How long should Window Memory Diagnostic tool take? (took +25 hours) + BIOS long loading time

Isiparate · June 17, 2021

First of all, sorry for posting multiple problems under the same thread.

PC specs:

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OS: Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 19042] (x64)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M S2H (rev 1.0)

Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G, 3,5 GHz

RAM: 16GB DDR4:

DIMM 2: GOODRAM IRDM X 8GB 3200 CL16 (IR-X3200D464L16SA/8G)

DIMM 3: Ballistix Sport 8 GB 2666, CL16 (BLS8G4D26BFSEK)

Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Storage:

Main: M2 NVMe SSD Western Digital WD_BLACK SN705 250GB

All (5 devices, info from CrystalDiskInfo):

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CrystalDiskInfo 8.4.2 (C) 2008-2020 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 19042] (x64)
Date : 2021/06/17 7:02:36

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
+ Controladora SATA AHCI estándar [ATA]
- TOSHIBA HDWD120
- ST31000528AS
- KINGSTON SA400S37480G
- Maxtor 6L200S0
- Controladora SATA AHCI estándar [ATA]
- Controladora de espacios de almacenamiento de Microsoft [SCSI]
+ Controladora NVM Express estándar [SCSI]
- NVMe WDS250G3X0C-00SJ

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(1) TOSHIBA HDWD120 : 2000,3 GB [0/0/0, pd1]
(2) ST31000528AS : 1000,2 GB [1/0/0, pd1] - st
(3) KINGSTON SA400S37480G : 480,1 GB [2/0/0, pd1]
(4) Maxtor 6L200S0 : 203,9 GB [3/0/0, pd1]
(5) WDS250G3X0C-00SJG0 : 250,0 GB [4/2/0, sq] - nv

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(1) TOSHIBA HDWD120
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Model : TOSHIBA HDWD120
Firmware : MX4OACF0
Serial Number : 30SS7K4AS
Disk Size : 2000,3 GB (8,4/137,4/2000,3/2000,3)
Buffer Size : Desconocido
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 3907029168
Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 45 horas
Power On Count : 15 veces
Temperature : 38 C (100 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : 0000h [OFF]
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : E:

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(2) ST31000528AS
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Model : ST31000528AS
Firmware : CC38
Serial Number : 5VP4MZ7J
Disk Size : 1000,2 GB (8,4/137,4/1000,2/1000,2)
Buffer Size : Desconocido
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 1953523055
Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4
Transfer Mode : ---- | SATA/300
Power On Hours : 29745 horas
Power On Count : 30473 veces
Temperature : 38 C (100 F)
Health Status : Risk
Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : FE00h [OFF]
Drive Letter : F:

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(3) KINGSTON SA400S37480G
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Model : KINGSTON SA400S37480G
Firmware : SBFKK1B3
Serial Number : 50026B778324BF68
Disk Size : 480,1 GB (8,4/137,4/480,1/480,1)
Buffer Size : Desconocido
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 937703088
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ACS-3
Minor Version : ACS-3 Revision 4
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 6539 horas
Power On Count : 23 veces
Temperature : 33 C (91 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ, TRIM
APM Level : 0000h [OFF]
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : D:

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(4) Maxtor 6L200S0
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Model : Maxtor 6L200S0
Firmware : BACE1G10
Serial Number : L59CPLBG
Disk Size : 203,9 GB (8,4/137,4/203,9/203,9)
Buffer Size : 16384 KB
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 398294975
Rotation Rate : Desconocido
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA/ATAPI-7
Minor Version : ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D version 0
Transfer Mode : ---- | SATA/150
Power On Hours : 265 horas (?)
Power On Count : 3634 veces
Temperature : 46 C (114 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : 0000h [OFF]
AAM Level : C0FEh [ON]
Drive Letter : G:

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(5) WDS250G3X0C-00SJG0
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Model : WDS250G3X0C-00SJG0
Firmware : 102000WD
Serial Number : 1903C1800180
Disk Size : 250,0 GB
Buffer Size : Desconocido
# of Sectors :
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : NVM Express
Major Version : NVM Express 1.3
Minor Version :
Transfer Mode : PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x4
Power On Hours : 18775 horas
Power On Count : 107 veces
Host Reads : 18031 GB
Host Writes : 16281 GB
Temperature : 39 C (102 F)
Health Status : Good (100 %)
Features : S.M.A.R.T.
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : C:

I was doing a random memory test just for the shake of it, I readed that it may take some time, but It took way longer than I expected (over 25 hours), I did it using the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool from W10, having both sticks plugged-in, the settings where:

Test Mix: Extended (instead of Standardard)

Cache: Default

Pass Count: 3 (instead of 2)

Results: (MemoryDiagnostics-Results)

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-	UserData

-	Results

LaunchType

Manual

CompletionType

Pass

MemorySize

16331

TestType

12

TestDuration

30004

TestCount

33

NumPagesTested

4155271

NumPagesUnTested

1770

NumBadPages

0

T1NumBadPages

0

T2NumBadPages

0

T3NumBadPages

0

T4NumBadPages

0

T5NumBadPages

0

T6NumBadPages

0

T7NumBadPages

0

T8NumBadPages

0

T9NumBadPages

0

T10NumBadPages

0

T11NumBadPages

0

T12NumBadPages

0

T13NumBadPages

0

T14NumBadPages

0

T15NumBadPages

0

T16NumBadPages

0

I knew this was probably overkill testing, considering I'm not really having any problems but I wanted to do it as part of a complete maintenance; check everything, do cleanups, etc.

The point is that I'm not sure taking that long could indicate that there is something not working properly, specially since I have loading problems at the BIOS screen, when the time for entering the BIOS finishes it stays showing the Gigabyte logo and a loading wheel below, arround 1 or 2 minutes, It's been like this since new, I just never had the motivation to check what's going on, thats why I never turn off the computer as you can see in the use time of the WD.

Another thing that I wanted to know is if there is any way of optimazing the usage of both DRAM sticks, considering they are from different manufacturers and have different speeds and timmings (Crucial by Micron 2666MHz 16-18-18 vs IRDM by GOODRAM 3200MHz 16-20-20), right now I guess they both working at 2666MHz, but I don't know if they are also capping each other on the "class" or timmings whatever those mean.

Thank you in advance ;D

June 17, 2021

If you have lots of ram (more than 8 gb) and your run the extended test it will take forever.

leclod · June 17, 2021

1 hour ago, Isiparate said:

First of all, sorry for posting multiple problems under the same thread.

PC specs:

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OS: Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 19042] (x64)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M S2H (rev 1.0)

Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G, 3,5 GHz

RAM: 16GB DDR4:

DIMM 2: GOODRAM IRDM X 8GB 3200 CL16 (IR-X3200D464L16SA/8G)

DIMM 3: Ballistix Sport 8 GB 2666, CL16 (BLS8G4D26BFSEK)

Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Storage:

Main: M2 NVMe SSD Western Digital WD_BLACK SN705 250GB

All (5 devices, info from CrystalDiskInfo):

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
CrystalDiskInfo 8.4.2 (C) 2008-2020 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 19042] (x64)
Date : 2021/06/17 7:02:36

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
+ Controladora SATA AHCI estándar [ATA]
- TOSHIBA HDWD120
- ST31000528AS
- KINGSTON SA400S37480G
- Maxtor 6L200S0
- Controladora SATA AHCI estándar [ATA]
- Controladora de espacios de almacenamiento de Microsoft [SCSI]
+ Controladora NVM Express estándar [SCSI]
- NVMe WDS250G3X0C-00SJ

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(1) TOSHIBA HDWD120 : 2000,3 GB [0/0/0, pd1]
(2) ST31000528AS : 1000,2 GB [1/0/0, pd1] - st
(3) KINGSTON SA400S37480G : 480,1 GB [2/0/0, pd1]
(4) Maxtor 6L200S0 : 203,9 GB [3/0/0, pd1]
(5) WDS250G3X0C-00SJG0 : 250,0 GB [4/2/0, sq] - nv

