Just bought and install a Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB to my motherboard M.2 slot.
Specs:
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB installed on mobo M.2 slot
Mobo: Gigabyte x99-cli-cf
32gb DDR4 CPU
Geforce 1070 installed on a PCIe slot.
I'm aware this mobo only support PCIe x2 for the M.2 slot, but my Crystal Disk Mark benchmark speed is way lower than what I found online for people using PCIe x2. None of my benchmark speed is above 900MB/s. I saw others having at least 1500 MB/s in Q8T1 in Crystal Disk Mark. Are my numbers normal? Will using a M.2 to PCIe adapter helps (so I can put the adapter to the x8 slot). This is a Win 10 boot drive.
Somehow I cannot attach image here. I uploaded to Google Drive -- Crystal Disk Mark Image
Specs:
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB installed on mobo M.2 slot
Mobo: Gigabyte x99-cli-cf
32gb DDR4 CPU
Geforce 1070 installed on a PCIe slot.
I'm aware this mobo only support PCIe x2 for the M.2 slot, but my Crystal Disk Mark benchmark speed is way lower than what I found online for people using PCIe x2. None of my benchmark speed is above 900MB/s. I saw others having at least 1500 MB/s in Q8T1 in Crystal Disk Mark. Are my numbers normal? Will using a M.2 to PCIe adapter helps (so I can put the adapter to the x8 slot). This is a Win 10 boot drive.
Somehow I cannot attach image here. I uploaded to Google Drive -- Crystal Disk Mark Image