Windows 10: New FireCuda 2TB Transfer Rate Is Slower Than The Older 1 TB

Hi I have brought a new Seagate FireCuda 2TB SSHD to replace an older FireCuda 1TB SSHD as well , I still have both running the windows 10 system , I happened to realize that on copying files to external hdd through USB 3 average transfer rate of large files is 50 mb/s from the 2TB drive and 75 mb/s on the 1TB , there is no particular difference between both , I even managed to defrag the 2TB drive but still I get an average 50 mb/s as if it was capped or so , the only spotable difference between the 2 drives is that the older drive is thicker where I believe it has 2 metal discs inside unlike the new 1 TB slim disk that is almost half its size , would this be the reason to drop the performance by 50% ? or is it something I am missing ?

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Seagate BarraCuda vs. FireCuda SSHD for storage

Hi,

I want a 2.5" hard drive with more capacity and I found the Seagate hard drives.

But, which one is better for storage?, the price difference is little.

• Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 2.5" $86.99
• Seagate 2TB FireCuda Gaming SSHD 2.5" $99.99

I know that the FireCuda has 8GB built in but, does it matter for storage purposes?.

 

Seagate Introduces the 5th Gen FireCuda SSHDs - Up to 2 TB, 8Gb NAND

Seagate has officially updated their FireCuda line, the solid-state supported, high-capacity hybrid drives. The new, 5th Gen models sport a thinner form-factor (2.5"), rocking the company's multi-tier cache technology as well as 1 TB SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) plates. The SMR plate's difference compared to conventional, perpendicular recording HDD technology allows these hybrid drives to increase storage density by up to 25%, by allowing newly-written magnetic tracks to partly overlap previously-written ones, reducing the amount of platter real-estate occupied.

The caveat with this technology is that the overlapping-tracks architecture may slow down the writing process, since writing to one track overwrites adjacent tracks, and requires them to be rewritten as well. However, according to Seagate, the large, multi-tier cache technology and large NAND caches are enough to offset any performance loss incurred by the SMR technology employed on these drives, and then some.











The new FireCuda line will offer storage in 500 Gb, 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, bringing compatibility with a wider range of devices thanks to their reduced z-height of 7mm. These feature 5400 RPM spindle speed, coming in with 128 MB of DRAM cache buffer. The maximum transfer rate and average latency for the FireCuda 2.5" are rated at 140 MB/s and 5.6 ms respectively, with all capacities shipping with the same amount of DRAM cache memory and 8 GB of MLC NAND cache, which works by swapping frequently used data to the faster NAND memory. The drives leverage the SATA 6 Gb/s protocol, with power consumption rated at 0.45 W idle, 1.6/1.7 W read/write power for the 500 GB and 1 TB drives, and 0.5 W idle, 1.7/1.8 W read/write power for their 2 TB sibling.

While shipping of the drives is already underway, official prices or market availability dates still haven't been disclosed. However, the 2 TB model is reportedly going to cost around $100. The five-year warranty that Seagate offers on their FireCuda line of hybrid drives are sure to bring more value to the table, being longer than the standard 2-year on Seagate's family of Barracuda consumer HDDs.

 

Seagate BarraCuda vs. FireCuda SSHD for storage

Are there any other 7200 RPM drives available?

I also asked you a question before.

Does the Firecuda have software on the seagate site you can get to adjust the drives power/ performance profiles in its firmware?

If not I wouldn't bother.

Start looking for reviews on the Firecuda from tech sites equivalent to this.