Hard Drive Test

[brethren]

I have an SSD hard drive that I bought last year, strictly for installing games on. In the last month or two, loading times seem to have increased drastically, and I've been getting some freezes on a few newer games I've played. I've already checked my RAM using MemTest. What's the best (hopefully free) program to use for checking hard drive integrity?

 

[Bikerdude]

What's the make/model of the SSD and what OS are you using..?

[brethren]

I'm using Windows 8.1. The drive is a Samsung 840 Evo, 250GB.

[Bikerdude]

Same drive as me, there is a known issue with some of those drives where there has been a noticable perf drop -

 

- http://www.anandtech.com/show/8997/samsung-releases-statement-on-840-evo-performance-another-fix-is-in-the-works

 

There will be a new version of the tool available any time now, but untill the here is the download link to the current version -

 

- http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/support/downloads.html

[brethren]

Interesting stuff, thanks Biker. I didn't realize that SSDs could be "fixed" like this. I'll update tonight with the most recent firmware and see if it makes a difference. I've been trying to play GTA5 recently and I've been having freezes and textures not loading, so hopefully this will correct it.

[Bikerdude]

Don't forget to run a perf optomiz via SS magician.

[lowenz]

Still WIP but interesting: http://aezay.dk/aezay/ssdz/

[brethren]

@Biker, did you ever get your 840 EVO working properly? I've applied firmware changes and used the Magician for what I could, but it doesn't appear anything has changed.

[Bikerdude]

I never had a issue with the perf dropping off, so forgot all about this. You best fire off an email to Samsung support, let us know what thier response is.

[brethren]

Tbh, I think I'm just going to return the thing thru Newegg. Running the diagnostic last night, I was only getting 7 MB/s on the sequential read test, which is crazy awful. Games have been taking forever to load.

[AluminumHaste]

I use CrystalDiskMark to check for speeds: http://crystalmark.info/redirect.php?product=CrystalDiskMark

[Bikerdude]

Tbh, I think I'm just going to return the thing thru Newegg. Running the diagnostic last night, I was only getting 7 MB/s on the sequential read test, which is crazy awful. Games have been taking forever to load.

That drive is definatly FUBAR'd if the speeds are 'that' bad.

 

and +1 on what AH mentioned.