![]() This is why the drive health percentage is not exclusively attributable to the “Data Units Written” value, even though they are related. The “Total Host Writes” presented by utility apps (Samsung Magician, CrystalDiskInfo) is derived from the “Data Units Written” SMART value which is the number of 512 byte units that the host has written to the drive, or more specifically, to the controller.ĭue to Write Amplification, the actual amount of data physically written to NAND flash (“NAND writes”) is usually more than the “Data Units Written” by the host. The drive health percentage is a “black box” value calculated by the SSD itself, using internal telemetry data that is not necessarily exposed by SMART, and it is not exclusively derived from the “Total Host Writes”.
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