Directstorage

Diagram from Microsoft showing the eventual goal of DirectStorage.

Once DirectStorage is enabled, you will notice a significant improvement in-game loading times.

This SSD is also compatible with Microsoft DirectStorage, a feature of Windows 11 that enhances game load times and image quality.

Another forward-looking feature is support for Microsoft's upcoming DirectStorage API which will allow games to load data directly from storage devices to a GPU's memory pool rather than going through system memory first.