Whenever I open anything, it runs slow.. Its as if I am watching it at one quarter speed. After consulting a separate (old) thread, I was led to believe a SMART scan might be telling. Here are the results:
Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
Serial: S21HNSAG127523Z
LBA: 976773168
Report By: HDDScan for Windows version 3.3
Report Date: 4/3/2016 8:39:18 AM
Detected controller Unknown
Num Attribute Name Value Worst Raw(hex) Threshold
005 Initial Bad Blocks Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 010
009 Power-On Hours Count 099 099 0000000000-043F 000
012 Device Power Cycle Count 099 099 0000000000-015F 000
177 Wear Leveling Count 099 099 0000000000-0001 000
179 Used Rsvd Block Count Total 100 100 0000000000-0000 010
181 Program Fail Count Total 100 100 0000000000-0000 010
182 Erase Fail Count Total 100 100 0000000000-0000 010
183 Runtime Bad Block 100 099 0000000000-0000 010
187 Reported Uncorrectable Error 100 100 0000000000-0000 000
190 Unknown Attribute 066 057 0000000000-0022 000
195 ECC Rate 200 200 0000000000-0000 000
199 SATA R-Errors Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 000
235 Unknown Attribute 099 099 0000000000-0004 000
241 Total Host Writes 099 099 0000006D3A-7698 000
Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
Serial: S21HNSAG127523Z
LBA: 976773168
Report By: HDDScan for Windows version 3.3
Report Date: 4/3/2016 8:39:18 AM
Detected controller Unknown
Num Attribute Name Value Worst Raw(hex) Threshold
005 Initial Bad Blocks Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 010
009 Power-On Hours Count 099 099 0000000000-043F 000
012 Device Power Cycle Count 099 099 0000000000-015F 000
177 Wear Leveling Count 099 099 0000000000-0001 000
179 Used Rsvd Block Count Total 100 100 0000000000-0000 010
181 Program Fail Count Total 100 100 0000000000-0000 010
182 Erase Fail Count Total 100 100 0000000000-0000 010
183 Runtime Bad Block 100 099 0000000000-0000 010
187 Reported Uncorrectable Error 100 100 0000000000-0000 000
190 Unknown Attribute 066 057 0000000000-0022 000
195 ECC Rate 200 200 0000000000-0000 000
199 SATA R-Errors Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 000
235 Unknown Attribute 099 099 0000000000-0004 000
241 Total Host Writes 099 099 0000006D3A-7698 000