Slow boot time - Win8 - SSD (after changes to BIOS) - Can someone please help me here :-(

[RipGroove]

Long story short I've been on the Overclocking forums and a guy was helping me to try to OC my CPU, when I first applied an OC my system crashed while stress testing but upon reboot it displayed a message saying that ALL my BIOS settings have been restored to default, so there is the issue. I'm sure I've put all the BIOS settings back (I'm a BIOS noob) but now ever since then the boot time is like 25 seconds where it was more like 10 seconds before. Also now when it boots I see the black screen that has white writing on about 'press del to enter setup' etc and now I see the black Win 8 screen with the blue logo on it whereas before it booted so fast I did not see any of that, and now after the black Win 8 screen my monitors just go grey for about 5 seconds and nothing happens until it eventually boots, what is going on?

The mobo is an MSI Z97 Gaming 5 and I know for sure that I've:

Enabled MSI Fast Boot
Disabled full size splash screen
Enabled Windows Fast Boot
Enabled Rapid Start
And made sure my SSD is first in the boot list

 

[RipGroove]

Would resetting the CMOS help?

 

[RipGroove]

Just thought, when I first built the PC I seem to remember having to enable AHCI on the SSD, I'll have a look at that in the morning.

 

[rujoesmith]

Does it take a while to post? Or does it take the most time loading into windows?

 

[RipGroove]

A bit of both I think, I'll video it tomorrow morning.

 

[RipGroove]

I reset CMOS by pulling the battery as I couldn't locate the jumper, upon restart I got the 'all settings have been reset' message so assume the CMOS was reset OK. I then went to my BIOS and set the following:

Full screen logo - disabled
GO2BIOS - enabled
SATA mode - AHCI (was already set by default)
Intel rapid start - enabled
Windows 8 feature - enabled
MSI fast boot enabled (I had the choice of Windows Fast Boot or MSI Fast Boot, not sure which is best as they both take the same amount of time to boot)
XMP - enabled
Enhanced turbo - enabled
C-state - disabled

Rapid Mode is also enable on my SSD's software, but I assume that won't affect boot times.

But still my boot now takes 30 seconds (it used to take 10 seconds)

Here's a video, the black screen with white writing (press del to enter setup etc etc) has now ceased to display which I guess means I'm getting somewhere but still this is far slower than it used to be:

https://youtu.be/J0eecElrT74

Worth noting also that the debug LED on the mobo hovers on the numbers 39 & 40 at the same time that the boot seems to just stand still and not do anything, and of course neither are listed in the manual?


I found this on an ASUS forum, but not sure if codes are standardized across all motherboards?

39 - Post-Memory System Agent initialization (System Agent module specific)
40 - OEM post memory initialization codes

There is every chance that the LED is just reading the temp at this point though maybe?

Also just to add that black screen with white lettering IS actually still happening, just didn't happen when i recorded that video for some reason?

 

[RipGroove]

Here's how event viewer shows my last boot up, I don't really know what any of that means, all I know is Event Viewer has given my boot up a big yellow warning triangle:

Note these event viewer Boot warnings have only started appearing since the failed OC and subsequent crash yesterday

Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
Date: 01/01/2016 09:18:42
Event ID: 100
Task Category: Boot Performance Monitoring
Level: Warning
Keywords: Event Log
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: Petes-PC
Description:
Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 33659ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2016‎-‎01‎-‎01T09:16:40.793141600Z
Event Xml:
Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
System>
Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance" Guid="{CFC18EC0-96B1-4EBA-961B-622CAEE05B0A}" />
EventID>100</EventID>
Version>2</Version>
Level>3</Level>
Task>4002</Task>
Opcode>34</Opcode>
Keywords>0x8000000000010000</Keywords>
TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-01-01T09:18:42.975424400Z" />
EventRecordID>2239</EventRecordID>
Correlation ActivityID="{1FECD218-4475-0003-46D2-EC1F7544D101}" />
Execution ProcessID="1352" ThreadID="1440" />
Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational</Channel>
Computer>Petes-PC</Computer>
Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
/System>
EventData>
Data Name="BootTsVersion">2</Data>
Data Name="BootStartTime">2016-01-01T09:16:40.793141600Z</Data>
Data Name="BootEndTime">2016-01-01T09:18:41.292810200Z</Data>
Data Name="SystemBootInstance">134</Data>
Data Name="UserBootInstance">132</Data>
Data Name="BootTime">33659</Data>
Data Name="MainPathBootTime">20359</Data>
Data Name="BootKernelInitTime">30</Data>
Data Name="BootDriverInitTime">141</Data>
Data Name="BootDevicesInitTime">341</Data>
Data Name="BootPrefetchInitTime">0</Data>
Data Name="BootPrefetchBytes">0</Data>
Data Name="BootAutoChkTime">0</Data>
Data Name="BootSmssInitTime">4983</Data>
Data Name="BootCriticalServicesInitTime">194</Data>
Data Name="BootUserProfileProcessingTime">599</Data>
Data Name="BootMachineProfileProcessingTime">145</Data>
Data Name="BootExplorerInitTime">537</Data>
Data Name="BootNumStartupApps">20</Data>
Data Name="BootPostBootTime">13300</Data>
Data Name="BootIsRebootAfterInstall">false</Data>
Data Name="BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits">0</Data>
Data Name="BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits">256</Data>
Data Name="BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits">0</Data>
Data Name="BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits">0</Data>
Data Name="BootIsDegradation">false</Data>
Data Name="BootIsStepDegradation">false</Data>
Data Name="BootIsGradualDegradation">false</Data>
Data Name="BootImprovementDelta">0</Data>
Data Name="BootDegradationDelta">0</Data>
Data Name="BootIsRootCauseIdentified">true</Data>
Data Name="OSLoaderDuration">499</Data>
Data Name="BootPNPInitStartTimeMS">30</Data>
Data Name="BootPNPInitDuration">462</Data>
Data Name="OtherKernelInitDuration">840</Data>
Data Name="SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS">1295</Data>
Data Name="SystemPNPInitDuration">80</Data>
Data Name="SessionInitStartTimeMS">1384</Data>
Data Name="Session0InitDuration">3947</Data>
Data Name="Session1InitDuration">627</Data>
Data Name="SessionInitOtherDuration">408</Data>
Data Name="WinLogonStartTimeMS">6367</Data>
Data Name="OtherLogonInitActivityDuration">12708</Data>
Data Name="UserLogonWaitDuration">441</Data>
/EventData>
/Event>

 

[RipGroove]

I've just ran an sfc /scannow from the cmd and even though it showed no errors, my boot time is now 10 seconds. Not quite sure how or why that helped but it has?

 

[RipGroove]

Can anyone help me with this at all?

I thought I'd try software OC'ing today to find some stability by using Intels Extreme Utility before apply the OC to the BIOS in the hope that when it does crash that my BIOS won't get wiped. Well it crashed, the BIOS did not get wiped and Intel Extreme Utility put my OC back to default settings (so far so good) BUT my boot time has quadrupled again and Event Viewer is showing the warning again :-(

I tried System Restoring back to yesterday when all was good, but still slow boot times so I tried the sfc /scannow that seemingly fixed it yesterday but today it's not helping and I'm stuck with the slow boot time?!

As it stands (takes 25-30secs):

Power on
Sometimes shows black screen with white writing (press del to enter setup ect) but sometimes skips this screen
Black screen with blue win logo
Black screen <---- this is where it hangs for 10-20secs
Windows starts

It used to do this (6 seconds total):
Power on
Black screen with blue Windows logo
Windows starts


ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED

 

[BadActor]

Did you re-enable Fast Boot in the Bios?

 

[RipGroove]

Did you re-enable Fast Boot in the Bios?

Yeah I've re enabled anything fast boot related I can think of both within Windows and my BIOS.

 

[BadActor]

Two things you maybe haven't tried, is to reload all your drivers in case the system is having trouble initializing a broken driver, and changing the boot screen timeout in msconfig from 30 to 3. You could also run a diagnostic start up and see if improves your speeds.

 

[RipGroove]

Two things you maybe haven't tried, is to reload all your drivers in case the system is having trouble initializing a broken driver, and changing the boot screen timeout in msconfig from 30 to 3. You could also run a diagnostic start up and see if improves your speeds.

I have actually already set the time out to 3secs. Which drivers are you referring too, peripherals or motherboard? Not sure how to do a diagnostic startup but I'll have a Google and see what I can do.

