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2 more ways to get Samsung Magician
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install samsung-magician - Homebrew
brew install --cask samsung-magician
About Samsung Magician
Samsung Magician is the official utility for managing Samsung consumer SSDs. It installs firmware updates, reports drive health, runs performance benchmarks and can securely erase a drive before it is reused or sold.
It is made for Samsung drives, and Samsung publishes a list of supported models on the download page. Owners of other brands need their manufacturer's own tool. It suits anyone with a Samsung SSD who wants to keep firmware current and check the drive's condition.
Strengths
- Official firmware updates for Samsung SSDs
- Drive health reporting and benchmarks in one app
- Secure erase for wiping a drive before reuse
Limitations
- Only works with supported Samsung drives
- Closed source
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree download from Samsung for owners of supported drives.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Samsung
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Owners of Samsung SSDs who want firmware updates and health checks
- Categories
- Disk tools, System monitoring
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Samsung Magician
Compare allSoftware that can replace Samsung Magician for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
CrystalDiskInfo
Reads the health data your drives already record and tells you plainly whether one is dying.
CrystalDiskInfo is MIT-licensed, reads health from drives of any brand with tray alerts, but offers no Samsung firmware updates, benchmarks or secure erase.
smartmontools
Reads the SMART health data built into disks and runs self-tests, giving advance warning before a drive fails.
smartmontools is open-source and cross-platform, monitoring SMART health on a schedule for many drive types, but it is command-line only with no firmware updates.
GSmartControl
A graphical interface for smartctl that shows the health of hard drives and SSDs.
GSmartControl shows SMART health and runs self-tests graphically on Windows and Linux for any brand, depending on smartmontools and lacking firmware updates.
HDDScan
A free Windows utility for testing hard drives and SSDs, reading SMART data and running surface tests.
HDDScan is free for Windows, reads SMART data and runs surface tests on many drives, but provides no Samsung firmware updates or benchmarks.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
CrystalDiskMark
The standard Windows disk benchmark, measuring sequential and random read and write speeds in a few clicks.
Crucial Storage Executive
Crucial's utility for checking SSD health, updating drive firmware and tuning performance on Crucial SSDs.
Kingston SSD Manager
Kingston's utility for monitoring SSD health, updating firmware and securely erasing Kingston drives.
AS SSD Benchmark
Quick Windows benchmark tool for testing SSD read and write speeds.
Parted Magic
A bootable disk utility for partitioning, cloning, rescuing, benchmarking and securely erasing drives from a USB stick.
nvme-cli
A Linux command-line tool for managing, inspecting and formatting NVMe solid-state drives.
