SSD Health

[Daash]

Hi there, i've been using a pretty decently aged ssd for about a few years i think? Bought it around 2018 i think.. And suddenly i'm having problems with the health day by day. 

It's been declining few days.. just last week it was at 82% and today it's already at 79%. Is this a good thing or bad thing.. I'm planning on switching to something more reliable since i'm heavy on editing and this also runs on my main OS

Also side note the temperature for this ssd hits 60*C at times and begins bogging down my premiere pro workflow

[Electronics Wizardy]

What does the raw smart data look like, the heath percentage is not great normally, and made by the program your using.

 

Normally this is tied to the amount of writes, and isn't a issue for desktop userss.

[Daash]

5 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What does the raw smart data look like, the heath percentage is not great normally, and made by the program your using.

 

Normally this is tied to the amount of writes, and isn't a issue for desktop userss.

I don't really understand what you mean by that.. so the health percentage isn't reliable ..?

This what my smart data looks like.. What is the use or purpose of smart anyways? I'm not an expert by all means

[Electronics Wizardy]

7 hours ago, Daash said:

don't really understand what you mean by that.. so the health percentage isn't reliable ..?

This what my smart data looks like.. What is the use or purpose of smart anyways? I'm not an expert by all means

the percentage is from the app, not the drive its self. Its designed to be a estimate, but not really right.

 

THe smart data should tell you if a drive has issues, or estimates about the life remaining. Your drive looks fine, don't worry about it.

 

Your drive is fine, don't worry about it.

[Daash]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

the percentage is from the app, not the drive its self. Its designed to be a estimate, but not really right.

 

THe smart data should tell you if a drive has issues, or estimates about the life remaining. Your drive looks fine, don't worry about it.

 

Your drive is fine, don't worry about it.

Wow so what's the point of even having this apps.. like i was sick worried judging by the temperatures peaking over 60 and health.. 

But on a side note if i do want to evaluate the health in the future i just have to check the smart data then? If there's some errors or messages then i know it's dying or something correct? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Daash said:

Wow so what's the point of even having this apps.. like i was sick worried judging by the temperatures peaking over 60 and health.. 

But on a side note if i do want to evaluate the health in the future i just have to check the smart data then? If there's some errors or messages then i know it's dying or something correct? 

FIrst thing, make sure you have backups, a drive can fail at any time with no warning

 

Checking the health can help with some premature failures, but its only a guess, drives will probably last a while after they say there are issues, or fail with no issues.

 

Normally if there is lots of reallocates sectors, thats when id start to repalce a drive, but really don't worry about it here.