Zen -> XanMod kernel switch maybe?

@YUART this thread might interest you: Kernel Benchmarking Results - Zen, cacULE, TKG, BORE

XanMod is not mentioned in that thread, but I did notice there are five different versions of the XanMod kernel in the Chaotic repo. That makes installing the kernel just as simple as installing any other package (no need to compile your own kernel for testing). You can throw a kernel on there, check it out, and just uninstall if you decide you aren't going to use it.

If it were me I guess I would start with these:

chaotic-aur/linux-xanmod-edge-headers 5.18.11-1 [29.51MiB 126.68MiB]
    Headers and scripts for building modules for the Linux Xanmod - Latest Mainline (EDGE) kernel
chaotic-aur/linux-xanmod-edge 5.18.11-1 [90.44MiB 348.86MiB]
    The Linux kernel and modules with Xanmod patches

Why not install a few kernels and perform some of your own benchmarking? The results you get on your own hardware will obviously be more personally relevant to your usecase than what Michael Larabel gets on his latest test machine, or for that matter anyone else using a hardware stack that is different than yours.

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