When loading big campaigns in Expeditions Rome my Kioxia EXCERIA PLUS G4 PCIe 5.0 drive keeps getting background processes stealing resources and frames jump around, should I tweak priority in Task Manager along with power plan tweaks to finally get contr

Right at the start of Expeditions Rome campaigns the Kioxia EXCERIA PLUS G4 1TB PCIe 5.0 drive gets background services battling the game for I/O lanes and frames start jumping around leaving controls feeling glitchy and frustrating. I opened Task Manager spotted the usual resource hogs and tried releasing some first but the power plan was not cooperating at the beginning. After bumping process priority up a bit the game finally began responding better to inputs. Still during those heavy small file cache map switches there are occasional stutters so even after the tweaks there remains some limitation and this SSD definitely asks for tighter temp management than I first thought. I ran several test loops paired with in game background optimizations and the whole campaign push felt noticeably snappier with solid hand feel though late in intense sessions you still have to watch cooling or temps can creep up. Saving this config delivers solid help for everyday play even if it is not completely flawless.