A different server, literally at the other side of the World, takes a couple of seconds to load some user interface panels. It's not horrendously slow but isn't instantaneous.
30GB NVMe
4GB RAM (41% usage)
1GB swap (23% usage)
CPU Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v2 @ 2.60GHz
CPU Details: 4 Core (2600 MHz)
Distro Name: CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 (Core)
Kernel Version: 3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64
Platform: x86_64 kvm
Apache version: Apache/2.4.41
PHP version: 7.3.14
MySQL version: 10.1.45-MariaDB
vm.swappiness = 1
Separate partitions for /,/home,/backup,/tmp and preferably /var
Check mod_security logs and disable select rules, where they are triggered by CWP activity.
Try to limit the memory used by clamav/clamd - think there may be a post in a thread on here somewhere.
If you have a medium/large user base, then run periodic database optimisation, via a cron task.
Be careful of misinformation on the 'web of which there are plenty.
Keep the main/root CWP page open and monitor CPU and disc I/O, whilst using the user panel - this may help to determine whether disc or CPU constrained. You may prefer to use 'top -c'. A simple debug for seasoned sysadmins.