Hard disk health and reliability analysis

Almost every EIDE or SATA hard disk includes S.M.A.R.T. data. That information is collected by the drive itself and contains data that the manufacturer considered relevant to check reliability. The data is made up of several attributes that have a current value, a worst one, a threshold, some raw data, and some flags. Basically, when any attribute's current value is below its threshold, the hard disk is considered unreliable and likely to fail. By using several techniques, this report tries to give a wider range of information, basing its analysis on advanced comparisons with normal values based on real hard disks and on expert-like checks. The final results are not to be taken as an absolute truth, but they are almost as good as a professional expert advice about your hard disk status.

Your hard disk is a SAMSUNG HM160HI with firmware HR100-08.
The average temperature for this hard disk model is 40°C (min=27°C max=52°C) and yours is 22°C.

  Attribute   Current   Raw
Raw Read Error Rate 100 00000000000B
Spin Up Time 252 000000000A7F
Start/Stop Count 95 00000000167D
Reallocated Sector Count 252 000000000000
Seek Error Rate 252 000000000000
Seek Time Performance 252 000000000000
Power On Hours Count 90 0000000015BD
Spin Retry Count 252 000000000000
Power Cycle Count 98 0000000008C3
GSense Error Rate 97 00000000923D
Power Off Retract Count 100 0000000000D0
Hardware ECC Recovered 100 00000000228C
Reallocated Event Count 252 000000000000
Current Pending Sector 252 000000000000
Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count 252 000000000000
Ultra DMA CRC Error Rate 200 000000000003
Write Error Rate 100 000000000000
Soft Read Error Rate 252 000000000000
Load Retry Count 74 0000000066DB
Load Cycle Count 93 000000012E16

All the attributes of your hard disk are above the S.M.A.R.T. thresholds set by the manufacturer. This is good.

NOTE : your hard disk Power On Hours Count attribute current value (90) is below the normal range (92 - 252) reported for your specific hard disk model. Basically your hard disk was powered on for more than the maximum time the average user did. This means that either all of the reports collected are from hard disks that were not powered on for too long (this is realistic for recent models) or that your hard disk is becoming old. Usually this is not considered as a pre-failure advisory, but you should check whether you want to replace the hardware or keep an eye on its performances over time.

NOTE : your hard disk Power Cycle Count attribute current value (98) is below the normal range (99 - 100) reported for your specific hard disk model. Basically your hard disk was power cycled more times than the maximum number the average hard disk was. Power cycles put some stress on the hard disk mechanic. Sometimes power cycles can be caused by a loose hard disk power connector. Make sure it is properly fastened.

The overall fitness for this drive is 100%.
The overall performance for this drive is 100%.

The link to get back and see a new report about this hard disk in the future is this. Consider that new hard disks and new checks are added over time.


DISCLAIMER: this report does its best to highlight issues and warnings related to your hard disk. It cannot be held responsible for any mistake. This page and its results cannot be used in any other way but the one defined by its author.