A recent test of 20 modern Intel and AMD motherboards revealed that many M.2 heatsinks do not make adequate contact with SSDs, potentially leading to thermal throttling and reduced performance. This issue is particularly relevant for high-speed PCIe 5.0 SSDs, which generate significant heat. The study observed that some drives experienced severe speed drops, falling to levels comparable to much slower SATA SSDs, even with motherboard-provided cooling solutions. AI
IMPACT Poor SSD cooling can impact AI model training and inference speeds where large datasets are frequently accessed.
RANK_REASON The cluster reports on a technical investigation and benchmark of hardware components, fitting the research category. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.4]
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