I don’t have a reference of what should be a fast boot time on any OS with an SSD because I never had an SSD until this new computer, but I was curious if my boot time was slow or not on this system: GIGABYTE B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI motherboard, AMD Ryzen 5 8400F CPU and a SSD Kingston NV3, 1TB, M.2 NVMe, 2280, PCIe 4.0, Read 6000MBs and Write 4000MBs.
I did a systemd-analyze and these are the results:
Startup finished in 14.034s (firmware) + 3.266s (loader) + 4.213s (kernel) + 21.387s (initrd) + 9.933s (userspace) = 52.835s
graphical.target reached after 4.514s in userspace.
From what I can gather around the internet, boot times on SSDs should not be this slow: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/comments/tyl5it/what_are_your_boot_times/
I also asked ChatGPT and it told me it should be 15-25s
systemd analyze blame gives me these results
22.108s sys-module-fuse.device
21.949s sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.2-tty-ttyS2.device
21.949s dev-ttyS2.device
21.949s sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.3-tty-ttyS3.device
21.949s dev-ttyS3.device
21.949s sys-devices-LNXSYSTM:00-LNXSYBUS:00-MSFT0101:00-tpmrm-tpmrm0.device
21.948s dev-tpmrm0.device
21.948s dev-ttyS1.device
21.948s sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.1-tty-ttyS1.device
21.946s sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.0-tty-ttyS0.device
21.946s dev-ttyS0.device
21.943s dev-tpm0.device
21.943s sys-devices-LNXSYSTM:00-LNXSYBUS:00-MSFT0101:00-tpm-tpm0.device
21.926s sys-module-configfs.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2duuid-8DB5\x2d1EE3.device
21.818s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:04:00.0-nvme-nvme0-nvme0n1-nvme0n1p1.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dKINGSTON_SNV3S1000G_50026B768724EAC1_1\x2dpart1.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartnum-1.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartlabel-EFI\x5cx20System\x5cx20P>
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-1\x2dpart1.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-8DB5\x2d1EE3.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart1.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartuuid-5bc21399\x2d8bf4\x2d41a8\>
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-EFI\x5cx20System\x5cx20Partition.device
21.818s dev-nvme0n1p1.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dKINGSTON_SNV3S1000G_50026B768724EAC1\x2dpart1.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-5bc21399\x2d8bf4\x2d41a8\x2d80aa\x2d204332ffc56c.device
21.818s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2deui.00000000000000000026b768724eac15\x2dpart1.device
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-8cf5a2b5\x2d53e8\x2d495f\x2d8812\x2d208becd93011.device
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-1bbbc012\x2d5dc7\x2d4d08\x2d9e60\x2d8d2bb4eeddfb.device
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2deui.00000000000000000026b768724eac15\x2dpart2.device
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2duuid-8cf5a2b5\x2d53e8\x2d495f\x2d8>
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-1\x2dpart2.device
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dKINGSTON_SNV3S1000G_50026B768724EAC1\x2dpart2.device
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dKINGSTON_SNV3S1000G_50026B768724EAC1_1\x2dpart2.device
21.809s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:04:00.0-nvme-nvme0-nvme0n1-nvme0n1p2.device
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart2.device
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartnum-2.device
21.809s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartuuid-1bbbc012\x2d5dc7\x2d4d08\>
21.809s dev-nvme0n1p2.device
21.807s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1.device
21.807s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:04:00.0-nvme-nvme0-nvme0n1.device
21.807s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-1.device
21.807s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dKINGSTON_SNV3S1000G_50026B768724EAC1.device
21.807s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2deui.00000000000000000026b768724eac15.device
21.807s dev-nvme0n1.device
21.807s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dKINGSTON_SNV3S1000G_50026B768724EAC1_1.device
21.798s dev-nvme0n1p3.device
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart3.device
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-1\x2dpart3.device
21.798s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:04:00.0-nvme-nvme0-nvme0n1-nvme0n1p3.device
