Why does my Zhitai TiPro9000 2TB hit massive read/write latency during high-population phases in Manor Lords?

Just as my settlement started booming, the smooth camera panning suddenly turned into a choppy mess, which was honestly baffling. While the Zhitai TiPro9000 2TB kills it in sequential reads, it struggled with massive simulation data, showing weird latency spikes between 18-26ms. I first tried disabling Fast Startup in Windows, but that was a waste of time—it actually slowed my boot by 4 seconds, which was just frustrating. I eventually dove into the official management software, forced 'Game Mode' on, and slammed my power plan to 'Ultimate Performance.' Checking Resource Monitor, the disk response time finally settled from a shaky 22ms down to a rock-steady 4-7ms. I actually messed up my registry during the first attempt and slowed my boot to a crawl, but a backup restore and NVMe driver refresh fixed it. Temps stayed between 48-54℃, so the heatsink is doing its job. After a benchmark run, 4K random reads are back to peak, and frame times are now sitting pretty at 5.1-6.4ms. It's finally playable without the hiccups.