How to fix screen freezes in Way of the Hunter on ASRock A320M?

While tracking prey in the quiet forest, the screen would freeze for 0.2 seconds, which is deadly during a stealth approach. I tried disabling all unnecessary USB devices in Device Manager, but while stutters decreased, my wireless controller lost connection, making me realize I needed a more precise fix. I used the GamePP Peripheral Driver Conflict Detector to find a legacy printer driver competing for I/O resources and disabled it. RTSS showed frame times stabilized at 16-22ms, AIDA64 showed CPU temps at 62-70℃, and HWInfo noted interrupt frequency at 15000 times/sec.