Seeing motherboards with M.2 ports is nothing new as manufacturers have been doing this for some time now. Up until recently, there haven't been many M.2 SSDs available to actually use this new technology, but we're beginning to see memory manufacturers roll out their new offerings. M.2 SSDs come in a couple different interface options - SATA 6 GB/s or PCI-E x2/4, with the latter obviously being the faster and more expensive option. Today's ADATA M.2 SSD sample uses the SATA 6 GB/s interface, which should perform similar to a standard 2.5" SSD most of us have plugged into our motherboards. Let's get going and find out what this ADATA M.2 SSD is capable of.
