Why is the Intel 750 Slow to boot?

[RLaBa1]

Howdy Everyone. Just picked up the Intel 750 1.2TB SSD card. Installed it on my X99 Asus Rampage V board and installed Windows 7 X64 without a problem. However, I am seeing a boot performance issue. This drive is taking about 25 seconds to boot, approximately 13 seconds longer than my Samsung 850 EVO. Did a little Googling on this and apparently, I am not the only one. I have read several reviews and the ones that measure boot time / performance will say this is the slowest SSD to boot. I have provided the link below as an example.

http://techreport.com/review/28050/intel-750-series-solid-state-drive-reviewed/5 Intel's 750 Series solid-state drive reviewed - The Tech Report - Page 5

Intel - Is this going to be fixed in a future firmware release? I wont be able to justify keeping this card if first generation SSD's still outperform in terms of booting.

Thanks,

Randman76

X99 Rampage V

I-7 5960X OC to 4.4 ghz

Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB)

980 GTX-SLI

1200W PSU

[ASouz7]

Hello Randman76,

Could please let us know what current firmware version you have for this drive?

You can use our Intel® SSD Data Center Tool to check for updates. Here is the link: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23931/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Data-Center-Tool Intel® Download Center

[RLaBa1]

Here is the information on the SSD

IntelSSD CVCQ511600A81P2BGN

DeviceStatus: HealthyFirmware: 8EV10135FirmwareUpdateAvailable: Firmware is up to date as of this tool release.ModelNumber: INTEL SSDPEDMW012T4ProductFamily: Intel SSD 750 SeriesSerialNumber: CVCQ511600A81P2BGNIndex: 0DevicePath: \\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE0Bootloader: 8B1B012E

Thanks,

Randman76

[ASouz7]

Hello Randman76,

Thank you for the information provided. It seems like the Intel® SSD 750 Series drive will take longer to enumerate (therefore boot). This is a combination of longer PCI initialization time (than SATA) and the SSD ensuring a stable boot.

[idata]

Goodnight!

Indeed it is a very interesting question, whether via firmware to improve load times and compatibility with Ultra Fast Boot for such a rapid SSD. At least theoretically.