Fixing read stability issues on Intel 760P 1TB for GTA VI
Staring at that loading screen stuck at 99% for ages is absolutely soul-crushing, especially when you just want to jump into the game. Looking back at the specs, the QLC NAND on the Intel 760P 1TB is the culprit; once the drive fills up, read speeds tanked from 3000MB/s down to a pathetic 1100MB/s, causing a massive bottleneck in resource streaming. I wasted time trying some third-party 'booster' software, but it did nothing but eat my CPU cycles, which was beyond frustrating. I finally manually triggered a full-disk TRIM command and wiped about 100GB of temporary cache files. In CrystalDiskMark, the sequential reads jumped back up to 2800MB/s - 3100MB/s, and boot times returned to normal. I did experience a brief system freeze immediately after the TRIM execution, but a quick reboot fixed everything. The drive is now idling between 38℃ - 45℃. System logs confirm the throughput is restored, and the drive temp is holding steady at 38℃ - 45℃.
