Starfield | The Game's File I/O Is Holding Back The Rest Of Your PC @Compusemble

Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

A look at Starfield's file I/O and how it impacts storage and overall game performance.

NOTE: HWINFO64 was set to use a polling rate of 20ms, which is the lowest that it can be set. You will not see these disk usage figures in Task Manager, as the polling rate is not low enough. You need to use monitoring software that allows you to lower the polling rate sufficiently.

System specs:

➤ RX 6950 XT
➤ Ryzen 7 7700X
➤ 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5
➤ ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WiFi
➤ Crucial T700 SSD Gen5
➤ Seasonic Focus GX-1000
➤ Arctic Freezer 34 CO
➤ Phanteks Eclipse P500A DRGB
➤ Windows 11

Disclosure: I received a free review copy of this product from keymailer.co

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$DirectStorage Sample Measures Performance Impact Of Rendering & Streaming Assets At The Same Time This DirectStorage sample was developed by AMD. The DirectStorage sample application renders a scene while asynchronously loading assets. A camera moves through a scene into bounding boxes which trigger asynchronous streaming of the assets. The assets appear once they have completed loading. Read more about it here: https://gpuopen.com/our-brand-new-directstorage-sample-is-available-now/ If you would like to try it yourself, I have built and uploaded the sample. It can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kyX0FxUQvS5h1ctJHjFFlZkhQWVOxmfJ/view?usp=sharing To run the sample with custom parameters, unzip the sample, go to the bin folder, open a command prompt in this folder, and set your desired parameters. For example, the tests in this video were run with: DS On, GPU decomp, 256 MB staging buffer .DirectStorageSample_DX12.exe {directstorage:true,profile:true,profileOutputPath:DS_GPU.csv,stagingbuffersize:268435456,iotiming:true} DS On, CPU decomp, 256 MB staging buffer: .DirectStorageSample_DX12.exe {directstorage:true,profile:true,profileOutputPath:DS_CPU.csv,stagingbuffersize:268435456,iotiming:true,disablegpudecompression:true} DS Off, 256 MB staging buffer .DirectStorageSample_DX12.exe {directstorage:false,profile:true,profileOutputPath:DS_Off.csv,stagingbuffersize:268435456,iotiming:true} The csv file from each run will have several data points, including mean frame time before loading and mean frame time during loading. Based on this, you can get an idea of the performance impact from streaming in assets while rendering. 00:00 - Intro 00:04 - Sample Info 00:19 - DirectStorage Off 00:57 - DirectStorage w/ CPU Decompression 01:35 - DirectStorage w/ GPU Decompression 02:15 - Bandwidth Results 02:25 - Load Time Results 02:40 - Performance Results 02:55 - Outro System specs: ➤ MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X ➤ Ryzen 7 7700X ➤ 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 ➤ ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WiFi ➤ Crucial T700 SSD Gen5 ➤ Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus-G SSD Gen4 ➤ ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro SSD Gen3 ➤ Seasonic Focus GX-1000 ➤ Arctic Freezer 34 CO ➤ Phanteks Eclipse P500A DRGB ➤ Windows 11 ABOUT COMPUSEMBLE Compusemble exists to help you build the best tech system for your needs. We do this through a variety of ways: Browse, Compare and Buy computer parts and system builds. To search through our collection of handpicked products and our build guides, visit: ➤ Computer parts: https://compusemble.com/products ➤ System builds: https://compusemble.com/builds CONNECT ➤ Like and share our videos. ➤ Subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the Bell icon to get notifications for new videos. ➤ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/compusemble #DirectStorage #benchmark #pc$