Just try `cryptsetup benchmark`
Cheers
On 04/22/2015 06:09 AM, R0b0t1 wrote:
> AES cipher algo (AES-NI) is the fastest if you have the necessary
> hardware. Twofish cipher algo (x86_64, 3-way parallel) is a close
> second, but will slow access down slightly. Serpent is also usably
> fast.
>
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL = ~200mb/s (limited by disk in my case)
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH_X86_64_3WAY = ~130mb/s
>
> `cryptsetup --cipher {twofish,aes}-xts-plain64 --key-size 512 --hash
> sha512 --iter-time 5000`
>
