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Samsung 960 EVO NVMe performance...
My new system is based on the Asus Prime Z370-A MB, that has two PCIe (x4), M.2_1 and M.2_2. Both of the sockets are populated with Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250 GB M.2 cards.
Windows 10 setup had selected the M.2_1 drive and installed without any issues. Windows 10 is up to date, including the patch released today, and Samsung NVMe driver installed.
Checking the performance of the "C" drive with CrystalDisk looks good:
Well, until the other NVMe drive is checked that is:
In every category, the "E" drive performs better than the the "C" drive, especially in write performance , and it puzzles me.
The only difference visible between the two is the used space; "C" has 47 while "E" has 7GBs used space.
Could the disk space utilization be responsible for the different performance, or the "C" drive came with some slight factory fault(s)?
While there are temperature differences between the two NVMe cards, the "C" drive has a heatsink and actually runs 2-4 degree cooler than the "E" drive:
Any advice would be appreciated, TIA...