Why is my i5-13490F struggling with resource scheduling?
In the crowded markets, my CPU single-core load would spike to 98%, causing frame times to jump from 16ms to a miserable 45ms. I initially tried enabling 'Ultimate Performance' in Windows, but while the clock stayed at 4.8GHz, the task migration latency actually got worse—a total nightmare. I eventually used a process scheduler to force the main game thread onto the P-cores and locked the minimum processor state to 100% in the power plan. Monitoring via RTSS showed the frame time variance shrink from 12-40ms down to a rock steady 14-18ms, and those micro-stutters in town just vanished. I did hit a snag where the system rebooted twice during save loads after binding cores, but stabilizing the motherboard load-line voltage to L2 mode fixed it. CPU temps settled between 68-74℃ with fans humming at 1500-1800 RPM. Benchmark logs confirm the thread distribution is finally balanced, keeping frame times at 14-18ms.
