Windows 8 Boot Times & P8Z77

heighnub · 20 Nov 2012 at 15:08

For those that have upgraded, what kind of boot-to-desktop times are you getting from a cold boot with SSD. Which motherboard are you using?
I'm thinking of buying one of the Asus P8Z77 series and it would be great if it was sub-15 seconds

TIA

wazza300 · 20 Nov 2012 at 15:22

i doubt it would be sub 15 seconds,it would be around 15 seconds with a new/clean install,with programs and services added as time went on it would be around 25 seconds,thats what im getting on z68 and win7,i cant see win8 being much quicker but i could be wrong

gazzaa · 20 Nov 2012 at 16:03

ive a z77 asrock ex4 with windows 8 i hit the power button on pc then turn screen on its loaded so im under 10 secs easy.

wazza300 · 20 Nov 2012 at 16:05

gazzaa said:
ive a z77 asrock ex4 with windows 8 i hit the power button on pc then turn screen on its loaded so im under 10 secs easy.

http://www.greatis.com/bootracer/

might be with a new/clean install,wait a few months when windows installs its updates ect

new install

few months down the road

gazzaa · 20 Nov 2012 at 16:07

just turned it off and then back on 11.1 seconds im using a ssd too though. its the same install as the win 8 release date and ive installed a load of crap too.

wazza300 · 20 Nov 2012 at 16:10

its probably win8 being quicker idk,plus its down to what mb you use,some are slower due to post/bios screens and what not

gazzaa · 20 Nov 2012 at 16:19

yea ive set the mobo to fast boot for windows 8

Firenze · 20 Nov 2012 at 17:19

I only used Win 8 on my NC10, but it seemed to boot MUCH quicker than Win 7...

FallshirmjAEger · 20 Nov 2012 at 21:14

The latest bios for these boards includes some tweaks/features that can be used to reduce boot up time.

heighnub · 21 Nov 2012 at 15:00

gazzaa said:
ive a z77 asrock ex4 with windows 8 i hit the power button on pc then turn screen on its loaded so im under 10 secs easy.

Sweet! I saw this board had a good review on Anandtech's Z77 shootout but I've never bought ASRock before. I'll have to do some more research I think

Side note: Manufacturer websites really need better filtering when it comes to browsing motherboards. Some have a comparison features but they limit it to like 5 models when they have 15 for a single chipset...