 

[RipGroove]

Just done the diagnostic startup, still slow :-(

 

[BadActor]

All your drivers. You can run Slimdrivers, it will identify any broken or outdated drivers and is much simpler than hunting them down yourself.

https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimdrivers.php

 

[RipGroove]

All your drivers. You can run Slimdrivers, it will identify any broken or outdated drivers and is much simpler than hunting them down yourself.

https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimdrivers.php

Thanks I'll give that a go.


Just for reference here's some info from Event Viewer showing my slow boot and some startup info from CCleaner (click spoiler)

Event Viewer Boot Warning

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Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
Date: 02/01/2016 17:12:35
Event ID: 100
Task Category: Boot Performance Monitoring
Level: Warning
Keywords: Event Log
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: Petes-PC
Description:
Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 37035ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2016‎-‎01‎-‎02T17:10:30.809750400Z
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance" Guid="{CFC18EC0-96B1-4EBA-961B-622CAEE05B0A}" />
<EventID>100</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>4002</Task>
<Opcode>34</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000010000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-01-02T17:12:35.090007500Z" />
<EventRecordID>2320</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{7BF2D5E0-4580-0000-4ED6-F27B8045D101}" />
<Execution ProcessID="1460" ThreadID="4804" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>Petes-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BootTsVersion">2</Data>
<Data Name="BootStartTime">2016-01-02T17:10:30.809750400Z</Data>
<Data Name="BootEndTime">2016-01-02T17:12:33.382370700Z</Data>
<Data Name="SystemBootInstance">157</Data>
<Data Name="UserBootInstance">155</Data>
<Data Name="BootTime">37035</Data>
<Data Name="MainPathBootTime">21835</Data>
<Data Name="BootKernelInitTime">29</Data>
<Data Name="BootDriverInitTime">143</Data>
<Data Name="BootDevicesInitTime">342</Data>
<Data Name="BootPrefetchInitTime">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootPrefetchBytes">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootAutoChkTime">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootSmssInitTime">5249</Data>
<Data Name="BootCriticalServicesInitTime">234</Data>
<Data Name="BootUserProfileProcessingTime">230</Data>
<Data Name="BootMachineProfileProcessingTime">177</Data>
<Data Name="BootExplorerInitTime">764</Data>
<Data Name="BootNumStartupApps">12</Data>
<Data Name="BootPostBootTime">15200</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsRebootAfterInstall">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits">256</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsStepDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsGradualDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootImprovementDelta">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootDegradationDelta">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsRootCauseIdentified">true</Data>
<Data Name="OSLoaderDuration">453</Data>
<Data Name="BootPNPInitStartTimeMS">29</Data>
<Data Name="BootPNPInitDuration">489</Data>
<Data Name="OtherKernelInitDuration">887</Data>
<Data Name="SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS">1363</Data>
<Data Name="SystemPNPInitDuration">80</Data>
<Data Name="SessionInitStartTimeMS">1457</Data>
<Data Name="Session0InitDuration">4188</Data>
<Data Name="Session1InitDuration">648</Data>
<Data Name="SessionInitOtherDuration">411</Data>
<Data Name="WinLogonStartTimeMS">6706</Data>
<Data Name="OtherLogonInitActivityDuration">13955</Data>
<Data Name="UserLogonWaitDuration">496</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Scheduled start up tasks

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Yes Task CCleanerSkipUAC Piriform Ltd "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe" $(Arg0)
Yes Task FileAdvisorUpdate File Type Advisor "C:\Program Files (x86)\File Type Advisor\fileadvisor.exe" /updateprogram
Yes Task GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore Google Inc. C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe /c
Yes Task GoogleUpdateTaskMachineUA Google Inc. C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe /ua /installsource scheduler
Yes Task Optimize Start Menu Cache Files-S-1-5-21-1046538714-2542808352-1775340800-1001
Yes Task SamsungMagician Samsung Electronics. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Samsung\Samsung Magician\Samsung Magician.exe" /AUTOHIDE

