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
It’s understandable that MS use software implementation for their disk encryption by default. Can’t trust 3rd party hardware vendors to not messing up the hardware encryption feature.