USB 3.0 and SATA 3

Well with Intel’s chipset handling the SATA and USB duties there isn’t nearly as much to worry about when it comes to their performance. I still make sure to test both for all motherboards that come in through the office to make sure there aren’t any issues. In this case the numbers were a little lower than I have seen in the past but there is a good chance that our old Corsair SSD that I only use for these tests might be getting a little dated as well. I would keep an eye out for updated chipset drivers as well on the off chance that the slowdown is driver related. Personally I will be running an M.2 drive in my next build so the SATA performance isn’t nearly as important these days anyhow.