Out of the box, any M.2 NVMe SSDs connected to the Dell OptiPlex 3060 runs at PCIe Gen 2.0 speeds (Max 5 GT/s; 2 GB/s) so the speed tests look like this:
However, after this BIOS mod, the SSD can reach PCIe Gen 3.0 speeds (Max 8 GT/s; 3.9 GB/s) so the speed tests look like this:
Click here to watch a video tutorial
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Disable Secure Boot in the BIOS:
Settings → Secure Boot → Secure Boot Enable → select Disabled
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Download the latest version of RU.EFI from http://ruexe.blogspot.com/
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Format a USB pen drive as FAT32 using MBR partitioning
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Copy
RU.EFI
to the root of the pen drive (e.g.D:\RU.EFI
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Reboot the OptiPlex 3060 with the pen drive plugged in and enter BIOS by pressing F2
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Under Settings → General → Boot Sequence click on Add Boot Option
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Under File System List select your USB pen drive. It has a name like
PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x7,0x0)/HD(1.MBR,0x52DED30C)
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Click on the 3 dots ... and select RU.EFI from the list of files
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For Boot Option Name enter a name and click OK. This will be displayed on the boot selection screen (e.g. RU.EFI)
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Click Apply and select Save as Custom User Settings and click OK
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Click Exit
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The system will now reboot. Repeatedly press F12 until you get to the boot device selection screen
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Under UEFI BOOT: select the boot device with the name you entered in Step 8 (e.g. RU.EFI) and press Enter
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Press the ↓ key until you get to the Setup UEFI variable and press Enter
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Press Ctrl+PgDown keys until you see
0C40
on the left -
Press ↓ until your cursor is at the first number in the
0C40
row -
Press Enter and press 0 and 3 and press Enter again to update the first number in the row from 02 to 03
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Press Ctrl+W to write changes and press Alt+Q to exit and reboot
Besides the obvious speed difference that can be noticed in a CrystalDiskMark benchmark, you can also check to see if the PCIe version reported in HWiNFO has changed
I have 10 of the Dell Optiplex 3060 Small Form Factors with I5-8500 3.0 Ghz cpu with 16gb of memory. & Micron 256 gb m.2 ssd
I want to upgrade to a larger and hopefully faster m.2 drive I looked at a local retailer at the samsung 980 Pro 2tb internal gaming ssd PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe , the 990PPro 2tb internal SSD PCIe GTen 4x4 NVMe and 970EVO Plus 2tb Internal SSD PCIe GEn 3x4 NVMe which one would be best to install for these computers (assuming that 2tb versions will work. I saw the conversation from the dell forum that brought me here and this looks like a excellent performance enhancement. Thanks for all the hard work. the 1st 2 that I am going to do is for a system that I'll be doing all kings of things on and the other is for a Mass Spectrometer this drive will have Windows 10 Pro and the Mass Spec software 16gb ram and I have to add a additional network port. I would appreciate any input on what drive would be best for each of these I have had wonderful luck with the samsung m.2 drives but I have always used Asus boards but I have to put these in these in The dell 3060's Thank you for your help and all the great videos and documentation and I appreciate in advance the advice as to which drive to install or if none of the above then which one to get