Not enough information to verify the usefulness of your benchmark. Were the volumes/partitions aligned? What technology/cipher/keysize did you use for the FDE? Does your CPU have the AES-NI instructions? Does the encryption tech that you're using take advantage of those instructions?
FDE on any type of media causes no slow down if the CPU can encrypt/decrypt at least as fast as the disk can transfer data. It's not correct to say that FDE always causes slow downs.
FDE on any type of media causes no slow down if the CPU can encrypt/decrypt at least as fast as the disk can transfer data. It's not correct to say that FDE always causes slow downs.