Slow Session load/SSD upgrade/SSD tech help

[Cruz Azul]

Hi Everyone,

Slightly lenghty post sorry!

My system has been stable for quite a few years. Recently I had a few sessions that were slow to load, got some great advice on here and I’m now getting round to hopefully making some upgrades. I’m trying to get my head around a couple of things with my system though and hoping some more tech minded members would be able to help.

Here’s my system –

Computer
Model : GigaByte Default string
Serial Number : Default*******
Chassis : OEM Desktop
Mainboard : GigaByte X99P-SLI-CF
Serial Number : Default*******
BIOS : AMI (OEM) F23 07/22/2016
Intel Management Engine (ME) : 9.1.37.1002

System Memory
Total Memory : 64GB DIMM DDR4

Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6800K CPU @ 3.40GHz (6C 3.4GHz, 2.8GHz IMC, 6x 256kB L2, 15MB L3)
Socket/Slot : FC LGA2011

Chipset
Memory Controller : Gigabyte Xeon (Broadwell-E) DMI2 100MHz
Memory Controller : Intel Xeon (Broadwell-E) Memory Controller 0 - Target Address/Thermal/RAS 100MHz, 4x 16GB DIMM DDR4 2.13GHz 256-bit
Memory Controller : Intel Xeon (Broadwell-E) Target Address/Thermal/RAS 100MHz
Storage Devices
Disk : WDC WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 (4TB, SATA600, 3.5", 5400rpm)
Disk : Samsung SSD 860 QVO 2TB (2TB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD, SED)
Disk : INTEL SSDPEKKW010T7 (1TB, PCIe2/3x4/NVMe, SSD)
Disk : SanDisk Cruzer Blade (15.6GB, USB2)
Disk : Novation Onboarding Drive (196.6kB, USB1)
Optical : ATAPI iHAS124 F (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

Logical Storage Devices
Storage (F:) : 4TB (NTFS, 4kB) @ WDC WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 (4TB, SATA600, 3.5", 5400rpm)
New Volume (E:) : 2TB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Samsung SSD 860 QVO 2TB (2TB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD, SED)
System Reserved : 500MB (NTFS, 4kB) @ INTEL SSDPEKKW010T7 (1TB, PCIe2/3x4/NVMe, SSD)
Removable Drive (G:) : 15GB (FAT32, 16kB) @ SanDisk Cruzer Blade (15.6GB, USB2)
LAUNCHKEY (H:) : 140kB (FAT, 4kB, Read-Only) @ Novation Onboarding Drive (196.6kB, USB1)
Hard Disk (C:) : 953GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ INTEL SSDPEKKW010T7 (1TB, PCIe2/3x4/NVMe, SSD)
Hard Disk : 574MB (NTFS, 4kB) @ INTEL SSDPEKKW010T7 (1TB, PCIe2/3x4/NVMe, SSD)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ ATAPI iHAS124 F (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

Intel is my C: with operating system etc on it
Samsung SSD 860 is my E: for Session Storage
WDC F: is my Samples Storage Drive
G: has iLok licences


From previous advice @darrylramm posed this question -
Why is your INTEL SSDPEKKW010T7 showing up as a PCIe 2 device when it is PCIe 3? Whatever adapter/slot you have it in get in in a PCIe 3 compatible one.

Great, thanks Darryl. Have done some investigating (without being hugely techy sorry!). And by the looks of it the Intel is in the M2 32G spot on the board?

Pic of my actual Motherboard and the specs from the manual below.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...usp=drive_link


Is this ok? Or where should it be moved to?
And then – if that frees up the M.2 space I could put an M.2 SSD in there? (Obviously the WDC spinner would be good to upgrade??

Is that possible? Or other solutions if not?

Thanks in advance for your time!