diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MemoryApi.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MemoryApi.cs
index 260e94bc92..b680102584 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MemoryApi.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MemoryApi.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 using BizHawk.Common;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
@@ -287,7 +288,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 				LogCallback($"Warning: Attempted read {addr} outside memory size of {d.Size}");
 				return default;
 			}
-			return BitConverter.ToSingle(BitConverter.GetBytes(d.PeekUint(addr, _isBigEndian)), 0);
+			var value = d.PeekUint(addr, _isBigEndian);
+			return Unsafe.As<uint, float>(ref value);
 		}
 
 		public void WriteFloat(long addr, float value, string domain = null)
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 				LogCallback($"Warning: Attempted write {addr} outside memory size of {d.Size}");
 				return;
 			}
-			d.PokeUint(addr, BitConverter.ToUInt32(BitConverter.GetBytes(value), 0), _isBigEndian);
+			d.PokeUint(addr, Unsafe.As<float, uint>(ref value), _isBigEndian);
 		}
 
 		public int ReadS8(long addr, string domain = null) => (sbyte) ReadUnsigned(addr, 1, domain);
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/Watch/DWordWatch.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/Watch/DWordWatch.cs
index 558a47e691..db40eac822 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/Watch/DWordWatch.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/Watch/DWordWatch.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		/// <returns>True if value successfully sets; otherwise, false</returns>
 		public override bool Poke(string value)
 		{
+			static uint ReinterpretAsU32(float f)
+				=> Unsafe.As<float, uint>(ref f);
 			try
 			{
 				uint val = Type switch
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 					WatchDisplayType.Hex => uint.Parse(value, NumberStyles.HexNumber),
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_20_12 => (uint)(double.Parse(value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 4096.0),
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_16_16 => (uint)(double.Parse(value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 65536.0),
-					WatchDisplayType.Float => BitConverter.ToUInt32(BitConverter.GetBytes(float.Parse(value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)), 0),
+					WatchDisplayType.Float => ReinterpretAsU32(float.Parse(value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)),
 					_ => 0
 				};
 
@@ -127,12 +131,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		public string FormatValue(uint val)
 		{
 			string FormatFloat()
-			{
-				var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(val);
-				var _float = BitConverter.ToSingle(bytes, 0);
-				return _float.ToString(NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
-			}
-
+				=> Unsafe.As<uint, float>(ref val).ToString(NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
 			string FormatBinary()
 			{
 				var str = Convert.ToString(val, 2).PadLeft(32, '0');
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/WatchValueBox.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/WatchValueBox.cs
index 7cddd85f2b..47646a7057 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/WatchValueBox.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/WatchValueBox.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using BizHawk.Client.Common;
 using BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.CustomControls;
@@ -446,6 +447,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		public int? ToRawInt()
 		{
+			static int ReinterpretAsS32(float f)
+				=> Unsafe.As<float, int>(ref f);
 			try
 			{
 				return _type switch
@@ -457,7 +460,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_12_4 => (int)(double.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 16.0),
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_20_12 => (int)(double.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 4096.0),
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_16_16 => (int)(double.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 65536.0),
-					WatchDisplayType.Float => BitConverter.ToInt32(BitConverter.GetBytes(float.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)), 0),
+					WatchDisplayType.Float => ReinterpretAsS32(float.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)),
 					_ => int.Parse(Text)
 				};
 			}
@@ -501,9 +504,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 						Text = (val.Value / 65536.0).ToString("F5", NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
 						break;
 					case WatchDisplayType.Float:
-						var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(val.Value);
-						float _float = BitConverter.ToSingle(bytes, 0);
-						Text = _float.ToString("F6", NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
+						var i = val.Value;
+						Text = Unsafe.As<int, float>(ref i).ToString("F6", NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
 						break;
 				}
 			}