WD Black SN770 2 TB vs Kioxia BG4 (OEM) 512 GB

Short answer: which is best?

WD Black SN770 2 TB is 9.5 % stronger than Kioxia BG4 (OEM) 512 GB. WD Black SN770 2 TB ranks #40 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (7,184 Drive score over 1 verified runs). Kioxia BG4 (OEM) 512 GB ranks #45 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (6,560 Drive score over 2 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 3 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricWD Black SN770 2 TBKioxia BG4 (OEM) 512 GB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)7,1846,560
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)7,5455,789
Sequential read1,525 MB/s1,579 MB/s
4K IOPS11,8789,535
4K latency, median (lower is better)78 µs92 µs
TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Size2 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 WD Black SN770 2 TB · All measurements for Kioxia BG4 (OEM) 512 GB