Didn&#x27;t know what an offload engine was, so I looked up TCP offload engine (TOE) on Wikipedia: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;TCP_offload_engine" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;TCP_offload_engine</a><p>The page states: 
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A generally accepted rule of thumb is that 1 hertz of CPU processing is required to send or receive 1 bit&#x2F;s of TCP&#x2F;IP.[3] For example, 5 Gbit&#x2F;s (625 MB&#x2F;s) of network traffic requires 5 GHz of CPU processing. 
&quot;&quot;&quot;<p>Question for people in this line of work: is this accurate &#x2F; reasonable?<p>Thanks