Lifetime of Intel 535 SSD 120GB

[MBarn5]

Hello,

I would like to ask a question about the lifetime of my Intel SSD 535 which is 120GB large in space. I bought my SSD in 2015 in May. I installed Windows 7 just once and then I just updated it from Win7 to Win10 within the free update offer. I have read some recommendations how to work with SSD disks etc. I use this disk only for OS and some programs. At the beginning I used to store the temp files (temp files from chrome or firefox) on my second hard drive. Nowadays I do not do that. I have used the SSD tool from Intel from the beginning what I am using the disk. After one year I have written an email to eshop where I bought that disk with question if it is normal that lifetime of my SSD decreased by 10 percent within one year. I was told that it is normal. I am trying to maintain as much free space on disk as it possible. As you can see it is aproximately 75 percent. I am using this SSD in my laptop max 6-7 hours per day.

My question is simple. Is it really normal that after 2,5 years lifetime of my SSD decrerased nearly by 30 percent? What can I expect if the estimated lifetime will decrease to absolute zero?

[idata]

Hello Martin1991,

The Intel® SSD 535, 120GB is designed to last at least five years if you write 20 GB of host writes daily.Depending on the workload, 10% degradation per year could be consider normal. Please bear in mind that the operating system and several applications are constantly writing data on the background (such as temporary files), this adds to the host write count as well.Best regards,Eugenio F.

[idata]

Hello Martin1991,

We are revisiting this thread and would like to know if there's anything else we can help you with.Best regards,Eugenio F.

[SWill1]

I have exactly the same problem I have only had mine in operation for less than a year I have updated the firmware as described but hard disk sentinal is still showing only 26 days left and 13% health, mine was dropping 1% every 3 days like clockwork. Its all right saying "Keep using the drive" but if you can't trust the drive or the smart data how can you trust it actually running in a system. Do you have some software that actually reads the drive properly that can give you a far more accurate measure of how the drive is performing as all my research basically points to that if SMART is saying your drive is dying then its dying, so replace the drive also if the drive is fine how will we ever know if it is actually on its way out if the SMART data is lying already