Samsung Magician

Keeping a tab on your SSDs is something that should be considered: Windows does well to trim the drives to ensure maximum performance and longevity, but probing into your SSDs yourself is never a bad idea. Through dedicated tools, you might be able to improve performance and ensure that everything is in order.

For those who own Samsung SSDs, it might feel somewhat familiar hearing of Samsung Magician, the company's own take on the SSD management utility market. If you own a drive from them, Magician can help you find out more details about it, such as monitor its temperatures, conduct performance benchmarks, and other such operations, all in the name of boosting performance.

As this is a dedicated piece of software targeted at Samsung consumer SSDs, those with drives from other brands won't see much use out of it. If you do happen to own a Samsung drive, however, you can utilize this tool to take care of your SSD.

The Drive Dashboard provides an overview of your SSD, presenting metrics related to the drive's health, its temperature, as well as some benchmark results. More technical data is displayed in the Drive Details menu, where information about the serial number, firmware, interface, as well as disk volume is reported.

If you're interested in testing the capabilities of your drive, you can benchmark it through this tool. Other functions, such as Diagnostic Scan, Performance Optimization, and Over Provisioning can work to help you squeeze more performance out of your drive, as well as make sure that everything works as intended.

A few data management options are available. Secure Erase can format your disk, PSID Revert can un-encrypt storage, and Encrypted Drive can re-encrypt your stuff right away.  It's worth mentioning that a consumer Samsung SSD is required for these functions to work: chances are, if you've bought one in the last few years, it'll be supported without a problem.

Samsung Magician seeks to offer Samsung SSD users with a bit more control over their drives, as well as provide a means for them to better take care of them.