You need to have the Optane memory module installed in your system. I don't think you will notice any real life performance between Optane or not on a modern M2 SSD. You likely do not have the Optane module installed, and I am not sure if it was ever offered with that module or not.
Hi All I'm having real problems trying to understand whether my  Alienware Aurora R11 needs to have Intel Optane setup and running to get the best speed from the disk. I have just upgraded my system from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro and took the decision to format the C: drive and start from scratch. Everything has installed fine and, according to the Windows 11 Disk Management application, my C: drive is an NVMe PM981a NVMe Sams unit. What I am very confused about is the Dell site for my PC's tag number offers the Intel Rapid Storage Driver Technology application and I have installed this. When I run the Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management application and check  the Intel Optane Memory tab, it says 'Your System is not intel Optane memory ready'. So now I'm really confused. Can anyone tell me if my system should be using Intel Optane and, if so, how do I set it up ? Any help / advice would be really appreciated as I'm completely confused. If  anyone thinks that this is a job for Dell then do let me know. My annual support contract has just expired and I'd rather not pay £100 only to find out from Dell that Intel Optane is not needed on my system. Many thanks in advance, Ed
Aurora R11, Intel Optane disk query