

From its dashboard, you can quickly view a long list of the latest system data, so you can know when things are going well and if there are problems.ĬrystalDiskInfo is a good free choice, if you have good computer knowledge and want to keep abreast of the latest developments in the system. Generally speaking, once a drive starts to crash, it quickly goes downhill, so if you start to see an increase in failure rates, it is usually best to assume the worst.ĬrystalDiskInfo provides you with all computer SMART information and complete readings of current temperature and health status. When various factors approach the critical threshold, CrystalDiskInfo will remind you that it is time for a backup. This includes details such as the current drive temperature, the number of failed read or write attempts, how long the drive has been running, and how often it is started and stopped. Most hard disks are included in the recent system and may appear to tell you the disk status.

(Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) protocol. But a higher end SSD like the Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 shows the scammers are upping their game.CrystalDiskInfo is a utility that can tell you all the information about the performance of hard disk hardware, including the possibility of stopping operation in the near future.

It is possible to see $39 30TB portable SSD on Walmart or the $100 16TB SSD on Amazon and these are just silly. The makers of these fake drives have infiltrated US retailers as third-party sellers. The actual drive currently retails for $169.99 on the U.S.

The price alone makes it easy to see that the SSD is a sham. The drives even come in official Samsung packaging. The merchant sold fake Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSDs on Xianyu, Taobao's second-hand market, for $127.77. The bogus drive can’t perform like a real Samsung 980 Pro and has sequential read and write speeds of around 4.8 GBps and 4.5 GBps, respectively, in CrystalDiskMark and up to 4.2 GBps and 3.9 GBps in AS SSD. The fake Samsung 980 Pro drive uses YMTC's 128-layer TLC 3D NAND (X2-9060) built with the Chinese chipmaker's Xtacking 2.0 technology. It uses an 8nm Elpis controller with a DRAM design with controllers which are larger than Samsung’s rivals. The SSD controller comes from TSMC's 12nm process node and features a DRAM-less design. The SSD uses the Maxio MAP1602A PCIe 4.0 SSD controller, the same one that powers the Acer Predator GM7. Once the sticker was removed, the drive had all the signs of a counterfeit SSD. According to Toms’ Hardware one phony drive was so good that the mysterious drive even managed to fool the Samsung Magician software.
