Does Windows 7 have a significantly slower boot time than Windows 8?

[nccrochet]

I ask this, because I just finished my first build, and I managed to get a copy of windows 7 ultimate for free through my school, and used that on my build, and my laptop seems to boot faster than my desktop, but my laptop is on windows 8.

Laptop:
CPU: Core i7-4710HQ @ 2.5GHz Turbo to 3.5GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR3
GPU: 2GB Dedicated Nvidia Geforce GTX 860m
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (Also has standard 5400RPM HDD in it for file storage)
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit
BOOT SPEED: 3-6 Seconds

Desktop(New Build):
Mobo: Asus Maximus Hero VII
CPU: Core i7-4790k @ 4.0GHz Turbo to 4.4GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i Liquid Cooler
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB DDR3 2133Mhz
GPU: Intel HD 4600 (Do NOT have a GPU at this time)
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (Do NOT have an HDD at this time)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
BOOT SPEED: 12-16 Seconds

Could it simply be booting that much slower because its on Windows 7? When Windows 8 came out and I had updated my PC at the time, I believe I noticed a difference in boot speed, and a lot of people were talking about faster boot speeds on windows 8 at the time of it coming out.

I just want to make sure there is nothing wrong with my hardware. Or software if that would be the case.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, Win 8 generally boots faster than 7.
But it is also a case of what you have running at startup. With Win 7 Ultimate, consider turning off a lot of the extra services that it may be starting up.

 

[nccrochet]

Yes, Win 8 generally boots faster than 7.
But it is also a case of what you have running at startup. With Win 7 Ultimate, consider turning off a lot of the extra services that it may be starting up.

Thanks, I'll try that! I may upgrade to windows 8 soon if possible, if not I'll just be waiting for the full version of 10 to come out. I just wanted to make sure.

 

[ccampy]

By default windows 8 does not shutdown but a form of hibernates but kills most user programs when pressing the shutdown button
Also are you including the BIOS screen in this count as this is nothing to do with the os

 

[nccrochet]

By default windows 8 does not shutdown but a form of hibernates but kills most user programs when pressing the shutdown button
Also are you including the BIOS screen in this count as this is nothing to do with the os

Yes, my counts are from the moment I press the power button to turn it on til the moment I am able to type in my password to login.