BitLocker software encryption slows performance. Here's how to fix it.

Tested: Windows 11 Pro’s On-By-Default Encryption Slows SSDs Up to 45%::Windows 11 Pro defaults to BitLocker being turned on, using software encryption. We’ve tested the Samsung 990 Pro with hardware encryption to show how the various modes impact performance, and how muc

  • @Spotlight7573English
    2•11 months ago

    What was telling for me was the article from the same site from a few years ago about Microsoft disabling the use of hardware encryption by default because they couldn’t trust the drive manufacturers to do it right.

    Do they want things to be secure or fast?