Why does my Seagate FireCuda 540 1TB cause long load times in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle?

I was frustrated by 5-second loads breaking my Indiana Jones flow. I tried bumping the queue depth to 2048, but the controller overheated and throttled, making things worse. I used GamePP NVMe Queue Depth Configuration to set the depth to 1280 and enabled low-latency priority. GamePP Hardware Sensors showed temps dropping from 58℃ to 52-54℃. Load times converged to 1.5s per GamePP Benchmark. This stable I/O response finally saved my gaming session.