using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var certBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(@"c:cert.p12");
            var p12Pwd = "somepassword";

            for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
            {
                var cert = new X509Certificate2(certBytes, p12Pwd, X509KeyStorageFlags.MachineKeySet);

                // this line helped keep filesize from growing
                // cert.Reset();
            }
        }
    }
}