How long does my SSD have left to live?

[exe_]

Hi all!

 

My Kingston 120GB SSD is about 5 - 6 years old and has only been used for the OS.

 

I've done my best to move as much as possible over to other drives and to avoid anything being installed on the C drive (pictured below)

 

Just wanted to know roughly how long my SSD have left to live only being used for the OS (I do plan on purchasing a new M.2 to run my OS on instead.).

[xAcid9]

Download something like Crystal Disk Info and check how many TBs already written on your SSD.

[dizmo]

It's hard to say. Most SSDs will last far, far past their claimed rating.

[WereCatf]

17 minutes ago, exe_ said:

Just wanted to know roughly how long my SSD have left to live only being used for the OS

Why are you so worried about its lifespan? Have there been some signs that it's dying or something?

[exe_]

15 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

Download something like Crystal Disk Info and check how many TBs already written on your SSD.

Thanks for the recommendation, this is such a cute program! How accurate is this software? Do you know?

[exe_]

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

Why are you so worried about its lifespan? Have there been some signs that it's dying or something?

I'm worried because of how long it's been that I've owned the SSD for that's all, and what I've heard and read that 5 years is a typical life span (correct me if I've been misinformed).

[Constantin]

1 minute ago, exe_ said:

Thanks for the recommendation, this is such a cute program! How accurate is this software? Do you know?

Quite decent.

[WereCatf]

Just now, exe_ said:

I'm worried because of how long it's been that I've owned the SSD for that's all, and what I've heard and read that 5 years is a typical life span (correct me if I've been misinformed).

Their lifespan is based on how much they've been written to, not age, so saying some specific number of years is very misleading. Look up your SSD's specs, namely what Kingston says about how much it can be written to, and then check how much your SSD itself has been written to.

[SupaKomputa]

27 minutes ago, exe_ said:

only being used for the OS

That is not ONLY, boot disk is an intensive workload. It keeps reading and writing over and over that would degrade the lifespan.

Typically 5 years is good, better prepare for a new one, make sure you backup all important files, it could die out any moment.

It could last longer, but who knows, the technology only been around in this decade.

[xAcid9]

My 5-6 years 80GB Intel SSD at work got like 7.5TB host writes.. still working like normal.

[exe_]

27 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Their lifespan is based on how much they've been written to, not age, so saying some specific number of years is very misleading. Look up your SSD's specs, namely what Kingston says about how much it can be written to, and then check how much your SSD itself has been written to.

Good idea, I'll do that right now actually, thanks!

[exe_]

So I'm looking at this: https://www.kingston.com/datasheets/svp200s3_us.pdf

 

Am I reading it correctly when it says TBW is 96TB? Does that mean I can only write up to 96TB of data until it ceases all function?

 

Using Crystal Mark Info, this is the current health of my SSD:

 

Anything notable I should be aware of?

 

[SupaKomputa]

Yeah, you won't have to worry about the lifespan if the files are backed up.

If it dies you just get a new one and start over and recopy all those files.

[WereCatf]

2 minutes ago, exe_ said:

Am I reading it correctly when it says TBW is 96TB? Does that mean I can only write up to 96TB of data until it ceases all function?

No, it's rated for 96TBW. It doesn't necessarily just drop dead then. Besides, you've only got 42TBW at the moment, so...you're not even half-way there yet!

[Lady Fitzgerald]

A drive (HDD or SSD) can be tested to show being healthy, then die in the next minute. While various programs can be used to determine how healthy a drive is and how much warrantied write life is left, any drive can still fail unrecoverably without any notice at any time. Other than checking remaining TBWs (TeraByte Writes) of SSDs every once in a blue moon to make sure nothing is making excessive drive writes, it's better just to back up the drives and not worry about them. Backups need to be air gapped from the computer. The best way to achieve this is with external backup drives that are kept disconnected from the computer, powered down, and stored out of sight of the computer. Also, you should have at least two backups, one kept onsite and one kept offsite.

 

With a good backup scheme in place, you don't have to worry about if a drive is going to die or not. If one does die, just replace it and restore the backup to it.

[SupaKomputa]

Also to consider is the sandforce controller chip, they have not got a good reputation back in the days.

I have one ssd died not long after it's warranty expired, some say the controller is dead.

[xAcid9]

So far i only got 1 dead SSD for the past 5-6 years and that was from OCZ. 

2x Plextor

7x Intel

2x OCZ

still going stronk.

 

Usually it will die without warning so keep your important files backed up all the times. 

[exe_]

So much juicy help ;w; I love it. I still plan to buy an M.2 for my OS this christmas anyways and just use this SSD for a game or two.

 

Currently I have 3 backups:

• One done manually dragging files
• One using Windows File History
• and lastly Google Drive

Any tips on stuff I've left out?