I find that keeping the water away from the driveway is #1......that applies to roads too. Evidence is everywhere...just ask the highway department.
Next a crown on whatever material you use to force the water to drain off into the ditch(es) alongside.
Then a good, packing base, that packs tight to eliminate water intrusion.
Then the top rock, my preference is river gravel, with finds, so that it can be packed and keep the rock from moving around, maintaining the crown.
Maintenance: Any time you start developing ruts from normal traffic, get out the grader blade and smooth them out and repack maintaining the crown. Not much effort if you stay on top of the occurrence and not put it off.
I haven't touched my driveway in probably 20 years and it has no water pooling on it.
On finds vs no finds with top rock, I have 2 neighbors with slightly sloping (up), parallel (to each other), driveways going up a slight hill; one with finds in the top layer the other without. The one with keeps the rocks in place and maintains a smooth surface. The one without, who used loose rock without finds for the top coat, has the rock moving around and scattering and making washboard ridges and moving out and making ruts and on and on. I told him every time he gets tired of what I said above, for $25 I will hook up my 3 pt landscape rake and come over and smooth it out........will give me something to do, not done commercially.
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