I’m not sure if you’ve noticed in the past but when you’re exploring and see something loading way off in the distance it tends to be the placeables such as work stations that load first. I’ve seen the entire layout of my enemies bases on PVP by this loading thing.
No expert but I would tend to believe due to that (unless something has changed) that benches load regardless of whether you can see them or not.
So having them enclosed is not really going to make a difference in loading performance.
The only real way to make sure a base loads as quickly as possible in my experience is to have the least amount of placeables possible. Like no decorations, few chests and torches, etc.,…
Someone more versed on this stuff would probably better be able to answer your question though.
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