i did get better results something like :
crystal disk benchmark 2569 read 1600 write
as ssd 2300 read and 1490 write

I have a Z87 board and i am getting a M.2 > PCIe Adapter with a nice Samsung 960 Pro M.2. I am confident that modding the BIOS should be a simple.

If anyone wants some benchmarks with different NMVe/AHCI drivers/oROMs: please let me know.

I've integrated both Samsung and Windows default NVME drivers into my Windows 7 install disk. However, before I get to the setup screen, a dialogue pops up telling me that I have to select the device driver to continue. When I select either the Samsung or Windows drivers it pops up saying that my NVME is recognized but when I select NEXT it says "No new device drivers were found.Make sure your installation media blah blah blah." I've turned off fastboot, secure boot, and tried with raid both on and off. I've tried booting from USB, DVD, and Sata. Any route I take, the system sees the nvme controller but it keeps giving that error message. There must be some configuration of settings I haven't tried for my Z270 and 960 Evo that will let me do this...

nvme samsung driver latest 2.2
512 ssd 950 pro

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #684

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Why did you integrate more than 1 NVMe driver?
Which Samsung NVMe driver version did you integrate and where resp. how did you get the "Windows default NVMe driver"?
Have you already tried to boot off an original Win7 image and to use the "Load driver" option?

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Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #687

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I asked you for details about the used drivers, not for your eMail address.
This is a public Forum. If you don't want to share your knowledge with other users, you are wrong here.
By the way: I have read your reply, but will not copy it. You can edit all your posts and delete its content yourself.

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HowTo extract Samsung's NVM Express 2.x Driver:
- Download WiX Toolset (only the binaries)
- CMD: dark nvme.exe -x C:\SamsungNVMe

Was für eine schwere Geburt ^^

I wanted to take a moment and THANK Fernando for this list, especially the new Samsung driver for the SM961.

I am a person who likes to use the older version of Samsung Magician 4.9.7 as it allows me to test and see my Samsung SM961 m.2 drives. The latest version of Samsung Magician 5.0 does not. At this point I was using the Samsung 2.1 driver and it worked fine.

Well everything was working with the Windows Anniversary Build, but on April 11th, Windows started pushing out the Windows Creator's Build. I went ahead and did a fresh install of it, installed the Samsung 2.1 version driver and installed Samsung Magician 4.9.7. Boom instant digital driver error. Now I knew that the Samsung 2.1 NVMe Driver was meant for the Samsung 960 pro/evo. The problem is since the SM961 is OEM Samsung often won't put out any drivers of these drives so it is left to DELL/Lenovo/HP. I hadn't found any of the updated drivers for my SM961, until I found the 2.2 version here. :)

I spent three days trying to get the old 2.1 drivers working but it just bricked my windows installation over and over again. I had even given up and went back to the Windows Anniversary Build, until I found the driver here. I'm happy to say that this driver works with the Samsung sm961 (256 and 512gb), in Windows 10 Creators Build with Samsung Magician 4.9.7.

Thanks Fernando! :)