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-5c42b6fd\x2de261\x2d4959\x2d91d5\x2d0e8438223c39.device
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartnum-3.device
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-1117723e\x2d2516\x2d48cd\x2d9d4a\x2dec64acf6ba5b.device
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartuuid-1117723e\x2d2516\x2d48cd\>
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2deui.00000000000000000026b768724eac15\x2dpart3.device
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:04:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2duuid-5c42b6fd\x2de261\x2d4959\x2d9>
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dKINGSTON_SNV3S1000G_50026B768724EAC1\x2dpart3.device
21.798s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dKINGSTON_SNV3S1000G_50026B768724EAC1_1\x2dpart3.device
20.359s dracut-initqueue.service
20.194s systemd-cryptsetup@luks\x2d5c42b6fd\x2de261\x2d4959\x2d91d5\x2d0e8438223c39.service
5.781s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
974ms systemd-binfmt.service
904ms initrd-switch-root.service
849ms systemd-oomd.service
836ms systemd-resolved.service
830ms firewalld.service
435ms NetworkManager.service
269ms tuned.service
145ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
137ms bootloader-update.service
131ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
128ms upower.service
113ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service
112ms user@1000.service
101ms systemd-udevd.service
98ms udisks2.service
91ms systemd-hostnamed.service
87ms systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
84ms tuned-ppd.service
83ms ModemManager.service
77ms var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount
66ms systemd-nsresourced.service
66ms polkit.service
66ms accounts-daemon.service
62ms systemd-journald.service
61ms dev-zram0.swap
55ms plymouth-switch-root.service
54ms dbus-broker.service
52ms systemd-logind.service
51ms dracut-cmdline.service
51ms chronyd.service
50ms bluetooth.service
45ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
43ms systemd-journal-flush.service
42ms dracut-pre-udev.service
41ms dracut-pre-trigger.service
36ms dev-hugepages.mount
36ms avahi-daemon.service
36ms lvm2-monitor.service
35ms dev-mqueue.mount
35ms dracut-pre-mount.service
35ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
34ms sys-kernel-tracing.mount
34ms auditd.service
32ms systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service
31ms initrd-parse-etc.service
29ms uresourced.service
29ms boot-efi.mount
28ms systemd-rfkill.service
28ms user-runtime-dir@1000.service
27ms switcheroo-control.service
26ms alsa-restore.service
25ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-8DB5\x2d1EE3.service
25ms proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount
25ms plymouth-quit-wait.service
25ms plymouth-quit.service
25ms systemd-user-sessions.service
24ms gssproxy.service
24ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-8cf5a2b5\x2d53e8\x2d495f\x2d8812\x2d208becd93011.service
24ms plymouth-read-write.service
24ms smartd.service
23ms systemd-vconsole-setup.service
21ms wpa_supplicant.service
20ms cups.service
20ms systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service
19ms boot.mount
19ms audit-rules.service
18ms systemd-userdbd.service
17ms systemd-homed.service
17ms modprobe@configfs.service
17ms modprobe@fuse.service
16ms plymouth-start.service
16ms rpc-statd-notify.service
16ms rtkit-daemon.service
16ms kmod-static-nodes.service
15ms dracut-pre-pivot.service
14ms modprobe@dm_mod.service
14ms modprobe@efi_pstore.service
14ms modprobe@drm.service
14ms systemd-fsck-root.service
13ms modprobe@loop.service
13ms tmp.mount
13ms dracut-shutdown.service
12ms systemd-random-seed.service
12ms thermald.service
11ms systemd-sysctl.service
11ms dracut-mount.service
11ms systemd-udev-load-credentials.service
10ms initrd-cleanup.service
9ms systemd-modules-load.service
9ms systemd-network-generator.service
8ms initrd-udevadm-cleanup-db.service
7ms systemd-update-utmp.service
5ms systemd-remount-fs.service
4ms systemd-sysusers.service
4ms ostree-remount.service
4ms var-home.mount
3ms var.mount
2ms sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
42us systemd-homed-activate.service
I don’t really know where to even start improving these boot times, or if that’s even possible on this hardware. Considering this is my first time getting a SSD after using a HDD since forever I also wasn’t accustomed to this much speed (because yes, even with apparently slow boot times, I find this system very fast still). Can anyone give me pointers as to what to try doing to improve this? I appreciate any answers and thanks for your time!
