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#181 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:09 pm

@MDM: You are right - essential for the performance is the manufacturer and the Firmware of the NVMe Controller and not the SSD model. I have corrected it within my last post.

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#182 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:40 pm (Last edited: Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:56 pm)

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SN850 2TB tests with fresh install on Microsoft, Samsung & Phison controller drivers on Asrock X570 ITX/TB3 with 5950X (full system specs at bottom of post).

Seems like the Phison are best for this drive.

Also, please don't take into account the slow sequential writes, I think there is a bug on this motherboard and GEN4 drives which is limiting write speed, should be getting over 5 GB/s for the writes according to reviews seen on the web.

Tested NVMe drivers:
1. generic Win10 in-box MS NVMe driver named STORNVME v10.0.19041.844 dated 02/10/2021 (shown as being dated 06/21/2006)
2. mod+signed generic Samsung NVMe driver v3.3.0.2003 dated 01/21/2020
3. generic Phison NVMe driver v1.5.0.0 WHQL dated 02/23/2018

Here are the benchmark results I got:

Microsoft:

Samsung:

Phison:

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Processor (CPU)
CPU Name	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Threading	1 CPU - 16 Core - 32 Threads
Frequency	4406.54 MHz (44.25 * 99.58 MHz) - Uncore: 1825.7 MHz
Multiplier	Current: 44.25
Architecture	Vermeer / Stepping: B0 / Technology: 7 nm
CPUID / Ext.	F.1.0 / 19.21
IA Extensions	MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
Caches	L1D : 32 KB / L2 : 512 KB / L3 : 32768 KB
Caches Assoc.	L1D : 8-way / L2 : 8-way / L3 : 16-way
Microcode	Rev. 0xA201009
TDP / Vcore	105 Watts / 1.28 Volts
Temperature	73.6 °C / 164 °F
Type	Retail
Cores Frequencies	#00: 4406.54 MHz&#8195; #01: 4406.54 MHz&#8195; #02: 4406.54 MHz&#8195; #03: 4406.54 MHz&#8195;
#04: 4406.54 MHz&#8195; #05: 4381.65 MHz&#8195; #06: 4406.54 MHz&#8195; #07: 4406.54 MHz&#8195;
#08: 4431.44 MHz&#8195; #09: 4406.54 MHz&#8195; #10: 4406.54 MHz&#8195; #11: 4406.54 MHz&#8195;
#12: 4406.54 MHz&#8195; #13: 4381.65 MHz&#8195; #14: 4381.65 MHz&#8195; #15: 4431.44 MHz&#8195;
Motherboard
Model	ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3
Socket	Socket AM4 (1331)
North Bridge	AMD Ryzen SOC rev 00
South Bridge	AMD X570 rev 51
BIOS	American Megatrends Inc. P3.00 (01/27/2021)
Memory (RAM)
Total Size	65536 MB
Type	Dual Channel (128 bit) DDR4-SDRAM
Frequency	1823.7 MHz (DDR4-3648) - Ratio 3:55
Timings	18-22-22-42-86-1 (tCAS-tRC-tRP-tRAS-tCS-tCR)
Slot #1 Module	Corsair 32768 MB (DDR4-2137) - XMP 2.0 - P/N: CMW64GX4M2D3600C18
Graphic Card (GPU)
GPU Type	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (GA104-300) @ 1725 MHz
GPU Brand	NVIDIA Corporation
GPU Specs	GA104-300 / Process: 8nm / Transistors: 17.4B / Die Size: 392 mm² / TDP: 220W
GPU Units	Shader Units: 5888 / Texture Units (TMU): 184 / Render Units (ROP): 96
GPU VRAM	8192 MB GDDR6 / 256-bit Bus @ 7001 MHz (Samsung)
GPU APIs	DirectX 12.0 (12_2) / OpenGL 4.6 / OpenCL 1.2 / Vulkan 1.2
Storage (HDD/SSD)
Model #1 Name	SKhynix SC300 HFS512G32MND-3210A (FW: 20131P00)
Model #1 Capacity	476.9 GiB (~510 GB)
Model #1 Type	Fixed, SSD - Bus: SATA (11)
Model #2 Name	Western Digital WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0
Model #2 Capacity	1863.0 GiB (~2000 GB)
Model #2 Type	Fixed, SSD - Bus: NVMe (17)
Display
Screen #1	ROG PG279Q (ACI27EC)
Screen #1 Spec	27.2 inches (69.1 cm) / 2560 x 1440 pixels @ 30-165 Hz
Miscellaneous
Windows Version	Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Pro for Workstations 64-bit
CPU-Z Version	1.95.0 (64 bit)
 

EDIT by Fernando: Inserted pictures resized (to save space) and directly attached (for longer visibility)

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#183 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:40 am (Last edited: Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:40 am)

Wow, Phison is really BAD for my SMI Controlled drive (Phison competition? ): I had BSOD, crash, picture gone, event viewer full or random errors...!
Went back to Samsung modded - ALL fine.

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i7-3770K @ 4.8 GHz, PH-TC14PE; Maximus V GENE (Z77); Redline 1866MHz 16GB; SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 FURY 4G HBM; Acer XR341CK; GAMMIXS11Pro 1TB; 850PRO 256GB; ST3500418AS 500GB, ST3000DM001 3TB, DT01ACA300 3TB, ST8000VN0022 8TB; HX850; AD-7240S; Centurion 590; Corsair HX850; G500s, K800; Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 64GB; ASUS RT-AC87U; Windows 10 Pro x64.

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#184 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:37 am (Last edited: Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:44 am)

I didn't know about the modded Sammy driver, it seems to perform better on my Rocket4 on gen3 bus. I generally look at the 4k read values for performance of a boot/OS drive. has anyone actually analyzed the average block sizes of reads from Win10?

