SK hynix P41 2TB SSD low performance

System Performance Solid State Drives
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I just got his SSD but I am not getting anywhere near the scores of review sites. I am using it on my Alienware m15 R7 laptop which has an AMD CPU and does support PCIe 4 running on Windows 11 22H2 using the default NVMe drivers that come with Windows.

My CrystalDiskMark score = https://i.postimg.cc/6pKJHLT9/SK-hynix-Platinum-P41-2-TB-SSD.png

My 3DMark Storage score = https://i.postimg.cc/02D1dHkW/SK-hynix-Platinum-P41-2-TB-3-DMark-Storage-Benchmark.png

This site (https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10110/sk-hynix-platinum-p41-2tb-ssd-the-best-yet/index.html#Synthetic-Benchmarks:-CDM-Anvil-ATTO) shows a 96.16 read score for the Random 4K Q1T1 Read / 455 write I’m getting much lower as you see

Also they have a 5026 score in 3DMark Storage Benchmark but I got only 2875

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Verify the motherboard bus connection to the NVMe disk on the system with utilities like HWinfo etc…

Verify chipset drivers AHCI/NVME for your AMD platform: [Outdated] Recommended AHCI/RAID and NVMe Drivers - Important Drivers / General: Storage Drivers (AHCI/RAID, NVMe and USB) - Win-Raid Forum (level1techs.com)

AMD Chipset Driver | Driver Details | Dell US

SK hynix Easy Kit (SSD Manager)
[Outdated] Recommended SSD Tools - System Performance / Solid State Drives - Win-Raid Forum (level1techs.com)

Final note, what you saw in their review…its a Z690, a desktop system, dont expect same performance on a laptop, never.

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