@960 PRO user's
A quick ANVIL scores compare of Samsung NVMe driver v2.0.0.1607 and v2.1.0.1611 gives less performance with the new version:

For v2.0:


For v2.1:

I have the following set-up:
i7-3770k
2 OCZ Vertex 4 - 256GB SSD's
ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME- 1155 / Z77 MB
I watch & read a lot of your threads about RAID & yes I'm kinda a noob when it comes to RAID0. Is there a way I can find out which RAID controller I have installed? Sounds silly but I forgot which one I installed but I think it was Marvell. I recently have had numerous issues with Windows 10 & am going to use the OCZ Toolbox & clean the SSD's then go back fresh with Windows 7 Home Premium. Any advice you have would be excellent & greatly appreciated.
Thank You :-)

Thank You for the reply!
I'm going to revert Back to Windows 7 Premium simply because my motherboard obviously doesn't like Windows 10 Pro & I was unable to get rid of the error 10016 besides I had way less trouble with Windows 7 Home Premium! I'm sorry if I sound as if I'm talking in riddles, I've had nothing but trouble with Windows 10 Pro however I learned a valuable lesson, never trust Microsoft's on-line chat to resolve errors. Seven different techs & not one of them could fix the 10016 error, instead they made matters worse. The only good thing is I get to learn more & install the RAID0 again only this time I want it to be better than it was. Moving on I checked it & it has the generic Microsoft Storage Space Controller due to the RAID0 was broke during the Windows 10 installation, I wasn't even thinking about that DUH. I'm reading your post on Recommended AHCI/RAID and NVMe Drivers. I'm also reading the [Guide] Integration of drivers into a Win7/8/10 image. I've had 8.1 before in which you helped me with over 2 years ago & honestly I wasn't impressed with 8.1, the UI sucked!
Let me ask you what Windows Operating system do you believe would be the best for my system set back into a RAID0 in consideration of the i7-3770k chipset & the OCZ Vertex 4 SSD's? Unlike the last time I put the system in RAID0 I have pleanty of time to devote to it to be certain it's stable & fast. This time I wanna get the RAID perfect so the benchmarks are improved over the last time. Any suggestion or advice you would give will be respected & GREATLY appreciated!

you should go win 7 that still is the os number one ;']
https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating...=10&qpcustomd=0
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

win 10 seems good only because of dx12 [ and because it was "free and forced-install" lol ]...and like latest linux ubuntu only run on rx4x0 or gtx10x0 .
win7 has a lot of updated drivers , may be M$ will finish to port dx12 to win7...

I took both of the OCZ Vertex 4 SSD's out of my Z77 system & used the OCZ Toolbox V 4.9.0.634 in my Z68 system & ran the secure erase on both SSD's then updated the firmware on both SSD's found within the toolbox. I Google searched the OCZ Toolbox & found the following to be the best links to get it from.
http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/16427/
I noticed the following:
The OCZ Toolbox is basically a Firmware Updater for OCZ SSDs. Updating the firmware from the toolbox is not supported when Windows is running off the drive you are trying to update.

What's New:
◾Adds support for Intrepid 3.
◾Adds support for Barefoot 3
◾GUI enhancements
◾Update improvements
◾Known Issues: Limited compatibility with Intel RSTe driver <-- How is this going to effect my IRST driver or will it?

WARNING: For users with firmware version 1.13 and newer, this is not a destructive update. This is a Destructive Flash for older firmware, back up all data on SSD. Proceeding with this update will result in complete loss of data on the SSD. Toolbox will update the drives to firmware version 1.13 first before updating to the latest firmware version.

Is this the correct method to use to get the firmware on the SSD's installed or is there a newer version??

I'm selecting Windows 7 Home Premium as a OS
I have the following loaded onto a CD to install during the loading of the OS at the portioning screen:
( 1 ) v12.9.4.1000 IRST - From Fernndo's: Modded Intel AHCI and RAID Drivers (digitally signed)
( 2 ) v9.3.0.1021 intel Chipset driver - From ASUS: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMU...pDesk_Download/ Win 7 x64

Now I'm going thru the list of drivers & finding the latest & greatest drivers for the system!

Sorry, I'm trying to be certain I download the correct version of the modded RAID0. I'm not sure if I need v12.9.4.1000 or v13.1.0.1058 ??
I'm trying to supply information to obtain the correct version. Also will I need additional Intel Smart Connect Technology Software V4.2.40.2357 for Windows 8.1 32bit & 64bit. Yes, I decided to go with Win 8.1 instead of 7. Sorry for all the clutter, I just wanted to provide as much information as possible!

I did as you stated & the driver # comes up as 6.3.9600.16384 ! I thought I installed v13.1.0.1058 as you suggested! Is there something I missed when downloading from the mirror??? Lost Scared & Confused AGAIN!
I did however get the Certificate installed!