Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB vs NVMe BC511 NVMe SK hynix 256GB

Short answer: which is best?

Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB is 209.3 % stronger than NVMe BC511 NVMe SK hynix 256GB. Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB ranks #1 of 75 measured system drives at WhatFPS (18,882 Drive score over 1 verified runs). NVMe BC511 NVMe SK hynix 256GB ranks #64 of 75 measured system drives at WhatFPS (6,105 Drive score over 4 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 5 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricSamsung 9100 PRO 2 TBNVMe BC511 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)18,8826,105
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)15,290876
Sequential read6,391 MB/s1,073 MB/s
4K IOPS19,58012,191
4K latency, median (lower is better)49 µs76 µs
TypeNVMe SSDSATA SSD
Size2 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 Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB · All measurements for NVMe BC511 NVMe SK hynix 256GB