Download SSD-Z 16.01.18 beta

SSD-Z is a program that can provide extensive information about the drives present in the computer, especially about solid state disks. No doubt other information tools such as CPU-Z and GPU-Z were used as inspiration for the name. It provides information about the physical characteristics, such as manufacturer, capacity, interface, and what type of memory has been used. It also shows whether trim is on, what partitions are present and whether the alignment is good. Finally, it can also perform a simple benchmark. A new version was released a few days ago and its changelog looks like this:

Changes in SSD-Z 16.01.18 beta:

• Added many new devices with the help from everyone who submitted their SSDs.
• Device Tab: For devices that report it, the form factor can now be viewed in the Interface field tooltip.
• Submit Tab: No longer uses the GetVersionEx() API function, as it was deprecated with Windows 8.1.
• Identify Tab: Improved the listing and selection of words and bits.
• Partition Tab: Added new column, which shows the percentage that each partition occupies of the total capacity.
• Removed some debug code from the previous release that was accidentally left in.
• Submit Tab: Fixed the Unix Timestamp using local time instead of UTC.
• Submit Tab: Removed a lot of unneeded SMART attribute queries when generating the JSON data.
• Updated the “Full Update” button, so it’s actually being drawn with the active Windows theme.
• For SSDs with an unknown controller, SMART attributes are no longer based on what is most likely for that vendor, and will use the basic fallback descriptor instead. This behavior was causing certain SSDs to display some attributes very incorrectly, especially the bytes read/written.
• Moved the SMART attribute query code into the device core. Previously, each tab that needed access to SMART data, had to query it themselves. This caused extra overhead as both the SMART and Submit tab was querying SMART attributes.
• The “Bytes Written” field on the Device tab, should be better at pulling the data from the most precise attribute.
• Submit: Fixed an issue with malformed JSON data under certain circumstances, causing the submission to fail.
• Device Tab: Added “SATA Speed” in the balloon tooltip for the Interface field.
• Device Tab: Added “WorldWideName” in the balloon tooltip for the Device Name field.