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For the test platform, we have the 9900K on the Asus Maximus XI Extreme with Corsair Vengeance running at 3200MHz CL 15 for the Intel side. We are running a Thermaltake AIO Triple Radiator cooling solution on the CPU to make sure we don’t get any throttling on the CPU. The operating system is Windows 10 Pro X64 with updates disabled. We make three runs at each test then average those three runs and report the results here. If we hit a run that we consider being far away from the norm we dismiss that result and run a 4th test.
One thing worth noting is most board results will be within the margin for error so performance is shown just to show it falls in line with the rest or even shows when a board may be a strong outlier.
| Test Rig |
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| Case Type | Dimastech Easy XL |
| CPU | Intel Core i9 9900K () |
| Motherboard | ASUS Maximus XI Extreme
MSI MPG Z90 Gaming EDGE AC () Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi () |
| RAM | 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LED 3200MHz C15 (Amazon) |
| CPU Cooler | Thermaltake Floe Riing 360 (Amazon) |
| Hard Drives | Samsung 960 EVO 512GB M.2 2280 NVMe (Amazon)
Samsung 860 EVO 4TB SATA (Amazon) |
| Optical | LG BD-RW BH16NS40 |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition |
| Monitor | ASUS PG27AQ 4K 60Hz GSYNC (Amazon) |
| Case Fans | 1 x 140mm Mosfet / CPU / RAM cooling fan 1 x 140mm PCI-E Cooling Fan |
| Docking Stations | None |
| Testing PSU | Thermaltake XT 1475W Gold (Amazon) |
| Legacy | None |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 (Amazon) |
| Keyboard | Logitech Pro eSPORTS Keyboard (Amazon) |
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I seem to be having a bit of a situation with this board and I thought you might be able to help. It would seem that somewhere I’m not sure if it’s in the Bios or if it’s on the board that for an m.2 slot there’s a switch between usb and pcie. Currently mine is at usb and I would like to change it pcie.
Thanks if you can help.
Also I was wondering if I upgrade the BIOS does it change all the settings back to default?
Normally I would save a BIOS profile before flashing and set it to defaults to relieve the variable which may cause a bad flash.
Also, there is no USB signal at all going to an M.2 slot, can you please further explain what you are referring to?