Most questions we received after our 840 EVO SSD reviews revolved around the latest version of Samsung's Magician software. Let's take a close look.

Samsung has released the new Magician version 4.6 software as well as the latest firmware for the EVO 840 SSD that should resolve the performance issues once and for all.

Samsung's Magician SSD software, widely used for managing Samsung’s various memory products, ranging from internal SSDs and portable SSDs, to memory cards and USB flash drives, has been reported ...

Samsung Posts Magician 4.6 Software And Firmware Update To Fix 840 EVO SSD Read Slowdowns by Rob Williams — Friday, April 24, 2015, 12:57 PM EDT Comments ...

Even Samsung's own Magician SSD management software detected the drive as the real thing. The counterfeit drive with genuine Samsung sticker attached.

Again using SSD Magician I proceeded to optimize the hardware, optimize the OS, and then selected the over-provisioning option that dedicated 23 GB for optimal drive performance.

UPDATE: 3/22: A Samsung spokesperson got in touch to point out that the Magician software will display the word "Genuine" to the right of the SSD's serial number if it's genuine. The images shared ...