I bought a new laptop with a 1 TB Gen 4 NVME less than a year ago. I was testing out an external hard drive through Victoria and out of curiosity checked SMART data for my system drive (the SSD in question). The status showed GOOD, but one value seemed concerning:
As can be seen on the screenshot, the power cycle count is nearing 145000. That seems awfully high for a less-than-a-year-old machine.
I wouldn't consider my usage patterns abnormal. I use the laptop off battery ~ half the time. I shut it down ~ once a week. The rest of the time I either put it to sleep or leave it on overnight. I have noticed it getting warm and draining a lot (sometimes all) of its charge while in the backpack, but that seems to be business as usual in Windows-land these days.
I have confirmed through another program, CrystalDiskInfo, that the values are accurate.
Am I overreacting, or is this power-on count way higher than it should be?
Update: I've just discovered PCIE power management was set to max power savings for both battery and plugged in:
Could that be the culprit? I'm considering turning if off for both.
