diff --git a/ModTek/Features/Logging/AppenderFile.cs b/ModTek/Features/Logging/AppenderFile.cs
index 18bb9ff4..3a080a1f 100644
--- a/ModTek/Features/Logging/AppenderFile.cs
+++ b/ModTek/Features/Logging/AppenderFile.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ internal AppenderFile(string path, AppenderSettings settings)
             $"""
             ModTek v{GitVersionInformation.InformationalVersion} ({GitVersionInformation.CommitDate}) ; HarmonyX {typeof(Harmony).Assembly.GetName().Version}
             {Environment.OSVersion} ; BattleTech {Application.version} ; Unity {Application.unityVersion} ; CLR {Environment.Version} ; {System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription}"
-            {dateTime.ToLocalTime().ToString("o", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)} ; Startup {unityStartupTime.ToString(null, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)} ; Ticks {stopwatchTimestamp} ; Timestamp Overhead {MTStopwatch.OverheadPerTimestampInNanoseconds}ns
+            {dateTime.ToLocalTime().ToString("o", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)} ; Startup {unityStartupTime.ToString(null, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)} ; Ticks {stopwatchTimestamp} ; Timestamp Overhead {MTStopwatch.OverheadPerTimestampInNanoseconds}ns ; FastMemCpy Threshold {FastMemCpy.Threshold}
             {new string('-', 80)}
 
             """
diff --git a/ModTek/Features/Logging/FastBuffer.cs b/ModTek/Features/Logging/FastBuffer.cs
index f3c19683..ea266794 100644
--- a/ModTek/Features/Logging/FastBuffer.cs
+++ b/ModTek/Features/Logging/FastBuffer.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ internal void Append(byte[] value)
     {
         var length = value.Length;
         var position = GetPositionAndIncrementLength(length);
-        Buffer.BlockCopy(value, 0, _buffer, position, length);
+        FastMemCpy.BlockCopy(value, 0, _buffer, position, length);
     }
 
     internal unsafe void Append(int value)
diff --git a/ModTek/Features/Logging/FastMemCpy.cs b/ModTek/Features/Logging/FastMemCpy.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95ffee44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ModTek/Features/Logging/FastMemCpy.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using ModTek.Util.Stopwatch;
+
+namespace ModTek.Features.Logging;
+
+// effectively used only for byte arrays sized <= 14 (112bit)
+internal static class FastMemCpy
+{
+    internal static unsafe void BlockCopy(byte[] src, int srcOffset, byte[] dst, int dstOffset, int length)
+    {
+        if (length > Threshold) // 700-1300 bytes are typical
+        {
+            Buffer.BlockCopy(src, srcOffset, dst, dstOffset, length);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            fixed (byte* dstPtr = dst)
+            {
+                fixed (byte* srcPtr = src)
+                {
+                    Memcpy512(dstPtr + dstOffset, srcPtr + srcOffset, length);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // from Buffer.memcpy* and optimized to use wider types like 128 and 256 bit
+    // most gains from 128, some for 256, and almost none for 512. 1024 is negative.
+    // faster than Buffer.BlockCopy but only until call overhead to extern method is overcome
+    private static unsafe void Memcpy512(byte* dest, byte* src, int size)
+    {
+        {
+            const int BatchSize = My512Bit.Size;
+            for (; size >= BatchSize; size -= BatchSize)
+            {
+                *(My512Bit*)dest = *(My512Bit*)src;
+                dest += BatchSize;
+                src += BatchSize;
+            }
+        }
+        {
+            const int BatchSize = My256Bit.Size;
+            for (; size >= BatchSize; size -= BatchSize)
+            {
+                *(My256Bit*)dest = *(My256Bit*)src;
+                dest += BatchSize;
+                src += BatchSize;
+            }
+        }
+        {
+            const int BatchSize = My128Bit.Size;
+            for (; size >= BatchSize; size -= BatchSize)
+            {
+                *(My128Bit*)dest = *(My128Bit*)src;
+                dest += BatchSize;
+                src += BatchSize;
+            }
+        }
+        {
+            const int BatchSize = sizeof(ulong);
+            for (; size >= BatchSize; size -= BatchSize)
+            {
+                *(ulong*)dest = *(ulong*)src;
+                dest += BatchSize;
+                src += BatchSize;
+            }
+        }
+        {
+            const int BatchSize = sizeof(ushort);
+            for (; size >= BatchSize; size -= BatchSize)
+            {
+                *(ushort*)dest = *(ushort*)src;
+                dest += BatchSize;
+                src += BatchSize;
+            }
+        }
+        if (size > 0)
+        {
+            *dest = *src;
+        }
+    }
+    private struct My128Bit
+    {
+        internal const int Size = 2 * sizeof(ulong);
+        internal ulong _00;
+        internal ulong _01;
+    }
+    private struct My256Bit
+    {
+        internal const int Size = 2 * My128Bit.Size;
+        internal My128Bit _00;
+        internal My128Bit _01;
+    }
+    private struct My512Bit
+    {
+        internal const int Size = 2 * My256Bit.Size;
+        internal My256Bit _00;
+        internal My256Bit _01;
+    }
+
+    internal static readonly int Threshold = FindThreshold();
+    private static unsafe int FindThreshold()
+    {
+        const int MaxSize = 4 * 1024;
+        const int StepSize = 32;
+        const int MinSize = 16;
+        const int Steps = (MaxSize - MinSize) / StepSize;
+        var byteBufferTicks = new long[Steps];
+        var memCpyTicks = new long[Steps];
+        var srcA = new byte[MaxSize];
+        var srcB = new byte[MaxSize];
+        for (var i = 0; i < MaxSize; i++)
+        {
+            srcA[i] = (byte)i;
+            srcB[i] = (byte)i;
+        }
+        var dstA = new byte[MaxSize];
+        var dstB = new byte[MaxSize];
+        const int TestRunsPerSize = 100;
+
+        var benchStart = MTStopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+        do
+        {
+            for (var step = 0; step < Steps; step++)
+            {
+                var size = step * StepSize + MinSize;
+                {
+                    var start = MTStopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+                    for (var run = 0; run < TestRunsPerSize; run++)
+                    {
+                        Buffer.BlockCopy(srcA, 0, dstA, 0, size);
+                    }
+                    byteBufferTicks[step] = MTStopwatch.GetTimestamp() - start;
+                }
+                {
+                    var start = MTStopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+                    for (var run = 0; run < TestRunsPerSize; run++)
+                    {
+                        fixed (byte* dst = dstB)
+                        {
+                            fixed (byte* src = srcB)
+                            {
+                                Memcpy512(dst, src, size);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    memCpyTicks[step] = MTStopwatch.GetTimestamp() - start;
+                }
+            }
+        } while (MTStopwatch.TimeSpanFromTicks(MTStopwatch.GetTimestamp() - benchStart).TotalMilliseconds < 1);
+
+        for (var step = 0; step < Steps; step++)
+        {
+            if (memCpyTicks[step] > byteBufferTicks[step] )
+            {
+                return Math.Max((step - 1) * StepSize + MinSize, MinSize);
+            }
+        }
+        return MaxSize;
+    }
+}
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