I am running an Asus Z-97A / USB 3.1 motherboard (https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z97AUSB_31/specifications/) together with an older OCZ 256GB SATA 3 SSD that is only for purposes of running my OS (Windows 10) and has read and write speeds of roughly 450-500 MB/S.
Today I was about to...