Optimizing resource scheduling for Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB in Genshin?
Every time I teleported to the lush areas of Sumeru or Fontaine, the loading bar would just hang at 90% for several seconds. It was incredibly anxiety-inducing. Once the SLC cache on the Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB gets filled up after a background update, random read speeds tank from 80MB/s down to 35-42MB/s, causing resource timeouts. I tried running a disk cleanup first, which is basically useless for NVMe drives and just adds unnecessary wear—totally frustrating. I eventually went into Device Manager and switched the write caching policy to 'Force Flush' and used a tool to align the partition to a 4KB boundary. CrystalDiskMark showed random reads climbing back to 70-82MB/s, cutting map swap times by nearly 3 seconds. I did run into a brief BSOD after changing the cache policy, but a storage controller driver update sorted it out. Temps are stable between 45-53℃. Compared the loading logs, and the response parameters are finally dialed in.
