you should never use any driver other than Microsoft's NVMe drive otherwise you will lose DirectStorage capability
Hi Spartan only with the NVMe drives or even with the ssd drives too? just because I use dual boot "3 operation systems" , and may i know how can I check Microsoft's NVMe drives or ssd drivers time on w10? thanks
Only for NVMe Drives not regular SATA SSDs 1) To check if you have an NVMe Driver os standard Microsoft NVMe Driver, go to device manager, expand storage controllers, then right click on Standard NVM Express Controller, then choose properties, then check the driver version, if it's the standard Microsoft one, it would have a number that looks similar to your Windows Build number, this is on my Windows 11 22H3 build: 10.022621.2506 2) DirectStorage is enabled automatically if your PC supports it, so you don’t need to turn it on. For DirectStorage to work, your PC needs to have an NVMe SSD and a DirectX 12 compatible graphics card. To check: Press Win+G, go to gear icon > Gaming features. Check the Graphics and DirectStorage sections.
@Spartan Hi 1) pretty easy to check 2) i'm using w10 , i don't find the gaming features ,maybe because i don't play game thanks ,appreciate your help and screenshot
DirectStorage is not supported system wide... In my setup, which is 240gb nvme OEM samsung as a system drive(windows) and with 1TB HDD(used for games etc). By using an Samunsung EVO driver for my OEM samsung nvme, speed increase is about 10%. Which is always good to get more speed. I do have 16 GB ram, i'm using 8 GB PrimoCache to...cache HDD. So when you boot your PC, PrimoCache loads all the latest stuff in the cache, and it does it quite fast, because it works as a "block level" and not "file cache". Highly recommended sofware.
Hi moredhelfinland i would like to test it , it's not cheap , are you sure that 10% could make a difference ? have you compared to samsung rapid ? about 1tb hard disk or ssd have you benchmarked them? thanks
Samsung magician is a file cache, primocache works in a so called "block level" So in my situation: If you're using Lenovo or any with Samsung OEM nvme: install EVO driver --> 10% speed r/w speed up (tested with disk mark software) I do have 16GB ram, where 8GB dedicated to HDD caching by Primocache. You'll see a difference.
Hi Well I have tried on w11 pro ,and it's a great software ,but the last version does use only w10 and w7 drivers does yours use w11 drivers? by the way it's pretty faster than Samsung magician , i guess Samsung magician is good only to update firmware , sadly i could not run on portable mode or under a winpe , just because it's a lot of mb thanks
Samsung SSD Magician 8.0.1.1000 January 8, 2024 https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/ Also here= https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Samsung-SSD-Magician.shtml https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/samsung_ssd_magician.html
Samsung SSD Magician 8.1.0.800 March 25, 2024 https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/ Also here= https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Samsung-SSD-Magician.shtml https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/samsung_ssd_magician.html
hi Anon but 308mb ,i don't remember installed , for a chaching driver and to update firmware but is there an alternative? thanks Anon
Finally, I got my issues with the latest versions of Samsung Magician resolved. It seems that all versions after 7.3 requires the server service to be enabled. Really weird decision by the developers. I am not sure that I am liking it. https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/1789ztq/samsung_magician_800_wont_open_on_windows_10_ltsc/ https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/computers-it/samsung-magician-8-0-does-not-work/td-p/8309096/page/2
Samsung SSD Magician 8.2.0.880 September 30, 2024 https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/ Also here= https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Samsung-SSD-Magician.shtml
Samsung SSD Magician 8.3.0.810 March 24, 2025 https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/