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) TOSHIBA HDWD120
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model : TOSHIBA HDWD120
Firmware : MX4OACF0
Serial Number : 30SS7K4AS
Disk Size : 2000,3 GB (8,4/137,4/2000,3/2000,3)
Buffer Size : Desconocido
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 3907029168
Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 45 horas
Power On Count : 15 veces
Temperature : 38 C (100 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : 0000h [OFF]
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : E:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) ST31000528AS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model : ST31000528AS
Firmware : CC38
Serial Number : 5VP4MZ7J
Disk Size : 1000,2 GB (8,4/137,4/1000,2/1000,2)
Buffer Size : Desconocido
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 1953523055
Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4
Transfer Mode : ---- | SATA/300
Power On Hours : 29745 horas
Power On Count : 30473 veces
Temperature : 38 C (100 F)
Health Status : Risk
Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : FE00h [OFF]
Drive Letter : F:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) KINGSTON SA400S37480G
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model : KINGSTON SA400S37480G
Firmware : SBFKK1B3
Serial Number : 50026B778324BF68
Disk Size : 480,1 GB (8,4/137,4/480,1/480,1)
Buffer Size : Desconocido
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 937703088
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ACS-3
Minor Version : ACS-3 Revision 4
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 6539 horas
Power On Count : 23 veces
Temperature : 33 C (91 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ, TRIM
APM Level : 0000h [OFF]
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : D:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) Maxtor 6L200S0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model : Maxtor 6L200S0
Firmware : BACE1G10
Serial Number : L59CPLBG
Disk Size : 203,9 GB (8,4/137,4/203,9/203,9)
Buffer Size : 16384 KB
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 398294975
Rotation Rate : Desconocido
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA/ATAPI-7
Minor Version : ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D version 0
Transfer Mode : ---- | SATA/150
Power On Hours : 265 horas (?)
Power On Count : 3634 veces
Temperature : 46 C (114 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : 0000h [OFF]
AAM Level : C0FEh [ON]
Drive Letter : G:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5) WDS250G3X0C-00SJG0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model : WDS250G3X0C-00SJG0
Firmware : 102000WD
Serial Number : 1903C1800180
Disk Size : 250,0 GB
Buffer Size : Desconocido
# of Sectors :
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : NVM Express
Major Version : NVM Express 1.3
Minor Version :
Transfer Mode : PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x4
Power On Hours : 18775 horas
Power On Count : 107 veces
Host Reads : 18031 GB
Host Writes : 16281 GB
Temperature : 39 C (102 F)
Health Status : Good (100 %)
Features : S.M.A.R.T.
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : C:

I was doing a random memory test just for the shake of it, I readed that it may take some time, but It took way longer than I expected (over 25 hours), I did it using the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool from W10, having both sticks plugged-in, the settings where:

Test Mix: Extended (instead of Standardard)

Cache: Default

Pass Count: 3 (instead of 2)

Results: (MemoryDiagnostics-Results)

Reveal hidden contents

- UserData

- Results

LaunchType Manual

CompletionType Pass

MemorySize 16331

TestType 12

TestDuration 30004

TestCount 33

NumPagesTested 4155271

NumPagesUnTested 1770

NumBadPages 0

T1NumBadPages 0

T2NumBadPages 0

T3NumBadPages 0

T4NumBadPages 0

T5NumBadPages 0

T6NumBadPages 0

T7NumBadPages 0

T8NumBadPages 0

T9NumBadPages 0

T10NumBadPages 0

T11NumBadPages 0

T12NumBadPages 0

T13NumBadPages 0

T14NumBadPages 0

T15NumBadPages 0

T16NumBadPages 0

I knew this was probably overkill testing, considering I'm not really having any problems but I wanted to do it as part of a complete maintenance; check everything, do cleanups, etc.

The point is that I'm not sure taking that long could indicate that there is something not working properly, specially since I have loading problems at the BIOS screen, when the time for entering the BIOS finishes it stays showing the Gigabyte logo and a loading wheel below, arround 1 or 2 minutes, It's been like this since new, I just never had the motivation to check what's going on, thats why I never turn off the computer as you can see in the use time of the WD.

Another thing that I wanted to know is if there is any way of optimazing the usage of both DRAM sticks, considering they are from different manufacturers and have different speeds and timmings (Crucial by Micron 2666MHz 16-18-18 vs IRDM by GOODRAM 3200MHz 16-20-20), right now I guess they both working at 2666MHz, but I don't know if they are also capping each other on the "class" or timmings whatever those mean.

Thank you in advance ;D

25h seem a lot to me, except if you have 128GB.

Not sure if you have CL18 and CL20 or CL16. If it's the latter you might be able to run them at 2666 CL16

Edit : 16GB !! way too long (don't know about the "extended" maybe try "standard" next time)

Why slot 2 and 3, you should use 1 and 3 or 2 and 4, Dual Channel...

Isiparate · June 17, 2021

14 minutes ago, leclod said:

25h seem a lot to me, except if you have 128GB.

Not sure if you have CL18 and CL20 or CL16. If it's the latter you might be able to run them at 2666 CL16

Edit : 16GB !! way too long (don't know about the "extended" maybe try "standard" next time)

Why slot 2 and 3, you should use 1 and 3 or 2 and 4, Dual Channel...

This motherboard only have 2 DIMM slots, in theory Dual Channel. They are called 2 and 3 at the user manual, also the program from Crucial, MOD (Memory Overview Display), shows them as 2 and 3.

I don't really know the reason behind that xd