Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB vs WD SN730 (OEM) 1 TB

Short answer: which is best?

Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB is 164.8 % stronger than WD SN730 (OEM) 1 TB. Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB ranks #1 of 91 measured system drives at WhatFPS (18,882 Drive score over 1 verified runs). WD SN730 (OEM) 1 TB ranks #66 of 91 measured system drives at WhatFPS (7,131 Drive score over 3 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 4 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricSamsung 9100 PRO 2 TBWD SN730 (OEM) 1 TB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)18,8827,131
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)15,2903,613
Sequential read6,391 MB/s1,897 MB/s
4K IOPS19,5809,470
4K latency, median (lower is better)49 µs93 µs
TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Size2 TB1 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 Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB · All measurements for WD SN730 (OEM) 1 TB