Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5 (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review

SATA, M.2 and USB Performance

To test the storage performance in our motherboard reviews we use AIDA’s Disk Benchmark utility built into their AIDA64 Engineer Edition software package and run linear read and write tests. We run each of the benchmark tests on a SATA III, USB 3.0 and M.2 device. For SATA III testing we use a SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB, for USB 3.0 testing we use the Supersonic Magnum 256 GB USB 3.0 flash drive and for M.2 testing we use Plextor’s 256GB M.2 M6e SSD. The drives are always formatted before use.

Linear Read

Linear Write

The X99m performs very well during the write tests, knock for knock with the other boards. The only fault here is the 25 MB/s loss in the M.2 read test. Though that just means you move 5 less songs a second at full tilt, not really that noticeable.