Strange worst/current numbers on SSD

ImperialCavalry

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Apr 17, 2016
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Hello, my windows 10 laptop have a ssd too (sk hynix 250GB) already reached wear leveling count to 8 however I learned worst current values also matters in terms of lifespan, its 100 100 and sk hynix easy disk manager tool says my disk is in 100 percent of lifespan within good status. Now back to my desktop pc I asked this several times here due to my super paranoia, its like this
Wear Leveling Count 12 97 96 0
wear current worst threshold

its normal both drives? I never thought current/worst values can stay same while wear leveling count still increases, it looked a bit strange to me. Both drives have like at least 110GB empty space since I purchased them.

my paranoia started after seeing the 3.4TB data written on my desktop samsung 250gb ssd, while I do absolutely nothing on my ssd, everything is in my hard disk, only windows stays on ssd so I can have a fast boot. Pagefile/superfetch is completely disabled on my ssd and I have 16gigs of ram, I have no idea why it keep writing stuff, as I said above, it keep increasing every 2-3 month or so so does the wear leveling count. Windows update also disabled, Samsung magician says 3.4TB and good status, keep this in mind its 235th day of purchase. Other values are zero

I wish I never bought this disk because it made me a fearful person, I guess I should start seeking doctor help



 
Solution
Go by what the manufacturers tool says and not the raw smart values. If the disk manager says its in good health then dont worry. When a SSD reaches its life it will turn [strike]ready[/strike] read-only so you will not lose any data. Values on my OCZ and Kingston SSD's change but still in good health.

Firmware upgrades can dramatically alter how drives behave, check if there's an update and what it does, back up your data (clone to an image is best) using something like Paragon Disk Manager, flash the Firmware and restore the backup.
Go by what the manufacturers tool says and not the raw smart values. If the disk manager says its in good health then dont worry. When a SSD reaches its life it will turn [strike]ready[/strike] read-only so you will not lose any data. Values on my OCZ and Kingston SSD's change but still in good health.

Firmware upgrades can dramatically alter how drives behave, check if there's an update and what it does, back up your data (clone to an image is best) using something like Paragon Disk Manager, flash the Firmware and restore the backup.
 
Solution
No, you don't need a doctor; just relax a bit and forget about "leveling counts" (schmelving counts), "threshold" values, and all the other "specifications" & "thresholds" that do absolutely nothing in the way that helps a user's practical use or relevant knowledge with these components, especially SSDs.

The whole "thing" is nothing more than a crapshoot. Fortunately it's weighted in your favor when it comes to SSDs.

We've been working with a wide variety of SSDs over the past five years or so - many, many different makes & models - our drives and drives of many other PC users. (Incidentally the sk hynix is one of them & quite impressive I might add).

They work. They virtually all work day-in and day-out. We pay absolutely no attention to "longevity", "endurance" specs and the like. They're useless in our opinion when it comes to home PC users and even small to medium business enterprises.

With the (minor) exception of some models being DOA, we have found (that when an SSD has not been physically "abused") the rate of defection is extremely small. Time & time again when we examine SSDs that a user claims to be defective we find the drive is just fine and the problem is user error of one sort or another with his/her system or some other component is the culprit.

NOW...
What you SHOULD be concerned with (as I trust you are) is to maintain comprehensive backups of your entire system (or at least that portion of your system that is critical to you). Hopefully you utilize a disk-cloning program or some other backup strategy to accomplish this. Frankly, that's where your concern should be. The rest is conversation.