Question New SSD = health dropped from 100% to 97% in a month

[kornsoud]

Hi! I have an old 300Gb Intel SSD (fried and recovered a day ago, 10+ years in use):

Total Host Reads: 111175 GB
Total Host Writes: 61563 GB
Health: 95%

Spoiler: Intel SSD smart

I bought a new Edge Memory Nvme SSD 2TB and used it for a month:

Total Host Reads: 588 GB
Total Host Writes: 1398 GB
Health: 97%

Spoiler: Edge Memory SSD smart

Is my new Edge Memory SSD dying?

It was in my motherboard when I fried HDD+SSD because I put a 6 pin PCIE power cable to a 8 pin CPU power slot. It works fine, but I'm worried.

 

[Lutfij]

I have an old 300Gb Intel SSD (fried and recovered a day ago, 10+ years in use)
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It was in my motherboard when I fried HDD+SSD because I put a 6 pin PCIE power cable to a 8 pin CPU power slot. It works fine, but I'm worried.
I'd be worried about the PSU/your source of power for all your components if your SSD got fried. Not to mention the rest of your components.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

I wouldn't trust the PSU or board anymore.

 

[fzabkar]

Available Spares is 100% and Media and Data Integrity Errors is zero, so the SSD is OK. However, the Percentage Used figure of 3% suggests that the drive will hit 100% when Total Host Writes hits 46TB.

1398 GB / 3 x 100 = 46.6 TB​

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A 2TB drive would normally be rated for 400 TBW, or something like that. Check your warranty statement for this figure.

To me it seems that there is some kind of firmware bug, possibly benign.

 

[kornsoud]

I have an old 300Gb Intel SSD (fried and recovered a day ago, 10+ years in use)
+
It was in my motherboard when I fried HDD+SSD because I put a 6 pin PCIE power cable to a 8 pin CPU power slot. It works fine, but I'm worried.
I'd be worried about the PSU/your source of power for all your components if your SSD got fried. Not to mention the rest of your components.

I got a new PSU. Everything is working fine but I'm still worried.

I wouldn't trust the PSU or board anymore.

How would you check the board? I have a multimeter.

Available Spares is 100% and Media and Data Integrity Errors is zero, so the SSD is OK.
To me it seems that there is some kind of firmware bug, possibly benign.

I remember it was 100% and then 99% and then 98%, and now it's 97%. So this is not a sure sign that this SSD can die at any moment? When should I start worrying for real?

 

[SyCoREAPER]

I got a new PSU. Everything is working fine but I'm still worried.

How would you check the board? I have a multimeter.

I remember it was 100% and then 99% and then 98%, and now it's 97%. So this is not a sure sign that this SSD can die at any moment? When should I start worrying for real?

You can't. There are an infinite number of failure points. They might not even be consistent, for example load dependent if they even crop up.

Not saying your board is fried, Id have no way to quantify that but me personally, I'd toss and get a new one.

 

[fzabkar]

I don't think there is anything in the SMART report that would suggest impending death. I have seen many SMART bugs, most of which were benign. I just think some programmer messed up the TBW calculation. I would contact Edge's tech support.

Edit:

This is very strange. Here is a Corsair MP600 Pro with the same firmware version and a capacity of 1TB. The controller is a Phison E18.

https://nascompares.com/corsair-mp600-pro-nvme-ssd-review/

The SMART stats show a very similar amount of host writes (1361 GB), but the percentage used is 0.

https://nascompares.com/wp-content/...-PCIe4-SSD-Review-Benchmark-Crystal-Stats.png

These two drives also show 0% used:

https://www.legitreviews.com/gigabyte-aorus-gen4-7000s-ssd-review_227322/2

Here is one that reports 5% used after only 7TB of host writes:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/ssds-estimated-remaining-life-dropping-rapidly.3725562/