What to use to fully test a drive?

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So I have a suspect hard drive. What do you all use to do a comprehensive test on a Hard drive?
 
What leads you to believe there is an issue?

I use Seatools on most drives, but as noted, the drive manufacturers tool is the best option. Having said that, I've had drives start throwing SMART errors and even have read issues while the drive still passes testing. I'm at the point where once a drive starts showing SMART errors, it gets replaced.
 
I use badblocks 4 pass destructive test on all drives I receive home or work.

I am currently testing 2 10TB WDC externals at home.

Code: 
jmd0 ~ # badblocks -wsv -b 4096 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_easystore_25FB_4A454B5531344A5A-0:0
Checking for bad blocks in read-write mode
From block 0 to 2441609215
Testing with pattern 0xaa: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0x55: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0xff:  58.36% done, 74:02:11 elapsed. (0/0/0 errors)


and

Code: 
jmd0 ~ # badblocks -wsv -b 4096 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_Elements_25A3_4A4548373333554E-0:0
Checking for bad blocks in read-write mode
From block 0 to 2441601023
Testing with pattern 0xaa: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0x55: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0xff:  47.24% done, 74:01:56 elapsed. (0/0/0 errors)

should be done sometime lather in the week..

Before, during and after I look at the smart data:

Code: 
jmd0 ~ # smartctl -A /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_Elements_25A3_4A4548373333554E-0\:0
smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [x86_64-linux-5.1.21-gentoo-20190831-2019-jmd0.comcast.net] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000b   100   100   016    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  2 Throughput_Performance  0x0004   131   131   054    Old_age   Offline      -       104
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   100   100   024    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       6
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   005    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000a   100   100   067    Old_age   Always       -       0
  8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0004   100   100   020    Old_age   Offline      -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       135
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0012   100   100   060    Old_age   Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       6
 22 Unknown_Attribute       0x0023   100   100   025    Pre-fail  Always       -       100
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       7
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       7
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0002   135   135   000    Old_age   Always       -       48 (Min/Max 23/51)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0008   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x000a   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

and

Code: 
jmd0 ~ # smartctl -A /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_easystore_25FB_4A454B5531344A5A-0\:0
smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [x86_64-linux-5.1.21-gentoo-20190831-2019-jmd0.comcast.net] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000b   100   100   016    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  2 Throughput_Performance  0x0004   130   130   054    Old_age   Offline      -       108
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   100   100   024    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       4
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   005    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000a   100   100   067    Old_age   Always       -       0
  8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0004   128   128   020    Old_age   Offline      -       18
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       135
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0012   100   100   060    Old_age   Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       4
 22 Unknown_Attribute       0x0023   100   100   025    Pre-fail  Always       -       100
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       5
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       5
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0002   130   130   000    Old_age   Always       -       50 (Min/Max 22/53)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0008   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x000a   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 
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