Is Samsung 950 Pro compatible with my H97-Pro Gamer?

[virtualgravity]

Hello guys!

I just need some help in determining whether my motherboard is able to support the full speed of Samsung 950 Pro.

 

Here are some info about my motherboard:

Intel® H97 chipset : 
1 x SATA Express port, compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
1 x M.2 Socket 3, , with M Key, type 2260/2280 storage devices support (both SATA & PCIE mode)*²

*1: When PCIEX1_1 or PCIEX1_2 is occupied by x1 device,PCIEX16_2 will be at x2 mode.
*2: M.2 Socket 3 shares bandwidth with PCIEX1_1 and PCIEX1_2(in PCIE mode) & SATA6G_4(in SATA mode), and supports M Key and type 2260/2280 storage devices.

(https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H97PRO_GAMER/specifications/)

 

Samsung 950 Pro stated that it can reach up to 2.200MB/sec and 900MB/sec (256 Gb version)

(http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/950pro.html)

 

Will my motherboard support the full speed of the SSD? and also I have a wifi PCIE adapter hooked up to the PCIEX16_2 is the performance going to be affected if I install the 950 Pro?

 

Thanks before! 

 

 

[Morgan MLGman]

Your motherboard needs to support NVMe AFAIK

[Dark]

7 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Your motherboard needs to support NVMe AFAIK

It has it.

 

OP, If you run an 8x NVMe SSD and another PCIE card then the x16 slot will be operating in x2 mode (not x16).

[virtualgravity]

16 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Your motherboard needs to support NVMe AFAIK

7 minutes ago, Dark said:

It has it.

 

OP, If you run an 8x NVMe SSD and another PCIE card then the x16 slot will be operating in x2 mode (not x16).

 

Yea it has. I think I will just wait until next mobo upgrade . Upon further reading I notice that with wifi card the 950 will only work in PCIE 2.0 x2 which means only 10GB/s which means the improvement from Sata based SSD is only 4GB/s?(I know its almost 2x the speed but I think its not worth the price)

 

anyway thank you guys !

[NumLock21]

Z97 supports NVMe, but it runs the 950 Pro M.2 at PCIe 2.0 x2 off the chipset.

Only way to run it at 3.0 x4, is to grab a M.2 to PCIe bootable card and plug that to one of the PCIe slots.

[virtualgravity]

16 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Z97 supports NVMe, but it runs the 950 Pro M.2 at PCIe 2.0 x2 off the chipset.

Only way to run it at 3.0 x4, is to grab a M.2 to PCIe bootable card and plug that to one of the PCIe slots.

Exactly! Thats why I think its too much hassle and I still wouldn't be able to utilize all the performance out of it (My mobo only has 1 PCIe 3.0 which I use for my Graphic card)

[NumLock21]

46 minutes ago, virtualgravity said:

Exactly! Thats why I think its too much hassle and I still wouldn't be able to utilize all the performance out of it (My mobo only has 1 PCIe 3.0 which I use for my Graphic card)

Only z97 with sli can run the 950 pro at pci 3.0 x4 through a m.2 to pcie card.