M.2 PCI-E and GPU performance

[TomR]

Posted this in the GPU forum but figure I might find an answer here.

 

Alright lads. I'm considering getting a PCI-E M.2 SSD but am wondering if it would affect GPU performance?

 

not sure if it matters but here are my specs:

i7 6700k

ASUS Z170-P

Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB

[ChillyPepperGuy]

It depends on the motherboard but most likely not

[asdf2061]

5 minutes ago, TomR said:

Posted this in the GPU forum but figure I might find an answer here.

 

Alright lads. I'm considering getting a PCI-E M.2 SSD but am wondering if it would affect GPU performance?

 

not sure if it matters but here are my specs:

i7 6700k

ASUS Z170-P

Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB

No, as it will use the PCH lanes rather than the CPU PCIE lanes.

[TomR]

Cool thank you appreciate it. Currently have a Sata SSD and the prices of M.2 aren't too bad so I might try it out

[Captain_WD]

15 hours ago, TomR said:

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Hi there

 

As the guys explained, you shouldn't see any performance drop on your GPU if you use PCIe-based M.2 SSD. 

Mind that you are not really likely to see much of a real-world improvement over your old SATA SSD as the performance increase in terms of responsiveness and boot times for the system won't be that big and gaming relies on the storage's performance solely for the loading times. I'd reconsider the PCIe drive unless you are truly doing something storage-intensive. Yo may as well consider a NVMe drive if your motherboard supports it.

 

Captain_WD.