Startup programs

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Yes HKCU:Run CCleaner Monitoring Piriform Ltd "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe" /MONITOR
No HKCU:Run Speech Recognition Microsoft Corporation "C:\Windows\Speech\Common\sapisvr.exe" -SpeechUX -Startup
No HKCU:Run SpybotSD TeaTimer Safer-Networking Ltd. C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
No HKCU:Run Steam Valve Corporation "E:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent
Yes HKLM:Run Classic Start Menu IvoSoft "C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe" -autorun
No HKLM:Run Command Center MSI C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Command Center\StartCommandCenter.exe
No HKLM:Run DivXMediaServer DivX, LLC C:\Program Files (x86)\DivX\DivX Media Server\DivXMediaServer.exe
No HKLM:Run DivXUpdate DivX, LLC "C:\Program Files (x86)\DivX\DivX Update\DivXUpdate.exe" /CHECKNOW
Yes HKLM:Run Fast Boot MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Fast Boot\StartFastBoot.exe
No HKLM:Run GoPro Studio Importer GoPro C:\Program Files (x86)\GoPro\Tools\Importer\GoPro Importer.exe
Yes HKLM:Run IAStorIcon Intel Corporation "C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology\IAStorIconLaunch.exe" "C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology\IAStorIcon.exe" 60
Yes HKLM:Run ISCT Tray Intel Corporation C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology Agent\iSCTsysTray8.exe
No HKLM:Run iTunesHelper Apple Inc. "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run Launch LCore Logitech Inc. C:\Program Files\Logitech Gaming Software\LCore.exe /minimized
No HKLM:Run Live Update Micro-Star INT'L CO., LTD. C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Live Update\Live Update.exe /REMINDER
No HKLM:Run MBCfg64 Microsoft Corporation C:\Windows\system32\RunDLL32.exe C:\Windows\system32\MBCfg64.dll,RunDLLEntry MBCfg64
Yes HKLM:Run NvBackend NVIDIA Corporation "C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\Update Core\NvBackend.exe"
No HKLM:Run QuickTime Task Apple Inc. "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
Yes HKLM:Run Razer Synapse Razer Inc. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Synapse\RzSynapse.exe"
No HKLM:Run RTHDVCPL Realtek Semiconductor "C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RtkNGUI64.exe" -s
Yes HKLM:Run SamsungRapidApp Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. C:\Program Files (x86)\Samsung\RAPID\CacheFilter\SamsungRapidApp.exe
Yes HKLM:Run ShadowPlay Microsoft Corporation C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\nvspcap64.dll,ShadowPlayOnSystemStart
No HKLM:Run Sound Blaster Cinema 2 Creative Technology Ltd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Cinema 2\Sound Blaster Cinema 2\SBCinema2.exe" /r
No HKLM:Run Super Charger MSI C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Super Charger\Super Charger.exe
No HKLM:Run UpdReg Creative Technology Ltd. C:\Windows\UpdReg.EXE
No Startup User Sidebar692.lnk Microsoft Corporation C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
No Startup User Speech Recognition.lnk Microsoft Corporation C:\Windows\Speech\Common\sapisvr.exe
No Startup User Windows Speech Recognition Macros.lnk Microsoft C:\Program Files (x86)\WSRMacros\WSRMacros.exe

