How to fix disk I/O scheduling for an old Intel 760P 1TB?
Trying to run a modern title on this old drive is a test of patience; I/O wait times were hitting 200ms, and the PC sounded like it was gasping for air. The Intel 760P 1TB just can't keep up with high-frequency texture swapping, with page file swaps jumping between 50-70ms, causing a hard freeze every five seconds. I tried killing all background apps, but disk usage only dropped by 5%—a joke of a solution. I eventually manually locked the virtual memory to 16GB on the fastest partition and used Task Manager to throttle system log write frequency. In Resource Monitor, hard page faults dropped from 140/s to 20/s, significantly cutting the stuttering. I initially tried 32GB of virtual memory, but the boot time became unbearable until I dialed it back to 16GB. Temps are sitting around 55-62C. I exported the read/write logs for analysis, and fan speeds stayed stable between 1400-1600RPM.
