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‎04-10-2021 01:48 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion - 15-ck004ni
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi,

 

I installed a Samsung Evo 970 Plus as my OS drive and have the native 2TB HDD as storage. All working fine.

 

I ran a Crystal Disk Mark test on the Evo (also with the Samsung Magician software) and I'm only getting +- half the speed that the EVO should deliver

Crystal Disk Mark_Test.jpg

 

I have the latest Evo firmware and Samsung drivers installed.

When I checked CPU-Z it shows that the Current Link Width is at x4, but the current Link Speed is set to 2.5 GT/s, and the max can be 8.0 GT/s.

CPU-Z_Link Speed.jpg

 

How do I go about changing the link speed to its maximum?

 

Thanks for the help.

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‎04-10-2021 07:26 AM

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Hi:

 

It is my understanding that if a M.2 slot supports both SATA and NVMe SSD's like the one your notebook has, the NVMe drive performance suffers.

 

You can see this related discussion, and see if by chance that removing and reinserting the SSD in that Dell notebook changes anything.

 

Solved: Re: Hidden ADVANCED MODE IN BIOS (UEFI) - HP Support Community - 8020005

 

If not, there is no way you can change the slot parameters.

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‎04-10-2021 11:22 PM

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Hi Paul,

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried reinstalling it but still the same performance, i.e. half speed. Guess I'll just have to live with it.

 

Thanks again for the help.

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‎04-11-2021 06:38 AM

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You're very welcome.

 

Sorry that trick didn't work for your notebook.

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