It is read/write speed, of course higher is better. 4K random speed test is equivalent to read/write speed for day to day operation. Seq/512k sequential speed test is equivalent to read/write speed when moving/copying large file.

How long actually it take to boot into windows? BTW, referring to your laptop review, random read speed is between 25 to 27 MB/s. Download CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3, run the test & post the screenshot here.

Sequential speeds are bang on. Random speed lower but it must have to do with mobile sata controller. Power management can affect the speed which is on laptop usually a little aggressive than PC.

That's a lot better. What did you do?

Did your boot time improve? Did you time it, how many seconds from the windows boot screen?

I get the same startup time but your shutdown time is too long IMO.

You might want to try the basic if you have not done it yet.

1. Right-click C:, Properties & click Disk Cleanup button. Delete everything in the list; crash dump, minidump, log, etc.
2. Right-click C:, Properties, go to Tools tab & click Optimize button to optimize your C:
3. This is OPTIONAL. I prefer to disable system page file.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Mar 24 2016, 04:35 PM

For windows installation, there's no difference between installing windows in HDD & SSD.

FYI, you should be able to choose between legacy & UEFI boot when booting with the windows installer disc. When you bring up the boot drives menu (with some motherboard the shortcut is F8), the UEFI-capable boot drives will show something like "(UEFI)" at the beginning of the drive name. Your computer by default boot the disc in UEFI mode which is the reason the installer asked you to convert the disk to gpt.

You should check in the BIOS whether it allow you to boot with the M-sata drive before you buy bigger M-sata drive. Check the manual how to change the boot order.

I think you mean Intel Smart Response Technology. Everyone is using IRST (or built-in windows driver) if using Intel motherboard.

PCIe SSDs (either true PCIe SSD like Intel 750 or by using M.2 to PCIe adapter) required PCIe 3.0 x4. You don't need to worry about M.2 form factor SSDs because the M.2 slot obviously support PCIe 3.0 x4 link but you will need to know whether it support SATA/AHCI or NVMe. Msata use msata slot.