How to optimize Intel Core Ultra 9 285K scheduling?
The scheduling logic on this chip feels like a coin toss; sometimes the P-cores are idling while the E-cores are sweating. During heavy building physics, the thread distribution shifted so badly that some cores hit 100% while my FPS tanked from 110 down to 42. I tried manually setting affinity in Task Manager, but that just added overhead and made the stuttering worse—honestly, it was a joke. I went into the BIOS Advanced Voltage settings, switched Load-Line Calibration from 'Auto' to 'Manual L3', and nudged the VCCSA voltage to 1.25V. In Cinebench R23, my multi-core score climbed from 36200 to 37500, with temps hitting 82-88℃. I had two instant reboots while dialing in the voltage, but backing off by 0.01V stabilized everything. Game physics frame times are now locked at 11-14ms. I exported the BIOS profile so I don't have to do this again.
