How to fix resource scheduling for WD Black SN850X 2TB in LoL?
Hitting the loading screen for Summoner's Rift and having the progress bar just stop dead is a total nightmare. Even though the WD Black SN850X 2TB has insane sequential speeds, I noticed some weird 12-18ms spikes in internal cache scheduling when handling fragmented game files. I tried disabling Fast Startup in Windows first, but that actually slowed down my boot by 2 seconds—a complete waste of time. I eventually grabbed the official dashboard software, forced Game Mode on, and switched my power plan to Ultimate Performance. Checking Resource Monitor, the disk response time finally settled from a shaky 15ms down to a rock steady 2-4ms. I actually messed up my registry during the first attempt and slowed my boot time to a crawl, but a backup restore and a fresh NVMe driver install fixed it. Temps stayed between 42-48℃ thanks to the heatsink. After a benchmark run, 4K random reads are back to peak, and frame times are sitting pretty at 5.1-6.4ms.
