Forum - RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL)

#1891 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Thu Dec 20, 2018 4:13 pm

Hey Fern..Did you use the pure" drivers to install 5.5.0.1334 or the software set on your z170 system.

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#1892 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Thu Dec 20, 2018 4:41 pm

@NIK1:
I installed the "pure" 64bit Intel RSTe SATA AHCI & RAID driver v5.5.0.1334 WHQL for Win8-10 x64 manually by pointing to the INF file named iaAHCI.inf.

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#1893 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:12 pm (Last edited: Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:32 pm)

Yep,I got it to install on my z270 also that way also..Got a little better score with Anvil bench too compared to the 16.7.9.1027 driver I was using before.

EDIT by Fernando: Pictures optimized and directly inserted by using the Forum software

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#1894 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:23 pm (Last edited: Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:06 pm)

@NIK1:
Both benchmark tests were done on your NVMe SSD (running a Samsung NVMe driver) and not on a Intel SATA connected Disk Drive running in AHCI mode.
When you want to compare 2 different Intel AHCI drivers, you should do the benchmark tests on the Disk Drive, which is connected to the Intel SATA AHCI Controller.

EDIT:
Here are the results of my own benchmark comparison tests (left Pic: Intel RST v16.7.9.1027, right Pic: Intel RSTe v5.5.0.1334):

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#1895 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:56 pm (Last edited: Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:31 am)

I did it wrong,thanks for pointing it out to me..I did another test and picked a iaStorE drive a Samsung 850 Evo 1 terabyte drive f and the 16.7.9.1027 smoked the 5.5.0.1334.

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#1896 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Thu Dec 20, 2018 10:18 pm

@NIK1:
Such score differences indicate, that you didn't use the same settings before starting the benchmark test. I suspect, that the Write Caching settings of the Disk Drive were (maybe automaticly) changed by doing the AHCI driver update.
Please open the tab "Policies" of your Samsung 850 EVO and redo the benchmark test after having checked both options.

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#1897 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:14 am

Yep,right again..Turn off windows write cache buffer flushing was not checked..Here is the test again with both checked and the 5.5.0.1334 is better by a little bit..

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#1898 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:23 am

Is it wise to turn off windows write cache buffer flushing on my drive C its a Samsung M2 960 Pro where my windows 10 OS is installed.It has been always unchecked..Just enable write caching on the device is the only check mark there.

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#1899 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:35 am

Zitat von NIK1 im Beitrag #1898
Is it wise to turn off windows write cache buffer flushing on my drive C its a Samsung M2 960 Pro where my windows 10 OS is installed.

It may be not wise, but I always have checked both options and never had any data loss, which was caused by these specific settings.

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#1900 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Sat Dec 22, 2018 12:45 am

A little older but as far as I can see not yet mentioned?
Intel® RSTe) AHCI and SCU Software RAID Driver for Windows* Version: 4.7.0.1117 (Latest) Date: 8/17/2018 <Link>

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#1901 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Sat Dec 22, 2018 12:59 am

@lfb6:
Thanks for the info and the link, but the included drivers are much older than you and Intel promised. They have the version 4.7.0.1098 and are dated 11/24/2017.
Nevertheless I will offer them tomorrow within the start post of this thread.
Thanks anyway!

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#1902 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Sat Dec 22, 2018 11:57 am

Update of the start post
Changelog:

new:
32/64bit Intel RSTe SATA/sSATA AHCI & RAID drivers v4.7.0.1098 WHQL for Win7 dated 11/24/2017
32/64bit Intel RSTe SATA/sSATA AHCI & RAID drivers v4.7.0.1098 WHQL for Win8-10 dated 11/24/2017
Intel RSTe SATA/sSATA Drivers & Software Set v4.7.0.1117 for Win7-10 x64 dated 07/18/2018

Thanks to lfb6 for the info and the link to the source package.

Enjoy it!
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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#1903 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v16.8.0.1000 WHQL/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Wed Dec 26, 2018 11:38 pm

Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) Version 17.0.0.1063 Beta

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#1904 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v17.0.0.1063/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Thu Dec 27, 2018 12:33 am (Last edited: Thu Dec 27, 2018 12:43 am)

Update of the start post
Changelog:

new:
64bit Intel RST AHCI & RAID drivers v17.0.0.1063 for Win8-10 x64 dated 12/04/2018
Intel RST Drivers & Software Set v17.0.0.1063 for Win8-10 x64 dated 12/11/2018

Thanks to Pacman resp. Station-Drivers for the source package.

Meanwhile I have installed the complete Set for testing purposes onto my Z170 system.
The installation worked without any problem:

Enjoy it!
Dieter (alias Fernando)

My current System:
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#1905 | RE: Intel RST/RSTe Drivers (newest: v17.0.0.1063/v5.5.0.1334 WHQL) datum

Sun Dec 30, 2018 2:11 pm

I would avoid the 17 series if you have secure boot as it took me some time to get back into my system as the drivers caused a problem with booting into Windows 10 64bit.

CPU: Intel 6700k
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RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengance
GPU: EVGA GTX1070 FTW
SSD: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB, Samsung 850 PRO 256GB
HDD: 3 x Western Digital WD4003FZEX

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