How to Determine What Intel® Optane™ Memory Technology Is in Your System

If you purchased a system that came with the module installed and potentially enabled for system acceleration, you can use this article to determine which Intel® Optane™ Memory technology is installed in your system, and the module's status.

Intel® Optane™ Memory User Interface

• How to get there:
  1. Press the Windows Key.
  2. View all applications.
  3. Select Intel® Optane™ Memory. (It might be in an Intel brand folder.)
     1. If this application is not listed, look in the same location for the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application.
• Where to look: Setup tab.

Device Manager

• How to get there:
  1. Press Windows Key + X,
  2. Search for and select Device Manager.
• Where to look: Disk Drives.

Figure 1: This figure shows the Intel® Optane™ Memory device as a standalone device and not enabled for system acceleration.

Figure 2: This figure shows the Intel® Optane™ Memory device as a storage volume, enabled for system acceleration. If you want to see the more about this volume, right-click the volume and select Properties.

Intel System Support Utility Logs

Download Intel® System Support Utility for Windows* software. When the download is complete, launch SSU.exe.

1. Scan: Check the box Everything.
2. Click Scan.
3. Review: When finished scanning, click Next.
4. Click Save.
5. Refer to the storage section to see if Optane Memory is detected.