

Samsung recommends using the Samsung NVMe driver to get optimal sustainable performance and featurerich capabilities."Īlso you will benefit form a very slight performance increase. This is equivalent to the ATA TRIM command and the SCSI UNMAP command.īesides the above specificationcompliant features, the Samsung NVMe driver also provides support for disk end of life, wherein the user data in the NVM disk can still be read even when the disk exhausts the P/E cycles and becomes read oonly. Windows has an in-box driver that ensures your Samsung NVMe SSD is operational from the start, but we recommend installing the Samsung NVMe Driver specifically designed for Samsung NVMe SSDs, to ensure optimal performance and to maximize compatibility with your system.

Change the logical block addressing (LBA) data size and/or metadata size using the Format NVM command.Upgrade the device firmware using Firmware Activate and Firmware Image Download commands.In addition, the Samsung NVMe driver supports optional commands, which support the following features: RND 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 171."Samsung NVMe drivers are Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) tested and in compliance with all the mandatory features and commands of NVMev1.1 specification and NVMe: SCSI Translation Reference v1.4.

Hopefully, this info can answer your question: Anyway, here are my CrystalDiskMark results for both 980 Pro and 970 Pro. I'm using a PCIe Gen 3 Intel Z390 Motherboard so I would not have the true potential of the 980 Pro.
