[SOLVED] High number of TBW within 2 months

[a2nineu]

I just noticed that almost 3 terabytes has been written on my Patriot P210 SSD within 2 months. Is this normal?

 

[CountMike]

I just noticed that almost 3 terabytes has been written on my Patriot P210 SSD within 2 months. Is this normal?

Depends on what you do with it.

 

[a2nineu]

Depends on what you do with it.

Just windows, games are installed on hard drive. Is this normall TBW per month?

 

[USAFRet]

Is this a new drive?
On new ones, the first month or two is a lot of writes, then the curve flattens out.

 

[a2nineu]

Is this a new drive?
On new ones, the first month or two is a lot of writes, then the curve flattens out.

Yes, I bought it 2 months ago, also 1.5 TBW per month is normal I think because normal ssds have 150 TBW life span.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, I bought it 2 months ago, also 1.5 TBW per month is normal I think because normal ssds have 150 TBW life span.

The warranty TBW of a drive varies with size, model, and manufacturer.
75TBW to 1500TBW.

As said, initial use of a drive may seem like a lot. But that curve flattens out.
Check it once a week or month.

 

[a2nineu]

The warranty TBW of a drive varies with size, model, and manufacturer.
75TBW to 1500TBW.

As said, initial use of a drive may seem like a lot. But that curve flattens out.
Check it once a week or month.

Alright I will, Thank you.

 

[a2nineu]

Alright I will, Thank you.

Also, Crystal disk mark is showing 98% health. Do I have to worry about it?

 

[USAFRet]

Also, Crystal disk mark is showing 98% health. Do I have to worry about it?

Only if it starts to go down.

You're looking at a single snapshot in time.
Likely it will stay at that number for months.


And always always be prepared for a drive to die at any moment. Software reporting "98%" means little.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I just noticed that almost 3 terabytes has been written on my Patriot P210 SSD within 2 months. Is this normal?

That would be 2GB per hour 24x7 non stop for 2 months.
Seems kindda excessive.
Do you have a torrent client running all the time?

 

[a2nineu]

That would be 2GB per hour 24x7 non stop for 2 months.
Seems kindda excessive.
Do you have a torrent client running all the time?

No torrent, just normal windows. I used resource monitor and seems like origin.exe was continuously writing on my SSD.

 

[SkyNetRising]

May be reinstall your origin client to HDD instead.

 

[a2nineu]

Only if it starts to go down.

You're looking at a single snapshot in time.
Likely it will stay at that number for months.


And always always be prepared for a drive to die at any moment. Software reporting "98%" means little.

You mean prepare for this particular drive I am using or any drive even the expensive one?

 

[USAFRet]

You mean prepare for this particular drive I am using or any drive even the expensive one?

Any storage device.

 

[a2nineu]

Any storage device.

Alright, also can you tell me why people buy expensive ssd's (not nvme ones)? Is it really necessary for them if most of them just do casual gaming etc or other simple usage?
like what benefit they can have if I have 500 MB read rate and they have 550 MB?

 

[USAFRet]

Alright, also can you tell me why people buy expensive ssd's (not nvme ones)? Is it really necessary for them if most of them just do casual gaming etc or other simple usage?
like what benefit they can have if I have 500 MB read rate and they have 550 MB?

Reliability, warranty, stability.

I'd much rather trust a company that makes it own devices. Intel, Crucial, Samsung.
Or even some of the others.
SanDisk, for instance. They replaced a drive for me (died suddenly) that was 33 days past the 3 year warranty. I knew it was over, they knew it was over, they gave me a new one anyway.

 

[a2nineu]

I see, and what about Patriot company? Is it a good comapny?

 

[USAFRet]

I see, and what about Patriot company? Is it a good comapny?

Never bought one of their devices, so I can't say from experience.
Their RAM is probably fine.

 

[a2nineu]

Alright, Thank you so much for yours guidance.

 

[a2nineu]

Its going down 1% every month. Asked Patriot about it and they said its normal. Do I have worry about it?

 

[USAFRet]

Its going down 1% every month. Asked Patriot about it and they said its normal. Do I have worry about it?

You use it until it dies.
When it does, you replace it.

If still in warranty, free replacement.
Them recover your data from the backups you're keeping.

However...none of my drives show a health reduction of 1% per month. Samsung, Sandisk, Intel.
I have 6 year old Samsungs that still report 100%, and operate just like new.

 

[a2nineu]

You mean I use it till it die and then replace?

 

[USAFRet]

You mean I use it till it die and then replace?

Yes.

 

[Nemesia]

Look at my boot drive.

https://imgur.com/a/Uaq4yiA

View: https://imgur.com/a/Uaq4yiA


When I installed it a month or two after that I checked and it was at like 7.5TB. After that it didn't increase by a lot. been 3 months.