Symptoms
Assume that you use Microsoft SQL Server 2014. When you set the value of the "Force Encryption" option to "Yes", the overall SQL batch performance will be reduced by 50%. In addition, you could see the major wait type is PREEMPTIVE_OS_ENCRYPTMESSAGE if you collect XEvent "wait_info_external" as follows:
CREATE EVENT SESSION [wait] ON SERVER
ADD EVENT sqlos.wait_info_external
ADD TARGET package0.event_file(SET filename=N'wait')
WITH (MAX_MEMORY=4096 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY=30 SECONDS,MAX_EVENT_SIZE=0 KB,MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE=NONE,TRACK_CAUSALITY=OFF,STARTUP_STATE=OFF)
GO
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:
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