Question SSD at 23% health

[DathusBR]

My SSD KINGSTON (120GB) is at 23% of health, I don't remember exactly when I brought the SSD but the Power On Hours Counter is at almost 2 years, so i guess I brought 3-4 years ago or so because i turn up my pc at 10Am and turn down at 10PM-12AM.
I saw on some forums people saying that using virtual page file for memory tear down the SSD, but others said that is a myth.
I used the SSD for virtual page file so i guess that tear down my SSD, Is that the reason for the 23% health?
I use this SSD only for Windows 10+Apps.
I should move the virtual page file to a HDD? I only have one and is at caution on Health with no percentage.
For how long this SSD will live? There is anything i could do to make things better?

 

[USAFRet]

It's an old drive, but his use of it as a "virtual page file" is likely the culprit or a primary contributing factor.

I'd put it as "old crappy Kingston", vs pagefile.

All my systems are SSD only. So the pagefile does live on one of them.
No option to move that pagefile action to an HDD.

None of my drives are showing early death due to the pagefile.

 

[Maxxify]

I'm not sure how to parse what he means by "virtual page file" but any sort of manipulation of it is pretty much obsolete/outdated at this point and has been for a while. If set up incorrectly it could definitely cause excess writes but it depends on the overall system (most have plenty of RAM these days). But in any case he did a lot of writes. His WAF doesn't seem particularly high for a DRAM-less consumer drive...which perhaps suggest the type of workload being done.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm not sure how to parse what he means by "virtual page file" but any sort of manipulation of it is pretty much obsolete/outdated at this point and has been for a while. If set up incorrectly it could definitely cause excess writes but it depends on the overall system (most have plenty of RAM these days). But in any case he did a lot of writes. His WAF doesn't seem particularly high for a DRAM-less consumer drive...which perhaps suggest the type of workload being done.

Right.
Workload, applications, and what physical RAM is in the system.

 

[lvt]

My Gigabyte SSD seems to use a simpler rule to determinate the health rating, it's rated 100TWB and once a TB is reached the health level decreases accordingly.

 

[DathusBR]

The Health is dropping fast, is down to 20% today!

 

[USAFRet]

The Health is dropping fast, is down to 20% today!

What is your current backup routine?
(even if it was at 99%)

 

[anticeon]

Just to add, my SSD is also a Win XP then Win 10 boot drive with pagefile on it.

bruh .. you use Windows XP thats why ..
it doesnt support TRIM (Garbage Collection) and Defrag your SSD like an Hard Disk.

 

[lvt]

bruh .. you use Windows XP thats why ..
it doesnt support TRIM (Garbage Collection) and Defrag your SSD like an Hard Disk.

No problem with XP so far.

I have more than one XP machines that use SSD for years.

 

[USAFRet]

No problem with XP so far.

I have more than one XP machines that use SSD for years.

And no TRIM on those SSDs.

 

[lvt]

And no TRIM on those SSDs.

I don't think that Windows XP has TRIM support.

People say that a SSD without TRIM might be 0.123456789s slower, but given the SSD's access time in comparison with HDD's access time, I can live with it.

 

[USAFRet]

I don't think that Windows XP has TRIM support.

People say that a SSD without TRIM might be 0.123456789s slower, but given the SSD's access time in comparison with HDD's access time, I can live with it.

Right, that's what I meant.
XP does not know about SSDs or TRIM.

And its not just slower, but also drive lifespan.

But why XP?

 

[lvt]

And its not just slower, but also drive lifespan.

I paid like $20 for a 128GB SSD and $30 for a 256GB SSD, their lifespan is the least of my worries. I would give more attention to their temperature.

But why XP?

I have a lot of software that I don't need to update and the tasks are either simple or repetitive, for example batch resizing images or watching Youtube.