SSD dropped to 99% health in 1 month!

[Freezanator]

I bought my SanDisk 120GB SSD last month and many say that an SSD can stay at 100% health for a long time before starting to die. I don't know how much of this is true, but my SSD has dropped to 99% in just 1 month! It is my main boot drive and I keep personal files in there. The only program I think is the most taxing on my SSD is Forza Motorsport 6 which I installed there since it takes so long to load a single track when it was installed on my HDD. I'm currently using 48.1GB on my SSD which is about 43% of usage in total. My 120GB SSD is paired with my 1TB HDD which acts as mass storage for programs which do not need to startup fast. My "Downloads" folder is also on my HDD to prevent too much writing on my SSD. I am extremely worried about my SSD's lifespan. Should I reinstall Forza Motorsport 6 on my HDD to lighten my SSD's burdens? Should I be worried about the drop in SSD health in just 1 MONTH? How long will my SSD last at this rate? OMG!!!

[Oswin]

1 percent in 1 month, i would not worry too much. but they usually use parts that are cheaper in lower capacity ssd (below 240, i think) they also usually have different speeds, just something to keep in mind 

[Redsun20]

First off, calm down. What you should be doing if you are really worried (and all the time anyway) is keeping a backup of the drive. Reading from a drive will not decrease its lifespan at all. So if Forza was taking forever to load, then it is just a big file. The first thing I can think of is that TRIM is not enabled and your OS is trying to defrag your SSD. What OS are you running?

[Senzelian]

So technically you got 99 more months to go, which is more than 8 years. 

 

Of course, that is not how it works, but should give you roughly an idea of what you can expect. 

 

SSDs often exceed their TB TBW specs, so in reality you should get even more out of it.

 

If it reaches 0% its not automatically dead. 

[The Belgian Waffle]

7 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

How long will my SSD last at this rate? OMG!!!

Well, 1% decay in one month means 100% decay in 100 months, which is roughly 8 years. It probably doesn't work like that, but hey, math is math

[Freezanator]

Just now, Redsun20 said:

First off, calm down. What you should be doing if you are really worried (and all the time anyway) is keeping a backup of the drive. Reading from a drive will not decrease its lifespan at all. So if Forza was taking forever to load, then it is just a big file. The first thing I can think of is that TRIM is not enabled and your OS is trying to defrag your SSD. What OS are you running?

Windows 10 Home 64-bit Anniversary Edition (Build 14393.321)

[Miller1218]

1 minute ago, Redsun20 said:

First off, calm down. What you should be doing if you are really worried (and all the time anyway) is keeping a backup of the drive. Reading from a drive will not decrease its lifespan at all. So if Forza was taking forever to load, then it is just a big file. The first thing I can think of is that TRIM is not enabled and your OS is trying to defrag your SSD. What OS are you running?

You don't deFrag an SSD

[Redsun20]

Just now, Miller1218 said:

You don't deFrag an SSD

I know this, but depending on the OS it might do it on its own because it doesn't know that your drive is an ssd.

[Freezanator]

5 minutes ago, Redsun20 said:

I know this, but depending on the OS it might do it on its own because it doesn't know that your drive is an ssd.

I'm running on Windows 10 Home 64-bit Anniversary Edition (Build 14393.321)

[Redsun20]

11 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

Windows 10 Home 64-bit Anniversary Edition (Build 14393.321)

Ok. I honestly don't thinkk its anything to worryabout, but here is the command to check if trimis enabled (it probably is but just to check):

 

fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 

(If you get a 0, you are fine. If you get a 1, slap this code in)

fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0

 

 

As @The Belgian Waffle, @Senzelian, and @Oswin said, your SSD (mathematically anyway) has 99 months to go left in its live span, and you really don't need to worry. As is good practice, just keep your data backed up

[Sauron]

...you are aware 100 months are over 8 years?

