Wondering if my motherboard will support booting from and NVMe SSD

[jemott.m]

I have an ASUS P9X79 Deluxe Motherboard and have bought a M.2 PCIe adapter to plug the SSD in. Will this allow me to use the drive as a boot drive or not?

 

[kerberos_20]

m.2 will boot only from mainboard m.2 slots