diff --git a/go/enclave/crypto/data_enc_service_test.go b/go/enclave/crypto/data_enc_service_test.go
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+package crypto
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/obscuronet/go-obscuro/integration/common/testlog"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/rand"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const N = 1000
+
+func Test_dataEncryptionServiceImpl_Encrypt(t1 *testing.T) {
+	d := NewDataEncryptionService(testlog.Logger())
+
+	plaintext := make([]byte, 512*1024)
+	_, err := rand.Read(plaintext)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	var gains = float64(0)
+	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+		encryptedBlob, err := d.Encrypt(plaintext)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		byteFrequency := make(map[byte]int)
+		for _, b := range encryptedBlob {
+			byteFrequency[b] = byteFrequency[b] + 1
+		}
+
+		freqs := make([]int, 0)
+		for _, v := range byteFrequency {
+			freqs = append(freqs, v)
+		}
+
+		max := slices.Max(freqs)
+		avg := len(encryptedBlob) / 256
+
+		// calculate the gain as the difference between the numbers of the best byte compared to 0
+		gain := float64(max-byteFrequency[byte(0)]) * 100 / float64(avg)
+		gains += gain
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("GAIN: %f", gains/N)
+
+}