SSD Life

[maklabouhlel]

I bought a new F120 ssd and it shows 94% life with CDI and AIDA64. But I paid 100% price for it so can I ask for 6% refund? My non-Corsair ssd shows 100% life.

 

Why only 94%?

[Naois]

The following sticky may help you understand the current issue you have.

 

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=464511&postcount=1

[maklabouhlel]

The following sticky may help you understand the current issue you have.

 

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=464511&postcount=1

 

Yes I read that thanks but still my non-Corsair ssd shows 100% with same utility so where is the 6% gone. Is 6% damaged, worn out or what? Can it be restored to 100%?

[Yellowbeard]

The 94% rating or 6% gone is NOT ACCURATE, regardless of what the utility may show with other drives.

[burebista]

My shiny brand new F80 shows 88%. Who cares? :):

 

http://i56.tinypic.com/2eck6xe.png

[Synbios]

In general the health statistic is not very accurate, but the unusually low %'s reported for the Force drives is actually a problem with the SandForce firmware I believe, it may possibly be addressed with the new version. ;)

 

The current version (1.1) has SMART problems reporting temperature as well as "SSD Life Left" because the more you use the drive the lower your SSD Life Left statistic will go, but at an exponentially higher rate than what it is supposed to be. The problem was actually introduced in either 1.0 or 1.1, so if you're lucky enough to have 0.2 you will notice your health at 99-100% for a new drive and it will stay up there for quite some time.

 

This DOES NOT mean that the drive is actually "dying". The fact that the life left is simply reported by the firmware's SMART algorithm means that any manufacturer could rig the statistic in the first place, giving it very little meaning. Although with the new SandForce version, it should reflect the actual life much more accurately.