Memory system and operation method thereof

A memory system comprises a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, a write operation check unit configured to count the number of write operations performed on the respective memory blocks, a write count distribution management module configured to manage a distribution of the memory blocks based on the counted number of the write operations, and a wear leveling module configured to detect hot and cold memory blocks from the plurality of memory blocks based on the counted number of the write operation and the distribution, wherein the wear leveling module manages a history of the hot memory block and swaps the hot memory block with the cold memory block according to the managed history.