Jump to content

How do i know if my m.2 is running in nvme??

Goliath_1911
By Goliath_1911
in Storage Devices
 Share
Go to solution Solved by NunoLava1998,

Download CrystalDiskMark. Are your sequential Q32T1 speeds limited to 500-700MB/s? If not, it's in NVMe mode.

Posted

As the title says, currently built a new pc, mobo is msi mag z390 tomahawk 

I have a Kingston 240gb nvme as boot drive, but i can't figure out if it is running in nvme

got a 1 tb hdd and a sata ssd 

Boot is set as legacy +uefi, setting it to uefi doesn't show any drive. 

Appreciate any help! 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

An NVMe drive won't run as a SATA drive. However you could set it to have limited bandwidth which would limit read/write speeds. Download and run a program called Crystaldiskmark. That'll tell you how fast you drive can run.

Main rig: i7 8086K // EVGA Z370 Micro // 16GB Gskill TridentZ 3200Mhz CL14 // Sapphire Pulse RX 7800XT// a variety of noctua cooling // Corsair RM750x v2 //  Fractal Meshify C

Secondary rig: R5 3600 // MSI B450i Gaming Plus // 16GB Gskill FlareX 3200CL14 // MSI GTX 1080ti Gaming X // Cooler Master V650 // Fractal Meshify C

Audio setup: Audient iD4 // Adam A7X // Sennheiser HD 650 // Sennheiser HD 25-II // Audio Technica M50x // Sennheiser Momentum 4

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Solution

Download CrystalDiskMark. Are your sequential Q32T1 speeds limited to 500-700MB/s? If not, it's in NVMe mode.

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

About switching it to UEFI only and it not showing any drive; you need to reinstall your OSes in UEFI mode in order for them to appear, due to the BIOS and UEFI starting OSes differently

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
5 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Download CrystalDiskMark. Are your sequential Q32T1 speeds limited to 500-700MB/s? If not, it's in NVMe mode.

Thanks alot! it is running as intended

5 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

About switching it to UEFI only and it not showing any drive; you need to reinstall your OSes in UEFI mode in order for them to appear, due to the BIOS and UEFI starting OSes differently

should i do that tho?switch it to uefi??

or just keep as it is 

also tried to copy files from nvme to the ssd and speeds were barely 100 mb/s is that normal?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
1 hour ago, Goliath_1911 said:

Thanks alot! it is running as intended

should i do that tho?switch it to uefi??

or just keep as it is 

also tried to copy files from nvme to the ssd and speeds were barely 100 mb/s is that normal?

It's normal because sequential isn't all that matters; 4K too.

 

Switching to UEFI won't really do anything

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Storage Devices

×