these programs withering away my harddrive while idling - is that normal?

Question

I just noticed excessive harddrive access because I moved my browser profile away from my SSD and I can hear my (magnetic) drive working all the time now.

While idling, this can't be ok?

https://i.imgur.com/q5GUB7m.jpg

even worse:

https://i.imgur.com/iAWezud.jpg