Storage Interfaces

Storage Performance

The ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 HERO has a large complement of storage options with a total of five M.2 sockets in varying configurations. I know some would have preferred a second USB 3.2 2x2 Type-E header instead of a second Gen1 header, as more cases are starting to replace Type-A. Personally, I would have liked a second enabled M.2 Gen5 x4 slot on the Hyper M.2 add-on card.

AIDA64 (SATA 6 Gb/s)

AIDA64 (USB 3.2)

The external USB-C enclosure is only rated for 10 Gb/s; 850 MB/s is right on target for most USB 3.2 Gen2 2x1 (10 Gbps) enclosures.

AIDA64 (NVMe M.2)

Using a Samsung 980 Pro M.2 drive, testing shows that the third M.2 socket is indeed Gen3 as stated by the manual.