Does free space affect performance ingame? Or in general?

[Terente22CmRecords]

On my travel laptop i have a 512Gb ssd, does the free space affect anyway the perfomance ingame or in general? How much shall i let free?

[Azure Fang]

Low free space lowers system performance overall, which extends to games. With SSDs this is less pronounced, but with SSDs specifically the closer you get to 100% full the longer write operations take. A general rule of thumb is to keep 20% of a drive free to maintain decent performance, HDD and SSD alike.

[Terente22CmRecords]

Originally posted by Azure Fang:

Low free space lowers system performance overall, which extends to games. With SSDs this is less pronounced, but with SSDs specifically the closer you get to 100% full the longer write operations take. A general rule of thumb is to keep 20% of a drive free to maintain decent performance, HDD and SSD alike.

i usualy keep around 50-75 gb free wonder if its enouph

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by We Hate The BG`s:

Originally posted by Azure Fang:

Low free space lowers system performance overall, which extends to games. With SSDs this is less pronounced, but with SSDs specifically the closer you get to 100% full the longer write operations take. A general rule of thumb is to keep 20% of a drive free to maintain decent performance, HDD and SSD alike.

i usualy keep around 50-75 gb free wonder if its enouph

It is, but you don't have to.

It is true that the underlying storage engine (so to speak) benefits from overprovisioning, that is from keeping enough of the Flash cells free for the controller's maintenance work & spares for working cells breaking down. That maintenance part is rather essential for keeping the performance.

HOWEVER, this is done in the device itself! SSDs have long reached the point of maturity, meaning the manufacturer takes care of all of this. Your 512 GB SSD has more space, than you think it does, because it is overprovisioned from the factory.

... unless you buy the cheapest piece of Chinese crap you can find. In that case, it's safe to assume that the manufacturer didn't do their due dilligence and you have to take care. There's other reasons not to buy the cheapest crap you can though.

[Terente22CmRecords]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by We Hate The BG`s:

i usualy keep around 50-75 gb free wonder if its enouph

It is, but you don't have to.

It is true that the underlying storage engine (so to speak) benefits from overprovisioning, that is from keeping enough of the Flash cells free for the controller's maintenance work & spares for working cells breaking down.

HOWEVER, this is done in the device itself! SSDs have long reached the point of maturity, meaning the manufacturer takes care of all of this. Your 512 GB SSD has more space, than you think it does, because it is overprovisioned from the factory.

... unless you buy the cheapest piece of Chinese crap you can find. In that case, it's safe to assume that the manufacturer didn't do their due dilligence and you have to take care. There's other reasons not to buy the cheapest crap you can find though.

my laptop came by default with a 512Gb samsung SSD

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by We Hate The BG`s:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

It is, but you don't have to.

It is true that the underlying storage engine (so to speak) benefits from overprovisioning, that is from keeping enough of the Flash cells free for the controller's maintenance work & spares for working cells breaking down.

HOWEVER, this is done in the device itself! SSDs have long reached the point of maturity, meaning the manufacturer takes care of all of this. Your 512 GB SSD has more space, than you think it does, because it is overprovisioned from the factory.

... unless you buy the cheapest piece of Chinese crap you can find. In that case, it's safe to assume that the manufacturer didn't do their due dilligence and you have to take care. There's other reasons not to buy the cheapest crap you can find though.

my laptop came by default with a 512Gb samsung SSD

I presume, your laptop wasn't the cheapest piece of Chinese crap you could find?

[Terente22CmRecords]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by We Hate The BG`s:

my laptop came by default with a 512Gb samsung SSD

I presume, your laptop wasn't the cheapest piece of Chinese crap you could find?

IdeaPad 3-17ALC6 Laptop - Type 82KV thats the model i paid around 450 euro for it

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by We Hate The BG`s:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

I presume, your laptop wasn't the cheapest piece of Chinese crap you could find?

IdeaPad 3-17ALC6 Laptop - Type 82KV thats the model i paid around 450 euro for it

I am not quite sure what we're getting onto here. Let's just stick with "if you don't buy the cheapest piece of Chinese crap you can find, manual overprovisionong is unnecessary".

[Muppet among Puppets]

If its not the drive with operation system on it, games usually dont need much free space.
For windows i would keep 15% free. For a 1tb drive thats also the space required to keep the drive as fast for writing as advertised.
If i remember right for samsung it was 160gb on a 1tb. If its 3 bit or more. But mainly if you write more than the "fast cache" can handle at a time.