How to fix storage throughput lag on Galax B360M-M.2?
Whenever I hit a massive combat scene, the screen just freezes for a fraction of a second, which is absolutely lethal in an action game. I noticed the M.2 interface on the Galax B360M-M.2 was struggling with high-frequency random R/W, with response times swinging wildly between 22-58ms. I initially tried bumping my virtual memory up to 32GB, but that was a total waste of time—it actually added more background read/write pressure, which left me pretty confused. I eventually dove into the BIOS and forced the PCIe link speed to Gen3 instead of leaving it on Auto, then slammed the latest chipset drivers. In CrystalDiskMark 4K random read tests, I saw numbers jump from 42MB/s to 65-72MB/s. To be fair, after the first tweak, the system had a weird recognition delay at boot until I disabled Fast Boot. Now, the southbridge temp stays around 45-52℃ and the frame time is rock steady at 5.1-6.4ms. It's a relief, though the BIOS menu is a bit clunky.
