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I'm running a fairly minimal system housing an Intel i6700K CPU, an NVidia graphics card and a Samsung 960 EVO M.2 SSD. The motherboard is a MicroATX Asus Maximus GENE VIII board with 16GB DDR4 memory.
I would like to run both the graphics card and the M.2 SSD at the advertised speeds. However, I'm unable to do so.
When running the SSD in the M.2 slot (as designed), it didn't reach top speeds as advertised. But when I inserted the SSD to the PCIE x16 via Asus Hyper X4 M.2 Add-On card, it does reach close to top speeds, which is satisfactory.
I'm confused. How is everyone praising this M.2 SSD at such high speeds when the M.2 slot can't achieve that? What's the catch? Why don't they mention, "Oh, but you need the PCIE X4 M.2 Add-On card to reach those speeds, by the way"?
Furthermore, in reference to the following image:
I have two PCIE x16 slots to work with. My graphics card is in the first one and my M.2 SSD (as stated) is in the second. I've heard that doing this cuts the bandwidth in half (x8 and x8)...but I'm told I wouldn't notice that difference in the graphics card. (I don't do any graphics/CPU intensive activity). And, with the M.2 sitting in the second PCIE x16 (via Add-on card), it's getting it's top speeds.
But I don't understand why I can have all of one, but only half the other...
AFTER-POST EDIT:
An Asus chat representative provided me with this information, credit the Intel specs sheet on the I6700K:
Is this my answer? That I can only use one x16 device at top speed?
Burning questions:
1) With this configuration, is it at all possible to achieve top speeds on my graphics card and the M.2 SSD? (I find it hard to believe that I can't.)
2) Could top speeds on both devices be achieved on a motherboard with three PCI-Ex x16 slots?
3) What about the Ultra M.2 slot I've heard about (utilized by ASRock)? How is that different from my M.2 and would that allow for the "top advertised speeds"?
Any insight and information would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I would like to run both the graphics card and the M.2 SSD at the advertised speeds. However, I'm unable to do so.
When running the SSD in the M.2 slot (as designed), it didn't reach top speeds as advertised. But when I inserted the SSD to the PCIE x16 via Asus Hyper X4 M.2 Add-On card, it does reach close to top speeds, which is satisfactory.
I'm confused. How is everyone praising this M.2 SSD at such high speeds when the M.2 slot can't achieve that? What's the catch? Why don't they mention, "Oh, but you need the PCIE X4 M.2 Add-On card to reach those speeds, by the way"?
Furthermore, in reference to the following image:

I have two PCIE x16 slots to work with. My graphics card is in the first one and my M.2 SSD (as stated) is in the second. I've heard that doing this cuts the bandwidth in half (x8 and x8)...but I'm told I wouldn't notice that difference in the graphics card. (I don't do any graphics/CPU intensive activity). And, with the M.2 sitting in the second PCIE x16 (via Add-on card), it's getting it's top speeds.
But I don't understand why I can have all of one, but only half the other...
AFTER-POST EDIT:
An Asus chat representative provided me with this information, credit the Intel specs sheet on the I6700K:

Is this my answer? That I can only use one x16 device at top speed?
Burning questions:
1) With this configuration, is it at all possible to achieve top speeds on my graphics card and the M.2 SSD? (I find it hard to believe that I can't.)
2) Could top speeds on both devices be achieved on a motherboard with three PCI-Ex x16 slots?
3) What about the Ultra M.2 slot I've heard about (utilized by ASRock)? How is that different from my M.2 and would that allow for the "top advertised speeds"?
Any insight and information would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
