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

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

Environment

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*

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Summary

Steps to display sensor or health information using Intel® Memory and Storage Tool (Intel® MAS) CLI and GUI

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".