Dirty secret -- disabling event logs is a huge part of the perf boost.Ok, a question as I am new here and haven't really looked into 'gaming specific' builds since I generally Server LTSC versions (2019/2022) for desktop) since my priorities are 1) work and 2) gaming (in whatever spare time I have after #1) and look for stability/long life as most important.
The question I have, is looking through the presets in OP it appears a lot of this is related more to 'bloat' or disk space saving than anything. Has anyone actually run a comparison as to FPS or just general PC benchmarks of the preset against a base image? Or to quantify the effects?
Yes, the cost of unwanted services does add up but "random" flushing of log buffers wreaks havoc on process prioritization (since it's a kernel level task). That's the hiccup you get in FPS games, writing logs to disk and possibly consolidating data.
What I would test:
1. Load the GamerOS preset, reset every NTLite screen except for Settings / Autologger tracing & Event Viewer channels
2. Save the preset. Open in Notepad, confirm that's the only tweaks.
3. Load your LTSC and normal preset. Load the autologger-only preset, using Overwrite.
4. Build ISO and compare.