Windows 10: SSD Remaining Life Problem

Specs:
Code: Computer: MSI GT72VR 6RE CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ (Skylake-H, R0) 2600 MHz (26.00x100.0) @ 3291 MHz (33.00x99.8) Motherboard: MSI MS-1785 Chipset: Intel HM170 (Skylake PCH-H) Memory: 16384 MBytes @ 1197 MHz, 17-17-17-39 - 8192 MB PC19200 DDR4 SDRAM - Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 - 8192 MB PC19200 DDR4 SDRAM - Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 [MSI] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, 8192 MB GDDR5 SDRAM Drive: TOSHIBA THNSNJ128G8NY, 125.0 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s Drive: HGST HTS721010A9E630, 976.8 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s Drive: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUD0N, DVD+R DL Sound: Intel Skylake PCH-H - High Definition Audio Controller Sound: NVIDIA GP104 - High Definition Audio Controller Network: Qualcomm/Atheros e2400 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Network: Atheros/Qualcomm QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (x64) Build 15063.674 (RS2)[/quote] I was scrolling through HWiNFO64 when I saw that, after about 9 months of use, my SSD had 22% remaining life. That was about two days ago, and it's now at 20%. Strangely, CrystalDiskInfo doesn't report my remaining life (just says 'Good') and the demo of SDLife said I'm at 100%. I'm not sure what to think or do here, and I'm starting to panic.

Fortunately, I had this report from HWiNFO64 lying around from earlier for some reason (followed by a new one).

Date: Feb 27, 2017
Code: [Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)] [01] Raw Read Error Rate: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 [02] Throughput Performance: 100/50, Worst: 100 [03] Spin Up Time: 100/50, Worst: 100 [05] Reallocated Sector Count: 100/50, Worst: 100 [07] Seek Error Rate: 100/50, Worst: 100 [08] Seek Time Performance: 100/50, Worst: 100 [09] Power-On Hours/Cycle Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (655 hours / 27.3 days) [0A] Spin Retry Count: 100/50, Worst: 100 [0C] Power Cycle Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 139,0) [A7] SSD Protect Mode: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 [A8] Average Erase Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 [A9] Total Bad Block Count: 100/10, Worst: 100 (Data = 100,0) [AA] Grown Failing: 100/10, Worst: 100 [AD] Wear Leveling Count/Erase Count: 194/Always OK, Worst: 194 [AF] Program/ECC Fail Count: 100/10, Worst: 100 [C0] Power-Off Retract Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 7,0) [C2] Temperature 71/20, Worst: 51 (29.0 °C) [C5] Current Pending Sector Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 [F0] Head Flying Hours: 100/50, Worst: 100[/quote] Date: Oct 13, 2017
Code: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) [01] Raw Read Error Rate: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 [02] Throughput Performance: 100/50, Worst: 100 [03] Spin Up Time: 100/50, Worst: 100 [05] Reallocated Sector Count: 100/50, Worst: 100 [07] Seek Error Rate: 100/50, Worst: 100 [08] Seek Time Performance: 100/50, Worst: 100 [09] Power-On Hours/Cycle Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (4782 hours / 199.3 days) [0A] Spin Retry Count: 100/50, Worst: 100 [0C] Power Cycle Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 572,0) [A7] SSD Protect Mode: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 [A8] SATA PHY Error Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 [A9] Total Bad Block Count: 100/10, Worst: 100 (Data = 100,0) [AA] Available Reserved Space/Block Count: 100/10, Worst: 100 [AD] Wear Leveling Count/Erase Count: 120/Always OK, Worst: 120 [AF] Program/ECC Fail Count: 100/10, Worst: 100 [C0] Unsafe Shutdown Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 10,0) [C2] Temperature 62/20, Worst: 51 (38.0 °C) [C5] Current Pending Sector Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 [F0] Head Flying Hours: 100/50, Worst: 100 Drive Remaining Life 20%[/quote] This is from CrystalDiskInfo today:
Code: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskInfo 7.1.1 (C) 2008-2016 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : Crystal Dew World ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OS : Windows 10 [10.0 Build 15063] (x64) Date : 2017/10/13 23:51:08 -- Controller Map ---------------------------------------------------------- + Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller [ATA] - TOSHIBA THNSNJ128G8NY - HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUD0N - HGST HTS721010A9E630 - Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller [SCSI] -- Disk List --------------------------------------------------------------- (1) TOSHIBA THNSNJ128G8NY : 128.0 GB [0/0/0, pd1] - to (2) HGST HTS721010A9E630 : 1000.2 GB [1/0/0, pd1] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) TOSHIBA THNSNJ128G8NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model : TOSHIBA THNSNJ128G8NY Firmware : JYXA0101 Serial Number : 76OS10R6TUQW Disk Size : 128.0 GB (8.4/128.0/128.0/128.0) Buffer Size : Unknown Queue Depth : 32 # of Sectors : 250069680 Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD) Interface : Serial ATA Major Version : ACS-2 Minor Version : ---- Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600 Power On Hours : 4782 hours Power On Count : 572 count Temperature : 38 C (100 F) Health Status : Good Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ, TRIM, DevSleep APM Level : 00FEh [ON] AAM Level : ---- Drive Letter : C: -- S.M.A.R.T. -------------------------------------------------------------- ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name 01 100 100 __0 000000000000 Read Error Rate 02 100 100 _50 000000000000 Throughput Performance 03 100 100 _50 000000000000 Spin-Up Time 05 100 100 _50 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count 07 100 100 _50 000000000000 Seek Error Rate 08 100 100 _50 000000000000 Seek Time Performance 09 100 100 __0 0000000012AE Power-On Hours 0A 100 100 _50 000000000000 Spin Retry Count 0C 100 100 __0 00000000023C Power Cycle Count A7 100 100 __0 000000000000 SSD Protect Mode A8 100 100 __0 000000000000 SATA PHY Error Count A9 100 100 _10 000000000064 Total Bad Block Count AA 100 100 _10 000000000000 Vendor Specific AD 120 120 __0 000000000000 Erase Count AF 100 100 _10 000000000000 Vendor Specific C0 100 100 __0 00000000000A Unexpected Power Loss Count C2 _62 _51 _20 003100130026 Temperature C5 100 100 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count F0 100 100 _50 000000000000 Vendor Specific[/quote]

