meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoTested: Windows 11 Pro's On-By-Default Encryption Slows SSDs Up to 45%www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down111
arrow-up1244arrow-down1external-linkTested: Windows 11 Pro's On-By-Default Encryption Slows SSDs Up to 45%www.tomshardware.commeiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoIsn’t it CPU overhead for the encryption? It needs to encrypt like 3-400 MB/s, so it seems pretty reasonable that it’s a lot slower. The drive’s lifespan shouldn’t be affected for any reason I can think of.
Isn’t it CPU overhead for the encryption? It needs to encrypt like 3-400 MB/s, so it seems pretty reasonable that it’s a lot slower. The drive’s lifespan shouldn’t be affected for any reason I can think of.