Is something wrong with having 1100 blocks with ~300ms access time on a new HDD?

Jun 18, 2018
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3 days ago I received a new Toshiba P300 HDWD120UZSVA 2TB (Bulk) HDD. After creating a partition (should I run tests before creating a partition?) I wanted to make sure it works well so I ran Crystal Disk Mark benchmark and HD Tune slow scan to look for bad sectors. They ended up having high speeds and no bad sectors but I was curious to check it with Victoria 4.47.

I did 2 Victoria surface scan tests to make sure tests give the same results, I wasn't using pc at the time of the scans. It showed 1100 orange blocks total. For the first TB the average ms is about 270ms and it goes up to an average 350ms for the second TB. 600 orange blocks already found in the first 1,2 TB.

I found only one topic on this forums regarding this issue but it doesn't help my case.

Is it a thing I should worry about? Could some of these slower blocks turn into bad sectors in the future? If yes, is it a manufacturers' flaw or could it have been damaged during shipping? Should I consumer return it or RMA?

Victoria Scan Screenshot
Pastebin Victoria Event Log
Crystal Disk Benchmark
SMART Screenshot
 
If you have hours to wait, run a CrystalDiskMark long test....check smart data, if it is shows blue health status, use the drive....; you are likely not going to find a drive that has every last writeable cell as flawless, as the drives have reserve cells...

naturally, speeds at the outside edges of the platter are faster access than due to higher speeds the media passes across the heads than after the drive is half-full, etc....

Not sure anyone will authorize an RMA on a drive just because some ultra thorough testing program finds some marginal cells, when several spares are in the drive anyway....