Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB vs Kingston NV2 500 GB
Short answer: which is best?
Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB is 21.6 % stronger than Kingston NV2 500 GB. Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB ranks #22 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (9,919 Drive score over 2 verified runs). Kingston NV2 500 GB ranks #31 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (8,158 Drive score over 14 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 16 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB | Kingston NV2 500 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS) | 9,919 | 8,158 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 10,855 | 7,350 |
| Sequential read | 2,396 MB/s | 1,986 MB/s |
| 4K IOPS | 14,426 | 11,823 |
| 4K latency, median (lower is better) | 64 µs | 80 µs |
| Type | NVMe SSD | NVMe SSD |
| Size | 1 TB | 500 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 970 EVO 1 TB · All measurements for Kingston NV2 500 GB