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Samsung 850 PRO 256GB Anomalies
Hello-
I have enjoyed this Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SSD since purchase in Nov 2015.
We used the Samsung Magician (v4.5) disc that came with it and tuned the drive accordingly, plus
we changed the other recommended system settings for SSD's.
Moved the Page File to the 1TB Storage drive, along with My Documents, My Pictures, My Videos,
and Downloads. System Restore was turned off.
About a week or two ago (maybe a tad longer) Boot seemed to take a bit longer and the machine
seemed like it was slowing down since the SSD installation. By most standards, it's still rather quick.
Found out that there was a v5.0 of Magician available, so we installed it and removed the other
version. Tuning options are not available on the v5.0 compared to other version.
I had the SSD set to 'Rapid Mode' since the beginning. However, it sure seems like it's a tad snappier
without 'Rapid Mode'.
We're getting significantly worse read/write values since install- when that happened, can't be certain,
as we benchmark drive as infrequently as possible.
Samsung has agreed to RMA the drive, but we'll buy a new one first to keep up and running.
Our research back in 11/2015 prior to purchase indicated the 850 PRO was top shelf.
Please take a look at the Magician attachment, using ver. 5.0, and also the User Benchmarks
average based on 16K samples... we're backed up and have full system images at 3 sources,
so not worried there.
I would like to hear some constructive opinions about this issue, and offer appreciation in advance.
Thank you!