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Right, but I copied the data from my old ssd to this one. then moved to the asus mb where everything worked fine, just need the extra usb slots and cooling, so I got the msi mb and only now it's slower. speeds for reference: https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/sabrent_rocket_q_1tb_nvme_ssd_m_2_review,12.html

Well even so, shouldn't my write speeds be a bit higher?

I switched from an Asus PRIME Z490-P to a MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK and my performance went from this: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29990138 to this: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/30030833 I checked to see if the drive was in 3x4 and it is. Maybe I'm missing some setting? The M.2 is a Sabrent Rocket 1TB (SB-RKTQ-1TB) Here's CrystalMark (I don't have the one from the Asus motherboard): (Speeds for reference) https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/sabrent_rocket_q_1tb_nvme_ssd_m_2_review,12.html and here's the DiskInfo:

OS: Windows 10 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor (4 cores) RAM: 16GB DDR3 Average Quality 4.4 (Medium)