How SLOW NVME M.2 SSD Can Be? ADATA Legend 960 Max and Crucial P2 Tested in Different Slots
Testing the speed of Crucial P2 500G and Adata Legend 960 Max with 4 toys:
Asus Rog Strix Arion
Axagon PCIe Adapter for NVMe M.2 SSD PCEM2-N
MacBook Pro 16 Intel (2020)
Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2
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The tests are done not only the NVMe enclosure which is limited at 10gbps but also on PCIe NVMe slots and one PCI express slot with the help of an axagon adapter.
Why all this? To show you how important is the place where you want to put your NVMe SSD and also what limitations you can get with different solutions. Also, the best slot/port/solution for your NVMe SSD to get the most out of it.
crucial P2: https://www.crucial.com/products/ssd/...
ADATA Legend 960 max: https://www.adata.com/en/consumer/cat...
Full specs of the Gaming PC:
MB: Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Matisse)
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7600 8GB GDDR6
RAM: ADATA XPG 64GB DDR4
Full specs of MacBook Pro 16 (intel):
CPU: 2,3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5600M 8 GB
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics 630
RAM: 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:50 - Presenting the testing area on the gaming PC
02:35 - Unboxing ADATA Legion 960 Max 2TB
03:26 - Remove the thick heat plate if you want to use it with NVMe enclosure
03:58 - Speed test of Adata Legion 960 Max with Asus Rog Strix Arion on MacBook Pro 16 Intel
04:05 - Speed test of Adata Legion 960 Max with Asus Rog Strix Arion on 10gbps port (B550 Gaming X V2)
04:12 - Speed test of Adata legion 960 Max on M2A_CPU slot (B550 Gaming X V2)
04:19 - Speed test of Adata legion 960 Max on M2B_SB slot (B550 Gaming X V2)
04:24 - Speed test of Adata legion 960 Max with Axagon NVMe adapter on PCIEX2 slot (B550 Gaming X V2)
04:31 - Speed test of Crucial P2 with Asus Rog Strix Arion on MacBook Pro 16 Intel
04:37 - Speed test of Crucial P2 with Asus Rog Strix Arion on 10gbps port (B550 Gaming X V2)
04:42 - Speed test of Crucial P2 on M2A_CPU slot (B550 Gaming X V2)
04:48 - Speed test of Crucial P2 on M2B_SB slot (B550 Gaming X V2)
04:55 - Speed test of Crucial P2 with Axagon NVMe adapter on PCIEX2 slot (B550 Gaming X V2)
05:00 - Speed tests results, charts, opinion and advice.
07:17 - The end.