Do SSDs get slower?

Elias1416ByElias1416

Hello,

I have a question about the SSDs in my computer! I have three.

A 1TB Pcie 4.0 M.2 for the Windows operating system and the most important thing.

A 2TB PCIe 3.0 M.2 exclusively for gaming.

And a 1TB SATA SSD for video and images/programs, e.g. browsers, etc.

Now my question: Do SSDs slow down on their own after, say, two years? And do they slow down when they fill up or are almost full?

Thank you for your effort! 🥰

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Mark Berger
Mark Berger
2 years ago

Jein – usually not but there are three explanations:

  1. Slower working speed, however, can indicate increased background activity and this in turn can indicate a firmware problem.
  2. If TRIM is disabled in the OS, the SSD can become slower. TRIM is intended to empty the memory blocks that are no longer required during idle time. A SSD must empty the memory before the new description and cannot overwrite it like an HDD. Therefore, on the SSD, the reuse of memory blocks is much slower and therefore SSDs need the TRIM command that works like garbage removal.
  3. Problems with the storage components or the circuit board can also lead to a slowdown.

Therefore, I would first check whether TRIM is active and if necessary activate it.

If TRIM is active, I would pay attention to timely backups and keep track of this.

PS.: How did you observe the “slowdown” of the HDD?

Addendum:

If the slowdown is felt only then this can be due to a combination of the three factors:

  1. Programs are usually becoming more and more extensive and bigger with updates. Longer charging times can therefore also be at least partly thereon.
  2. Windows stores many data in the background (SRUM, Prefetch files, Registry entries, etc.) and depending on how much you can try around, there can also be data residues of incompletely uninstalled programs. Thus, with time, the system can be slower, especially when you repeatedly install and uninstall programs.
  3. Programs become more demanding and hardware is becoming increasingly slower than current systems. Changes in programmes can therefore lead to the need for more resources.

A combination of the three factors can lead to a system feeling slower in 2 years.

If you have “measures” from a corresponding benchmark tool, it looks different. These values should not vary greatly over time. Of course, background processes and ongoing programs always have a certain influence on why such tests should be carried out under the same conditions. e.g. freshly started system and no further running programs.

Therefore, the question how you found this “slow” is essential…

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Kelrycorfg
Kelrycorfg
2 years ago

Not that I know.

It used to be so that you had to manually trim over a tool, otherwise they have actually become slower. Newer SSD have integrated this into the firmware and make that so much I know regularly by themselves.

Unless you have SSDs in a RAID connection, the trimming of the firmware is suspended.

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Fuchsling
Fuchsling
2 years ago

No, not really. In contrast to HDD, this does not work anymore with mechanical components. This is only about cells that have a charge or not. The querying of these cells usually takes the same length, but there is already a certain Deduction over time. In the long term, the cell loses the ability to hold a charge. To write a cell dead, you should probably write over 100 TB on it.

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