Migration assistant taking over 100 hours using ethernet?

Yesterday i got a new 2013 iMac starting 27 inch and wanted to move files from my old 2007 starting 20 inch imac. So when I used migration assistant, i decided not to port over the user from the old imac. Since it did not port over itunes music, iphoto etc., i ran it again this time porting over the user from the old imac. But now it says it will take 100 hours+ to complete. I don't wanna wait 4 days fro this to finish. Is there any way to do this faster? I have about 225 gbs to transfer and i am using an ethernet cable. I am not sure if it is gigabit or not as it has been lying around for awile. I also turned off wifi as it may interfere.

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