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@badrobot,
This is how I have it set up:
1) M.2 PCIe has my PM951 SSD
2)Choice here as it has SATA1 & SATA2, or together SATAe ports, I have only 1 SSD in the SATA1 port here.
3) SATA3 & SATA4(are unavailable when using M.2 PCIe interface module in M.2 slot, so are empty)
4) SATA5 & SATA6 have 1 SSD & 1 HDD @7200rpm
InformationFrom: Z170A PC MATE | MSI USA | Motherboard - The world leader in motherboard design
On-Board SATA
• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports* (2 ports reserved for SATA Express port)
• 1 x M.2 slot*
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards (can this be why, Gen3 and not Gen4?)
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card**
• 1 x SATAe port (PCIe 3.0 x2)***
• Support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices.
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors.
* SATA1~2 ports will be unavailable when installing the M.2 SATA interface module in M.2 slot. SATA3~4 ports will be unavailable when installing the M.2 PCIe interface module in M.2 slot.
** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.
What BIOS version do you have?
Thanks Steve, maybe some time we can get together on Skype and you can help me learn, and maybe find some "safe" OC settings for my CPU and card.
That last run had my card up to 75°C(167°F) for a couple minutes, but I was almost pushing 400FPS
As for Passmark though, my free 30 day trial is over in 10 days, then I need to uninstall it.
But I'm sure you and Doug could link me to some good free benchmarking stuff:)