DietPi did much better on my two Pi3B+
ok thanks just was curios main reason HW power saving 24/7 system + PORTABLITY compact used 2nd price amd64 X86 hardware too cheap n easy 2 get - downside SPACE not portable higher power
Couple of rules to follow as you likely already know - high quality sd cards & power cables - avoid pluggable usb storage - if it’s intensive workload, just do that task and add only low intense work