC cache for the Seagate FireCuda 120 is not required, since it uses initially fast 3D TLC flash memory from Toshiba/Kioxia. It does not slow down at all during the recording of at least the entire volume of the disc at a time.

Write, don't rewrite

The capacity of different versions of the Seagate FireCuda 120 can vary from 500 GB to 4 TB. The rewrite resource is 0.7 TB per day, that is, for example, a total of at least 1400 TB can be written to a terabyte version. Given the increased durability, the Seagate FireCuda 120 comes with a five-year warranty. And if your PC has the latest M.2 PCI-E 4.0 slot, then we recommend taking a closer look at the record-breaking Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD.