SSD defrag

[Justas19]

So i am using Kingston V300 240GB SSD for my laptop, and i got epic speed. But for curiosity i analise my SSD and get 40% fragmentation needed (see in pic - attached).

 

So just one question, if i defrag, will it reduce my SSD lifetime?

[Samfisher]

Yes, massively.  No need to defrag no matter the fragmentation level.  All files are accessed just as fast as there are no moving parts.

[Justas19]

I know how SSD works.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Do NOT defrag your SSD. You will see no improvement and it will just decrease its life time. 

[Minzo]

I know how SSD works.

Then why are you asking?

[Justas19]

Then why are you asking?

If it have any improvent in speed when defrag.

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there @Justas19!

 

You don't need and don't want to defrag a SSD because it wouldn't make your access faster, nor your speed, and it will decrease the lifespan of the drive. Since there's no physical movement in the SSD the defragging is just causing a significant number of writes for no reason.

 

Cheers!

[Guest]

Defraging moves fragmented files closer together on a mechanical disk to decrease data seek times and thus increase write and particularly read speeds of a drive. Because of a lack of moving parts inside an SSD this has no effect on an SSD and if anything, decreases its lifespan as that is set by the number of writes per cell.

[Biased Opinion]

Do NOT defrag your SSD. You will see no improvement and it will just decrease its life time. 

pre fix 840 evos would disagree with that statement.

[Samfisher]

If it have any improvent in speed when defrag.

 

If you know how it works then you wouldn't be asking this >.<

[cragger89]

If it have any improvent in speed when defrag.

 

But you know how SSD works, apparently.

[DotoreN]

If it have any improvent in speed when defrag.

 

If you knew how SSDs work, then you had to know that it doesn't improve. In fact, you'll decrease the SSDs lifespan, nothing more.

 

Also, most SSDs are protected from defragging... for a reason. Some dumbasses unfortunately find ways to bypass this.

 

In short; Only defrag if you want your SSD to die sooner