M.2 Drive Boot Speed

[Magma]

I recently rebuilt my PC and installed windows onto a new M.2 drive, I'm noticing my boot speed is around 30 seconds when I remember having an SSD that would get a boot time of 7 seconds, are M.2 drives just slower than a normal SSD? All startup programs are currently disabled.

 

This is the drive windows is installed on: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pxKcCJ/crucial-p1-1tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-ct1000p1ssd8

 

My full build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X7dGHB

 

[Constantin]

14 minutes ago, Magma said:

I recently rebuilt my PC and installed windows onto a new M.2 drive, I'm noticing my boot speed is around 30 seconds when I remember having an SSD that would get a boot time of 7 seconds, are M.2 drives just slower than a normal SSD? All startup programs are currently disabled.

 

This is the drive windows is installed on: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pxKcCJ/crucial-p1-1tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-ct1000p1ssd8

 

My full build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X7dGHB

 

Well 1TB SSD Nvme for 100$..... You get what you pay for....

 

Read Speed

2000 MB/s

Write Speed

1700 MB/s

[Magma]

1 hour ago, Constantin said:

Well 1TB SSD Nvme for 100$..... You get what you pay for....

 

Read Speed

2000 MB/s

Write Speed

1700 MB/s

Makes sense, clearly I still haven't learned to read the full specs on things yet

[NewMaxx]

Boot speed involves multiple things...optimally you want UEFI/GPT for the fastest boot with a clean OS install. Also, no, NVMe/PCIe drives aren't necessarily faster than SATA for booting.

[OmniDyne]

22 hours ago, Constantin said:

Well 1TB SSD Nvme for 100$..... You get what you pay for....

 

Read Speed

2000 MB/s

Write Speed

1700 MB/s

Okay, and? The P1 wouldn’t provide a noticeable difference in boot times compared to really any other SSD; certainly not an additional 20+ seconds.

 

To the OP: How full is the drive? When you say you rebuilt the computer, what changes did you make besides the SSD? Did you clone from the old SSD to the new SSD?

 

As previously stated, installing utilizing UEFI/ GPT is important. Did you previously have fast boot enabled? Is it possible you forgot to enable it after the rebuild?

 

Boot times can be drastically different on different motherboards; I use an SN750 at work and boot times are significantly slower on the newer Gigabyte motherboard I recently received when compared to the NZXT board I was using, for example. 

[Magma]

1 hour ago, OmniDyne said:

Okay, and? The P1 wouldn’t provide a noticeable difference in boot times compared to really any other SSD; certainly not an additional 20+ seconds.

 

To the OP: How full is the drive? When you say you rebuilt the computer, what changes did you make besides the SSD? Did you clone from the old SSD to the new SSD?

 

As previously stated, installing utilizing UEFI/ GPT is important. Did you previously have fast boot enabled? Is it possible you forgot to enable it after the rebuild?

 

Boot times can be drastically different on different motherboards; I use an SN750 at work and boot times are significantly slower on the newer Gigabyte motherboard I recently received when compared to the NZXT board I was using, for example. 

I changed out the motherboard, cpu, the hard drives, and ssd. I did a clean install of windows and just redownloaded what I needed since a lot of programs on my old drive were broken. The new drives are running in Raid 0, the ssd is seperate. I do have fast boot enabled and set the delay time to 0 seconds.

 

This is the PC before the upgrades: 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	Corsair H110i 113 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$109.99
Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Storage	Samsung 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	Asus GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card
Case	Corsair 400C ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	Corsair RMi 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Case Fan	Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.88 CFM 120 mm Fans
Monitor	HP Omen 27 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor	$699.00 @ Adorama
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$853.98
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-02 23:22 EDT-0400

 

 

 

What I have now: 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor	$338.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100x 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$99.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard	$299.00 @ B&H
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$119.00 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	Asus GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card
Case	Corsair 400C ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	Corsair RMi 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$109.99 @ B&H
Case Fan	Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140 mm Fan
Case Fan	Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140 mm Fan
Monitor	HP Omen 27 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor	$699.00 @ Adorama
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1825.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-02 23:20 EDT-0400