Tuning Kioxia EXCERIA PRO 1TB throughput for Final Fantasy XV
Whenever the party enters a new city, the buildings would suddenly flicker and pop, which totally killed the vibe of riding the Regalia. The Kioxia EXCERIA PRO was struggling with fragmented resources because the file system alignment was off, causing the read bandwidth to bounce wildly between 35-50 MB/s. I initially tried the High Performance power plan, which gave me maybe 3 extra FPS, but the hitching was still there—it was a useless fix. I used a professional partition tool to realign the 4K sectors and updated the NVMe drivers to the latest version. AIDA64 random read tests showed speeds stabilizing at 65-72 MB/s, and the flickering stopped completely. I did run into a headache where some old saves wouldn't load after the alignment, but I recovered them from a backup. Temps are sitting at 40-48℃. The performance panel confirms the throughput mode is active, and the game finally feels polished, though the driver install was a pain.
