NVMe WD PC SN5000S SDEQNSJ-1T00-1002 1 TB vs ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256 GB

Short answer: which is best?

NVMe WD PC SN5000S SDEQNSJ-1T00-1002 1 TB is 324.5 % stronger than ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256 GB. NVMe WD PC SN5000S SDEQNSJ-1T00-1002 1 TB ranks #15 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (11,929 Drive score over 1 verified runs). ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256 GB ranks #53 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (2,810 Drive score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 2 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricNVMe WD PC SN5000S SDEQNSJ-1T00-1002 1 TBADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256 GB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)11,9292,810
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)3,3544,358
Sequential read2,684 MB/s206 MB/s
4K IOPS18,60813,451
4K latency, median (lower is better)50 µs71 µs
TypeNVMe SSDUnknown type
Size1 TB256 GB

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 NVMe WD PC SN5000S SDEQNSJ-1T00-1002 1 TB · All measurements for ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256 GB