Hi,
In my PC I have an Adata SX 900 256gb that's less than a year old. Today I decided to do a smart test. To do this I have used Gsmartcontrol as I am on linux.
Below I have included a screenshot of the output window.
The soft read error rate and the media wear out indicator are quite high.
Furthermore; the gsmartcontrol gives the following information on these values.
Soft read error rate: "Uncorrected read errors reported to the operating system (raw value). If the value is non-zero, you should backup your data. Note: the drive has a non-zero raw value. But there is no SMART warning yet. This could be an indicator of future failures and/or potential data loss in bad sectors."
Media wear out indicator: "Number of cycles the NAND media has experienced. The normalized value decreases linearly from 100 to 1 as the average erase cycle count increases from 0 to the maximum rated cycles. Notice: the drive has less than half of it's life left."
Does it need replacement?