I just put together a 4790K, 16GB RAM and a 128GB Samsung SM951 SSD on an ASUS Z97-P motherboard. I didn't change any UEFI BIOS defaults and then installed Windows 8.1 from a USB stick. All went fine.
I then ran Piriform Speccy and it said that the SSD was connected via SATA (I'm expecting to see PCIe). I then ran HDTune Pro to benchmark the SSD and it returns speeds around 570 MB/s (I would expect to see something a bit closer to the advertised 2,000 MB/s for this SSD).
After some googling I went into the BIOS but I don't see the same settings that other people report on other Z97 motherboards. I do see options for the 4 SATA devices but under M.2 it just says 'empty'.
The specs for the mobo clearly state that PCIe is supported on M.2 and the SM951 clearly states it supports it as well.
What do I have to do to get this SSD working optimally on this mobo?
thanks in advance
I then ran Piriform Speccy and it said that the SSD was connected via SATA (I'm expecting to see PCIe). I then ran HDTune Pro to benchmark the SSD and it returns speeds around 570 MB/s (I would expect to see something a bit closer to the advertised 2,000 MB/s for this SSD).
After some googling I went into the BIOS but I don't see the same settings that other people report on other Z97 motherboards. I do see options for the 4 SATA devices but under M.2 it just says 'empty'.
The specs for the mobo clearly state that PCIe is supported on M.2 and the SM951 clearly states it supports it as well.
What do I have to do to get this SSD working optimally on this mobo?
thanks in advance
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