Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:07:43PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > See other reply that has more info.  I'm pretty sure it is the > encryption maxing out the CPU. The most simple benchmark is dd: unlock the LUKS layer on your HDD. then first read from the HDD directly and then from the LUKS device: dd if= of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1000 dd if= of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1000 It will tell you the transfer rate in MB/s. > Mostly, I need a better CPU.  If I encrypt anyway.  Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in there? All I can remember is it has 4 cores. And some AMD processor with a II in its name, but that was you main rig, right? -- Grüße | Greetings | Salut | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. It's not a bug, it's tradition!