Samsung 990 PRO 1 TB vs Samsung 870 EVO 500 GB
Short answer: which is best?
Samsung 990 PRO 1 TB is 376.3 % stronger than Samsung 870 EVO 500 GB. Samsung 990 PRO 1 TB ranks #6 of 128 measured system drives at WhatFPS (16,069 Drive score in its best run — best of 3 rigs, 3 verified runs). Samsung 870 EVO 500 GB ranks #113 of 128 measured system drives at WhatFPS (3,374 Drive score in its best run — 1 rig, 1 verified run). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 4 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Samsung 990 PRO 1 TB | Samsung 870 EVO 500 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Drive score, best run (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS) | 16,069 | 3,374 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 11,193 | 3,645 |
| Sequential read | 4,067 MB/s | 526 MB/s |
| 4K IOPS | 22,286 | 7,598 |
| 4K latency, median (lower is better) | 40 µs | 122 µs |
| Type | NVMe SSD | SATA 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 990 PRO 1 TB · All measurements for Samsung 870 EVO 500 GB