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@@ -129,12 +129,20 @@ Since version 0.7.2, gocryptfs is as fast as EncFS in the default mode, and significantly faster than EncFS' "paranoia" mode that provides a security level comparable to gocryptfs. -gocryptfs uses OpenSSL through a thin wrapper called `stupidgcm`. +On CPUs without AES-NI, gocryptfs uses OpenSSL through a thin wrapper called `stupidgcm`. This provides a 4x speedup compared to Go's builtin AES-GCM -implementation - see [openssl-gcm.md](Documentation/openssl-gcm.md) -for details. The use of openssl can disabled on the command-line. +implementation. See [CPU-Benchmarks](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/wiki/CPU-Benchmarks) +for details, or run `gocryptfs -speed` to see the encryption performance of your CPU. +Example for a CPU without AES-NI: -Run `./benchmark.bash` to run gocryptfs' canonical set of +``` +$ ./gocryptfs -speed +AES-GCM-256-OpenSSL 165.67 MB/s (selected in auto mode) +AES-GCM-256-Go 49.62 MB/s +AES-SIV-512-Go 39.98 MB/s +``` + +You can run `./benchmark.bash` to run gocryptfs' canonical set of benchmarks that include streaming write, extracting a linux kernel tarball, recursively listing and finally deleting it. The output will look like this: |