How Long Do Solid State Drives Last

So you brought a SSD or NVME and you want to know how long do solid state drives last? well you have different types of drives. Single Level Cell (SLC), Multi Level Cell (MLC) and Triple Level Cell (TLC) Quad Level Cell (QLC) SLC being the most expensive and the most durable and QLC being the less expensive and the least durable. Remember Not All Flash Is Created Equal. We will go by Total Bytes Written (TBW) Mean time between failures (MTBF) Warranty and Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD) All these need to be taken into account when buying and SSD and also what you plan to do with the SSD. If you are looking to doing gaming, video editing and other high performance tasks tasks on a daily basis, you may want to buy a High Endurance drive. Always use the right drive for the right type of workload.

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[Britec]

I get asked this question a lot, so he is the answer is the most simplest way I could put it. Drop us a LIKE 👍

[GaryB]

One thing it's worth moving from SSD to HDD if you have both fitted is your browser cache. That involves lots of writes and can result in unnecessary wear.

[MrZah]

i bought a samsung 840 evo 250gb in 2013 from currys, it always got/gets heavy use, still going strong now, never been formated only once when i bought it to install windows, its been in several different laptops and pc's, currently in my gaming pc, got so much crap on it, health showing at 78% 😁

[tommyvictorbuch]

Superb and useful information.
As a photographer, I use a HDD for storage, because I work with pictures and videos all the time. The SSD drive is only used for programs and other.
I might be wrong, but I imagine, it will prolong the lifespan of the SSD.

[jerryg]

I've been using SSDs where I work and at home since they came out. I found most of the time the drive outlasted the computer. With normal use the computer will be changed before the drive is worn out. I use a decent mechanical hard drives for writing data. With a computer of more than about 4 years old, when changing for a new computer I would put in a new SSD. I usually change my computers after about 5 years.

I have had SSDs fail on their own. Where I was working they had over 100 computers on the floor. These computers are heavily used 24/7. Over a three year period there were maybe three failures.

At home I have five computers. I had only one SSD failure since maybe the last 6 years. It was during warranty. When I sent the SSD back to the manufacture they gave me a new one. The new one worked out very well.

When I build new computers I put in all new drives. I put the old SSDs and data drives in to external USB cases and use them for data backups. These drives last a long time when used only for external data backup. I do image backups on to mechanical hard drives, because doing large image backups on to SSDs would kill them very quickly since there are limited writes. I do individual mass file backups for archival on to the SSD drives.

About every month or so I connect the SSDs to the USB port on to a computer so the drive will not have data fade over time. SSD drives if not powered up for a long period of time can have data fade. I also connect the mechanical drives on to a USB port to allow them to spin up. Letting a drive sit for a very long time can lead to the main spindle motor bearings to seize up especially if it is an older drive with a lot of hours on it.

[linofreek]

I have a KIngston 120GIG ssd and its been fine since 2014 ..bought when they were
quite expensive ..done quite a bit of Gaming too ...so 7 years so far .

[Mangomesh]

Depends on heat, keep the PC cool and the SSD should last.

[safiullahqureshi]

Not long enough, evidently. My 2 and a half year old Kingston SSD is already down to 89% health. An HDD of the same age would be purring along perfectly fine, and I wouldn't even have to worry about how much data I've written.

[jamesgoacher]

I pondered this question and decided to take the plunge. My Desktop has one fitted as the Boot Drive but I also use Hard Disks for Data so the write cycle is lower. I fitted one to my LapTop and fitted the installed HD into the Optical Drive Bay for use in a similar way, but I do not use the LapTop very often. I have a USB Optical Drive Burner for those occaisions I may need it.
You do not indicate what the prior warning signs of imminet failure are. Are there any?

[joemartinez]

I learned the hard way, by not doing my research. In 2018 I bought a Hp Omen, put in a 1tb WD Black with 2 partitions, one for my main OS and the second for testing different OS's, after about a year or so the SSD went out. After this experience I no longer do any testing on my daily PC, and bought a testing PC.

[nux]

Great video, just a question, its a well known fact that if you accidentally drop a mechanical HDD to the floor the chances are that drive will get severally damaged and you would lose your data, my question is what would happen if you accidentally drop an SDD drive ? will it survive the fall? thanks and cheers!

[mqcapps]

I have a 1tb Samsung ssd that is 2tb from its TBW rating and 30% full...it's over 5 years old and I'm very happy with it...normal use..no editing or heavy gaming...Samsung magician says still good..when I ask what happens when it exceeds its TBW I get different answers. The lab tests aren't always the same as user experience. (Got it all backed up and it's replacement is standing by).

[KUYALEMZ]

I've been following your videos for a long time, so I inspired you to create my own channel. Thank you

[bruceyoung]

Thank you Sir. I’ll have to research my SSD now

[captainkeyboard]

You sound like Toby who taught the Microsoft Office 2016 application programs on the Excel at Business course.

[roderickjones]

Good video...keep up thr good work...well done.

[ajinkyakandalkar]

To the point video.
Amazing as always.

[GiorgiLaluashvili]

I have samsung 850 evo 1000tb writes still healthy and working fine 6 years daily use

[JamesGREEK]

I bought a samsung 970 nvme SSD back in 2018. So 5 years almost 6. Read and Write speeds are the same as day 1 and no errors found in Samsung Magician. So it keeps on going just fine. Also i have 17.5 TBW. Samsung specifies that the drive is capable of up to 150 TBW. I don't know maybe i'll keep it forever :P

[MarioDallaRiva]

Brian, haven't checked in for a bit. How are you feeling? And your brother??
Thanks as always for the quality content.