SSD not fast

[quza]

Hi,

So I recently got a 850 evo 500gb for my laptop and pc,

They boot faster then before obviously, but they dont boot as fast like on videos on youtube, like 7 seconds and this takes still 30-40 with a clean windows install and ahci mode enabled before installing windows obviously....

 

[bartNL]

Do you have trim enabled, is your ssd 4k aligned, have you enabled uefi boot and potential 'fast boot' options form your mobo? Also enabling rapid mode in samsung magician will boost your experience a lot.

 

[skit75]

Videos on Youtube aren't on your SSD. They are viewed via your internet connection and require very little interaction with any storage device, even a SSD. An SSD won't speed up your internet or stream videos faster(unless they are already downloaded onto your SSD).

 

[quza]

@Skit75 I have no idea what you just said, what has it to do with my problem?

 

[skit75]

I misunderstood your question. I thought you were describing slow videos/streaming with a new SSD... and not that, you can't match a crazy boot time on Youtube. You won't get a 7 second boot time by just changing to a SSD. You need to remove a lot of what Windows pre-loads also.

 

[quza]

Well a lot of people on youtube have videos of it with like under or around 10 seconds and mine is triple that? I don't understand why.

 

[skit75]

There are tutorials you can find that will walk you down that path. Start by removing anything in your All programs\Startup folder.

Then run msconfig.exe and evaluate the Startup tab in here also. Eliminate unnecessary Startup Services also. Disable any scan upon boot services from AV software.

Keep in mind you could follow every recommendation on the internet and still never achieve a 7 second desktop boot time. 7 second boot time videos get a lot of hits on Youtube, not because it easy to accomplish or common, but because the opposite is generally more true.

 

[Eggz]

Boot time doesn't really matter much. When you see people on YouTube getting really fast boots, they go in and configure the computer to do that specific operation very well by disabling things that you would likely use in a normal scenario.

Do things like search for files in indexed folders (e.g. My Documents). They should appear almost instantly if the drive is working right. You can also try duplicating a 2-4 GB folder to the same location to see whether you are getting more than 300 MB/s or so. If you copy a large single file, such as an HD movie, from one 850 EVO to another 850 EVO, then you should get closer to 500 MB/s.

Another option is to use the Samsung Magician software to optimize your drive and then test its performance. Here is a link to the latest version - 4.6 - as of today (it will automatically start downloading from Samsung's Website): http://ssd.samsungsemi.com/ecomobile/ssd/update1.do?fname=/Samsung_Magician_Setup_v46.zip

As someone above said, be sure to enable Rapid Mode. Also, you can set your Over Provisioning to 20%, which will ensure your drive won't slow down much as you use it while also keeping the drive snappy and responsive.

If you really just want to focus on booting your computer over and over again, rather than actually using your computer, you'll need to tweak your BIOS. Enable "Fast Boot," "EUFI boot," turn off your motherboard's post screen (the thing that prompts you at the beginning to press Del of F2 to enter BIOS), disable all RAID arrays, use AHCI mode, and connect to a SATA 3.0 plug routed to your chipset rather than you AsMedia controller hub (check motherboard manual for which plug goes where). You'll also need to mess with Windows to do minimal boots. Basically, disable all startup programs, and turn off all services that aren't required for operation (i.e. almost everything). To even have a shot at super fast booting, though, you must have installed Windows as UEFI (not legacy). Here's how to check whether you installed it one way or the other: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/29504-bios-mode-see-if-windows-boot-uefi-legacy-mode.html

Doing all that will take you a lot of time. You'll Google what everything is, one by one, and then you'll finally get your 10 sec boot. But it will costs you hours and hours of screwing around. You'll also boot into a minimally functional computer. I'd recommend, if you go through with tweaking Windows, to take note of all your previous settings so that you can restore Windows back the way it was. Leaving it like that will cause weird errors that are hard to diagnose.

As for the BIOS, you can keep most of what I mentioned above without problems. The only exception is that you may have to switch from AHCI to RAID if you setup a RAID array, and you'll want to re-enable the post screen to more easily get into BIOS (unless you never enter it anyway).

Good luck!