Jeff, maybe you can answer this question. I am running BP, however, I am also utilizing S2 Member to control access. I have not been able to receive enough clarification from other community, but is there a better way to control sign-up, profile fields and other type data out of the box without having to rely upon other plugins.

I have found out, that S2 Member seems to be heavy in its coding and can slow a site down significantly based on pagespeed test and reviewing results as provided by Google. Any insights to this you can provide would be greatly appreciated.