Black6spdZ has attached images to this post

CrystalDiskMark_202102201

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#185 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:12 pm (Last edited: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:18 pm)

Hmm, I might try the SMI one (and maybe the new Micron..?); since the Phison is really BAD for my SMI Controlled drive (Phison competition? ) But i see it is intended for the SM2260 and mine is SM2262ENG...
I had BSOD, crash, picture gone, event viewer full or random errors...! Went back to Samsung modded - ALL fine.

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My current System:
i7-3770K @ 4.8 GHz, PH-TC14PE; Maximus V GENE (Z77); Redline 1866MHz 16GB; SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 FURY 4G HBM; Acer XR341CK; GAMMIXS11Pro 1TB; 850PRO 256GB; ST3500418AS 500GB, ST3000DM001 3TB, DT01ACA300 3TB, ST8000VN0022 8TB; HX850; AD-7240S; Centurion 590; Corsair HX850; G500s, K800; Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 64GB; ASUS RT-AC87U; Windows 10 Pro x64.

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#186 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:28 pm (Last edited: Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:41 pm)

Oh this is worst, luckily I have tried it from my other SSD Win, and it doesn't even work!

New Micron works just fine, and seems to be quite a performer.

Performance difference Samsung 3.3.0.2003 vs Micron 2.1.17.0

Bur Samsung are still better, especially in write.

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My current System:
i7-3770K @ 4.8 GHz, PH-TC14PE; Maximus V GENE (Z77); Redline 1866MHz 16GB; SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 FURY 4G HBM; Acer XR341CK; GAMMIXS11Pro 1TB; 850PRO 256GB; ST3500418AS 500GB, ST3000DM001 3TB, DT01ACA300 3TB, ST8000VN0022 8TB; HX850; AD-7240S; Centurion 590; Corsair HX850; G500s, K800; Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 64GB; ASUS RT-AC87U; Windows 10 Pro x64.

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#187 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:33 am

anyone ever tested the older OCZ/Toshiba NVMe driver?

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#188 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:21 am

@Black6spdZ:
Since I doubt, that any user of a Toshiba NVMe SSD will read and answer your specific question, I propose to do the comparison test yourself and report here about your results.

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#189 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:26 pm

I will go for Samsung driver nvme 3.3 on my new aorus 15g

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#190 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Wed May 05, 2021 2:10 pm (Last edited: Wed May 05, 2021 4:47 pm)

Zitat von Coldblackice im Beitrag #168
What's your setup? What happened when you tried?

Sorry for the very very late reply, but at the time I was using a Pioneer 1TB SSD, and Windows 7. I no longer have that SSD, but I have a 2TB WD Black SSD that I could try again with.

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#191 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Sat May 08, 2021 3:38 pm

Upgraded to a B550 chipset and made some test with WD SN 750 Black after discovering here in the board the WD NVME driver (Thanks for that).
Tests done with Crystal Disk Mark 8.0.1, NVME settings
Before I used generic Intel RST driver 18.33.
My system: MSI B550M Mortar, 32 GB RAM, Ryzen 5 3600, WD SN 750, 1TB, FW 111110WD
First test carried out with AMD_StoreMI AHCI Driver v9.4.0.00036

Intel RST NVME Generic v18.33.0.1003, dated March 12, 2021, AMD_StoreMI

Western Digital NVME v3.3.2102.41615, dated February 16, 2021, AMD_StoreMI

Samsung NVMe driver v3.3.0.2003, dated January 21. 2020, AMD_StoreMI

Second test carried out with Microsoft Standard SATA AHCI Controller, v10.0.19041.906

Intel RST NVME Generic v18.33.0.1003, dated March 12, 2021, MS Standard AHCI

Western Digital NVME v3.3.2102.41615, dated February 16, 2021, MS Standard AHCI

Samsung NVMe driver v3.3.0.2003, dated January 21. 2020, MS Standard AHCI

From the values, the Samsumg is clear winner.
All NVME drivers performed better with Microsoft Standard AHCI Driver than with the AMD AHCI Driver.

Cheers
Tom

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#192 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Sat May 15, 2021 9:43 pm (Last edited: Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:31 pm)

Sabrent 2TB Rocket PCIe 4.0 SSD (Windows NVMe Driver):

Sabrent 2TB Rocket PCIe 4.0 SSD (Phison Driver):

Sabrent 4TB Rocket Q PCIe 3.0 SSD (Windows NVMe Driver):

Sabrent 4TB Rocket Q PCIe 3.0 SSD (Phison Driver):

@Fernando is v1.5.0.0 the latest version? I'm asking because it is dated 2018

EDIT by Fernando: Pictures directly attached and resized (can be enlarged by clicking onto them)

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#193 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Sat May 15, 2021 11:48 pm

@superspartan: Yes, the v1.5.0.0 is the latest Phison NVMe driver.
Did you already test the generic Samsung NVMe driver v3.3.0.2003? If not, do it. That driver gave
my 1TB Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe SSD the best benchmark results.

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#194 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Sun May 16, 2021 1:10 am

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #193
@superspartan: Yes, the v1.5.0.0 is the latest Phison NVMe driver.
Did you already test the generic Samsung NVMe driver v3.3.0.2003? If not, do it. That driver gave
my 1TB Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe SSD the best benchmark results.

I did a while back. Do you happen to have a benchmark comparison of the Phison vs the Samsung driver for the Sabrent Rocket PCIe 4?

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#195 | RE: Which NVMe Drivers are the best (performance related)? datum

Sun May 16, 2021 12:25 pm

@superspartan:
Currently I don't have access to my benchmark results.
Why don't you compare the performance of the Samsung and Phison NVMe drivers yourself?

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