Kingston NV2 500 GB vs WD Black SN750 1 TB

Short answer: which is best?

Kingston NV2 500 GB is 0.5 % stronger than WD Black SN750 1 TB. Kingston NV2 500 GB ranks #31 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (8,158 Drive score over 14 verified runs). WD Black SN750 1 TB ranks #32 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (8,114 Drive score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 15 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricKingston NV2 500 GBWD Black SN750 1 TB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)8,1588,114
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)7,3505,621
Sequential read1,986 MB/s2,314 MB/s
4K IOPS11,8239,986
4K latency, median (lower is better)80 µs94 µs
TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Size500 GB1 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 Kingston NV2 500 GB · All measurements for WD Black SN750 1 TB