Naranj223 wroteShould I have expected a change at all, or is this just completely subjective?
You definitly should

As you can see in the code of this file:
https://github.com/RuneAudio/RuneUI/blob/c1d244bc63533ca786c007a0b93866f56c7d1598/command/orion_optimize.sh
swappiness is set to 0 in almost all kernel profiles (in the default profile it's set to 60).
Have you already tried to switch between profiles to find the one who better fits in your setup?