Crucial E100 1TB at 97% health after 3900h. High host writes 37TB on a 100 TBW drive. Advice?
Posted by _Mad-Wolf_@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 4 comments
Hi everyone,
Just checked my Crucial E100 1TB NVMe drive and saw it's down to 97%. Normally I wouldn't blink at 97%, but then I did a little more digging and saw that this budget model only has a 100 TBW endurance rating.
As you can see in the SMART data, Total Host Writes are already at 37 TB with 3,937 hours. I've basically burned through almost 38% of its official lifespan in about a year. It's my main C: drive and currently has around 115 GB of free space left.
At this rate, i think it'll hit 0% in less than 2 years. I'd love some advice on this since i don't really know what to look for or how.
How can I lower these aggressive background writes on Windows? (Is 115GB free space too tight for decent wear leveling?)
If I absolutely need to start saving for a replacement, what budget-friendly or mid-range NVMe drives should I look for? (or ones that have a good life or/and are fast doesn't matter the price)
Hardware prices are insane right now worldwide, but where I live tech taxes and local pricing make it 100x worse. Buying a high-end Samsung or WD Black is out of the question for me. I need something that offers the best endurance per dollar without breaking the bank.
Thanks a lot!
TheMagarity@reddit
I don't see any description of what this computer is used for. Perhaps you could use a second drive for whatever work you do with it.
Reviews of this model make a big deal about how epically low of an endurance rating.
_Mad-Wolf_@reddit (OP)
Sorry I forgot to add that, i use it mainly for gaming and video editing, and I have 2 HDDs were I keep a lot of videos and data or even some extra games which don't require being installed in SSD. Thing is my motherboard has 1 M.2 port.
kurashikiazusa@reddit
I checked my SSD and it has about 98 hours per TB, as compared to your 106 hours per TB, so I think its normal. You do not need much free space for wear leveling, if at all. The SSD does it automatically using its controller, without your system even knowing about it by copying and rewriting certain sectors.
From my experience, you do not need to worry when the SSD hits 0%, only when the reserved NAND blocks hit 0, since that is when your SSD runs out of good blocks to replace the damaged ones.
Sea_Perspective6891@reddit
I have a WD Blue SN5080 as my main C drive & it's still at 99% after 3 years of hard use & cheaper than Samsung SSDs. I've also heard you can get away with using a drive at as low as 20-25% & still have about a year to a few months of use on it left.