What makes copying files slower or faster?

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When copying or moving files (in Windows for this example) it shows you the speed at which the transfer is currently happening. However this is very rarely a constant rate and can vary wildly from second to second. What factors are involved in affecting this speed?

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I once gave the example of when you have a few large items it is easier to allocate a place to put them compared to many small items.

If I point at a brick and ask you to place it on a shelf that is easy and fairly quick, however if I ask you to move a bricks worth of dust to the same shelf it maybe a bit more difficult. If we put the brick with of dust into a container (zip file) or ziplock bag it would become easier again.

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