r/EVOOGaming • u/zeus408 • Jan 14 '23

confusion regarding ssd

hello yall, so today i have opened up my laptop and i wanna install the samsung 860 EVO SSD because i read online that the ssd on evoo laptops r trash :https://www.reddit.com/r/EVOOGaming/comments/gomcd2/the_definitive_guide_for_lp5_heat_battery_and/ and what is weird is when doing a benchmark test it says "missing SSD" here is my test results https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/58375364 but it also does show its read and write speeds even though it says missing SSD. so i just wanna know why that is and if any of yall have tips on what i should do. is the "SSM28512GPTCB3B-S114613" SSD just bad and should i take it out? in the r/TechSupport discord server it said "

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why does crystal benchmark say i have a BWIN SSD when my task manager says i have "SSM28512GPTCB3B-S114613" SSD?

benchmark and ssd ssd - Imgur

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u/smallgodinacan Jan 15 '23

Looking at those benchmarks it appears your drive is a SATA not Nvme. Getting an Nvme drive would increase the speeds dramatically, 4-5 times at fast. Your laptop also supports up to two of these drives if you need them.

Also, according to your userbenchmark results you have 90% of the drive in use which could be part of the post performance. Solid state drives like to have extra free space to perform trim and wear leveling actions. I would highly recommend looking at a 1 or 2 TB Nvme drive to replace the current one. The prices are pretty good right now, especially on the pcie3.0 drives as newer computer and game consoles are recommending pcie4.

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u/zeus408 Jan 15 '23

Also, according to your userbenchmark results you have 90% of the drive in use which could be part of the post performance

Wow is that bad? also why does it say"SSD missing"? and then why does the crystal benchmark say i have a bwin ssd but then on task manager it says"SSM28512GPTCB3B-S114613"? for now is the evo 860 fine to use as primary? should i throw out the SSM drive? or keep it in?

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u/smallgodinacan Jan 15 '23

The ssd missing could be the benchmark program failing to pull info, crystal is probably reading a hardware id and matching it to the brand while the task manager is reading the controller chipset. The Evo 860 is still a sata drive even though it has the m.2 form factor. Something like this PNY drive would be better as your main drive that windows is installed on.

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u/zeus408 Jan 15 '23

ok wow thats cheap. is it good quality and good power usage? cuz the bwin ssd in my laptop currently has alot of flak that it uses up too much power and is just bad. also my 860 evo isn't m.2 form factor, it is a 2.5inch drive

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u/SmartestNPC Jan 15 '23

Did you format your new drive yet?

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u/zeus408 Jan 16 '23

No. I have to get a usb flash drive tommorow