Bios boot time

[slob]

I have a BIOS boot time of 19.3 seconds at the moment, feels really slow at the moment to load up windows (used to feel it took under 10 seconds a couple of weeks ago). is this considered as slow and is there any solutions to fix this

[Levent]

Just now, slob said:

is this considered as slow and is there any solutions to fix this

Nope and nope.

[ChrisLoudon]

22 minutes ago, slob said:

is this considered as slow and is there any solutions to fix this

All depends on the system.

 

What's the spec?

 

Is that 19.3s to get to the Windows Loading screen, login screen or a usable desktop? 20s to a desktop with all your systray icons loaded is pretty good. 19.3s to a login screen does seem a tad slow

 

Have you made any changes to your system over the past couple of weeks?

[slob]

5 hours ago, ChrisLoudon said:

All depends on the system.

 

What's the spec?

 

Is that 19.3s to get to the Windows Loading screen, login screen or a usable desktop? 20s to a desktop with all your systray icons loaded is pretty good. 19.3s to a login screen does seem a tad slow

 

Have you made any changes to your system over the past couple of weeks?

its to load into the log in screen, my specs are

CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
GPU - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
RAM - Corsair Vengeance PRO SL DDR4 32GB 3600MHz
Motherboard - MSI B250 TOMAHAWK MAX II
Storage - Seagate 2TB Hard Drive, WD Blue SN550 1TB M.2 drive
PSU - Corsair CX650F 80 PLUS Bronze

 

[GoodBytes]

On 7/31/2023 at 11:02 AM, slob said:

I have a BIOS boot time of 19.3 seconds at the moment, feels really slow at the moment to load up windows (used to feel it took under 10 seconds a couple of weeks ago). is this considered as slow and is there any solutions to fix this

Technically, it should be 5 to 7 sec. However, I believe only Intel ASRock boards (maybe other boards, but I am not certain) and OEMs can achieve this.

• OEMs can do it, because the hardware is fixed, and for AMD based systems, they can do some work in their custom UEFI to make it happen.
• Intel is able to make it happen, AMD in general, seems to have trouble delivering on that. AMD doesn't have Intel secret sauce yet.
• Intel based ASRock board can do it, because of the above, and also because it is the only board that actually deliver 0sec POST delay, when you set it to 0sec with the "Ultra fast" option, added to the "Fast Boot" option. Other motherboard manufacture tend not to implement this, because if the user needs to go in the UEFI, they need a physical button on the system, or go through Windows to make it restart in the UEFI. If the board doesn't have a physical button and Windows is broken, then their only choice is to clear CMOS. This increases support call, and probably don't want to deal with that. And a "Go to UEFI" button is apparently too costly.

PLEASE NOTE:

The above boot/startup time is only achievable with Windows Fast Startup (Win8 and up) featured enabled (on by default), and only works when the system is shutdown. Restarts cannot use this feature, and so the startup time will always be slower. And Windows Fast Startup only works when hibernation is enabled.

 

PLEASE NOTE 2:

HDD slows boot process. Even if you don't have your boot loader on it, the HDD needs to respond to the UEFI and that takes time. And so, real fast startup can only be achieved by SSDs (faster, the better).

 

PLEASE NOTE 3:

UEFI mode needs to be enabled (if you have the option, else assume it is enabled), and CSM must be disabled. Else, the UEFI goes into a BIOS of old emulation mode, and it doesn't support the smartness of the UEFI, making the boot process long and tedious. If this configuration is wrong, you will not be able to boot into your OS once corrected. Your drive format would need to be converted from MBR (only BIOS can interact with it), to GPT (only UEFI can interact with it).

 

If that is the case, backup all your data first, and you can use Windows 10 (and up) built-in command line utility called mbr2gpt, which helps you convert your drive so that you can change/correct the option in your UEFI at next restart. They are many guides online and this forum too. https://linustechtips.com/topic/1351105-convert-your-boot-drive-from-mbr-to-gpt-for-uefi/

 

 

 

[Mihle]

Just in case you want the information:

My PC with B450 Mortar max and Ryzen 3600 is about 15-16 sec. PC does have one HDD.

 

My Lenovo laptop was around 11 or so sec, but after a BIOS update with some security fixes became around 21 sec.

[Mark Kaine]

its normal for ryzen.  my pc with a 5800x3D takes about 16 seconds,  my laptop with an old Intel i5 takes about 5.6 sec ¯\_(ツ)_/¯