Windows 8.1 Uefi boot times

[Guest]

I am using a i5-4570
a gigabyte z87-d3hp
and an r9 270x.
Yesterday I clean installed windows 8.1 with my new components and the boot time seems is not as good as I saw in youtube with other uefi motherboards. According to Event Viewer my pc boots in 45s . In youtube I saw pcs boot in less than 10 secs. I enabled in gigabyte bios the ultra fast boot option, I selected as OS the windows 8 (it has also a windows 8 whql option) and I disabled CSM. Do I have to tweak somehow UEFI bios to get the results? Also there are options like USB partial initial/full initial settings and VGA driver : efi/auto .

 

[vipervoid1]

Do u have additional USB device ??
And is your OS installed on a SSD drive ??

 

[Guest]

I am on a SATA3 7200rpm, no ssd, usb keyboard+usb mouse if you meant that. Even if I don't have SSD, with my previous non-uefi pc and windows 8 (not 8.1) I was booting A LOT faster.

 

[Guest]

any help? should I change some settings on uefi bios? Is ultra fast boot setting may cause the slow boot times? And by boot time I mean mainly the time that takes to reach the login screen of windows. After login I know that my pc takes some time to stabilize due to razer synapse which is really heavy.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

10 second boots are likely on SSDs if you don't have one, you won't boot anywhere near that fast. The more stuff you have, the slower things will boot.

 

[Guest]

I got a sata 3 HDD WD black, is 40 seconds normal? 40 seconds are from the Event Viewer of windows, not just the time to reach desktop.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

sounds about right