Is Windows 10 chewing up your SSD write lifespan?

[kimsix]

UPDATE : IT IS DEADED!

Top image is about 1 year ago,
Bottom is today.

dont understand how win10 write 12,000GB in a year? i dont install apps in this OS drive
is HWINFO accruate here?

 

[Lastwishes]

Several causes possible.

Pagefile.
Instant Replay function from Nvidia running in the background.

Do you hibernate your pc instead of sleep/shutdown?

 

[tigerwoods]

internet cache files, cookies etc.

 

[kimsix]

Several causes possible.

Pagefile.
Instant Replay function from Nvidia running in the background.

Do you hibernate your pc instead of sleep/shutdown?

no leh, dont do all that things on this drive, very simple OS drive

internet cache files, cookies etc.

so jialat, eat so much?

 

[Entry Level PC]

Top image is about 1 year ago,
Bottom is today.

dont understand how win10 write 12,000GB in a year? i dont install apps in this OS drive
is HWINFO accruate here?

Pagefile Swapping,
YouTube,
Spotify,
etc

12TB a year only what.
120GB SSD lifespan got around 40TB total writes.

 

[kimsix]

Pagefile Swapping,
YouTube,
Spotify,
etc

12TB a year only what.
120GB SSD lifespan got around 40TB total writes.

do streaming on weekends, just watched prime video tomorrow wars.

quite sianz if ssd last 3-4 years?

 

[Entry Level PC]

do streaming on weekends, just watched prime video tomorrow wars.

quite sianz if ssd last 3-4 years?

SSD Warranty 3-5 years only what depending on brand and model.
Also got total write limit.

Moi use SSD as Secondary Storage for Games Only.

 

[Proximus]

Same drive as you, got it 1 year ago as boot drive.

Perharps, you have "something" chewiong up the lifespan? Else you got a lemon?

 

[Lastwishes]

If you are worried, you can use resource monitor and identify the programs that's doing the writes, and see if there's an anomaly.

I have about 20TB written in a 2 year old nvme ssd, but I use it for games, apps and used to hibernate windows instead of sleep/shutting down.

The last one is probably the culprit for my case; the hibernate function writes the whole 32 gb ram to the ssd each time before hibernating; I've switched to sleep now.

If you shut down your pc each time, you should also check if you have fast bootup enabled: if this is enabled, this is basically a hybrid sleep where your system state is also written to the system disk when windows is shutting down.

 

[kimsix]

Same drive as you, got it 1 year ago as boot drive.

Perharps, you have "something" chewiong up the lifespan? Else you got a lemon?

is this your OS drive? got use chrome or streaming?
this corsair is a lemon...hope not

If you are worried, you can use resource monitor and identify the programs that's doing the writes, and see if there's an anomaly.

I have about 20TB written in a 2 year old nvme ssd, but I use it for games, apps and used to hibernate windows instead of sleep/shutting down.

The last one is probably the culprit for my case; the hibernate function writes the whole 32 gb ram to the ssd each time before hibernating; I've switched to sleep now.

If you shut down your pc each time, you should also check if you have fast bootup enabled: if this is enabled, this is basically a hybrid sleep where your system state is also written to the system disk when windows is shutting down.

i just checked bios, fast boot is off, no hibernate also.
do you use chrome browser?

 

[Yongkit]

Same drive as you, got it 1 year ago as boot drive.

Perharps, you have "something" chewiong up the lifespan? Else you got a lemon?

Your drive is so much cooler in temperature than TS

 

[Yongkit]

is this your OS drive? got use chrome or streaming?
this corsair is a lemon...hope not


i just checked bios, fast boot is off, no hibernate also.
do you use chrome browser?

May I know if you do over provision for your drive? Also your drive temperature seems on the high level like it is constantly working ?

 

[Yongkit]

Also please check if you have any startup program that need constantly update like drop box or cloud save program?

 

[kimsix]

May I know if you do over provision for your drive? Also your drive temperature seems on the high level like it is constantly working ?

no leh, i just install and go use the drive

temps like always this range in my casing during light use.

 

[Yongkit]

maybe you wanna try to download the official SSD toolbox software help you check if there are firmware update can help your drive?

if there are no overprovision done before, it is recommended to do so especially if you are using the drive close to its max capacity.

 

[Lastwishes]

I use Brave as my main browser, but I think all Chromium based browsers behave similarly. You can track the writes easier using this https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/app_read_write_counter.html.

 

[wwenze]

Yea... I think it does eat a lot...

Previously using Windows 7 for a few years my SSD only had around 150 erase cycles

Now using Windows 10 for about the same duration I'm at 600-700 erase cycles already.

BTW host write values do not take into consideration write amplification, so the value does not change whether you overprovision or not.

 

[Proximus]

is this your OS drive? got use chrome or streaming?
this corsair is a lemon...hope not

Yes it is my OS drive and I used FF/Edge. No streaming... nobody want to see Uncle face lah...

 

[Proximus]

Your drive is so much cooler in temperature than TS

Today cold..... Typically it is in the lowest 40s

 

[Proximus]

View attachment 29145

maybe you wanna try to download the official SSD toolbox software help you check if there are firmware update can help your drive?

if there are no overprovision done before, it is recommended to do so especially if you are using the drive close to its max capacity.

Do NOT update MP600 to the latest FW.... Heard horror stories about it in Corsair forums.

Just saw others posting similar issues as TS

https://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=206059