This is measured with

  sudo systemctl mask NetworkManager NetworkManager-wait-online lightdm

and with booting without "quiet" and "splash".


4.4
===
graphical.target @1.553s
└─multi-user.target @1.552s
  └─lxd-containers.service @1.155s +395ms
    └─lxd.service @1.474s +104ms
      └─lxd-bridge.service @1.437s +35ms
        └─basic.target @1.039s
          └─sockets.target @1.038s
            └─lxd.socket @1.035s +2ms
              └─sysinit.target @1.028s
                └─systemd-timesyncd.service @859ms +166ms
                  └─systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service @840ms +16ms
                    └─local-fs.target @831ms
                      └─var-lib-lxcfs.mount @1.187s
                        └─local-fs-pre.target @367ms
                          └─systemd-remount-fs.service @358ms +5ms
                            └─system.slice @187ms
                              └─-.slice @149ms

           571ms dev-sda3.device
           474ms postfix@-.service
           395ms lxd-containers.service
           305ms networking.service
           259ms systemd-journal-flush.service
           229ms accounts-daemon.service
           202ms systemd-logind.service
           188ms apport.service
           166ms systemd-timesyncd.service
           148ms lxc-net.service
           124ms speech-dispatcher.service
           106ms udftools.service
           105ms pppd-dns.service
           104ms lxd.service
           102ms irqbalance.service
           101ms schroot.service
            98ms grub-common.service
            93ms apparmor.service
            88ms systemd-rfkill.service
            84ms keyboard-setup.service
            72ms apt-cacher-ng.service
            71ms srv.mount
            60ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
            55ms home.mount
            50ms systemd-udevd.service
            50ms thermald.service
            42ms polkitd.service
            42ms systemd-journald.service
            40ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
            40ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-02AB\x2d9AA4.service
            39ms alsa-restore.service
            37ms user@1000.service
            37ms lxc.service
            37ms postfix.service
            35ms systemd-user-sessions.service
            35ms kmod-static-nodes.service
            35ms lxd-bridge.service
            33ms ssh.service
            30ms rc-local.service
            29ms binfmt-support.service
            28ms ufw.service
            27ms openvpn.service
            27ms systemd-modules-load.service
            21ms dev-mqueue.mount
            19ms plymouth-quit.service
            16ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
            15ms plymouth-read-write.service
            13ms dns-clean.service
            12ms resolvconf.service
            11ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-f86539b0\x2d3a1b\x2d4372\x2d83b0\x2dacdd029ade68.service
            10ms boot-efi.mount
            10ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
            10ms dev-hugepages.mount
             9ms systemd-update-utmp.service
             8ms proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount
             6ms sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
             6ms console-setup.service
             6ms systemd-sysctl.service
             6ms var-tmp.mount
             6ms setvtrgb.service
             5ms systemd-remount-fs.service
             5ms plymouth-quit-wait.service
             5ms systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service
             4ms systemd-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service
             4ms systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0.service
             4ms systemd-random-seed.service
             3ms tmp.mount
             2ms lxd.socket


4.8
===

graphical.target @19.532s
└─multi-user.target @19.532s
  └─lxd-containers.service @12.231s +7.300s
    └─lxd.service @19.404s +872ms
      └─lxd-bridge.service @16.047s +3.296s
        └─basic.target @10.642s
          └─sockets.target @10.641s
            └─lxd.socket @10.607s +33ms
              └─sysinit.target @10.597s
                └─apparmor.service @5.563s +5.032s
                  └─local-fs.target @5.532s
                    └─var-lib-lxcfs.mount @15.392s
                      └─local-fs-pre.target @3.149s
                        └─systemd-remount-fs.service @3.139s +6ms
                          └─systemd-journald.socket @224ms
                            └─-.slice @159ms

          7.300s lxd-containers.service
          6.285s networking.service
          5.150s irqbalance.service
          5.144s grub-common.service
          5.032s apparmor.service
          4.579s apport.service
          4.578s postfix@-.service
          3.778s dev-sda3.device
          3.578s udftools.service
          3.573s speech-dispatcher.service
          3.296s lxd-bridge.service
          2.438s resolvconf.service
          2.418s systemd-update-utmp.service
          2.403s lxc-net.service
          2.403s schroot.service
          2.379s plymouth-quit.service
          2.250s systemd-timesyncd.service
          1.759s keyboard-setup.service
          1.754s systemd-journald.service
          1.726s systemd-udevd.service
          1.579s pppd-dns.service
          1.205s boot-efi.mount
          1.168s systemd-journal-flush.service
          1.158s home.mount
           872ms lxd.service
           777ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
           757ms ufw.service
           756ms systemd-modules-load.service
           752ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
           745ms dev-hugepages.mount
           744ms kmod-static-nodes.service
           715ms systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service
           498ms user@1000.service
            94ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-02AB\x2d9AA4.service
            68ms lxc.service
            67ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-f86539b0\x2d3a1b\x2d4372\x2d83b0\x2dacdd029ade68.service
            66ms systemd-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service
            61ms srv.mount
            34ms apt-cacher-ng.service
            33ms lxd.socket
            33ms avahi-daemon.service
            29ms thermald.service
            27ms systemd-logind.service
            23ms alsa-restore.service
            21ms openvpn.service
            19ms binfmt-support.service
            19ms rc-local.service
            19ms dns-clean.service
            18ms systemd-user-sessions.service
            16ms postfix.service
            14ms ssh.service
            14ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
            12ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
            11ms plymouth-read-write.service
            10ms systemd-random-seed.service
             9ms systemd-rfkill.service
             9ms console-setup.service
             8ms proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount
             6ms systemd-remount-fs.service
             5ms systemd-sysctl.service
             4ms var-tmp.mount
             3ms dev-mqueue.mount
             2ms setvtrgb.service
             2ms tmp.mount
             2ms plymouth-quit-wait.service