Samsung 960 (NVMe) 250 GB vs GoodRAM CX400 256 GB

Short answer: which is best?

Samsung 960 (NVMe) 250 GB is 136 % stronger than GoodRAM CX400 256 GB. Samsung 960 (NVMe) 250 GB ranks #44 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (6,562 Drive score over 6 verified runs). GoodRAM CX400 256 GB ranks #54 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (2,780 Drive score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 7 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricSamsung 960 (NVMe) 250 GBGoodRAM CX400 256 GB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)6,5622,780
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)4,4882,861
Sequential read1,676 MB/s441 MB/s
4K IOPS8,7826,152
4K latency, median (lower is better)110 µs150 µs
TypeNVMe SSDSATA SSD
Size250 GB256 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 960 (NVMe) 250 GB · All measurements for GoodRAM CX400 256 GB