The X1001-Max is a high-performance PCIe extension board designed for the Raspberry Pi 5, enabling support for power-hungry M.2 devices such as AI accelerator cards and large-capacity SSDs. It supports max 120W USB-C PD input and integrates efficient DC-DC converters to deliver 5.1V/8A for the Raspberry Pi 5 and 3.3V/8A for M.2 peripherals, providing a complete, single-cable power solution.

With support for common M.2 SSD lengths (2230 to 2280) and a PCIe 2.0/3.0 interface, the board offers data transfer speeds up to 8 Gbps for rapid file access and AI processing. Its compact design includes dedicated mounting points and is compatible with the official Raspberry Pi 5 passive cooler, ensuring secure installation and effective thermal management for sustained high-performance operation.

Test Conditions

-System board details: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0 , 4G RAM

-Interface board details: X10xx Series NVMe Shield

-Operation system: Raspberry Pi OS with desktop (Debian13 (trixie), 64bit, Release date: 4 Dec 2025)

-Storage details: Netac N930E-PRO M.2 NVMe 128GB, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500G

Testing the SSD speed from command line with dd

1) To test the write speed, writing 1 GB of data in 10 blocks of 100 MB.

2) To test the read speed, use dd to read our entire TestingFile file generated from the last command, in 10 blocks of 100 MB each.

Run at PCIe 2.0

Run at PCIe 3.0
 

As seen above, the final results with the dd command are:

  -Write speed: 379 MB/s at PCIe 2.0, 603MB/s at PCIe 3.0
  -Read speed: 415 MB/s at PCie 2.0, 781MB/s at PCIe 3.0

Testing disk drive read speed with hdparm

Run at PCIe 2.0, average read rate: 395.5 MB/s (3 samples)

Run at PCIe 3.0, average read rate: 768.3 MB/s (3 samples)

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