26fps on an i7 and 670... yea the engine is not great but if that were my pc and i was getting that performance id be doing some investigating.
i hate to say stuff like that cause i know lots of people have issues but to be honest, ilum used to be a bit laggy for me but nothing unplayable, and i have had very little problem running this game. my computer is very average, and i do turn the graphics down. the planet load times are slow and sometimes when i first load into a packed fleet its a little choppy.