Kioxia XG6 (OEM) 1 TB vs WD Black SN770 2 TB

Short answer: which is best?

Kioxia XG6 (OEM) 1 TB is 11.5 % stronger than WD Black SN770 2 TB. Kioxia XG6 (OEM) 1 TB ranks #33 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (8,007 Drive score over 1 verified runs). WD Black SN770 2 TB ranks #40 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (7,184 Drive score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 2 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricKioxia XG6 (OEM) 1 TBWD Black SN770 2 TB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)8,0077,184
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)3,6757,545
Sequential read2,130 MB/s1,525 MB/s
4K IOPS10,56411,878
4K latency, median (lower is better)89 µs78 µs
TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Size1 TB2 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 Kioxia XG6 (OEM) 1 TB · All measurements for WD Black SN770 2 TB