After installing, my magento2 is extremely slow though I did not install sample data?
I see other guys also have faced the same problem (https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/3123).
Actually, magento 2 default mode and developer mode are very slow. According to @tecjam, we can improve speed if we are on product mode. But with other modes it's still slow.
Please try to this commandline in magento2 directory :
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
With all caches are enabled and static contents are deployed, it might improve speed of site.
First check which deploy mode you are running:
php bin/magento deploy:mode:show
if in developer all files will be generated on each page load. To speed it up,
php bin/magento deploy:mode:set production
this should also recompile the files for you
Disabling JS and CSS merging while developing helps:
Stores > Configuration > Advanced > JavaScript Settings / CSS Settings
You can also enable caching for the things you are not currently changing.