Health of NvMe SSD

ChucklesNZ

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• Mar 2, 2023

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I've noticed that each time I restore an image of my drive (using Macrium reflect) the health of my drive is reduced (usually by 1%). Is this normal

 

My Computer

System One

• OS

  windows 11

  Computer type

  PC/Desktop

  Manufacturer/Model

  Generic

  CPU

  AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

  Motherboard

  Gigabyte A520M DS3H AC

  Memory

  16G

  Graphics Card(s)

  AMD Cezzane

cereberus

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• Mar 2, 2023

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ChucklesNZ said:

I've noticed that each time I restore an image of my drive (using Macrium reflect) the health of my drive is reduced (usually by 1%). Is this normal

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How big is ssd and how big is restore?

 

My Computer

System One

• OS

  Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.

  Computer type

  Laptop

  Manufacturer/Model

  ASUS Zenbook 14

  CPU

  I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ

  Motherboard

  Yep, Laptop has one.

  Memory

  16 GB soldered

  Graphics Card(s)

  Integrated Intel Iris XE

  Sound Card

  Realtek built in

  Monitor(s) Displays

  laptop OLED screen

  Screen Resolution

  2880x1800 touchscreen

  Hard Drives

  1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)

  PSU

  Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger

  Case

  Yep, got one

  Cooling

  Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.

  Keyboard

  Built in UK keybd

  Mouse

  Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired

  Internet Speed

  900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down

  Browser

  Edge

  Antivirus

  Defender

  Other Info

  TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)
  
  Macrium Reflect Home V8
  Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
  Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)

ChucklesNZ

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• Mar 2, 2023

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500G HD and the amount stored approx. 64G

 

My Computer

System One

• OS

  windows 11

  Computer type

  PC/Desktop

  Manufacturer/Model

  Generic

  CPU

  AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

  Motherboard

  Gigabyte A520M DS3H AC

  Memory

  16G

  Graphics Card(s)

  AMD Cezzane

Fabler2

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• Mar 2, 2023

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No it's not normal. Just did an image restore today,

 

My Computers

System One System Two

• OS

  Win 11 Pro

  Computer type

  Laptop

  Manufacturer/Model

  ASUS Vivobook

  CPU

  AMD Ryzen™ 7 7730U

  Motherboard

  M1605YA

  Memory

  24GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1596MHz (22-22-22-52)

  Graphics Card(s)

  512MB ATI AMD Radeon Graphics (ASUStek Computer Inc)

  Monitor(s) Displays

  Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1200@60Hz) - P1 PLUS (1920x1080@59Hz)

  Screen Resolution

  1920 X 1200

  Hard Drives

  953GB Western Digital WD

  PSU

  45 Watts

  Mouse

  Lenovo Bluetooth.

  Internet Speed

  500 Mbps

  Browser

  Edge

  Antivirus

  Defender

• Operating System

  Windows 11

  Computer type

  Laptop

  Manufacturer/Model

  ACER NITRO

  CPU

  AMD Ryzen 7 5800H / 3.2 GHz

  Motherboard

  CZ Scala_CAS (FP6)

  Memory

  32 GB DDR4 SDRAM 3200 MHz

  Graphics card(s)

  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6 GB GDDR6 SDRAM

  Sound Card

  Realtek Audio. NVIDIA High Definition Audio

  Monitor(s) Displays

  15.6" LED backlight 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) 144 Hz

  Screen Resolution

  1920 x 1080 (Full HD)

  Hard Drives

  Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB NVMe M.2

  PSU

  180 Watt, 19.5 V

  Mouse

  Lenovo Bluetooth

  Internet Speed

  500 Mbps

  Browser

  Edge

  Antivirus

  Defender

ChucklesNZ

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• Mar 2, 2023

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My Drive health dropped from 93% to 92%.
My drive is only 12 months old and does not hold a huge amount of data, mostly just Windows

 

My Computer

System One

• OS

  windows 11

  Computer type

  PC/Desktop

  Manufacturer/Model

  Generic

  CPU

  AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

  Motherboard

  Gigabyte A520M DS3H AC

  Memory

  16G

  Graphics Card(s)

  AMD Cezzane