Seagate solid state drives are now even faster with the lastest Gen 4 M.2 drives. These high performance drives are perfect for entering the game first and avoid waiting for all those textures and shaders to load. Seagate are one of the biggest storage brands in the world and with the 5 year warranty that is offered with these drives, realiability is a focus. Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD with PCIe Gen4 4 interface is our fastest solid state drive nearly 45% faster sequential reads/writes than the previous generation. It provides plug-and-play compatibility with all PCIe 4.0 motherboards, and delivers an extreme boost in performance with the latest 3D TLC NAND technology. Upgrading to the FireCuda 520 unlocks Gen4 speed and supplies up to 9 faster sequential reads than SATA SSDs.Features of the Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD at a glance:- Leverage sequential read/write performance up to 5,000/4,400MB/s, and random read/write up to 750K/700K IOPS.- Take advantage of up to 45% more speed than Gen3 M.2 NVMe and up to 9 faster sequential reads than SATA SSDs.- Utilise an E16 controller that is fully aligned with AMD X570 chipset motherboards and able to reach up to 5GB/s reads/4.4GB/s writes.- Easily upgrade to a drive thats compatible with Gen4 motherboards and fully backwards compatible with all PCIe 3.0 platforms.- Enjoy the latest NAND technology, which provides the most advanced speed and durability for your money.- Choose from multiple capacities (up to 2TB), and store your gaming library on your boot drive.- Download our free SeaTools SSD software to take advantage of drive performance reporting, S.M.A.R.T. attributes, health monitoring, firmware updates, diagnostics, managing logs and multiple gamer theme options.Best Fit- Creative professional systems- High-performance Gaming PCs - WorkstationsSpecification:- Interface: PCIe Gen4 4, NVMe 1.3- NAND Flash Memory: 3D TLC- Form Factor: M.2 2280-D2 - Sequential Read/Write: Upto 5000 / Upto 4400 MB/s- Read 4KB IOPS: Upto 750K- Write 4KB IOPS: Upto 700K- MTTF: 1,800,000 hours- Dimensions (L x W x H): 80.15mm x 22.15mm x 3.58mm- Recovery: 3 Years Data Recovery - Warranty: 5 Years