Installed programs

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7-Zip 9.20 (x64 edition) Igor Pavlov 12/05/2015 4.53 MB 9.20.00.0
8GadgetPack Helmut Buhler 12/05/2015 29.0 MB 13.0.0
Apple Application Support (32-bit) Apple Inc. 27/12/2015 114 MB 4.1.2
Apple Application Support (64-bit) Apple Inc. 27/12/2015 128 MB 4.1.2
Apple Mobile Device Support Apple Inc. 25/10/2015 28.0 MB 9.1.0.6
Apple Software Update Apple Inc. 17/09/2015 2.39 MB 2.1.4.131
Bonjour Apple Inc. 17/09/2015 2.01 MB 3.1.0.1
Canon Easy-PhotoPrint EX Canon Inc. 13/05/2015 4.5.0
Canon iP4700 series Printer Driver Canon Inc. 13/05/2015
Canon My Printer Canon Inc. 13/05/2015 3.2.1
CCleaner Piriform 02/01/2016 5.13
Classic Shell IvoSoft 12/05/2015 12.2 MB 4.2.1
CPUID CPU-Z 1.72 13/05/2015 3.73 MB
CPUID HWMonitor 1.27 13/05/2015 2.87 MB
CyberLink PowerDirector 13 CyberLink Corp. 19/08/2015 840 MB 13.0.3130.0
CyberLink PowerDirector 13 Content Pack Essential CyberLink Corp. 19/08/2015 4.43 GB 13 Essential
CyberLink PowerDirector 13 Content Pack Premium CyberLink Corp. 19/08/2015 466 MB 13 Premium
CyberLink WaveEditor 2 CyberLink Corp. 19/08/2015 44.0 MB 2.0
Delcam PowerSHAPE-e 2015 R2 (64-bit) Delcam 26/07/2015 15.2.32
Delcam PS-Tutorials 2011 R3 (64-bit) Delcam 26/07/2015 11.3.00
Delcam TrodeExtension 2014 R2 (64-bit) Delcam 26/07/2015 14.2.00
DivX Setup DivX, LLC 20/07/2015 2.7.0.77
DVD Flick 1.3.0.7 Dennis Meuwissen 06/11/2015 1.3.0.7
EVGA PrecisionX 16 EVGA Corporation 12/05/2015 19.8 MB 5.3.3
Fanatec Wheel Endor AG Fanatec 19/08/2015 33.0 MB 8.22.2
File Type Advisor 1.6 24/08/2015 9.52 MB
Free M4a to MP3 Converter 9.0 ManiacTools.com 24/08/2015 10.9 MB
Futuremark SystemInfo Futuremark 23/12/2015 5.52 MB 4.41.563.0
Games Microsoft Corporation 14/05/2015 2.0.139.0
GEAR driver installer for AMD64 and Intel EM64T GEAR Software, Inc. 28/11/2015 836 KB 2.003.1
GIMP 2.8.14 The GIMP Team 30/08/2015 268 MB 2.8.14
Google Chrome Google Inc. 12/05/2015 47.0.2526.106
GoPro Studio 2.5.6 GoPro, Inc. 04/08/2015 303 MB 2.5.6.509
HWiNFO64 Version 5.10 Martin Malík - REALiX 31/12/2015 3.23 MB 5.10
iCloud Apple Inc. 27/12/2015 119 MB 5.1.0.34
ImgBurn LIGHTNING UK! 21/12/2015 2.5.8.0
Inkscape 0.91 inkscape.org 17/05/2015 290 MB 0.91
Intel(R) Management Engine Components Intel Corporation 13/05/2015 10.0.31.1000
Intel(R) Processor Graphics Intel Corporation 02/01/2016 10.18.14.4206
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Intel Corporation 13/05/2015 13.1.0.1058
Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology Intel Corporation 13/05/2015 31.1 MB 5.0.10.2907
iTunes Apple Inc. 27/12/2015 215 MB 12.3.2.35
Killer Performance Suite Rivet Networks 13/05/2015 1.1.50.1073
Logitech Gaming Software 8.58 Logitech Inc. 12/05/2015 128 MB 8.58.183
Mail, Calendar and People 03/07/2015
Maps Microsoft Corporation 14/05/2015 2.1.3230.2048
MediaInfo 0.7.76 MediaArea.net 16/08/2015 17.9 MB 0.7.76
Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 4 Runtime Microsoft Corporation 22/06/2015 2.93 MB 4.0.40804.0
Microsoft Silverlight Microsoft Corporation 09/12/2015 150 MB 5.1.41105.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft Corporation 26/07/2015 4.69 MB 8.0.61000
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729 Microsoft Corporation 16/08/2015 234 KB 9.0.30729
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.17 Microsoft Corporation 16/08/2015 12.4 MB 9.0.30729
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.4148 Microsoft Corporation 26/07/2015 12.3 MB 9.0.30729.4148
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.6161 Microsoft Corporation 14/05/2015 13.2 MB 9.0.30729.6161
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729 Microsoft Corporation 16/08/2015 226 KB 9.0.30729
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17 Microsoft Corporation 04/08/2015 9.63 MB 9.0.30729
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148 Microsoft Corporation 26/07/2015 9.54 MB 9.0.30729.4148
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 Microsoft Corporation 14/05/2015 10.1 MB 9.0.30729.6161
