Fastest motherboard POST ?

[rafazafar]

Hey guys.

Im using my old Compaq laptop which POSTs and boots so fast in windows 10 (5.4sec from button press) from a complete shutdown its mindboggling. Using an ssd ofcourse.
Meanwhile my X99e-ITX board takes ages to post even will all the settings dialed in.

So, the real question is, any idea on what are some of the fastest Skylake compatible motherboards outthere?
I tested a z170a from msi and asus. They both werent as fast a H110i-pro (itx) . Seems like the less feature it has, the faster it POSTs.
Is this a trend or its just a coincidence?

All of the above tested using both 850evo and sandisk ultra plus, mixed results.

Any input helps alot.
Thanks guys.

 

[porina]

I think that is a fair observation. My fastest PC after booting (in sig), is also my slowest PC for booting! I simply don't turn it off and problem solved.

 

My fastest booting PC is probably an old Haswell box, with Asus H81M-plus. Basic board, no fuss, no overclocking, just boots in seconds.

[ThinkWithPortals]

5 minutes ago, rafazafar said:

 

It's true that X99 systems take longer to post than Z, H or B series chipsets. X99 platforms have more to initialise on boot.

My fastest booting PC is in my sig. By the time my monitor comes out of sleep and starts displaying an image I'm at the lock screen.

[rafazafar]

4 minutes ago, porina said:

I think that is a fair observation. My fastest PC after booting (in sig), is also my slowest PC for booting! I simply don't turn it off and problem solved.

 

My fastest booting PC is probably an old Haswell box, with Asus H81M-plus. Basic board, no fuss, no overclocking, just boots in seconds.

Cool. now i feel like just rounding up a bunch of boards to test if this
Sometimes for a larger cluster of PCs, they want to keep most turned off. Sleep mode works i guess but yeah.
Thanks
 

2 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

It's true that X99 systems take longer to post than Z, H or B series chipsets. X99 platforms have more to initialise on boot.

My fastest booting PC is in my sig. By the time my monitor comes out of sleep and starts displaying an image I'm at the lock screen.

Yeah X99 really takes ages to load haha. But hey, ze cores..

[ThinkWithPortals]

1 minute ago, rafazafar said:

Cool. now i feel like just rounding up a bunch of boards to test if this
Sometimes for a larger cluster of PCs, they want to keep most turned off. Sleep mode works i guess but yeah.
Thanks
 

Yeah X99 really takes ages to load haha. But hey, ze cores..

Idea for an LTT Workshop video?

"Do motherboards and chipsets affect POST or boot time?"

[DXMember]

disable memory check on startup and enable fast boot

[DXMember]

3 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Idea for an LTT Workshop video?

"Do motherboards and chipsets affect POST or boot time?"

yes they, do some BIOS will not check everything or skip some stuff to make it appear they are faster

[rafazafar]

1 minute ago, DXMember said:

disable memory check on startup and enable fast boot

done and done. Its just not as fast, well. simply not fast compared to el chepo simple boards.
Im kinda getting used to the X99 post/boot speed. But just that i build pc(mainly skylake) on a weekly basis for sales, so i would like to put in some faster booting components.
thanks for the tips tho.

[rafazafar]

9 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Idea for an LTT Workshop video?

"Do motherboards and chipsets affect POST or boot time?"

Sounds like a very interesting idea that wont end up with " It...doesnt matter"

[Lord_Karango17]

Yea, my laptop posts (1-2 secs) considerably faster than my desktop, where the post time is about the same amount of time as the windows boot itself.

Laptop is a hm87 (haswell) board, and the desktop is a z77 board.

[I am an SSD]

31 minutes ago, rafazafar said:

Hey guys.

Im using my old Compaq laptop which POSTs and boots so fast in windows 10 (5.4sec from button press) from a complete shutdown its mindboggling. Using an ssd ofcourse.
Meanwhile my X99e-ITX board takes ages to post even will all the settings dialed in.

So, the real question is, any idea on what are some of the fastest Skylake compatible motherboards outthere?
I tested a z170a from msi and asus. They both werent as fast a H110i-pro (itx) . Seems like the less feature it has, the faster it POSTs.
Is this a trend or its just a coincidence?

All of the above tested using both 850evo and sandisk ultra plus, mixed results.

Any input helps alot.
Thanks guys.

 

Its funny because my laptop with a 5400rpm hardrive boots in 5 seconds to the lock screen (Windows 10 of course) , whereas an SSD driven system gives me an extra second if it feels like it, but mostly not...

[rafazafar]

1 minute ago, I am an SSD said:

Its funny because my laptop with a 5400rpm hardrive boots in 5 seconds to the lock screen (Windows 10 of course) , whereas an SSD driven system gives me an extra second if it feels like it, but mostly not...

Haha, i have seen that happen to, but only with hybrid shutdown turned on. From cold boot SSD wins handsdown

[DXMember]

13 minutes ago, rafazafar said:

Sounds like a very interesting idea that wont end up with " It...doesnt matter"

well it doesn't matter, really

you boot your PC like what? once a day?

desktops have to run through a lot more checks like detecting discrete graphics adapters, checking the USB devices, SATA devices, running trough system memory checks, power checks and a lot more, especially for the high end X99 chipset it just has so much more to do - all that + the splash screen to give you a chance to get into BIOS menu without frustration

MSI has a fast boot that just throws your to MBR on power on, completely ignore the POST and boot immediately - the downside is you don't get a chance to get into BIOS

 

[I am an SSD]

Just now, rafazafar said:

Haha, i have seen that happen to, but only with hybrid shutdown turned on. From cold boot SSD wins handsdown

Of course...as it should..

 

But windows 10 and the hibernating features sure did lessen the gap....

[rafazafar]

Just now, DXMember said:

well it doesn't matter, really

you boot your PC like what? once a day?

desktops have to run through a lot more checks like detecting discrete graphics adapters, checking the USB devices, SATA devices, running trough system memory checks, power checks and a lot more, especially for the high end X99 chipset it just has so much more to do - all that + the splash screen to give you a chance to get into BIOS menu without frustration

MSI has a fast boot that just throws your to MBR on power on, completely ignore the POST and boot immediately - the downside is you don't get a chance to get into BIOS

 

for normal people yes.
As a test bench, sometimes multi times a minute.
Yeah im using a H110 MSI board with "ultra boot". doesnt waste my time with the post message. If i wanted to go UEFI/bios, it allows the user to hold the power button for 4 seconds for direct access..

Just wished my x99 had the same feature haha. 

[harrynowl]

X99, X79 etc take longer to post as they're more complicated and often have more 3rd party controllers.