Are you using Clam AV? I noticed an improvement in file upload speed after changing the path to use the clam daemon on Moodle 2.6, Ubuntu Server 14.04.
clam AV path: /usr/bin/clamdscan
Hardware and performance
Assignment Uploads Slow in Moodle 2.7
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