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 Microsoft Corporation 13/05/2015 13.8 MB 10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 Microsoft Corporation 13/05/2015 11.1 MB 10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) - 11.0.60610 Microsoft Corporation 26/07/2015 11.0.60610.1
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) - 11.0.61030 Microsoft Corporation 13/05/2015 20.5 MB 11.0.61030.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) - 11.0.61030 Microsoft Corporation 13/05/2015 17.3 MB 11.0.61030.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 Microsoft Corporation 27/09/2015 20.5 MB 12.0.30501.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 Microsoft Corporation 27/09/2015 17.1 MB 12.0.30501.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.0.23026 Microsoft Corporation 18/12/2015 24.2 MB 14.0.23026.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) - 14.0.23026 Microsoft Corporation 18/12/2015 20.5 MB 14.0.23026.0
MixMeister Fusion 7.2.2 28/11/2015
MSI Afterburner 4.1.0 MSI Co., LTD 19/05/2015 4.1.0
MSI Command Center MSI 02/01/2016 73.7 MB 1.0.1.08
MSI ECO Center MSI 13/05/2015 22.7 MB 1.0.0.35
MSI Fast Boot MSI 02/01/2016 8.18 MB 1.0.1.8
MSI Gaming APP MSI 13/05/2015 27.4 MB 4.0.0.05
MSI Live Update 6 MSI 02/01/2016 41.9 MB 6.1.009
MSI Smart Utilities MSI 12/05/2015 117 MB 2.0.0.10
MSI Super Charger MSI 12/05/2015 12.1 MB 1.2.027
MSN Food & Drink Microsoft Corporation 15/07/2015 3.0.4.336
MSN Health & Fitness Microsoft Corporation 15/07/2015 3.0.4.336
MSN Money Microsoft Corporation 15/07/2015 3.0.4.336
MSN News Microsoft Corporation 15/07/2015 3.0.4.336
MSN Sport Microsoft Corporation 15/07/2015 3.0.4.336
MSN Travel Microsoft Corporation 15/07/2015 3.0.4.336
MSN Weather Microsoft Corporation 23/10/2015 3.0.4.337
Music Microsoft Corporation 14/05/2015 2.6.672.0
NewBlue Titler Pro for Windows NewBlue 19/08/2015 1.0
NewBlue Video Essentials for Windows NewBlue 19/08/2015 3.0
NewBlue Video Essentials V for Windows NewBlue 19/08/2015 3.0
NVIDIA 3D Vision Controller Driver 352.65 NVIDIA Corporation 02/01/2016 352.65
NVIDIA 3D Vision Driver 361.43 NVIDIA Corporation 02/01/2016 361.43
NVIDIA GeForce Experience 2.8.1.21 NVIDIA Corporation 02/01/2016 2.8.1.21
NVIDIA Graphics Driver 361.43 NVIDIA Corporation 02/01/2016 361.43
NVIDIA HD Audio Driver 1.3.34.4 NVIDIA Corporation 02/01/2016 1.3.34.4
NVIDIA Miracast Virtual Audio 361.43 NVIDIA Corporation 02/01/2016 361.43
NVIDIA PhysX System Software 9.15.0428 NVIDIA Corporation 02/01/2016 9.15.0428
OpenOffice 4.1.1 Apache Software Foundation 14/05/2015 314 MB 4.11.9775
proDAD Adorage 3.0 (64bit) proDAD GmbH 19/08/2015 3.0.108.1
QuickTime 7 Apple Inc. 17/09/2015 70.3 MB 7.78.80.95
Razer Synapse Razer Inc. 12/05/2015 17.8 MB 1.18.19.25502
Reader Microsoft Corporation 06/08/2015 6.4.9926.17994
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 13/05/2015 6.0.1.7469
Registry Recycler Developer Tribe (Pvt) Ltd. 02/01/2016 14.4 MB 0.9.2.9
RivaTuner Statistics Server 6.3.0 Unwinder 19/05/2015 6.3.0
Rockstar Games Social Club Rockstar Games 23/08/2015 1.1.6.5
Samsung Magician Samsung Electronics 13/05/2015 57.1 MB 4.6
Sentinel System Driver Installer 7.5.1 SafeNet, Inc. 26/07/2015 1.26 MB 7.5.1
Skype Skype 21/06/2015 3.1.0.1016
Skype™ 7.13 Skype Technologies S.A. 27/11/2015 75.9 MB 7.13.101
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[RipGroove]

OK I've tried this also:

Windows 8/10 features ENABLED in BIOS
MSI Fast Boot disabled in BIOS
MSI Fast Boot off (Windows App)

Boot = 38 seconds



Windows 8/10 features DISABLED in BIOS
MSI Fast Boot disabled in BIOS
MSI Fast Boot off (Windows App)

Boot = 16 seconds


Ideally the next logical step would be to DISABLE Windows 8/10 Features and then ENABLE Fast Boot, but for some reason as soon as I enable any of these 3 options (doesn't matter which) in my BIOS my boot time doubles:

Windows 8/10 features
MSI Fast Boot
Fast Boot

Something is wrong somewhere.