Slow boot time. (SSD+High-pc)

[joppetie66]

The system I'm currently running is the one in my signature. I've heard that with such a setup you can expect boot times of 10-15 s. But my system boots in much more time than that. around 20-30 s from a cold start. Any tips?

[ProGearUk]

Maybe you just have a load of files to boot-up it is nothing to worry about. 

[JordanMac]

try running a speed test on your SSD make sure it is working at the speed it should be. don't forget no matter what pc you have the bios will take 10 seconds those times you have heard might be from when the bios finishes loading

[Stav Kats]

Use one of the two first Sata 3 slots, the grey ones, I think they are connected with the intel chipset directly which makes your SSD a bit faster. I am not sure if the grey slots are the Intel ones.

[Loe]

Is your SSD the first thing to check in boot priority?

[BenD]

go to bios, see is if fast start up or something is activated and check your start up programs

[joppetie66]

Is your SSD the first thing to check in boot priority?

Yes.

[joppetie66]

Use one of the two first Sata 3 slots, the grey ones, I think they are connected with the intel chipset directly which makes your SSD a bit faster. I am not sure if the grey slots are the Intel ones.

The grey one are connected to the marvell chipset I think. I checked it and the SSD is connected directly to the intel chipset.

[joppetie66]

try running a speed test on your SSD make sure it is working at the speed it should be. don't forget no matter what pc you have the bios will take 10 seconds those times you have heard might be from when the bios finishes loading

I will! And indeed most of the boot time is bios. From the moment I see the windows-logo it's 3 seconds.

[joppetie66]

AS SSD Benchmark 1.7.4739.38088

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Name: ATA Samsung SSD 840 SCSI Disk Device

Firmware: 7B0Q

Controller: iaStorA

Offset: 103424 K - OK

Size: 232,88 GB

Date: 27-5-2013 22:05:43

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Sequential:

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Read: 513,94 MB/s

Write: 217,49 MB/s

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4K:

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Read: 26,49 MB/s

Write: 79,18 MB/s

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4K-64Threads:

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Read: 357,13 MB/s

Write: 175,12 MB/s

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Access Times:

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Read: 0,112 ms

Write: 0,043 ms

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Score:

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Read: 435

Write: 276

Total: 927

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So the read/write speeds are quite good. Comparable to what Samsung promised me at least ;)

[joppetie66]

try running a speed test on your SSD make sure it is working at the speed it should be. don't forget no matter what pc you have the bios will take 10 seconds those times you have heard might be from when the bios finishes loading

Do you know any way to speed up the bios load time?

[Stefken89]

Here's my 840 Pro 256 GB in comparison, and I got the same thoughts about the boot-times... :-(

 

ASSSDBenchmark

<Name>ATA Samsung SSD 840 SCSI Disk Device

<Firmware>4B0Q

<Controller>iaStorA

<Size>238,47 GB

<DateTime>27/05/2013 22:17:36

<BenchmarkVersion>1.7.4739.38088

<Mode>MB/s

 

<SeqTest>

<Read>514,02 MB/s

<Write>493,01 MB/s

 

<Random4K1TTest>

<Read>28,99 MB/s

<Write>65,45 MB/s

 

<Random4K64TTest>

<Read>379,95 MB/s

<Write>285,51 MB/s

 

<AccTimeTest>

<Read>0,077 ms

<Write>0,052 ms

 

<Score>

<Read>460

<Write>400

<Total>1104

 

[joppetie66]

 

Here's my 840 Pro 256 GB in comparison, and I got the same thoughts about the boot-times... :-(

 

ASSSDBenchmark

<Name>ATA Samsung SSD 840 SCSI Disk Device

<Firmware>4B0Q

<Controller>iaStorA

<Size>238,47 GB

<DateTime>27/05/2013 22:17:36

<BenchmarkVersion>1.7.4739.38088

<Mode>MB/s

 

<SeqTest>

<Read>514,02 MB/s

<Write>493,01 MB/s

 

<Random4K1TTest>

<Read>28,99 MB/s

<Write>65,45 MB/s

 

<Random4K64TTest>

<Read>379,95 MB/s

<Write>285,51 MB/s

 

<AccTimeTest>

<Read>0,077 ms

<Write>0,052 ms

 

<Score>

<Read>460

<Write>400

<Total>1104

 

 

It's a bit better, but a lot better in the case of write speeds, which is expected. 

[JordanMac]

Do you know any way to speed up the bios load time?

nope, im pretty sure that the bios loads in a certain time no matter how high your system spec is. if windows itself is loading in 3 seconds its pretty much as fast as its going to get.

[EricX2]

From windows, run msconfig. Select the selective startup option, uncheck load system services and load startup items. Say OK and shut down (don't restart). See if it boots faster. If so, go back in and enable the programs one at a time until it starts going slow.

 

I have a  similar system, but with an Asus board and an OCZ SSD which starts up in about 10 seconds. It was even faster when it was new, closer to 5 seconds. Also, have you checked your BIOS to see if there is an option called quick boot or anything like that? Also, sometimes disabling any SATA ports that are not in use instead of leaving them on auto can make it faster since it won't try to find new devices every time.

 

And the last thing is, don't turn your system off. Use sleep mode if possible. I barely ever turn my system off and when it's in sleep mode it wakes in about 1 second.

[Blade of Grass]

There is not really a way to speed up the POST and BIOS stuff since that's when your computer does stuff like check the drives and so on.

[MdX MaxX]

Yeah, some motherboards just have long boot sequences.

 

My Gigabyte board takes about 20 seconds to get to OS loading.  Part of that is the AHCI BIOS that it loads up when in AHCI mode.