How to optimize write scheduling for Kioxia EXCERIA PLUS G4 2TB?
Having the screen hitch for 0.1 seconds right as a smoke grenade pops is an absolute disaster in a competitive shooter. The Kioxia EXCERIA PLUS G4 2TB has terrifying PCIe 5.0 bandwidth, but I found it hitting 22-30ms peak latency during temp cache writes. I tried locking the PCIe slot to 4.0 in the BIOS, but that was a total shot in the dark and didn't stop the stutters. The real fix was flashing the latest 2.0.4 firmware and disabling the Windows write-cache flushing policy. Using RTSS, I watched my frame times flatten from a wild 11-28ms swing to a consistent 6-9ms. I actually had a firmware install fail once which made the drive vanish from the BIOS, but switching USB ports for the flash tool sorted it. The drive is idling around 52-58℃. After three stress tests, the read/write curves are flat, and my RAM is holding steady at 58-63℃.
