PCIe : Everything You Need to Know About

If two SSDs are installed in a “Dual NVMe PCIe adapter” and the adapter is plugged in either PCIe slot2 or slot7

SATA SSDs and SSDs that use two PCI Express lanes tend to use keys B and M to maximize compatibility, since both connectors can deliver both

m2 sata slot The CPU does indeed have 16 lanes However the Chipset has additional PCIe lanes to manage devices aside from the GPU such as the SSD Z270 has 24

m2 vs nvme slot PCIE bifurcation from 4 lanes to 2 lanes means you'll never go over half the available bandwidth per SSD, assuming it is even supported by the