SK hynix PC801 (OEM) 1 TB vs MSI M480 PRO 1 TB

Short answer: which is best?

SK hynix PC801 (OEM) 1 TB is 94.8 % stronger than MSI M480 PRO 1 TB. SK hynix PC801 (OEM) 1 TB ranks #13 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (12,146 Drive score over 4 verified runs). MSI M480 PRO 1 TB ranks #47 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (6,236 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 TBMSI M480 PRO 1 TB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)12,1466,236
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)7,7246,223
Sequential read3,741 MB/s1,069 MB/s
4K IOPS14,38812,768
4K latency, median (lower is better)53 µs65 µs
TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Size1 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 SK hynix PC801 (OEM) 1 TB · All measurements for MSI M480 PRO 1 TB