Solving Intel 760P 1TB loading issues in Ghost of Tsushima
That tiny hitch when hitting the main menu is so jarring when you're used to fast loads; it made me really paranoid about my drive health. The Intel 760P 1TB struggles with fragmented small files, with random read response times bouncing between 8-15ms, which blocks the boot process. I tried disabling every useless startup app in Windows, but that only saved 1 second and did nothing for the menu lag. I then used a professional indexing tool on the game folder and switched the write cache to 'Force Flush' in Device Manager. Monitoring showed the average read latency during boot dropped from 11ms to 5-7ms, making the transition seamless. During the indexing process, the drive hit 62℃, which was scary until I lowered my CPU load. Now it's a steady 40-48℃. After multiple reboots, the hang is gone and frame times are a stable 5.1-6.4ms.
