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    M18x Boot-Up Speed Thread.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by iPhantomhives, Aug 18, 2011.

  1. iPhantomhives

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    Since we have Graphic Benchmark , CPU OverClock Discussion , why don't we start a thread about boot-up speed?

    Boot timer download link. http://www.planetsoft.org/utils/BootTimer.exe

    Normal Boot-Up Speed Rank.
    1. Oni222 9.360 - OCZ Max iOps 120GB
    2. iPhantomhives 10.062 - Crucial C300 256GB
    3. Nigel8600 - 10.717 Crucial M4 256GB
    4. Xeneize - 10.920 - Intel 510 256GB
    5. AsakuraYoh - 11.169 Crucial M4 128GB
    6. SMOKE_SKULL - 11.512 Kingston V200 128GB
    7. Johnksss - 11.840 OCZ Max iOps 120GB
    8. To be update.
    9. To be update.
    10. To be update.

    Tweaked boot-Up Speed Rank.
    1. stamatisx - 5.616
    2. Getfound - 9.828 OCZ Vertex 3 256GB
    3. Johnksss - 10.296 OCZ Max iOps 120GB
    4. To be update.
    5. to be update.
    6. To be update.
    7. To be update.
    8. To be update.
    9. To be update.
    10. To be update.

    PS : Pm me for update the ranks if you would like your score to be posted here.
     
    iPhantomhives, Aug 18, 2011
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  2. Xeneize

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    Well going to be hard to beat a SATA 3 RAID 0 SSD with SF controller... AKA Vertex 3 or Patriot.

    Buy my vote is yers why not :)
     
    Xeneize, Aug 18, 2011
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    Disabling windows password nets me a 13.5 sec login with Vertex 3 raid 0. 19 sec with password.
     
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    Are you using Window boot timer? Mind sharing some screenshot with Window Boot Timer? :D

    I think I got around 13 sec too.

    http://www.planetsoft.org/utils/BootTimer.exe
     
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    I got you for 1sec , haha , let me upload it.

    Its with SSD Crucial C300 256GB
     

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    I would love to post mine but the boot timer program does not come back up after reboot. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
     
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    Sometimes anti-virus block it , try temporary disable it?
     
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  9. eyric101

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    No raid, single sandforce drive. Also first run, no cherry picking.
    [​IMG]
     
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    Nice try , that was awesome speed. wonder if anyone can go 10sec.

    What software are running while boot up?
     
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    I have not done a rebuild or much on this laptop other then add the sandforce and upgrade the ram. Most software and services are stock. What I have done is run this ssd tweak guide. I recomend it, most likely get better boot times then mine with the raid: The SSD Optimization Guide - The SSD Review

    For my second run, I enabled gamebooster 3 which disables what it sees as unnecessary services
    [​IMG]
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    POW!

    [​IMG]
     
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    raid zero?


    [​IMG]
     
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    lol owned , that may save many hours of life time :p

    :eek: 10sec , did u off all the startup software :D
     
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    not on that run.
    [​IMG]
     
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    I removed stuff from startup like office and logitech software. but the AW and intel stuff is still running.
     
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    u guys are insane , I can't get around 10sec.
     
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    Are you counting from the bios start or after the bios? After the Bios I get 9 seconds so you most likely are counting the bios time too.

    Also If you disable the windows animation logo you can get even better times since most the time your waiting on the animation to finish before you continue the boot.
     
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    Also keep in mind that having an external display will add a good 5+seconds to your bootup time (u2410 connected by mini-dp-->dp does this).

    D.
     
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    bottom line. my normal boot time is about 13.8 seconds. with everything loading up.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Do you normally disable Aero?
     
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    that was on battery as well..
    here is one with areo and power on.


    [​IMG]
     
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    ^ with areo is faster :eek:

    From ur desktop , i can tell, ur bencher madness lol
     
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    yeah, im an over clocker/bencher ... :)

    side note:
    Highest i7-2920xm Bench 3DMark11 P8303
    are you still the highest? :)
     
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    Very nice! by the way, what gadgets are you using? they look very cool and useful
     
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    thanks.
    margu notebook info2. i love that one! for everything else

    gpu observer for gpu

    argus monitor for turbo
     
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    Thanks bro!
     
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    13.618 for me on A/C.
     

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    I believe so , if in OEM 2920 , don't have time to bench , waiting my new replacement to come , been busy now days :(
     
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    i dont have an oem. just my score for an extreme cpu. :(
     
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    Here is my 9 second boot time screenshot and ATTO bench. I have not tweaked my system in any way nor have I cherry picked the screenshots.
     

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    Oh and POW back at ya:


    Looks like I am the current thread record holder at 9.360 seconds :p
     
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    That's crazy!! seriously I'm going to have to give Vertex 3 MI a shot!!
     
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    I cannot wait for you to get the 240gig max iops and raid them. Those are even faster than mine!
     
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    you mean for raid you are... :)
    now lets see what you get with everything loading normal.. :)
     
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    Ok thats unfair lol, when you play normal video games do you put your laptop in the freezer or use the 1 foot heatpipe? lol I didn't think so...

    Benchmarking is just that, numbers talk!

    Oni222 is the winner here, 1 driver, 2 drive, anything goes... :D
     
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    I could not agree more!

    +rep
     
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    ok, fair enough
     
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    + rep for both Oni222 (#1 pplace, so far anyhow) and Johnksss (sportsmanship! hard to find these days)
     
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    his 1 foot heatpipe owns me in 3Dmark11 lol , I have no laptop cooler yet.

    nice score , that makes me want to get new ssd , rep+ :D
    If you tweaked ur system , its probably 7-8sec :eek:
     
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    Hehe Thanks ^_^

    Eventually ill try to tweak it but for now I am too busy playing games :p
     
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    what other ssd bench programs have you ran?
     
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    hey guys here is my vertex 3 diskmark
    [​IMG]
     
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    ill do that in a minute...mine are close to yours i think.
     
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    Since OCZ officially does their benches with ATTO that's the only one I use but I don't mind running other benches if you want a specific apps results.


    Those numbers look pretty low for a single vertex 3. Are you using the Max iops edition or the standard version?
     
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    Those numbers are right on with Vertex 3 benchs, definately not a MaxIops edition though.
     
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    my maxiops looks low as well.

    and it looks like he didn't run 0fill either.
     

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