Long BIOS time unrelated to startup programs

[Vile23]

My BIOS time is 11.7 seconds which is quite long considering I have an SSD and my previous BIOS time used to be around 5-6 seconds. I tried disabling the startup programs but nothing's changed so I am wondering if it's something related to hardware or there is something else I am missing?
Specs are: i5 4460
GTX 970
16GB DDR3
SAMSUNG EVO 850
Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

 

[Colif]

Does it actually take that long to boot or is it just saying it does on the windows task manager/start up tab? I only ask as the 2nd time isn't very accurate and can show insanely long times which aren't even close to reality (up to 30 minutes)

the 2nd time is meant to show how long it takes the bios to hand control to windows, removing start up programs won't change that.

Could check gigabyte site and see if you have latest chipset/SATA drivers & or bios

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Make sure no external hard drives are connected during boot - - having one connected causes the mobo splash screen to hang on my PC.