Hi
Strangely enough I just started a Joomla 3.6.4 project myself a couple of days ago.
While I would not call it lightening fast, joomla is quite a large tool, page loads are in the region of 2-5 seconds depending on whether they have been recently used or not.
I would suggest turning the "Debug System" on in the Global Settings and then see if you can work out where the main bottle necks are in your system.
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