In todays PC World, the question isSSD vs HDDboot time.
10 years back, people were not aware of the benefits of SSD.
Also the price difference between a HDD and SSD was too high.
In 2019, OEM manufacturers of both PC and laptop have included SSD as an OS booting machine.
HDD serves the purpose of a storage rig.
In this way you might optimize both speed and price.
This will not only improve boot times, but also program and apps performance.
In the below case-study, we will see the results of my tests conducted using SSD disks.
You will be astonished at the results.
Boot Time Testing Software
I used theBootRacer from Greatis Softwareto test the boot times.
The latest version of 7.70 was used in the test for both Windows 7 and Win 10 versions.
This tiny software is very easy to install.
You just have to click a few buttons to know the boot time.
There are two options.
Full boot time 2.
There are 4 stages in boot process according to BootRacer software.
Primarily (2) and (4) are considered in calculation of boot time.
The other options are neglected.
Windows Boot is the time taken to load system resources, drivers, services, logon display etc.
Desktop is the boot time required for startup programs, preparing desktop etc.
Computer Configuration
The following test setup is used to see the boot time performance improvement using SSD.
Several iterations were done to test the efficiecy of SSD.
As an average Windows 10 took only 35 seconds to boot from BIOS start up.
The Windows Boot Time took 10s and Desktop Boot time was 24s.
This is far quicker than using a HDD.
Earlier I installed Windows 10 on a 74GB Seagate ST380211AS ATA gadget.
The boot time was 3-5 minutes.
I disabled all the startup programs except Greenshot, OneDrive, Windows Security.
In another check, the 1809 version booted up more quickly than 1903 version, using a SSD.
Also, the start up programs were quick to initialize, after using a SSD.
Service Pack 1 was installed.
As of July 2019, all the KB updates were installed.
The Windows Boot time took around 18s and Desktop Boot time was approximately 6s.
The start up programs included Greenshot, Microsoft Security Essentials, OneDrive.
In this Windows OS version also both the full boot time and clean boot time were checked.
To my surprise, Windows 7 boot time was between 20 to 25 seconds.
Greenshot took the major part of 1.138s.
Still the total start up time of all the 3 programs was only 2.137s.
The desktop initialization and start up programs were quick to respond.
Even OneDrive and MSE were fast enough to work with.
Menus and Programs were quick to open and close.
There was no lag or delay in program response.
I used 64 bit versions for both.
Prior it was probably 30 seconds to a minute with the cheap 5400 RPM HDD it came standard with.
The major boot time improvement can be seen in Windows 10 after using a SSD.
Another interesting fact, was that, Windows 7 booted up more quickly than Windows 10.
I used Western Digital SSD for installing both Windows 10 and 7.
The models were also the same, except the capacity.
But not to worry!
Even Windows 10 on a SSD was quick enough.
