Well if you look at the graph almost half of the load time is taken by Magento's server response. Magento is slow. Ofcourse you can optimize all assets but in

Well if you look at the graph almost half of the load time is taken by Magento's server response. Magento is slow. Ofcourse you can optimize all assets but in the end Magento is still slow. I've seen companies throwing lots and lots of money at Magento hosting to speed it up. But at the end of the day I think Magento is great for marketeers but not so great for the rest of the world.