SSD UTILITY

If you want more power over the RC500 you can download the SSD utility software from the official product page (this still has the OCZ logo which should change to KIOXIA soon).

From the overview tab of the software you can check the status of the drive (including the current firmware version, health, temperature, connected interface and current capacity), the SSD and system details and the SMART page.

The tuner tab allows you to run a quick benchmark and use the over-provisioning feature to increase performance.

Moving to the maintenance page from here you can check for new firmware updates, format and secure erase the drive, set alerts and use the bootable version of SSD Utility on a USB flash drive.

Inside the settings page we find the language selection along with other basic program options.