I just got a Samsung 990 PRO 2TB drive, which came with firmware 4b2qjxd7 that was supposed to fix some previous issues. I ran a performance benchmark with Samsung Magician, and it showed a write of 190GB. After updating the firmware to 7b2qjxd7, I ran the benchmark again and it showed total writes of 380GB. Is this typical for new drives? Should I consider returning it? Just to note, I installed the drive in the second PCIe 3 m2 slot of my system.
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It sounds like you're concerned about the amount of data being written during the benchmark. It's totally normal for benchmark tests to write that much data! The first test wrote 190GB, and then after updating the firmware, it makes sense that the total went up since you doubled the test. Don’t stress too much about it; this is pretty standard practice for testing speeds.
When you benchmark a drive, you initiate write tasks to assess performance, which is what's happening here. From your tests, the figures you've got from the benchmarks seem perfectly normal. Different drives can vary, but a write of that amount is part of the process and not a sign of a defect.
Yeah, it's important to remember this. Just because it seems high doesn’t mean there's a problem.
Don't worry! The drive requires writing data to perform the benchmarks you've observed. Each test measures write speed based on data written, so your results are quite standard. Depending on the settings, it could write even more! Definitely don't return it just based on the data amounts you're seeing.
Exactly! Benchmarking is all about testing performance by writing data, so your numbers are likely fine.