Windows 10: NVMe vs Sata 3 SSD Performance Comparison

Today I got the Samsung 960 Pro 512Gb NVMe drive. Previously I was using the Samsung 850 Pro 512GB drive.

The two screenshots below show the difference between Sata 3 based SSD and an NVMe one.







So for those of you who are thinking about getting one and weren't aware of the difference in performance, I think its definitely worth it.

:)

 

Storage Spaces Win10 vs Server 2016

Hi all,

Is there any documentation on the advantages of Storage Spaces in server 2016 vs Windows 10 Pro. Any additional features or more robust underlying tech that makes it better in the Server OS. Cost of Pro vs server standard is not a problem in this case
with 2 nvme and 8 sata ssds in a system.

 

What to do when changing windows 10 boot drive from AHCI to NVMe

My windows 10 is installed on a samsung 850 SSD using SATA 3 and AHCI. I read that newer SSDs that plug right into the motherboard like the M.2 Format use NVMe or else are a lot slower than advertised. If I wanted to migrate my boot drive from the Samsung
850 SATA 3 AHCI to an M.2 NVME using Acronis or something would I run into problems? Would I instead need to do a clean install of Windows 10 after changing the bios from AHCI to NVMe and plugging in the hypothetical M.2? Am I misunderstanding something altogether?

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The 960 and 850 are pretty huge differences in technology. A better comparison would be the 950 and the 850, which I just so happen to have. Using the default tests:





Interesting thing to note. The above numbers seemed a little low to me, so I ran a second test on my D: drive which is completely empty and got much higher numbers. Make of that what you will. They're both NVMe, on the same computer.

 

Hi,

My own Patriot MVMe drive (which I do not recommend to anyone by the way) is falling inbetween the two.
Major issue with these drives is thermal throtling so cooling is essential.
Other than benchmarking, I am rather underwelmed all in all. Mostly by the current products implementation, not by the inherent potential.
IOW, the technology is bottlenecked by MB's a few years old and yes, cooling.

Cheers, *Wink

 

NVMe drives may be much faster than SATA drives because of interface but not all are like that.

 

Hi,

Care to elaborate on that Mike ?

Cheers, *Wink

 

One more for the pot. NVMe PM961 SSD SAMSUNG