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Edit: Though this is marked as a solution, results are a bit inconsistent. Check out the rest of this thread for more info.
Keep in mind that, while the elevator was faster in the original PC version, there was a loading icon once you reached your floor, which adds a few seconds. The Legendary Edition doesn't have that.
I looked up some Let's Play videos on YouTube of the PC version of ME1 and ME1LE, and timed it from when the player pressed the elevator button to the point where Shepard can move. It was approximately 16 seconds in the original and about 1 to 2 seconds faster in the Legendary Edition. I don't have specifics on these players' hardware, though.
Lol, this is a "solution?" You clocked videos from PC hardware about a decade old and figured that the loading times would be similar now.