Samsung 980 pro running in gen 3

Katonk_Bra · Feb 15, 2023

Hello all I need some help I just finished a new build and read a article about the 980 pros software should be updated so I did to firmware 5B2QGXA7. To my surprise Samsung magician says it’s running in PCIe Gen 3 x 4 recommend to connect to gen 4 for optimal speed (running about 3500 read and write). I have the nvme plugged into m2_1 on my motherboard which supports PCIe 5.0 x 4. Is this the correct slot? Is it backwards compatible to gen 4 x 4 or do I need to move ssd to one of the other slots.

asus z790e
I7 13700k
Samsung 980 pro

i attached pics of magician and manual of where I slotted nvme

thank you in advance

kyletreg · Feb 15, 2023

Could you use crystaldiskinfo?

P4-630 · Feb 15, 2023

Hmm, yeah that's odd, I would ask how many PCIe devices you have installed but I think it wouldn't matter for the highest M.2 slot.

SPDIF · Feb 20, 2023

I would try slot M2_2 to see what it gives.

pressing on · Feb 20, 2023

Katonk_Bra said:
Hello all I need some help I just finished a new build and read a article about the 980 pros software should be updated so I did to firmware 5B2QGXA7. To my surprise Samsung magician says it’s running in PCIe Gen 3 x 4 recommend to connect to gen 4 for optimal speed (running about 3500 read and write). I have the nvme plugged into m2_1 on my motherboard which supports PCIe 5.0 x 4. Is this the correct slot? Is it backwards compatible to gen 4 x 4 or do I need to move ssd to one of the other slots.

asus z790e
I7 13700k
Samsung 980 pro

i attached pics of magician and manual of where I slotted nvme

thank you in advance

There is a BIOS setting that shows/sets the M2_1 Link Speed. By default it is set to Auto but it can be set manually to PCIe Gen 4 if it is not being detected correctly.

On most recent Asus motherboards this setting can be found under Advanced->Advanced->System Agent (SA) Configuration->PCI Express Configuration.

Lei · Feb 20, 2023

That answer might help:

SN850 only running at PCIe Gen 3?

Had this same problem with this same board, after hitting brick walls all night I just solved it and am now showing Gen4 speeds. The answer was to download the latest chipset drivers(currently 4.06.10.651) from AMD and not the crappy old ones from Asus. Created an account here to share so...

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Samsung 980 pro running in gen 3

Katonk_Bra

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SPDIF

pressing on

Lei

SN850 only running at PCIe Gen 3?