IMO you should update your SATA drivers to latest official Intel Rapid Storage Technology for your chipset because Intel drivers are simply overall better for example in the matter of SSD/HDD performance (Intel claim +-10% better vs. standard Microsoft SATA driver) and also you will get overall better results in benchmarks using Intel RST drivers and this will not be a placebo effect...

As for Intel chipset "drivers" - they are only .inf files for operating system to proper recognize all motherboard features - no gains in performance here, it's up to you if you want to install them or not - I'm always installing them...

Thank you very much indeed!

@Fernando

Sorry to bother, it is just to be sure of what I am doing.

Am I correct in getting to the conclusion that after a Clean Installation of Windows 10 1703 I can plain and simply:

1. forget about the Intel Chipset Device Software and its (vintage) 1968 .inf files (unless it is yours with the modded dates, but then again I have no yellow marks on my machines as they are all rather recent, but not extremely recent)
2. manually update from within Device Manager the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller(s) to Intel RST driver
3. leave to Windows Update the task of fixing/updating all the rest, including Intel(R) Management Engine Interface

Big question mark

@Fernando

Thanks a lot !

Has anyone ever figured out how much different are the drivers depending on the version number changed? It's always A.B.C.D, so what kind of difference is there if B or C is different?
Has Intel ever published any meaningful changelogs?

Hello.

Tell me, please, where can I get rstcli64 for Intel RSTe drivers from the v5.x platform.
Unfortunately, they are not present in the package >Intel RSTe Drivers & Software Set v5.2.2.1022 WHQL for Win7-10<

Seems the rar files for Intel RSTe Storage drivers from the v5.2 branch are corrupted.
Or at least when I try to download and unpack them. I have tried several times. Some of the other links are corrupted too.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1614

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Zitat von Octopuss im Beitrag #1613

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Has anyone ever figured out how much different are the drivers depending on the version number changed? It's always A.B.C.D, so what kind of difference is there if B or C is different?

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To be honest, I do not understand what you mean. If you should mean the chapter letters within the start post, everything important has been explained, but where did you see chapter D?

Zitat von Octopuss im Beitrag #1613

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Has Intel ever published any meaningful changelogs?

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Some Intel RST/RSTe Drivers & Software Sets contain a readme file, but Intel zugenerally doesn't publish the bugs, which have been fixed from one version to the other.

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A.B.C.D was used as a wildcard of sorts.
I guess you answered my question anyway.

In the recommendation thread though, you tell people to use version 15.5.2.1054, and here you say they should always use the latest version - but that's 15.8.1.1007. That's confusing.