PCIe x4 SSD and PCIe x4 slot

A PCIe NVMe SSD will work in a PCIe motherboard slot at PCIe speeds PCI-Express versions are backward compatible, meaning that you can use a

Current motherboards have multiple slots Some of those slots share PCI lanes with the PCIe slots In the one you mentioned it appears that

m2 slot mainboard PCIE X4 has 2000 MBs of bandwidth available, but version has more overhead than

m2 vs nvme slot For example, inserting a PCIe card on a PCIe slot will give you PCIe performance NVMe SSDs connect to the motherboard using