Acceptable Save Size/Bloating Problems

[manam]

So, I've read a lot about saves becoming bloated to the point of unusable in Skyrim, and I've seen mentions here and there about save sizes and bloating, but never one dedicated discussion to them. So, in that vein, I have a question:

 

What is normally an acceptable save size around a hundred hours in? I have a character with 94 hours and my save has hit 12MB. I know as time goes on, saves get bigger, but I have saves from 74 hours in that are apparently only 2kb in size. Have I added some troublesome mods to my game, or is this a natural progression somehow? Here's my load order:

 

 

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

ApachiiHair.esm

ApachiiHairFeamles.esm

SPIKE.esm

DA_Skyship.esm

portal2mod.esp

Muiri's Problem.esp

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

Chesko_Frostfall.esp

Better Dynamic Snow.esp

enhanceddynamicweathersystem.esp

Weapons and Armor fixes.esp

Weapons and Armor fixes - Hacks.esp

Skyrim Shadow Striping Fix.esp

ApachiiHelmetWigs.esp

Bag of Holding.esp

HigherLevelEnemies.esp

RealShelter.esp

ShootingStars.esp

SkyUI.esp

BlackSacramentArmor.esp

hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

LustmordVampireArmor.esp

TERAArmors.esp

Dr_Bandolier.esp

Dr_BandolierDG.esp

BandolierForNPCMasterFile.esp

BandolierForNPCs.esp

BandolierForNPCsCheaperBandoliersDawnguard.esp

Smithing Perks Overhaul - Balanced.esp

Complete Crafting Overhaul.esp

DeadlyDragons.esp

BetterDarkBrotherhood.esp

JobsofSkyrim.esp

katixasciderhouse.esp

Tundra Defense.esp

Immersive Weapons.esp

vinis_crime_gold.esp

Realistic Lighting.esp

kuerteeBattleFatigueAndInjuries.esp

NPCsUseAmmoAllBows.esp

Better Vampires.esp

MidasSkyrim.esp

ImprovedSneakDetection.esp

Crimson Tide - Blood.esp

lcr.esp

morepp.esp

Get Out of my Bedroom Original.esp

Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp

MsIZaZArachnophobia.esp

NPCsUseAmmo_IWPatch.esp

DA_Skyship_Dragonborn.esp

DragonCombatOverhaul.esp

DragonCombatOverhaulDragonBornPatch.esp

 

 

 

Anyone who reads the entire list of mods, I salute you - I really didn't realize I had this many mods until right now.

 

[Uriel]

2kb? You're talking about *.skse files, right? They are SKSE co-saves, and store info that can't be stored inside a paired .ess.

My saves are around 15Mb in size, 133 hours of play.

[manam]

Ah, silly me! You're completely right, I was looking at the .skse files >_> My smallest is 23 hours in with 6.6MB, it looks like. So it would seem like saves increase in size relatively steadily, which makes sense. I was mostly concerned that my saves were bigger than they should be, but it sounds like they're about average.