Storage Performance
Linear Read
The high-performance Gaming 9 is pulling its weight again here, with very competitive scores in all three tests for read and write performance. The end result is that no matter what storage device you’re hooking up, you’re going to be getting the best performance from them you possibly can, and that’s always a good thing.
Linear Write
leak not even intel can do this
“Optane ready” is not a pro – it’s actually Intel’s way of pushing out the competition in NVME and SSD storage. After you spend the big bucks on these motherboards, you’ll have to shell out even more to buy a “VROC upgrade key” to enable RAID features. Want a bootable RAID0 array to take advantage of the X299 chipset’s RAID, optimized for this sort of storage? Not without Optane drives or the VROC key you won’t. It’s a completely artificial limitation.
Also, don’t bother even TRYING to buy a VROC key. None for sale as of yet… Intel forced Gigabyte and others to rush out these X299 motherboards two months ahead of schedule.