Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD 250GB already has 443GB host writes

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TachyonParticle

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This SSD has only 390 hours power-on time. I'm only a casual user, browsing and gaming and seeing this value worries me. It already has 443GB host writes. Is this normal?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 - 3.0Ghz
Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 BIOS 3.20 (AGESA 1.0.0.6b)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 2x8GB 2400MHz PC4-19200 DDR4 1.2V
GPU: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
HDD: Western Digital WDC WD20EARX 2000 GB
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit
PSU: Seasonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze
 
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And the is the OS drive?
So you've installed the OS and all applicable updates (50GB), all your applications and their updates (another 50GB). Games, another 50-100GB.
And used the system for 2-3 weeks?

This is absolutely normal.
Drive usage (writes) is pretty high at the start of using a new OS drive. You're doing a whole lot of things just getting it set up.
It levels off quickly after that.

443GB is approx 0.6% of the warranty limit of 75BTW. In 3(?) weeks of use. 390 = 16 days of 24/7. 1/2 off for you sleeping = 3 weeks.

Extrapolated out...if you were to keep up that usage, which you won't/can't, you run into the typical 75TB of warranty writes in....~500 weeks. Close enough to 10 years.. Sometime in mid 2027.

My 3...
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And the is the OS drive?
So you've installed the OS and all applicable updates (50GB), all your applications and their updates (another 50GB). Games, another 50-100GB.
And used the system for 2-3 weeks?

This is absolutely normal.
Drive usage (writes) is pretty high at the start of using a new OS drive. You're doing a whole lot of things just getting it set up.
It levels off quickly after that.

443GB is approx 0.6% of the warranty limit of 75BTW. In 3(?) weeks of use. 390 = 16 days of 24/7. 1/2 off for you sleeping = 3 weeks.

Extrapolated out...if you were to keep up that usage, which you won't/can't, you run into the typical 75TB of warranty writes in....~500 weeks. Close enough to 10 years.. Sometime in mid 2027.

My 3 main systems are all SSD only. 5 in one system, 2 in another, 1 in a third.
Combined together, the total for all 8 drives does not rise to the typical 75TBW warranty limit. Total.
 
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It's my OS drive with additional installed programs like Adobe and Autodesk products. All of my games are installed in the Western digital HDD. I only bought it last November 2017. Thank you for the answer, what a relief!
 
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