Fixing storage throughput on Zhitai TiPro9000 4TB for Genshin?
Whenever I stepped into a new region, the foliage would flicker violently, which totally killed the immersion, though I was still hyped about the drive's raw potential. The Zhitai TiPro9000 was struggling with 4MB large-capacity map assets because the file system alignment was off, causing read bandwidth to bounce between 45 - 60MB/s. I first tried disabling background apps, but gaining 2 FPS didn't stop the jarring skips. I had to go deep and use a partition tool to realign the 4K sectors and update the NVMe drivers. AIDA64 random read tests then showed a steady 70 - 78MB/s, and the flickering stopped completely. I did run into a headache where some old save files became unreadable after the alignment, but restoring from a backup sorted it out. Temps stayed between 42 - 50℃. The performance panel confirms the throughput mode is active, and frame times are now locked at 5.1 - 6.4ms on my Win11 build.
