List of programs that can display SMART health report of SSD drives
As with all storage devices so does Solid State Drive (SSD) has a limited life span it can fail on you anytime, with listed SSD tools you can monitor S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) health report of the SSD drives. If the S.M.A.R.T health report is bad or reports that the SSD failing then you should backup your personal data to a another storage device and replace the SSD drive.
SsdReady
The SsdReady even do this tool is not free it is one of the tools that can track your SSD daily Writes and the total usage of your SSD on daily basis. It can predict how long your SSD going to live and your will get a time span to shop for next SSD.
The basic features in the free version are enough for an estimate of SSD life.
1. Install ssdready, launch it in the morning and leave it open all day.
2. At the end of the day, click on the button Estimate SSD life.
SSDLife
SSDLife is a dedicated toll for Solid State Drives. This tool can measure your SSD’s life span and you can back up your data before your SSD take it’s last breath. This tool not free but worth mentioning in my view.
Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox
The Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox (Intel SSD Toolbox) is drive management software that allows you to:
View current drive information for Intel® Solid State Drives (Intel® SSDs), including:
The Intel SSD Toolbox is only available for Windows* Operating Systems. If you have an Apple* or Linux* computer, use the Intel Solid State Drive Firmware Update Tool.
Samsung Magician
Samsung Magician software features simple, graphical indictors to show SSD health status and Total Bytes Written (TBW) at a glance. You can determine SATA and AHCI compatibility and status. The updated Benchmarking feature lets users to test and SSDs to compare the performance and speed.
This tool can use to optimize your Samsung SSD with three different profiles like Maximum Performance, Maximum Capacity and Maximum Reliability along with detailed descriptions of each OS setting.
CrystalDiskInfo
CrystalDiskInfo helps you to monitor Solid State Hard Disk’s health status and temperature. This tool can check your disk’s Read and Write speed and S.M.A.R.T.
SsdReady
The SsdReady even do this tool is not free it is one of the tools that can track your SSD daily Writes and the total usage of your SSD on daily basis. It can predict how long your SSD going to live and your will get a time span to shop for next SSD.
The basic features in the free version are enough for an estimate of SSD life.
1. Install ssdready, launch it in the morning and leave it open all day.
2. At the end of the day, click on the button Estimate SSD life.
SSDLife
SSDLife is a dedicated toll for Solid State Drives. This tool can measure your SSD’s life span and you can back up your data before your SSD take it’s last breath. This tool not free but worth mentioning in my view.
Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox
The Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox (Intel SSD Toolbox) is drive management software that allows you to:
View current drive information for Intel® Solid State Drives (Intel® SSDs), including:
- Model number, capacity, and firmware version
- Drive health
- Estimated drive life remaining
- SMART attributes (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel® SSDs)
- Identify Device information (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel® SSDs)
- Optimize Intel® SSD performance using Trim functionality
- Optimize Intel SSD performance in RAID 0 using Trim functionality Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) 11.0 or greater.
The Intel SSD Toolbox is only available for Windows* Operating Systems. If you have an Apple* or Linux* computer, use the Intel Solid State Drive Firmware Update Tool.
Samsung Magician
Samsung Magician software features simple, graphical indictors to show SSD health status and Total Bytes Written (TBW) at a glance. You can determine SATA and AHCI compatibility and status. The updated Benchmarking feature lets users to test and SSDs to compare the performance and speed.
This tool can use to optimize your Samsung SSD with three different profiles like Maximum Performance, Maximum Capacity and Maximum Reliability along with detailed descriptions of each OS setting.
CrystalDiskInfo
CrystalDiskInfo helps you to monitor Solid State Hard Disk’s health status and temperature. This tool can check your disk’s Read and Write speed and S.M.A.R.T.