Does SSD speed diminish after writing data?

[Jamdude]

I don't know much about this but have heard a few things about it.  So is the speed and lifespan of an SSD decreased depending on how many times you have written data to it?  I noticed that the benchmarked speeds of my 120GB OCZ Agility 3 have decreased after having it for about 6 months and I only have 45GB of data on it.  Has writing and deleting information from it reduced it's speed and performance?  I don't know if this matters but it also dropped from 7.9 to 7.8 in Windows 7 WEI.

[Godlygamer23]

30% of my SSD is filled, and it's not any slower.

[Leivel2]

I do know that writing to an SSD does degrade the flash. I don't know if that is what affects the read speed. I have a Patriot Pyro that I have written an OS to several times after reformatting it and it does not perform nearly as good as it did in the beginning.

[XiaoPigs]

The OCZ Agility 3 is an older drive after all. Coupled with the fact that it has lesser space left on it to read and write from does affect the performance.

[Jamdude]

Thanks for you replies, I'm starting to see my SSD slightly degrade and will shortly be seeking an upgrade if it continues.  

[Guest]

It does eventually, they have a certain degree of good write cycles usually listed on the specifications and as you get to the end of that they start to slow down and eventually just choke and die or get thrown out by an angry user waiting 10 mins for Windows to boot up, its not as bad on newer SSDs and if you buy the right one a new SSD should last years if you treat it well.

 

Don't defrag it and move things like browser history and temp folders onto a second drive.

[Jamdude]

It does eventually, they have a certain degree of good write cycles usually listed on the specifications and as you get to the end of that they start to slow down and eventually just choke and die or get thrown out by an angry user waiting 10 mins for Windows to boot up, its not as bad on newer SSDs and if you buy the right one a new SSD should last years if you treat it well.

 

Don't defrag it and move things like browser history and temp folders onto a second drive.

Yea I read the defragging won't help as it's flash memory and won't help the read speeds.  I'll see how my SSD continues and if I see a further decrease in speed then I'll get a newer one.

 

Thanks for your comments everyone.