I have a Dell Optiplex 7010 Mini-Tower with Win 10 Pro 64-bit, an i3 CPU, 16GB RAM and a Q77 chipset. I followed the instructions in the following excellent article to change my hard drive to a Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 and to boot from that M.2, which a 7010 normally cannot do:
https://www.tachytelic.net/2021/12/dell-optiplex-7010-pcie-nvme/
It is working, I am booting from the Samsung NVMe M.2, but I am getting only 1,750 MBps ± in CrystalDiskMark , NOT the 3,500 MBps that is shown in that article for a 7010.
Yes, the PCIe adapter card with Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 is already plugged into the PCI-E x16 slot (blue color), but I am still getting only 1,750 MBps ±. (If I plug it into the x4 slot, I get about 1,500 MBps.)
Question: if I replace my i3 CPU with an i5 or an i7 that is OK for my motherboard, do you think I will then get the 3,500 MBps throughput that the author of the article gets? Maybe because an i5 or an i7 will provide some PCI-E Gen 3 and not limit my machine to PCI-E Gen 2 only?
FYI - There is a different thread here on Tom's that has interesting technical info from others in a similar situation, at < THIS LINK >, but please come back here with any thoughts.
Thanks!
https://www.tachytelic.net/2021/12/dell-optiplex-7010-pcie-nvme/
It is working, I am booting from the Samsung NVMe M.2, but I am getting only 1,750 MBps ± in CrystalDiskMark , NOT the 3,500 MBps that is shown in that article for a 7010.
Yes, the PCIe adapter card with Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 is already plugged into the PCI-E x16 slot (blue color), but I am still getting only 1,750 MBps ±. (If I plug it into the x4 slot, I get about 1,500 MBps.)
Question: if I replace my i3 CPU with an i5 or an i7 that is OK for my motherboard, do you think I will then get the 3,500 MBps throughput that the author of the article gets? Maybe because an i5 or an i7 will provide some PCI-E Gen 3 and not limit my machine to PCI-E Gen 2 only?
FYI - There is a different thread here on Tom's that has interesting technical info from others in a similar situation, at < THIS LINK >, but please come back here with any thoughts.
Thanks!