SSD Temperatures

The B850 Eagle WiFi7 Ice was far from chart-topping (in a good way) with the M.2 temperatures too, with an unsurprising fail with the PCIe Gen 5 SSD, quickly topping 80°C and showing clear signs of thermal throttling in the random 4K Q32T16 read, and both sequential write tests. The PCIe Gen 4 SSD result was also the joint warmest on test, but this was still well away from the throttling zone, so while we've seen much lower temperatures, this isn't something that will impact performance. Normally we'd be interested to see how other M.2 slots perform, but there are no additional heatsinks here.

PCIe Gen 4 Performance (Samsung 990 Pro)

PCIe Gen 5 Performance (Team Group T-Force Z540)