Analyzing Great Wall GW3300 512GB performance in Manor Lords
Honestly, trying to run a modern simulation game on a 512GB drive was a joke. Once the Great Wall GW3300 drops below 20% free space, write amplification makes the random read latency swing wildly between 30ms - 80ms, turning the game into a slideshow. I first tried clearing temp files, but gaining 10GB did nothing; the lag still hit every time I saved the game, which was a total waste of my life. I finally manually triggered a full-drive TRIM and forced 4K partition alignment. CrystalDiskMark showed random read latency dropping from 55ms down to 32-38ms, and loading speeds actually recovered. I had a scary moment where the drive went offline briefly during the TRIM process due to a software conflict, but a reboot fixed it. Temps stayed between 40℃ - 48℃. I exported the latency logs via a disk monitor, and my fans stayed steady at 1,400-1,600 RPM.
