XPS 9370: Bios Boot Time

Hi Guys, what's your boot load time on your xps 2018? On my machine (8gb ram, i5 core) it's around 8.3s. Pretty surprised that in my previous model (xps 9350) it was a lot faster! about 5.9s.

I've installed the latest bios driver, nothing has changed.

 

I don't have this particular laptop but the number of USB devices can cause longer boot times on any brand. Also, if you check what apps are automatically starting up at boot and disable the ones that don't need to, this can help too.

If you have a lot of of devices hooked up, try unplugging what you can and see if it gets better. Although, 8 seconds is pretty darn good and 6 seconds is awesome! My desktop has wires hanging all out the back of it and mine is 9 seconds (last time I checked).

 

I’m talking about the bios load tempo me, it is not affected by the apps that automatically are launched at start.

I’ve tweaked the fast boot under the energy settings, now i’m Around 7.1s.

No devices connected, obviously. This kind of tests have to be done with the naked machine

 

Oh ok yeah that makes sense. I mixed up the time to windows not the actual bios times.

 

Just bought a XPS 9370. It's a great laptop but unfortunately it takes 30 seconds to boot from cold! My 5 year laptop to 5 seconds! Trying to decide if I should send it back.
Do all 9370s take ages to boot?

 

Have you updated the bios? My Dell 9560 boots up quite a bit faster with the new bios.

 

Yes I updated the BIOS even though it was the same version number. I've read several threads about this and I think the issue is common on 2018 version 9370. It's a shame as I like the laptop but 30 seconds is too long to boot. Was wondering what other 9370 users are experiencing before I send it back.
Thanks

 

I don't have an XPS 9570, but I've had an XPS 9550 and an XPS9560, and I've monitored the BIOS boot times with Windows 10 on those laptops and other Windows 10 machines.

The BIOS boot time depends, I think, on how many things the BIOS is instructed to start before Windows starts to load. What I've noticed is one machine might have a BIOS boot time of 5 seconds, but the total time until the desktop loads might be 15 seconds. Another machine might have a BIOS boot time of 10 seconds, but the total time until the desktop appears might only be 12 seconds.

With the XPS 9560 that I'm currently using, the BIOS boot time started out at right around 8 seconds, and the total time until the desktop appeared was initially right around 10 seconds. Over the course of several Windows monthly updates, the BIOS boot time increased to about 10 seconds, and the total time until the desktop appeared increased to about 12 seconds. But, after a BIOS update that included a new version of the Intel Management Interface, the BIOS boot time went back down to about 8 seconds and the time until the desktop appeared dropped back down to 10 seconds.

I believe that the Intel Management Interface is what contains the instructions that tell the BIOS what it needs to load. So, after several Windows updates, what the BIOS needs to do can become less efficient, but, when a new version of Intel Management Interface is included in a new BIOS, it can reduce the BIOS boot time by giving the BIOS new instructions that make it more efficient and more compatible with changes made by Windows updates.

My point is that there are some drivers that can be loaded either when the BIOS is booting or when Windows is loading. I've seen some Windows 10 computers with BIOS boot times as low as 4 seconds, but the time until the desktop appears might still be 14 or 15 seconds. I assume that fewer things are starting up during the BIOS boot and more are started when Windows is loading. For me, the total time until the desktop appears is more important than the BIOS boot time.