How to fix resource scheduling for Kioxia Exceria Plus G4?
During high-speed combo rendering in Tekken 8, the Kioxia Exceria Plus controller cache queue gets slammed, leading to micro-second instruction delays. I noticed a visible stutter in the frame pool while background processes were hogging about 13.8 - 16.2 GB of memory. I first tried messing with virtual memory thresholds, but it was a total waste of time. I eventually shifted to a more aggressive toolchain: opened the Game Performance Scheduling panel, set the process priority to 'Realtime', and watched the NVMe controller load curve flatten out. The frame time variance dropped from a shaky 7.9 - 11.3 ms down to a rock steady 4.8 - 6.1 ms. The input lag is basically gone now, and that annoying 'heavy' feeling on the keyboard is gone. That said, the controller still runs hot at 56 - 62 ℃ under load; I can hear the fans humming and a faint coil whine in a dead silent room. I verified the resource redistribution curve using PC Mark, and while the first application had some lag, the frame pool is finally stable. Power draw fluctuated by +/- 2.8 W initially, but I managed to clamp it down after tweaking the fan curves.
