Yes, this will affect the siteβs performance directly from MSDN :
The view state MAC is an encrypted version of a hidden variable that stores the page view state when sent to the browser. If true , the encrypted view state is checked to ensure that it has not been changed on the client. Do not set EnableViewStateMac to true if performance is a key consideration.
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