Windows – Slow startup time of Windows 10 using Intel SSD 750 Series

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My startup time from pressing the power button to the first sight of Windows 10 desktop is 45 seconds to 55 seconds which is bad for my high end gaming rig.

It's been a month since I've build my PC and I really want to fix this slow startup problem.

This is my rig:
Full list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/soscookies/saved/#view=MDm6Mp

  • Intel Core I7-5820K 3.60GHZ
  • Asus X99-DELUXE II ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (Don't buy that)
  • 8x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
  • Intel 750 Series 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive
  • MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card

All windows update are done

I have not noticed anything bad during my month of utilization.

I expected under 20 seconds, it's compared with other 3000$ computers and what I've seen on the Internet.

I've disable most of the startup apps, using the startup tab on the task manager but it doesn't give much improvement on the startup time.

So for exemple, I shut down my PC with the windows menu and I wait until its completely off.

  1. 0:00 I push to start the power button and the stopwatch
  2. 0:26 I can now see the Asus logo, (It's a black screen before)
  3. 0:34 I can now see the windows 10 logo
  4. 0:49 I can now see the desktop

I have 145GB/372GB, Windows 10, some games and program are installed. I use the antivirus that comes with windows 10, Windows defender.
I reboot 2-3 times a day, but these days for testing purposes I boot quite often.
Once it's started it's fast.

I've done some Test for the Intel 750 Series 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive, everything is fine.
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Here is an image of the boot order choice.

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Best Answer

Update: X99 motherboard has also slow startup, its possible to get a small improvement with dram timing settings

Final time: 00:39 to 00:45

The longer boot time is due to longer initialization time on PCIe* devices (The Intel 750 SSD is a PCI device)

Found there: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/solid-state-drives/consumer-ssds/000016211.html

Why does the Intel® SSD 750 Series take longer to boot compared to SATA drives?

The longer boot time is due to longer initialization time on PCIe* devices, and in part because of the data center nature of the drive.

Drivers can be updated, improvement of 5 to 10 seconds, Details there https://communities.intel.com/thread/75802

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