Question SSD health rapidly declining

[savastanosacha]

Hello

I have a Samsung QVO 870 1tb as boot drive. I got in december, and since then, according to CRystal disk and Hard Disk Sentinel, its health is rapidly declining
It was 95% in January, 93% in Feb and now it's 90%.

Should I be concerned?

 

[rgd1101]

what the usage TB?

 

[savastanosacha]

what the usage TB?

According to Magician, it has written 88 tb

 

[SkyNetRising]

According to Magician, it has written 88 tb

88TB in 4 months?
What are you doing with it? Mining CHIA coin?

 

[savastanosacha]

88TB in 4 months?
What are you doing with it? Mining CHIA coin?

https://postimg.cc/KKV7WSTV

I might be reading this incorrectly.
I use the machine mainly for gaming, not even high profile, and some video editing. Now I'm getting worried

 

[rgd1101]

some video editing. how much is some video editing?

 

[SkyNetRising]

I use the machine mainly for gaming, not even high profile, and some video editing.

Writing game video stream to SSD all the time?

 

[savastanosacha]

No, it's more like a hobby, not that often.

Also, the SSD is cloned from a previous SSD of a different brand, and since then I flahsed the BIOS a couple of times and upgraded to WIN 11. Maybe that affects it?

Also, here is my SMART reading

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[fzabkar]

No, it's more like a hobby, not that often.

Also, the SSD is cloned from a previous SSD of a different brand, and since then I flahsed the BIOS a couple of times and upgraded to WIN 11. Maybe that affects it?

Also, here is my SMART reading

Is there another site where we don't have to sign up or endure a click-fest?

 

[savastanosacha]

I'm sorry
Try here

 

[fzabkar]

Nome modello     Samsung SSD 870 QVO 1TB
Numero di serie  S5RRNF0Rxxxxxxx
Drive Type       SATA
Risultato       ID  Description                     Threshold Current Value Worst Value    Raw Data
                5   Reallocated Sector Count                10          100          100           0  OK
                9   Power-on Hours                           0           99           99        1069  OK
                12  Power-on Count                           0           99           99         185  OK
                177 Wear Leveling Count                      0           90           90          93  OK
                179 Used Reserved Block Count (tota         10          100          100           0  OK
                181 Program Fail Count (total)              10          100          100           0  OK
                182 Erase Fail Count (total)                10          100          100           0  OK
                183 Runtime Bad Count (total)               10          100          100           0  OK
                187 Uncorrectable Error Count                0          100          100           0  OK
                190 Airflow Temperature                      0           63           50          37  OK
                195 ECC Error Rate                           0          200          200           0  OK
                199 CRC Error Count                          0          100          100           0  OK
                235 POR Recovery Count                       0           99           99          16  OK
                241 Total LBAs Written                       0           99           99 1.90023E+11  OK

 

[USAFRet]

88TB since December?
That is way excessive.

My 1TB 980 Pro (C drive) has about 4TB since Jan 1.

 

[savastanosacha]

Could it be because that particular samsung ssd is based on SLC cache?

 

[Lafong]

Writing about .08 TB per hour if I read that right.

If 88 TB is accurate.

Circa 80 GB per hour.

Some process pounding on the disk.

I noticed yesterday that my writing rate had quadrupled in the last 2 years. Discovered via Task Manager it was because about 2 years ago, I bought a TV tuner and have watched a lot of TV on my PC....it's always writing a bit if I'm watching.

Get on top of your processes and disk activity.

 

[USAFRet]

Could it be because that particular samsung ssd is based on SLC cache?

No. That would not cause a use rate of 10x or 20x a normal user.

At 88TB in 4 months, the warranty of 360TBW runs out before the end of 2022.
Something is causing that activity.

 

[fzabkar]

Circa 80 GB per hour.

= 177 MB/sec

 

[savastanosacha]

How can I find out?

 

[Lafong]

Start with Task Manager.

Processes tab.

Disk column. Sort it by poking the top of the column, right where it says "disk".

What are the top 2 or 3 items in that column, when sorted like that?

 

[savastanosacha]

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[Lafong]

https://paste.pics/GDN1V

https://paste.pics/GDN2A

You need to be looking for a high percentage number in the "disk" column.

It may be periodic, not constant.

 

[fzabkar]

Click the "Disk" box to sort the statistics in order of disk usage.

 

[savastanosacha]

You need to be looking for a high percentage number in the "disk" column.

It may be periodic, not constant.

Yup, I posted top three and bottom three I believe

Any chance of malware?

 

[Lafong]

Yup, I posted top three and bottom three I believe

Any chance of malware?

Sure.

The writing may occur only when you do certain things on the PC.

I'd do normal activities while watching that disk activity in Task Manager with your best eye. Sorted so the highest percentage is at the top.

You might also take a look at the Startup tab to see what is loading every time you boot the PC. Could be something odd in there.

 

[mdd1963]

I've written/crested the 40.0 TB , finally to my 960 EVO...in 5 years time.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Yup, I posted top three and bottom three I believe
Any chance of malware?

Check disk activity during gaming.
If you have something like Nvidia shadow play - game recording/instant replay enabled, then there will be game video stream writes during game all the time.