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It's the fastest for a router.
But... that doesn't mean that it's fast.
The problem is one of the CPU (which does the crunching for the encryption) and the heat that it gets to and how it's cooled (inefficiently if truth be told).
The CPU is under-powered for this task, and it cannot push the heat away.
I run a mini computer next to my router nowadays, it's an Acer Veriton. It has an older equivalent to an i3 CPU, and a few GB of RAM and is better cooled than the router.
You can pretty much use any "nettop" PC, of which this is a selection.
Encryption using the router is going to give you 10Mbps encryption, which if you're on a slow connection is fine. Encryption via a better powered PC, of your laptop, etc... is going to give you about 70-80% of whatever your connection speed is... I've measured over 80Mbps on PIA when using my main PC.
My advice is really this:
- If you're only needing to encrypt your laptop/PC... run PIA on there.
- If you're only needing to encrypt your Android and you don't need super-high speeds... run PIA on a router like the one I previously recommended or on Android itself.
- If you need super-high speed encryption on your network as you want to encrypt your whole network and you have other servers/machines needing it, you're going to have to consider researching a small machine to do the encryption.
The problem with #3 is mostly one of price, power usage, stability (it's one more thing that can fail). So don't go there unless you know you need it.
- If you're only needing to encrypt your laptop/PC... run PIA on there.
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Pretty sure VB suggested the ASUS RT-N66U as a fast encrypted router option, I'll do some more exhaustive research... i.e. Re-read this thread tomorrow and then do nothing for another six months...