Does cluster size affect Kioxia Exceria Plus G4 performance in Delta Force?
Whenever I entered a new sector on the map, there was this 0.3s micro-stutter that became physically exhausting after a few hours of gaming. My Exceria Plus G4 was idling in the 38-45MB/s range for random 4K reads, which just isn't enough for the engine's real-time streaming needs. I tried moving the game to a different partition on the same drive, but the stuttering stayed—that's when I realized it was an I/O scheduling issue. I reformatted the drive and bumped the cluster size from 4KB to 64KB, then updated the storage controller drivers. CrystalDiskMark showed random reads climbing to 55-62MB/s, and the game feels significantly smoother. I did accidentally wipe some config files during the reformat, but a Steam file verification fixed that. Drive temps are stable at 52-58℃. I analyzed the read curves and the parameters are finally verified.
