Installing the M6e is a straightforward process. Every motherboard will be laid out differently, but we are using our PC Specialist Kitguru Test Rig 2 for this specific review today. This system uses the ASUS Maximus VI Hero Z87 motherboard.
The image above shows the Plextor M6e PCI Express 512GB SSD installed in the lower of the two PCI e slots on this ASUS board. We then installed a graphics card in the top slot.
Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise immediately detected the Plextor M6e PCI Express SSD on first post. No need for drivers or complex install procedures.
476GB is highlighted as free to the operating system on first post.
We rebooted the system to see how difficult it would be to configure the PCI Express SSD up as a boot drive.
We inserted our Windows 7 64 bit disc and went through the procedure for installing the operating system. The PCI-E drive was immediately detected as Disk 0 Partition 1, without any need for a messy driver install. The operating system installed within 15-20 minutes and we were ready to test. This really could not be any more straightforward.
Boot performance was 1 second better (faster) than the Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD, which is one of the best boot drives we have tested in recent months.