@2mg: All listed SATA Controllers with a Company's name in it (e.g. "ASMedia" oder "Intel") are currently using a storage driver from the related Company. All SATA AHCI Controllers, which are currently using the generic in-box MS AHCI driver, are shown within the Device Manager with the name "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" (Win10) or "Standard AHCI1.0 Serial ATA Controller" (Win7).

Update of the start post
Changelog:

• added: Phison NVMe drivers (usable with all NVMe SSDs/Controllers):
  • generic 32/64bit Phison NVMe drivers v1.5.0.0 WHQL for Win7 dated 02/23/2018
  • generic 32/64bit Phison NVMe drivers v1.5.0.0 WHQL for Win8-10 dated 02/23/2018
  Note: Due to the fact, that these generic drivers are WHQL certified, they can be used from scratch with all NVMe SSDs resp. their Controllers!
  Thanks to our Forum member Black6spdZ for the hint to these extremely hidden Phison NVMe drivers.

@damianC902: Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von damianC902 im Beitrag #1971

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If I just wanna some universal nvme driver for win7, then what should I download/instal because i'm a bit confused.

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Question: Why have the OFA NVMe Drivers been removed from the start post?

As you may have already realized, the previously offered very performant original and mod+signed OFA NVMe drivers are not listed anymore within the start post of this thread.
Reason: They are dispensable now, because now we got access to generic WHQL certified NVMe drivers with a performance like the OFA drivers (no wonder, see below). Contrary to the previously offered OFA drivers the Phison ones should be usable even from scratch with all Windows Operating Systems from Win7 up.

After having gotten access to the recently discovered (well hidden) generic Phison NVMe drivers v1.5.0.0 WHQL I suspected it already, but after having done a deeper look into the *.INF and *.SYS files I am sure:
The basis code of the Phison drivers v1.5.0.0 dated 02/23/2018 was not compiled by the Company Phison, but by the developers of the OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA). In reality these NVMe drivers are hardly hidden updates of the latest OFA drivers v1.5.0.0 Build 157 dated 04/07/2017.
These are the clues:

1. The names of the real 32/64bit drivers (nvme.sys) and their version numbers (v1.5.0.0) are absolutely identical.
2. The content of the related information text files named nvme.inf are almost identical
   Really different are only the given names of the NVMe Controller and its Manufacturer:
   a) OFA: "Community OFA NVMe 1.2 Storport Miniport" / "Community"
   b) Phison: "Phison NVMe 1.2 Storport Miniport" / "Phison Electronics Corporation".
3. As you can see here, the original OFA and Phison drivers named nvme.sys have both been digitally test signed by a "not trustworthy" Company (left Pic: OFA, right Pic: Phison):
   

@onuracengiz:
Thanks for the links to the "KingSpec NVMe Drivers v10.4.31.0" (containing SiliconMotion drivers dated 07/13/2017) and the "Apacer NVMe Drivers v1.3.0.0" (containing OFA? drivers v1.4.0.0 dated 12/08/2014).
Since both driverpacks contain generic NVMe drivers, which
a) are much older than the recently offered generic Phison NVMe drivers and
b) cannot be used from scratch due to the missing WHQL stamp from Microsoft,
I will not offer them within the start post.

@all:
Update of the start post
Changelog:

• Micron NVMe drivers:
  • new: 64bit Micron NVMe driver v2.1.17.0 WHQL for Win8-10 x64 dated 10/09/2020
  • new; 64bit Micron NVMe driver v2.1.17.0 WHQL for Win7 x64 dated 10/09/2020

@onuracengiz: Thank you very much for the recent links to various NVMe and SATA drivers. I have stored them all within my already very voluminous drivers archive.
The most interesting ones seem to be the brandnew WHQL certified NVMe RAID drivers delivered by the Company HighPoint. That is why I have put them into the start post of this thread.

@MDM: Thanks for your benchmark comparison test results. I have moved both posts into >this< better matching thread.

@all:
Update of the start post
Changelog:

• added: HighPoint NVMe RAID drivers:
  • 64bit Highpoint NVMe RAID driver v1.2.21.0 WHQL for Win8-10 x64 dated 10/14/2020
  • 64bit Highpoint U.2 NVMe RAID driver v1.2.23.0 WHQL for Win8-10 x64 dated 01/26/2021
  
  Thanks to our Forum member onuracengiz for the hint and links to these drivers.

@kimikale: Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum!
If you are not satisfied with the MS Win10 in-box NVMe driver or with the one OCZ/Toshiba is offering, you can try the generic Samsung NVMe driver, which has been mod+signed by me to make it usable with all NVMe Controllers.
You can find the Samsung and OCZ/Toshiba drivers within the first 2 posts of this thread.
Don't forget to import the Win-RAID CA Certificate before you install any of my mod+signed drivers. Furthermore it is always a good idea to set a "Restore Point" before starting such driver comparison tests.
Good luck!
Dieter (alias Fernando)