A new chipset has been released for the 6th generation Core i series (Skylake), and PCI-E Gen3.0 is supported on the chipset side. In addition, the M.2 slot is now compatible with PCI-E Gen3, and it is now possible to expect the performance of M.2 SSD connection type SSDs to be brought out even further.
Therefore, we have a reputation for high performance with currently available M.2 SSDs.SAMSUNG SM951 I prepared and compared the speed difference with each generation.
M.2 SSD connection example
·Operating environment
| Motherboard | ASUS Z170M-Plus |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700K |
| memory | 8GB DDR4 UDIMM x 4 |
| OS | Windows 7 Pro x64 |
* For comparison of the BIOS settings, all are set to the default except the Boot setting for comparison.
* All comparisons are based on OS clean installation + system drive with only drivers.
・ Comparative SSD
| 1. | For SATA port verification | Intel 335 180GB SSDSC2CT180A4 |
| 2. | For mSATA verification | Crucial M550 M.2 256GB CT256M550SSD4 |
| 3. | For Gen2 generation verification | SAMSUNG XP941 512GB MZHPU512HCGL-00000 |
| 4. | For Gen3 generation verification | SAMSUNG SM951 512GB MZHPV512HDGL-00000 |
・ Measurement tools
CrystalDiskMark (http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/)When
OTTO (https://www.attotech.com/disk-benchmark/) Is used for measurement.
Measurement result
1. Intel 335
2. Crucial M550
3.SAMSUNG XP941
4.SAMSUNG SM951
Summary
Both CrystalDiskMark and ATTO have results that are equivalent to the specifications, and you can see that the speed of the SAMSUNG SM951 is outstanding among them. In the future, I think that high-speed SSD storage using M.2 slots will be a powerful option for those who value the speed of storage.
