diff --git a/Duplicati/UnitTest/CompressionTests.cs b/Duplicati/UnitTest/CompressionTests.cs
index da9baee37..be649da80 100644
--- a/Duplicati/UnitTest/CompressionTests.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/UnitTest/CompressionTests.cs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
                     // Read second file
                     using (var fd = z0.OpenRead(files[1]))
                     {
-                        bool match = testset2.All(b => b == fd.ReadByte()) && fd.ReadByte() == -1;
+                        var match = CompareStreamToContent(fd, testset2);
                         if (!match)
                             throw new Exception("Decompressed file sample2 contents do not match the source file.");
                     }
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
                     // Read first file
                     using (var fd = z0.OpenRead(files[0]))
                     {
-                        bool match = testset1.All(b => b == fd.ReadByte()) && fd.ReadByte() == -1;
+                        var match = CompareStreamToContent(fd, testset1);
                         if (!match)
                             throw new Exception("Decompressed file sample1 contents do not match the source file.");
                     }
@@ -136,6 +136,20 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
             }
         }
 
+        private static bool CompareStreamToContent(Stream stream, IEnumerable<byte> content)
+        {
+            // Previous slower version relies on ReadByte() which is not representative of common use
+            //return content.All(b => b == stream.ReadByte()) && stream.ReadByte() == -1;
+
+            using var ms = new MemoryStream();
+            stream.CopyTo(ms);
+            var result = ms.ToArray();
+            var expected = content.ToArray();
+
+            return result.SequenceEqual(expected);
+
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Despite archives being able to store multiple files with the same name, this should not leak into the application
         /// </summary>