Question Slow thumbnail loading speeds ?

I have a ZFS XigmaNAS I setup at work using an Optiplex 7040.

CPU: i7-6700
RAM: 16 Gigabytes of DDR4
Storage: 2 500 gigabyte sata SSD in a mirror

I can write files to it at gigabit speeds and read/open 130 megabyte photos in about a second... no issues there.

One of the folders on the NAS has about 700 pictures in it and each picture is about 130 megabytes each with most pictures in the 7000x7000 - 8000x8000 pixel range.
With each picture about the size of my read speed ... 120 megabytes a second ... i was expecting about 1 picture to load each second as it converts from the crazy high rez to a low rez thumbnail. (CPU on my computer is under 10% during this, and the CPU is under 5% on the NAS)
Instead it's showing about 40.5 Mbps (5 megabytes a second) in task manager instead of saturating the gigabit connection and loading each thumbnail very very slowly as 5 megabytes a second would suggest for a 120 megabyte file.
I can double click a picture and it opens in about a second at full resolution ... or as best as this 4k monitor can show!
Does Windows have a setting that prevents from monopolizing the NIC if you are loading thumbnails?
 
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