Samsung NVMe SSD fake or real?

hcccs · Apr 10, 2025

I tested my Samsung NVMe SSD 500GB with CrystalDiskMark and it had read 2971 and write 2147 MB/s. When I look in Samsung Magician the other two Samsung SSDs show a serial number and the word Genuine but the NVMe SSD has no serial number and no Genuine word. I suspect that means that it's a fake drive, right?

Tester · Apr 10, 2025

Check this:

can you post a picture from the NVME SSD so we can compaire it with a real one?

hcccs · Apr 10, 2025

Tester said:
Check this:

can you post a picture from the NVME SSD so we can compaire it with a real one?

Catnip · Apr 10, 2025

Is it me, or does that label look like it has been tampered with?

Josey Wales · Apr 10, 2025

You can test it with Samsung Magician.

Samsung Magician Software Download | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Samsung Magician software is designed to help you manage your Samsung SSD with a simple, intuitive user interface. Download files & find supported models.

semiconductor.samsung.com

bobkn · Apr 10, 2025

980 PCIe® 3.0 NVMe® SSD 500GB MZ-V8V500B/AM | Samsung Business US

Learn more about the Samsung MZ-V8V500 980 PCIe® 3.0 NVMe® SSD 500GB (MZ-V8V500B/AM). Work on large projects at high speed with no latency.

www.samsung.com

Samsung claims 3100/2600 MBps read/write, so the performance you're seeing isn't bad.

The reviews on the link say that it has an issue with Magician.

hcccs · Apr 10, 2025

Catnip said:
Is it me, or does that label look like it has been tampered with?

I haven't touched it. What makes you think it's been tampered with?

hcccs · Apr 10, 2025

Josey Wales said:
You can test it with Samsung Magician.

Samsung Magician Software Download | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Samsung Magician software is designed to help you manage your Samsung SSD with a simple, intuitive user interface. Download files & find supported models.

semiconductor.samsung.com

In Samsung Magician the other two Samsung SSDs show a serial number and the word Genuine but the NVMe SSD has no serial number and no "Genuine" word.

Tester · Apr 10, 2025

Looks like a real one, the controller on the chip looks real and in the right place; The Samsung SSD 980 (500GB & 1TB) Review: Samsung's Entry NVMe
Also have read cases where samsung magicial did not recognize there (real)own products. (Could not read out there own controller not all oem or enterpice are supported by that software.),

Can you try to read out serienumber with Hard Disk Sentinal

Josey Wales · Apr 10, 2025

hcccs said:
In Samsung Magician the other two Samsung SSDs show a serial number and the word Genuine but the NVMe SSD has no serial number and no "Genuine" word.

Then IMHO it is fake or broken.

bobkn · Apr 10, 2025

Josey Wales said:
Then IMHO it is fake or broken.

Apparently, the drive may be incompatible with Magician. (It's an old PCI-E 3 model.)

Josey Wales · Apr 10, 2025

bobkn said:
Apparently, the drive may be incompatible with Magician. (It's an old PCI-E 3 model.)

Possibly . I have a 990 4TB NVME that was made in Vietnam and it passed all of the Magician tests, Thailand is not the only country that Samsung uses.

Marcus Vinicus · Apr 10, 2025

Josey Wales said:
You can test it with Samsung Magician.

Samsung Magician Software Download | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Samsung Magician software is designed to help you manage your Samsung SSD with a simple, intuitive user interface. Download files & find supported models.

semiconductor.samsung.com

That's the best way.

Samsung Magician Genuine drive test.webp

hcccs · Apr 10, 2025

Tester said:
Looks like a real one, the controller on the chip looks real and in the right place; The Samsung SSD 980 (500GB & 1TB) Review: Samsung's Entry NVMe
Also have read cases where samsung magicial did not recognize there (real)own products. (Could not read out there own controller not all oem or enterpice are supported by that software.),

Can you try to read out serienumber with Hard Disk Sentinal

I tried to register the SSD with Samsung but the serial number could not be validated, so - another thing indicating a fake SSD?

Tester · Apr 10, 2025

Does it show what firmware version it is using?

Did you check with Hard Disk Sentinal, if the serienumber could be read out?

Dru2 · Apr 10, 2025

All this fakery had me scrambling to check if I've gotten any fake drives after buying 6 990 Pro NVMe drives over the last 6 months, 4 in one buy. Happy to say they're all genuine. Even my Samsung 870 EVO SATA I bought a month ago, checked out genuine per Samsung Magician.

Another reason why I try to avoid Amazon's 3 party markets and stick with "shipped by / sold by Amazon" where possible. But yeah, that's Amazon, plenty of other vendors sell these products, and you have to watch them as well.

MisterEd · Apr 10, 2025

I found that Magician only shows the serial number for internal SSDs. It shows all 0's if the SSD is external.

You can use CrystalDiskInfo to show the serial numbers for internal and external SSDs.

You could also try to register the SSD on the Samsung website. You can't register it unless the serial number is valid. Here is what it shows for one of my SSDs that I registered:

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Note you have to use the serial number on the SSD itself. The one on the box is not complete.

I have two Samsung 1TB 980 M.2 NVMe SSDs.

hcccs · Apr 11, 2025

Tester said:
Does it show what firmware version it is using?

Did you check with Hard Disk Sentinal, if the serienumber could be read out?

The SN matches the one on the SSD.

hcccs · Apr 11, 2025

MisterEd said:
I found that Magician only shows the serial number for internal SSDs. It shows all 0's if the SSD is external.

You can use CrystalDiskInfo to show the serial numbers for internal and external SSDs.

You could also try to register the SSD on the Samsung website. You can't register it unless the serial number is valid. Here is what it shows for one of my SSDs that I registered:

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Note you have to use the serial number on the SSD itself. The one on the box is not complete.

I have two Samsung 1TB 980 M.2 NVMe SSDs.

View attachment 130913

I registered another SSD and it worked but the new 980 SSD doesn't.

hcccs · Apr 11, 2025

Tester said:
Looks like a real one, the controller on the chip looks real and in the right place; The Samsung SSD 980 (500GB & 1TB) Review: Samsung's Entry NVMe
Also have read cases where samsung magicial did not recognize there (real)own products. (Could not read out there own controller not all oem or enterpice are supported by that software.),

Can you try to read out serienumber with Hard Disk Sentinal

This is what it looks beneath the sticker.

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