PCI Lanes running at half speed ( PCI SSD and RX480)

[Goodbye Ruby Tuesday]

In my BIOS I noticed all my PCI lanes are running at half speed. My GPU is running at x8 and My PCI SSD is running at x4. I feel like it should be double that.


I have attached a few pictures of my BIOS showing PCI slots and other information.


PC
CPU: i7 5820k
GPU: Rx480
Mobo: x99 MSI Godlike
Drives: NVME PCI SSD, M.2, Sata SSD


Any other information I'll be glad to provide

Pictures of my BIOS

The position of the mouse cursor indicates that particular PCI slot.

pic 1 :https://ibb.co/iLJFRJ

pic 2:https://ibb.co/kBtzmJ

pic 3: https://ibb.co/nmMDDy

 

[cin19]

My GPU is running at x8 and My PCI SSD is running at x4. I feel like it should be double that.

According to the manual, the PCI SSD will run at x4 only, and assuming you don't have other pcie device, the GPU should run at X16. https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/X99A-GODLIKE-GAMING#down-manual
By the way, all the pictures are the same at least for me.

 

[Goodbye Ruby Tuesday]

Thanks for your answer. I only have a graphics card and the intel SSD in the pci slots, nothing else. but for some reason my graphcis card was running at x8. I took the SSD out and now my Graphics card is running at x16. dont know why that happened.

The pictures are definitely different, notice the mouse cursor in each picture and the writing on the bottom of each picture, it will tell you more info about the PCI slots.
Also, you will notice my intel PCI SSD is populating TWO PCI slots in the picture when in reality its only populating ONE slot, very strange.

Thanks for your help

 

[Goodbye Ruby Tuesday]

My GPU is running at x8 and My PCI SSD is running at x4. I feel like it should be double that.

According to the manual, the PCI SSD will run at x4 only, and assuming you don't have other pcie device, the GPU should run at X16. https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/X99A-GODLIKE-GAMING#down-manual
By the way, all the pictures are the same at least for me.

Thanks for your answer. I only have a graphics card and the intel SSD in the pci slots, nothing else. but for some reason my graphcis card was running at x8. I took the SSD out and now my Graphics card is running at x16. dont know why that happened.

The pictures are definitely different, notice the mouse cursor in each picture and the writing on the bottom of each picture, it will tell you more info about the PCI slots.
Also, you will notice my intel PCI SSD is populating TWO PCI slots in the picture when in reality its only populating ONE slot, very strange.

Thanks for your help

 

[cin19]

I only have a graphics card and the intel SSD in the pci slots

That means you did something like sli ( GOU + the intel ssd in pcie slot).

That why the gpu will run x8, but after you unplug the ssd, the GPU will run at the right speed.

Also you will be fine when the rx480 runs at x8. Here is one review, even it is old but you will have ideal about the x8 vs x16. https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/

 

[Goodbye Ruby Tuesday]

thanks!

 

[jacobweaver800]

thanks!

Modern GPU's barely saturate an 8x Gen 3 connection, even a 1080 ti sees only a few FPS drop running at 8x vs 16x on PCI-E gen 3, with gen 4 being stupidly fast.