Some of my systems are connected by a 1GB switching hub (or whatever that device is called). It tops about 65MB/s when copying from Windows to a Samba share on my Linux-based file server. I routinely make Windows backups and copy GB-sized video files this way.
Curiously, rsync is about an order of magnitude slower.
If you don't want to set up Samba and/or have no quick network connection, use a thumb drive. Probably a bit slower, but 8GB is not really much.
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