Question System Latency after Installing an M.2 SSD ?

[flon_klar]

After fixing a few (seemingly unrelated) problems with my system, I installed a Samsung 970 Plus M.2 SSD as my main OS drive. After this, a new set of problems arose, and I’m wondering if they are a direct result.

My boot time has risen from about 20 seconds to over a minute . My mouse stutters and lags. I do a lot of audio editing, and I’m getting pops and clicks in my processes.

I have the latest BIOS update.

I bought a new wireless mouse and keyboard. This eliminated some of the lagging, but not completely.

I updated my GPU drivers. No improvement. In fact, Latencymon counts my GPU driver as the highest interrupt.

Could there be a causal relationship between the new SSD and my issues, or do I need to look somewhere else?

Thanks.

 

[flon_klar]

OK, no replies, but here is an update.

Changing my Power Settings from "Balanced" to "Performance" seems to have resolved the issues with LatencyMon.

I just got off the chat with Logitech, who sent me to a firmware update. My mouse and keyboard are now listed on Device Manager (they weren't before), so maybe that will fix the lag/freeze issues.

Now I need to reboot and see if it speeds up at all. (Not expecting much on THAT.)

 

[thestryker]

Have you run any benchmarks on the SSD to make sure it's behaving as expected?

CrystalDiskMark is a simple one which should give a basic idea. I doubt you're using SATA Express, but that and the M.2 slot can interfere with one another.

 

[flon_klar]

Have you run any benchmarks on the SSD to make sure it's behaving as expected?

CrystalDiskMark is a simple one which should give a basic idea. I doubt you're using SATA Express, but that and the M.2 slot can interfere with one another.

I did. I ran it through Crystal Disk and Samsung Magician when I first got it, and I ran it again a couple days ago. Everything looked good both times. After my work on it last night, everything seems to be functioning a lot more smoothly today. I'll be monitoring it closely for the next few days. Thanks for your input.