Samsung 9100 PRO 1 TB vs WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500 GB
Short answer: which is best?
Samsung 9100 PRO 1 TB is 156.1 % stronger than WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500 GB. Samsung 9100 PRO 1 TB ranks #2 of 134 measured system drives at WhatFPS (19,336 Drive score in its best run — best of 2 rigs, 10 verified runs). WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500 GB ranks #89 of 134 measured system drives at WhatFPS (7,549 Drive score in its best run — 1 rig, 1 verified run). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 11 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Samsung 9100 PRO 1 TB | WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Drive score, best run (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS) | 19,336 | 7,549 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 16,064 | 1,849 |
| Sequential read | 6,547 MB/s | 1,973 MB/s |
| 4K IOPS | 20,045 | 10,137 |
| 4K latency, median (lower is better) | 46 µs | 88 µs |
| Type | NVMe SSD | NVMe SSD |
| Size | 1 TB | 500 GB |
What the numbers mean
The headline score is the part's best measured run, and the measurements under it come from that same run. It shows what the part has been proven to do — not what an average rig gets out of it. 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 Samsung 9100 PRO 1 TB · All measurements for WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500 GB