[SOLVED] 970 EVO SSDs underperforming

[heavyrainrush]

Gigabyte X570 Pro WIFI MOBO.

2x 970 EVO 500GB SSDs, both interfacing at PCIE 3.0 x4. 1 is connected to m.2 NVME 1 is connected to PCI-E slot. (Game/data storage)
1x Intel 530 180 GB SSD (Win10 OS)

Confirmed all drivers & firmware updated (Chipset, Samsung NVMe drivers, Magician, BIOS, etc).

Boot OS is on a 5-ish year old Intel 530 180GB SSD, benchmark also included in the Magician shot. I am certainly considering getting rid of the old SSD, but I kept it when I upgraded MOBO, CPU, RAM, GPU on my current case a few months back because it had the Windows OS on it (though it was reinstalled when I got the new components, of course).

Magician / CrystalDiskMark images - note that BOTH 970 EVO 500GB SSDs are performing approx. the same.

Thoughts? Many thanks!!

 

[rgd1101]

full system spec?
what do you mean connected to pcie slot? both using a adapter card?

 

[heavyrainrush]

full system spec?
what do you mean connected to pcie slot? both using a adapter card?
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Full listing from the top:

MOBO: Gigabyte X570 Pro Wifi
CPU: 3700X
GPU: 1080 (basic)
RAM: 2x Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 Mhz 2x8GB
PSU: 650W EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G1

Storage:
2x Samsung 970 EVO 500GB SSD, 1x in m.2 A slot, 1x in a PCIx4 slot using adapter. Both using PCI 3.0x4 interface
1x Intel 530 180gb SSD for OS, in m.2 B slot

All 3 are below 60% storage

 

[Maxxify]

Make sure to install the Samsung NVMe driver. Your RND4K results are way too low, though, probably caused by some sort of software interference, AV, backup software, something, you can check with Resource Monitor.

 

[heavyrainrush]

Done all to no avail.

Just swapped the OS from the older Intel SSD to one of the 970 EVO SSDs to test with seemingly no improvement.

Very strange, any other thoughts?

 

[popatim]

Check the NVME and PCIE settings in the settings section of the bios.

 

[mdd1963]

Do a full fresh Win10 install to the EVO with it alone installed, and retest...(the speeds are lower than normal, but, you'd want to make sure you have the latest chipset drivers as well as Samsung's NVME drivers. (Leave out the adapter and old Intel drive for testing with just one EVO installed...; your speeds indicate higher than what could be achieved with just x2 lanes, so, clearly your are utilizing x4 lanes...)

 

[heavyrainrush]

Do a full fresh Win10 install to the EVO with it alone installed, and retest...(the speeds are lower than normal, but, you'd want to make sure you have the latest chipset drivers as well as Samsung's NVME drivers. (Leave out the adapter and old Intel drive for testing with just one EVO installed...; your speeds indicate higher than what could be achieved with just x2 lanes, so, clearly your are utilizing x4 lanes...)

That was my next attempt. Magician says both are using 3.0 x4, so there must be something wonky there.

I'll give 'er a shot.

 

[heavyrainrush]

Fresh Win10 install did the job.

Makes the computer feel as fast as it really should have been!