Question m.2 drive isn't as fast as it should be

[Horrgakx]

Hi everyone, I've just upgraded my PC (full spec below), one of the components is a Samsung SSD 860 EVO m.2 1Tb. I've screenshotted a benchmark result below - the benchmark shows the m.2 drive and also a standard SATA drive for comparison - they are exactly the same.
I thought these m.2 drives were meant to be substantially faster than SSD. Is there anything I can look at settings wise to change it?

 

[J_E_D_70]

The 860 Evo is a standard sata drive. M.2 is just a connector type.

The 9-series are nvme drives in m.2 form that are faster on paper but not so much in real world use.

 

[Horrgakx]

Ah right, so I've mis-understood what it can do for me and bought the wrong drive.... :/

 

[shknawe]

Yes the m2 drives do come with higher read and writes speeds up to 3200 read and 1800 write etc., but you have to research the speeds and compatibility with your motherboard.

 

[1LiquidPC]

Yes, you needed the 960 EVO to have an M.2 NVMe drive. Have a 250GB drive for OS in my HTPC.

 

[J_E_D_70]

Ah right, so I've mis-understood what it can do for me and bought the wrong drive.... :/

Not so much. Like I said, NVMe looks great on paper but isn't terribly faster than a good SATA drive in booting, opening programs, loading levels, etc. I have both a 960 Evo and an 860 Evo and there is a whopping one second load difference in a 10 second game level load. Not worth nearly twice the price for a given capacity. I bought the 960 first, but in hindsight I should have just gotten a 1TB 860 Evo instead.

 

[nick_v15]

Update your chipset drivers

 

[Horrgakx]

All 100% up to date.

 

[Notorious^]

There is speed differences between the EVO and the Pro. I'm running the 970 Pro NVMe. I can tell a difference between the Pro and Evo but not much. Also, be sure you go over to the Samsung website and download the updated driver for it. Windows installed an outdated driver when i installed windows.

Once i download the updated driver from the Samsung website i could tell a big difference.

 

[nick_v15]

Under the IDE/ATAPI controllers in device manager what does it say?

 

[J_E_D_70]

What do you get with Samsung Magician bench? My 860 evo is 563/534.

 

[karenjoly]

You won't find better than that.

 

[USAFRet]

Update your chipset drivers

That has nothing to do with this.

The 860 EVO is a SATA III drive, no matter what format it is.
The m.2 is exactly the same performance as the 2.5" format.
Just a different package.

 

[USAFRet]

There is speed differences between the EVO and the Pro. I'm running the 970 Pro NVMe. I can tell a difference between the Pro and Evo but not much. Also, be sure you go over to the Samsung website and download the updated driver for it. Windows installed an outdated driver when i installed windows.

Once i download the updated driver from the Samsung website i could tell a big difference.

And here we're talking about a whole different protocol.

The OP's 860 EVO drive is a SATA III. It just happens to be the m.2 format vs the typical 2.5" format.
It is the same drive, just in a different package.

Your 970 EVO vs 970 PRO is a whole different thing.

 

[nick_v15]

That has nothing to do with this.

The 860 EVO is a SATA III drive, no matter what format it is.
The m.2 is exactly the same performance as the 2.5" format.
Just a different package.

It has alot to do with the ide/atapi controllers

 

[USAFRet]

Yes the m2 drives do come with higher read and writes speeds up to 3200 read and 1800 write etc., but you have to research the speeds and compatibility with your motherboard.

No.

"m.2" is merely the connection type.

NVMe vs SATA III is the speed difference you're looking for.

 

[Horrgakx]

Thanks all - like I said, I didn't realise this and I bought the wrong product :/

 

[USAFRet]

It has alot to do with the ide/atapi controllers

From the OP's numbers in the initial post, he is seeing almost exactly the same performance with an 860 EVO m.2 and an 850 2.5" format.
That is absolutely normal, and the way it should be.

They are both SATA III drives, just in different connection types.
You can play with drivers and controllers all you want. That will not make it magically faster.

 

[nick_v15]

The speed of an ssd is calculated using the Processors (Intel or AMD) sata cotrollers and NOT the Microsofts standard ahci sata controller.I tried this myself.

 

[USAFRet]

The speed of an ssd is calculated using the Processors (Intel or AMD) sata cotrollers and NOT the Microsofts standard ahci sata controller.I tried this myself.

From the OP's initial numbers, what change would you make to cause the 860 EVO to run "faster" than the 850 EVO?
They are both SATA III drives. The format, m.2 or 2.5", has nothing to do with it.

 

[nick_v15]

Look iam trying to help this guy not to be a smart ass.It will take him about 10 mins to try.And anyway we are talking about different stuff.

 

[USAFRet]

Look iam trying to help this guy not to be a smart ass.It will take him about 10 mins to try.And anyway we are talking about different stuff.

And all I'm saying is there is no change to be made. It is running just as it should.