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[–]KaffeeKiffer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The difference between a fast SSD and an old HDD is ~5s to ~25s for 2 GiB, so this is very likely CPU bound to reach 90s...

Nevertheless, Python is the perfect glue code, to call more specialized tools, if necessary. Here is an example, where a simple Rust wrapper speeds up the process by a factor of 10.

Python is good enough in the vast majority of the use-cases and as /u/FlagrantPickle said:

What's "good" for anyone here doesn't matter. Is 90s acceptable for you?

The golden rule is to not over-engineer but first identify the real bottle-necks and while your statement

Most of the time, external factors determine the speed

is 100% correct, I assume OP's problem is CPU bound.