Typical WiFi speeds for Macbook Airs

Hello,
I'll admit right away that I have a bit of an obsession with WiFi speeds, it's never fast enough for me, so I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to squeeze the best speed I can out of my mid-2012 Air. I'm hoping to find like-minded people here that are as obsessive as I am.
Right out of the bat, I know the Air has a 2x2 antenna, so there are limits to how much you will get out of a 802.11n network. I find due to where I live, only 5Ghz is a realistic option. It also allows for 40hz channels, so it does help. I use iperf for most of my testing.
As far as I can tell, theoretical speed for the Macbook Air Mid-2012 is 300mbps. I'm easily getting close to but never above 200mbps on an ASUS RT-N66U when in the same room. As far as I can tell, this is actually on the high side from various posts on the Internet. As soon as I go upstairs to my bedroom that sits right above the router, speed drops to at best 40mbps. This is consistent on both a Retina iPad Mini and my Macbook Air. Just goes to show what an impact a wall can have on the 5Ghz band.
So what I'm looking for are typical experiences from other users as well as from people who have made the jump to 802.11ac.

Also, not sure if it's just me, but the image in the orignal post is no longer showing up, so I'm posting it again here

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