SSD Endurance Investigation

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Unpowered SSD endurance investigation finds severe data loss and performance issues News By Mark Tyson published April 16, 2025 YouTuber SSD tests reveals problems all round on two-year-old TLC drives. Comments (59) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. LEVEN 128GB SSD #1 280TB WRITTEN 1YR 3YR 2022SEP02 LEVEN 128GB SSD #3 FRESH 1YR 3YR 2022SEP02 LEVEN 128GB SSD #2 284TB WRITTEN 2YR 4YR 2022SEP02 LEVEN 128GB SSD #4 FRESH 2YR 4YR 2022SEP02

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A screenshot of a tech news article reports severe data loss and performance problems in two-year-old TLC SSDs. Below the headline, four LEVEN 128GB drives are shown: two heavily written drives beside two labeled “FRESH.” The joke is the absurdly poor endurance of the budget SSDs, making this useful as a reaction to unreliable hardware, data loss, or questionable product quality.

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