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How to Know How Much an NVMe* SSD Has Been Degraded

Content Type: Maintenance & Performance   |   Article ID: 000056960   |   Last Reviewed: 02/10/2022
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Environment

Operating System

Windows Server 2016 Family*, Windows 8.1 family*, Windows 8 family*, Windows® 10 family, Windows Server 2008 family*, Windows Server 2008 R2 family*, Windows Server 2012 family*

Description

The Media Wearout Indicator is available for SATA drives, showing how much the drive has been used or degraded, but this attribute is not available for NVMe* drives.

Resolution

This information can be obtained using the Intel® Memory and Storage Tool CLI (Command-Line Interface) and GUI (Graphical User Interface).

Intel® Memory and Storage Tool CLI:

  1. Download and install the Intel® Memory and Storage Tool CLI (Command-Line Interface).
  2. The following commands can be entered in order to obtain the information.
    • To display all the drives connected to the system and the drive index: intelmas show -intelssd
    • To show the health information, replace the X with the drive index: intelmas show -sensor -intelssd X
  3. The attribute Percentage Used starts at 0 and it goes up to 100.  This is an estimate of the life consumed.

Intel® Memory and Storage Tool GUI (Windows* only):

  1. Download and install the Intel® Memory and Storage Tool GUI (Windows only).
  2. The main screen will display a list of available drives and information.
    • Select the drive on the left side panel.
    • Hover over Feature or Select a Feature, depending on the version you are running, and click Drive Details.
    • The attributes can be viewed in the tool, or exported by pressing the Export button.
    • The attribute Percentage Used starts at 0 and it goes up to 100. This is an estimate of the life consumed.

For more information about other health-related attributes, visit the article "Intel® SSDs: Important SMART Attribute Indicators".

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