SK hynix PC801 (OEM) 1 TB vs Kingston OEM NVMe 512 GB

Short answer: which is best?

SK hynix PC801 (OEM) 1 TB is 108.2 % stronger than Kingston OEM NVMe 512 GB. SK hynix PC801 (OEM) 1 TB ranks #13 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (12,146 Drive score over 4 verified runs). Kingston OEM NVMe 512 GB ranks #48 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (5,835 Drive score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 5 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricSK hynix PC801 (OEM) 1 TBKingston OEM NVMe 512 GB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)12,1465,835
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)7,7242,402
Sequential read3,741 MB/s1,903 MB/s
4K IOPS14,3886,279
4K latency, median (lower is better)53 µs146 µs
TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Size1 TB512 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 SK hynix PC801 (OEM) 1 TB · All measurements for Kingston OEM NVMe 512 GB