Crucial T500 500 GB vs Kingston NV3 1 TB
Short answer: which is best?
Crucial T500 500 GB is 0.8 % stronger than Kingston NV3 1 TB. Crucial T500 500 GB ranks #10 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (12,519 Drive score over 1 verified runs). Kingston NV3 1 TB ranks #11 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (12,417 Drive score over 6 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 7 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Crucial T500 500 GB | Kingston NV3 1 TB |
|---|---|---|
| Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS) | 12,519 | 12,417 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 4,842 | 11,875 |
| Sequential read | 3,532 MB/s | 2,631 MB/s |
| 4K IOPS | 15,576 | 17,146 |
| 4K latency, median (lower is better) | 59 µs | 55 µs |
| Type | NVMe SSD | NVMe SSD |
| Size | 500 GB | 1 TB |
What the numbers mean
The drive score is the system drive's measured performance in the rigs it sat in — sequential read and 4K IOPS, unbuffered. PCIe generation, fill level and driver affect it. GAMING is the whole rig's score. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite, the same test on every PC, written in Rust with no middleware. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for Crucial T500 500 GB · All measurements for Kingston NV3 1 TB