Painfully slow 970 EVO

[schaperb9]

I got a 500 gb 970 evo for a recent build with the intention of using it for the OS and a handful of games I play most often. However, I have been extremely disappointed in the performance of the ssd especially when opening games. For example, last night I times how long it took to open Fortnite and it took 1:35. This is the kind of load time i would expect from a HDD not a top of the line ssd. Any ideas on what might be going on here?

Build is as follows: 2600x, gigabyte b450 aorus pro wifi, sapphire nitro + rx580, 16gb gskill trident z rgb, 970 evo, evga g1+ 650 gold modular psu, meshify c.

Any help would get greatly appreciated. BTW, i have used samsung magician to test read and writes and they are more or less at spec of what I should be seeing. Also, ssd is already installed in the top 3.0 x 4 slot not the slower 3.0 x 2.

 

[schaperb9]

Just ran crystaldiskmark 6.0.2 and results were as follows.

Read Write
Seq Q32T1 3543.9 1510.8
4KiB Q8T8 986.4 345.8
4KiB Q32T1 345.4 285.4
4KiB Q1T1 57.32 172.5

Honestly the lower three lines look low compared to other results I have seen. However, to be frank, I am not 100% what the lower three lines are even testing.

 

[npope]

Are you 100% positive that you installed the SSD with a snug fit? Sometimes you have to wiggle them around to get them in just right.

 

[drivinfast247]

Did you install the nvme drivers?

 

[schaperb9]

Yes I have installed the nvme drivers. Also, I just double checked it and pulled the SSD and reinstalled and the problem persists so unfortunately that doesn't appear to be the issue.