[SLOW PERFORMANCE] Unusually long load times and close times

[Czar66]

5 minutes ago, Mainstay said:

1 - I’ll try the page file suggestion when I get home tomorrow.

2 - Can try that as well 

3 - I’m not running Tacview

4 - All the different DCS folders and Pimax folders are already excluded

5 - I have no external scripts

6 - I have no RGB tools

7 - I’m not running an overclock 

8 - I don’t us any sort of hardware monitor actively

 

So basically that leaves me to tryout options 1 and 2. 
Thanks for the suggestions and I’ll report back when I’m done 

Sounds good.

1 more addition:

• "2025-07-30 14:36:08.086 INFO    APP (Main): Command line: "C:\Games\DCS World\bin-mt\DCS.exe" Run DCS through the normal 'bin' folder, not the 'bin-mt'.

[Akula]

On 7/30/2025 at 1:54 PM, Mainstay said:

1 : I already excluded any file or folder related to either pimax or DCS in windows defender (security) for a long time. 

2 : I also always delete the FXO and metashader folder after each update

 

Thanks Mainstay.

Here is my latest log file as requested.

- I unparked my cores as soon as I installed Windows. Just checked again and they remain unparked

- I also delete my FXO and metashader folders from time to time

- As well, main DCS folder along with my DCS saved game and Simapp Pro Folder are excluded. The flagged solution is one i have yet to try so I'll give that a shot as well. 

 

=== Log opened UTC 2025-07-31 19:51:59
2025-07-31 19:51:59.570 WARNING EDCORE (Main): hypervisor is active
2025-07-31 19:52:01.033 INFO    EDCORE (Main): Platform Timer Resolution: 15.83ms
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    EDCORE (Main): Created boot pool: n:24
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Command line: "D:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin/DCS.exe"
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): DCS/2.9.18.12899 (x86_64; MT; Windows NT 10.0.26100)
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Application revision: 252899
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Renderer revision: 26305
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Terrain revision: 26363
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Build number: 365
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): CPU cores: 24, threads: 24, System RAM: 130766 MB, Pagefile: 8192 MB
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): CPU info:
system  affinity mask: 111111111111111111111111
process affinity mask: 111111111111111111111111
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K [1x L3 caches]
CPU has uniform cache size 36 MB (per cache)
CPU cores have different efficiency classes: [0-1]
logical cores with efficiency class 1: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
logical cores with efficiency class 0: {8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}
CPU cores have different performance classes: [0-1]
logical cores with performance class 1: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
logical cores with performance class 0: {8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}
common cores: {4, 5, 6, 7}
render cores: {0, 1, 2, 3}
IO cores: {8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}
unavailable cores: {}
pause10: 0.030879 us (std dev: 0.021198)
pause10: 973 cycles (std dev: 652.9)

 

Cheers and thanks 

[Moezilla]

22 minutes ago, Akula said:

Thanks Mainstay.

Here is my latest log file as requested.

- I unparked my cores as soon as I installed Windows. Just checked again and they remain unparked

- I also delete my FXO and metashader folders from time to time

- As well, main DCS folder along with my DCS saved game and Simapp Pro Folder are excluded. The flagged solution is one i have yet to try so I'll give that a shot as well. 

 

=== Log opened UTC 2025-07-31 19:51:59
2025-07-31 19:51:59.570 WARNING EDCORE (Main): hypervisor is active
2025-07-31 19:52:01.033 INFO    EDCORE (Main): Platform Timer Resolution: 15.83ms
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    EDCORE (Main): Created boot pool: n:24
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Command line: "D:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin/DCS.exe"
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): DCS/2.9.18.12899 (x86_64; MT; Windows NT 10.0.26100)
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Application revision: 252899
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Renderer revision: 26305
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Terrain revision: 26363
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): Build number: 365
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): CPU cores: 24, threads: 24, System RAM: 130766 MB, Pagefile: 8192 MB
2025-07-31 19:52:01.522 INFO    APP (Main): CPU info:
system  affinity mask: 111111111111111111111111
process affinity mask: 111111111111111111111111
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K [1x L3 caches]
CPU has uniform cache size 36 MB (per cache)
CPU cores have different efficiency classes: [0-1]
logical cores with efficiency class 1: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
logical cores with efficiency class 0: {8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}
CPU cores have different performance classes: [0-1]
logical cores with performance class 1: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
logical cores with performance class 0: {8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}
common cores: {4, 5, 6, 7}
render cores: {0, 1, 2, 3}
IO cores: {8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}
unavailable cores: {}
pause10: 0.030879 us (std dev: 0.021198)
pause10: 973 cycles (std dev: 652.9)

 

Cheers and thanks 

Everything looks ok there. Another Intel hybrid CPU with this issue.
Did you disable HAGS, Game Mode and Core Isolation in Windows?
BIOS updated?