I've had a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5" sata SSD plugged into my xbox for the past year or so. It's been in an external enclosure and I put games on it that could benefit from faster load times and such. However, I'm looking to sell it so I checked it's lifespan through a drive monitoring software. It said the SSD has gone through 137,502 power cycles! I'm absolutely lost. I have no idea why this number is so high. The total amount written is only 5.2 TB and power on hours is at 4,303. Also, I do not sleep my xbox when I'm not using it, I completely shut it down.
Has my xbox been turning it on and off repeatedly for no reason? And I have no idea if SSDs have a max power cycle endurance, so should I be worried?
Has my xbox been turning it on and off repeatedly for no reason? And I have no idea if SSDs have a max power cycle endurance, so should I be worried?