SSD failed S.M.A.R.T test

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I've got a pretty nice gaming rig set up and this morning I was running Eurosofts Diagnostic utilities and it displayed a message indicating that my OCZ agility 3 120GB SSD failed a S.M.A.R.T test.

I haven't noticed any performance issues, the boot time hasn't changed at all. I'm just wondering if this is a major issue or if perhaps it was just a fluke or something.

All feedback is appreciated!

-Chase
 

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I uploaded a screenshot here if you wanna take a peek, would have been a lot to write down.

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This is the data provided by their SMART DATA utility. Pretty sure this is bad... I guess it's good it has a three year warranty though.

SMART Data

Model Number: OCZ-AGILITY3
Serial Number: OCZ-BP509CX3XS9C6868
WWN: 5e83a97eb940695e

ID ATTRIBUTE STATUS VALUE WORST THRESHOLD TYPE UPDATED RAW
1 Raw Read Error Rate 0x000f 090 090 050 Pre-fail Always 0/46458235
5 Retired Block Count 0x0033 100 100 003 Pre-fail Always 0
9 Power-On Hours 0x0032 094 094 000 Old age Always 5588h+04m+17.710s
12 Device Power Cycle Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old age Always 1256
171 Program Fail Count 0x0032 000 000 000 Old age Always 0
172 Erase Fail Count 0x0032 000 000 000 Old age Always 0
174 Unexpected Power Loss 0x0030 000 000 000 Old age Offline 101
177 Wear Range Delta 0x0000 000 000 000 Old age Offline 5
181 Program Fail Count 0x0032 000 000 000 Old age Always 0
182 Erase Fail Count 0x0032 000 000 000 Old age Always 0
187 Reported Uncorrectable 0x0032 100 100 000 Old age Always 0
194 Temperature Celsius 0x0022 030 030 000 Old age Always 30 (Min/Max 30/30)
195 ECC On-the-Fly Error Count 0x001c 120 120 000 Old age Offline 0/46458235
196 Reallocation Event Count 0x0033 100 100 003 Pre-fail Always 0
201 Uncorrectable Soft Read Error Rate 0x001c 120 120 000 Old age Offline 0/46458235
204 Soft ECC Correction Rate 0x001c 120 120 000 Old age Offline 0/46458235
230 Life Curve Status 0x0013 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always 100
231 SSD Life Left 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always 0
241 Lifetime Writes from Host 0x0032 000 000 000 Old age Always 4789
242 Lifetime Reads to Host 0x0032 000 000 000 Old age Always 6530
 

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I have almost exactly the same issues as you. My OCZ Vertex 3 shows huge read errors in S.M.A.R.T. attributes 1, 195, 201, and 204, but they're all the same numbers (69 million +). If they were all different then you might have something to worry about.

I just got off the phone with OCZ tech support in San Jose, CA, and the rep told me not to worry about it. Using your OCZ Toolbox app, your SSD's life curve SMART attribute is what you should watch; "0" is perfect, which is what both you and I have, so there's no need to worry.