My first SSD 11 months on, does this wear look ok

bigjimmyauk · 3 Jul 2016 at 17:54

Had my SSD for 11 moths now does the wear look about right? i use the PC for about 3 hours a day a mix of browsing, playing games (stored on another SSD+MECH DRIVE) watching some you tube vids etc etc, I just thought 3.25 TB seemed a lot considering i don't really do much. I do tend to fall asleep with the pc still on but i have it set to turn of after 4 hours inactivity, that explains the difference between time i've had it and powered on hours lol

BlackAle · 3 Jul 2016 at 18:06

3TB written is nothing to worry about, the 250GB 850 Evo has a 75TB endurance warranty, though in reality it's endurance will be many multiples of that figure. The drive will probably become obsolete long before the NAND wears out.

Destination · 3 Jul 2016 at 19:50

Page file on that drive?

ED209 · 3 Jul 2016 at 20:05

So you can compare here is my 850, had it since release. Your SSD is fine

and SMART test

bigjimmyauk · 4 Jul 2016 at 18:00

Hikari Kisugi said:
Page file on that drive?

200mb to 1024mb

Had to set one because programs I used required at least a 200mb page file.

DarkBahamut · 4 Jul 2016 at 18:56

Having a page file (of any size) increase writes a bit, though I wouldn't say to any concerning amount. 3TB of writes to a 256GB SSD is basically nothing at all.

I have an old 60GB SSD that I still use as a boot/application drive which has been in here a good few years now. That's up to 14.3TB NAND writes (or ~243 PE cycles, assuming decent wear leveling!).

Disco_P · 5 Jul 2016 at 00:23

Both my 3yr old Samsung 830 drives are at >20TB written and both function perfectly.

winwin · 5 Jul 2016 at 04:55

good to know. been wondering whether i should just go full ssd

shamus21 · 5 Jul 2016 at 05:54

I think you will find SSD wear is all hype. Mechanical HD`s have more failure problems.