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clean install on PCIE SSD

Yes! Once Windows 10 is activated on a device, it remains activated for the life of the device, as long as you don't change the motherboard or CPU.

If you're simply migrating from a HDD to a SSD, you don't have to reinstall. Make an image of the HDD and restore it to the SSD.

 

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Ziron,

Posting here will not achieve anything. Use the Feedback hub that you'll find a link to in your Start menu.

If it is any reassurance,

• I have taken no precautions at all to reduce SSD usage.
• My SanDisk SSD is over two years old.
• SanDisks's utility shows that it has 99% life remaining.

Denis

 

I would not trust hwinfo64. Might want to try Toshiba's own utility:
SSD Utility - SSD Management Software

 

"Remaining Life" is not an exact number by any means, Different programs interpret it different ways. Parameters taken into account are time in service, amount written to disk, off - on cycle count but also number and/or type of errors encountered. If there are no errors like bad/relocated sector count or weak spots found, you can disregard "Remaining Life" all together.

 

Verify if TRIM is enabled

Enable or Disable TRIM Support for Solid State Drives in Windows 10 Hardware Drivers Tutorials

 

For the heck of it, you can also try chkdsk C: /f then reboot.(if other than C: then no reboot is needed.)

 

If you have a regular backup regime, you won't need to worry about end of life so much.

 

1. Toshiba's SSD Utility says "no drives available."

2. Trim is enabled.

3. I also looked in the BIOS and can't even find an option for SMART.

4. I'm not sure if this is in any way related, but I looked in Process Monitor and found wmiprvse.exe is accessing tzres.dll like hundreds of times a second constantly. I did the trace thing in Event Viewer and got this: Code: - <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> - <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WMI-Activity" Guid="{1418ef04-b0b4-4623-bf7e-d74ab47bbdaa}" /> <EventID>12</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>4</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-10-15T18:34:25.347138800Z" /> <EventRecordID>1</EventRecordID> <Correlation ActivityID="{F5C2C620-FADB-4A07-9B64-422ED848656A}" /> <Execution ProcessID="3904" ThreadID="5368" ProcessorID="2" KernelTime="45" UserTime="179" /> <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-WMI-Activity/Trace</Channel> <Computer>MSI</Computer> <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2428832878-749850303-1137951395-1001" /> </System> - <UserData> - <Operation_Provider_Info_New xmlns="http://manifests.microsoft.com/win/2006/windows/WMI"> <GroupOperationId>303</GroupOperationId> <Operation>Provider::CreateInstanceEnum - CIMWin32 : Win32_Process</Operation> <HostId>5380</HostId> <ProviderName>CIMWin32</ProviderName> <ProviderGuid>{d63a5850-8f16-11cf-9f47-00aa00bf345c}</ProviderGuid> <Path>%systemroot%\system32\wbem\cimwin32.dll</Path> </Operation_Provider_Info_New> </UserData> </Event>[/quote] So cimwin32.dll and I guess winmgmt (PID 3904).

I also don't know if it's related, but I just switched from Avast to BitDefender yesterday and in Firefox I just set the sessionstore setting to 15 minutes instead of seconds.

I'm sorry, I know I'm just vomiting out random information at this point, but I don't really know what else to do.