Samsung 950 pro PCIe link speed half the motherboard's capability

[dmdilks]

If you go through some of the threads here on the the people using the NVME drives on the Z170 boards. They are even having problems with read / write speeds. The NVME drives are really a head of they times for these boards.

[polypenko]

On the x97 mb with m.2. pci-e slot x2 you will never get the speed of the new m.2 pci-e x4 slots!

The GB X97 mb's do not have the new pci-e X4 m.2. slot, this was introducted with the z170 series.

As already advised I did it my self, the workaround is to use the de-lock add on card place it in the bottom
pci1 x4 slot this will allow your m.2. ssd to reach max. speeds.

However if you sli gpu cards don't allow you go for this option space wise, you are stuck with the top m.2. pci-2 x2
slot max read approx 950 / 1000 mb/s.

My 950pro on the z170x gaming 7 runs as at max write speed of 925 mb/s read 2200 m/bs

[polypenko]

If you go through some of the threads here on the the people using the NVME drives on the Z170 boards. They are even having problems with read / write speeds. The NVME drives are really a head of they times for these boards.

I do not agree on my GB Z170x gaming 7 the Samsung 950 pro - 256gb runs perfectly.

I use the Samsung Nvme driver 1.1, however with the standard Microsoft Nvme Driver
this m.2. ssd also gave me no problems.

No boot problems works like a charm.