Kingston HyperX Predator M.2 SSD On Ubuntu: Linux Might Have Problems With It

Written by Michael Larabel in Storage on 28 September 2015 at 12:39 PM EDT. Page 3 of 3. 20 Comments.

As you can see, the results didn't end up being that good, particularly when this Transcend 256GB SSD that goes for $70 was beating out the $200+ Kingston HyperX Predator M.2 SSD in some tests and in the other tests the Kingston drive wasn't that much better than the other low-cost SATA 3.0 SSDs.

I'm currently in the process of trying out the HyperX Predator M.2 SSD on some other systems to see if it's an issue with the M.2 slot on this motherboard/BIOS as well as trying out other Linux kernel releases and even file-systems or if it's a firmware problem with the drive. The less than exciting results weren't isolated either to just one benchmark but seemed across the board. On some reboots, the block device wouldn't even show up until rebooting an additional time. Generally there isn't much in the way of Linux SSD woes, even when testing other M.2 SSDs in the past. Stay tuned for updates on Phoronix in the coming days; I certainly hope I can get this SSD running well on Linux considering I spent over $200 on it at Amazon.com. If any Phoronix readers have tried out the Kingston HyperX on Linux or have encountered similar problems with other M.2 SSDs on Linux, please share your feedback in the forums.

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