[IAEInferno]

14 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

I bought my SanDisk 120GB SSD last month and many say that an SSD can stay at 100% health for a long time before starting to die. I don't know how much of this is true, but my SSD has dropped to 99% in just 1 month! It is my main boot drive and I keep personal files in there. The only program I think is the most taxing on my SSD is Forza Motorsport 6 which I installed there since it takes so long to load a single track when it was installed on my HDD. I'm currently using 48.1GB on my SSD which is about 43% of usage in total. My 120GB SSD is paired with my 1TB HDD which acts as mass storage for programs which do not need to startup fast. My "Downloads" folder is also on my HDD to prevent too much writing on my SSD. I am extremely worried about my SSD's lifespan. Should I reinstall Forza Motorsport 6 on my HDD to lighten my SSD's burdens? Should I be worried about the drop in SSD health in just 1 MONTH? How long will my SSD last at this rate? OMG!!!

 

Hi, how do you get information on how much health points you have left on your hard drive or SSD?

 

 

Is there a program for it :D?

[The Belgian Waffle]

3 minutes ago, IAEInferno said:

Hi, how do you get information on how much health points you have left on your hard drive or SSD?

 

 

Is there a program for it :D?

Come on man, just open your eyes 

[paddy-stone]

I wouldn't worry about it... don't forget that it also doesn't display any decimal points, so it could be 99.9%, just keep an eye on it after a few more months. My main M.2 SSD is now on 97% after more than 2 years use, actual power on hours has been 5,381, which is 223 days, so have been using mine about 8 hours a day (very roughly) and still has 97% left... so according to that math I will have 20 years more to use this drive unless it fails.

 

Check crystaldiskinfo  http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

I'm just thinking "100% is brand new, so the moment I use it, it should drop to 99% anyway".

 

I'd start worrying after about a month or 6 months or 1 year of use and see where I'm at.

[Freezanator]

17 minutes ago, Redsun20 said:

Ok. I honestly don't thinkk its anything to worryabout, but here is the command to check if trimis enabled (it probably is but just to check):

 

fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 

(If you get a 0, you are fine. If you get a 1, slap this code in)

fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0

 

 

As @The Belgian Waffle, @Senzelian, and @Oswin said, your SSD (mathematically anyway) has 99 months to go left in its live span, and you really don't need to worry. As is good practice, just keep your data backed up

I ran the first code in CMD (Admin) and it came up with this. Do I need to slap in the second code?

 

[Freezanator]

17 minutes ago, IAEInferno said:

Hi, how do you get information on how much health points you have left on your hard drive or SSD?

 

 

Is there a program for it :D?

SanDisk's program is called SanDisk SSD Dashboard. I think it only works on SanDisk SSDs. You can get it here

[Freezanator]

10 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

I wouldn't worry about it... don't forget that it also doesn't display any decimal points, so it could be 99.9%, just keep an eye on it after a few more months. My main M.2 SSD is now on 97% after more than 2 years use, actual power on hours has been 5,381, which is 223 days, so have been using mine about 8 hours a day (very roughly) and still has 97% left... so according to that math I will have 20 years more to use this drive unless it fails.

 

Check crystaldiskinfo  http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html

 

What is the most intensive thing that you do on your M.2?

[paddy-stone]

3 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

What is the most intensive thing that you do on your M.2?

read and write files to it obviously

 

What do YOU mean by most intensive?

[Freezanator]

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

read and write files to it obviously

 

What do YOU mean by most intensive?

Programs which require lots of writing. By the way, I realized Forza Motorsport 6 takes a pretty long time to save stuff such as cars and paint jobs right before the track loads. Does this mean it is writing a lot?

[paddy-stone]

4 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

Programs which require lots of writing. By the way, I realized Forza Motorsport 6 takes a pretty long time to save stuff such as cars and paint jobs right before the track loads. Does this mean it is writing a lot?

I don't know that game personally, unlikely that it's writing "a lot" though.

[Freezanator]

2 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

I don't know that game personally, unlikely that it's writing "a lot" though.

Then why does it take about 20 seconds of saving every time I choose a car before a race? It must be doing something. 

[paddy-stone]

3 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

Then why does it take about 20 seconds of saving every time I choose a car before a race? It must be doing something. 

Well, at a guess I would say loading the car you want to use into the game then. I don't know.

[Sakkura]

Keep in mind that the wear on an SSD is typically heaviest right at the beginning, when you install the OS and other stuff. Write activity is usually lower through the rest of the drive's lifespan, aside from maybe an OS reinstall.

[IAEInferno]

13 hours ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

Come on man, just open your eyes