System (ntoskrnl.exe) keep fluctuating between 0 to 100% disk usage

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My new Asus Zen AiO running Windows 10 has been on 100% disk usage constantly to the point that it is impossible to use the PC at all.


I have googled and run all these, which only improved slightly:


Settings > Notifications & actions and turning everything off


Virtual Memory under Advanced System Settings, set to zero


Disable windows update

Disable Print spooler


delete temp files C:\windows\temp


Executed these under a batch file:

net.exe stop sysmain (Stop superfetch)

net.exe stop "Windows search"
chkdsk.exe /f /r
sfc /scannow
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth



reinstall Chrome

reinstall Windows 10 and update to the latest 20H2 with latest patches.


Finally, I use msconfig and disable every service I think is not critical. Now system (ntoskrnl.exe) only hit 100% disk usage once in a while, but it's still quite frustrating that Windows keep pausing once in a while because of this.


What actually is the kernel trying to do???

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