Question How much free space should I keep for my gaming SSD?

[p1xel8or]

I have a Samsung 990 Pro (1 TB) and it contains only games, nothing else. I'm seeing varying opinions on how much free space the SSD needs - some say a 10-15% free space is required, while others say you can fill the SSD as long as it is only used for games.

I have 112 GB of free space in my SSD, and I really want to install Witcher 3 which takes up 57 GB (Yes, I like to hoard). Am I reducing the health of my SSD by doing this?

Thank you.

 

[USAFRet]

For a 1TB, don't let it go over about 800GB actual used space.

 

[kanewolf]

I have a Samsung 990 Pro (1 TB) and it contains only games, nothing else. I'm seeing varying opinions on how much free space the SSD needs - some say a 10-15% free space is required, while others say you can fill the SSD as long as it is only used for games.

I have 112 GB of free space in my SSD, and I really want to install Witcher 3 which takes up 57 GB (Yes, I like to hoard). Am I reducing the health of my SSD by doing this?

Thank you.

20% free, as @USAFRet suggested will provide the best performance.

 

[Bob.B]

I have a Samsung 990 Pro (1 TB) and it contains only games, nothing else. I'm seeing varying opinions on how much free space the SSD needs - some say a 10-15% free space is required, while others say you can fill the SSD as long as it is only used for games.

I have 112 GB of free space in my SSD, and I really want to install Witcher 3 which takes up 57 GB (Yes, I like to hoard). Am I reducing the health of my SSD by doing this?

Thank you.

I have to wonder about the negative perf effect of filling a ssd to 10% or even 5% if it's going to be used as a read only unit.

Try it see what happens.

 

[USAFRet]

I have to wonder about the negative perf effect of filling a ssd to 10% or even 5% if it's going to be used as a read only unit.

Try it see what happens.

If its only "read only", not much impact.

But a drive is rarely if ever just "read only".

 

[Bob.B]

If its only "read only", not much impact.

But a drive is rarely if ever just "read only".

Read only seems to be what the op wants to use their ssd for perhaps the games when run write to the ssd or windows does.