KeSetevent() from kmdf driver DPC @ IRQL_DISPATCH taking from 40uS - 600+ uS

I have a kmdf driver that sets one of four events created in user space and mapped to kernel space via 
ObReferenceObjectByHandle(pEvt,SYNCHRONIZE,ExEventObjectType, UserMode, (PVOID*)&pResetRequestEvent, NULL).
The mapped events are set in the kmdf driver using:
KeSetEvent(pEvent, IO_SOUND_INCREMENT, FALSE)
on a DPC running at IRQL_DISPTACH.  99.5% of the time, the call to KeSetEvent() takes ~42uS to run. .4% of the time the call takes > 300uS, and 3 times in a 3 second run it took > 600uS.
On the user side, a thread loops on WaitForMultipleObjects() processing any of the events that get signaled.  Cycle-wise, the processing of all of the events is very similar
My question is:
Why is the DISPATCH_LEVEL thread's execution time dependent on something happening in user mode?  Is it sometimes entering the scheduler and taking 600+uS? If so, might I be able to change the affinity of the DPC so that it doesn't get stuck behind
the scheduler?  
Keep in mind also that I am NOT talking about DPC latency.  I am measuring and referring ONLY to the call to KeSetEvent().
Any advice greatly appreciated!

Hi Wade,
You can check the document from the first link when you open the below URL:
https://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en-IN&source=hp&q=Locks.doc&gbv=2&oq=Locks.doc&gs_l=heirloom-hp.3..0j0i10l9.406.2371.0.2465.9.9.0.0.0.0.172.952.0j6.6.0.msedr...0...1ac.1.34.heirloom-hp..3.6.952.wR2Voiptb2M
Further, instead of using event, why don't you use overlapped I/O to process the data? Please check below link for details:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn613924(v=vs.85).aspx
(Please mark as answer if it resolves your query. Please upvote if this post is helpful.)
Regards,
Rajesh

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    Hopefully you moved the entire iTunes Media (or iTunes Music) folder to a new path on your external drive. Copy your iTunes library folder out to the root of the external drive, e.g. X:\iTunes (where X: is your external drive), then move the media folder inside it. Hold down shift as you start iTUnes and keep holding untila asked to choose or create a library. Choose the library at X:\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl. Should all be good.
    Failing that, download and run my FindTracks script and point it at the new location of your media folder.
    tt2

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