This is the console output from a test of a Fast sync geth node performed on Oct 7, 2018 on a fresh i3.large EC2 instance.
Commands run:
wget https://gethstore.blob.core.windows.net/builds/geth-linux-amd64-1.8.16-477eb093.tar.gz
tar zxvf geth-linux-amd64-1.8.16-477eb093.tar.gz
nohup geth-linux-amd64-1.8.16-477eb093/geth --cache 4096 --syncmode "fast" &
Outcome:
Headers synced: ~10hrs
State synced: ~30hrs