So something in my computer is faulty.. what is it?

Well I posted here I while back about this but i've broadened my perspective on possible problems and I'm now wanting to find out what is actually causing the problem.

 

So I have a samsung 850 PRO 256GB SSD, the best consumer option available and it takes 20-30 seconds to boot..

My 64GB Adata SSD did it in 6 seconds pretty much every time, but maybe the SSD isn't at fault?

 

I think that the SSD is definitely at fault even though it does just fine in all the benchmarks

I've reinstalled windows and it's still taking just as long and it's starting to get really annoying.

I've tried booting without the HDDs attached and it's still the same.

I have tried new drivers too.

 

Is there anything that would be causing my SSD to be slow apart from the SSD itself even though it's perfect in benchmarks and everything else?

 

 

Thanks.

If i remember correctly there are some very specific things that need to be done to shorten the boot time.  http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/optimization-guides/

Checkout some of the software these guys have ... they are the guys that make memtest ... anyway try burn in tester or performance tester ... free trial periods and the stuff is awesome. May shed some light on the problem.

http://www.passmark.com/products/index.htm

 

So I reinstalled windows on my old SSD after what you guys didn't work to find out that the SSD isn't the problem (hence why your suggestions didn't help :p) They boot in 21 seconds after bios every single time.

 

Now that adata SSD used to do 7 seconds and that was with a different mobo and cpu.

So i've tried booting with everything unplugged minus the keyboard, mouse and SSD (even the ODD was unplugged) and still nothing near 7 seconds.

Tried all the variants of drivers etc.

 

So this means that either the Mobo or CPU are bad right?

 

The HDDs aren't at fault because i've had them unplugged and still 2 seconds.

The ODD isn't at fault, was unplugged and still 21 seconds.

I've set the BIOS to optimized settings and AHCI and all that.

 

The RAM and PSU were from my old, good, 7 second build but maybe the RAM has gone bad? I don't think the PSU is to blame here because it wouldn't effect boot time.

 

So how can I test the RAM, CPU, and Mobo? and am I on the right track to figuring out what the problem is? Or is there a big switch or setting somewhere that i need to change?

 

 

Remember that I have done everything worth doing in the link that freaksmacker supplied.

Linux live image memory health check, also from the live image you can benchmark & check that the CPU is ok, no idea about the mobo tho.

Apart from a faulty SSD I can from the top of my head only come to think of an infected MBR, even if you reinstall Windows you're not getting rid of the malware. IIRC the Zero Access RK is one example.